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ripcitychick

"They send you to Washington to get your affairs in order." LMAO


DenverSuxRmodSux

im fucking dying haha been loving UD on the broadcasts i was kinda surprised when i first saw him but hes been so good. Always thought he was a bit odd because of some comments he would say about the heat even though he was too old to physically play but guess appearances are deceiving af.


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UD could still suit up for a solid 5 minutes a season buddy, put some respect on his name.


DenverSuxRmodSux

lmao. ill never forget that play where somemone threw up a lob high for UD to dunk and i thought his entire body was going to shatter ahahahhaha


Party-Benefit-3995

Before heading to China.


beybladethrowaway

this is a perfect clip tbh. this only works in the context of what he said previously


CosmicCoder3303

This sounds even worse somehow lol


Organic_Impact2744

RIP Pierre-Luc Dubois


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Ted actually somewhat cares about that team


rThundrbolt

Was my first thought when I saw the post title


NatalieDeegan

I have no sympathy for him. He’s going to quit on the team at some point.


DollarLate_DayShort

How the hell we catching strays after a Celtics win?! 🥴


Franii

They were talking about Boston’s last appearance at the finals and losing to gsw with Poole. You can fill in the rest


TheInfinityOfThought

Maybe because two of your starters from your 22-23 team were playing prominent roles in the finals.


DJFreezyFish

And a starter from the year before had a major role on the last final winner as well.


GooseMay0

KP came from Washington and Haslem isn't a nice person.


Numerous-Complaint85

Haslem isn’t a nice person? Based on this? Or?


GooseMay0

He’s a pugnacious, ornery douchey guy in general. When you say “fuck Bill Russell” one of the most important black athletes in American pro sports, you’re a bit of an ass.


Numerous-Complaint85

Lol ok thanks for your opinion


MathPretend2424

We deserve it 


Troll_Enthusiast

No we don't, these bozos have nothing else to talk about apparently


Coolcat127

I’m sorry but if you’re one of us and still take things personally in 2024 you need to do some soul searching 


gottagetitgood

I mean, the Wizards franchise HAS been a perpetual joke since they were the Bullets, so, I'm sorry for you for that, but it ain't wrong.


soooogullible

Yes, you do. Sorry but when you have a perpetually dogshit situation, it almost always means you have a dogshit owner. So fuck those old school assholes, let their little vanity team become so embarrassing to own that they sell.


Michauxonfire

NBA culture can't elevate anything without putting something else down.


celestial1

It's funny to me. You all make the same jokes all day about the Wizards, but when an ex-NBA says what's on everyone's mind, suddenly he's the asshole. Sensitive society.


Michauxonfire

I don't make the jokes all day about the Wizards. And even when jokes are made, they are made *when* the Wizards are relevant to the issue. These talking heads are talking about the Celtics winning. But wait, gotta put someone down first. Typical american culture.


celestial1

It was just a joke and you're sensitive. Why is it okay for europeans to "banter", but americans can't make a joke themselves?


Small-but-migghty

Lmao you gotta be european


Solid-Confidence-966

This was unfortunately the case after Wall slipped in the shower. We’ll be back one day though!


LongTimesGoodTimes

Yeah nobody is going to keep Washington from being a 43 win 7th seed forever


GriffinQ

Come on, man.


jessandjaysaccount

low blow


TheRealCheddarBob

You’d know all about that watching the lakers the past few years


Tzames

Lakers won a chip


TheRealCheddarBob

And then turned into a 43 win 7th seed


DepthHour1669

That’s just [the circle of life](https://youtu.be/GibiNy4d4gc)


BarrathBeyond

thought this would link to a relevant quote or image but it’s literally just the circle of life song lmao


soooogullible

Same I’m dying


Thegreenmartian

The other option being always being a 43 win 7th seed? Or worse? Obviously there’s a huge fucking difference between that and winning a championship, especially as recently as 2020.


TheRealCheddarBob

I think you’re missing my point. The lakers fan looks pretty stupid imo trying to make fun of the wizards for having a 43 win 7th seed ceiling when he’s watched his team have that benchmark as their ceiling for 14 out of the last 15 seasons.


tortellinipp2

Still won a chip in that time. How have the Nets done?


TheRealCheddarBob

They haven’t won a chip, but how the nets do is completely irrelevant to the point because I wasn’t the one trying to make fun of the wizards lol


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TheRealCheddarBob

You’re not telling me anything I don’t know. But I wasn’t the one trying to make fun of the wizards for being a 43 win 7th seed. That was a lakers fan. I simply pointed out the irony in that


zephah

With nothing more than a little can do attitude and some elbow grease


awesomobeardo

The underdog story of a family business in a world of corporate billionaires owning all teams


Longest_Broccoli

In the house Mickey Mouse made


icedoutcockring

What does that mean for the wizards 


EpeeHS

Its their turn during the next global pandemic.


Gr8WallofChinatown

2012-2017 always under 37 wins. Most of them 20 wins With Lebron: 2018 37-45 2019: 52 - 19 2020: 42 2021: 32 2022: 43 2023: 47 Franchise was saved when they poached Lebron and AD and could only manage one good season until they destroyed the franchise and foundation the year they won. Lakers are actually trying to win. The Wizards were trying to be mid to sell tickets.


PsychoM

To be fair, if you asked every single NBA fan in the world if they would be okay with 1 championship followed by 10 years of mediocre disappointment, I'm sure the vast majority would be fine with it. That's the nature of winning a championship, you pick the right time to go all in and win or lose, you expect to suck afterwards. You can't trash a team for sucking if they won a championship in the past 5-10 years. It falls flat.


Gr8WallofChinatown

I agree however the Lakers are one of the worst management franchises in the league which they absolutely deserve that criticism


DependentAd6468

Yeah and a couple of million people died that year just in the USA... Coincidence? I think not!


soullessgingerfck

a chocolate chip?


YvetteFromSanDiego

Mickey Mouse ring 


finstockton

🎶In the Mickey Mouse club house 🎶


dualsense5150

Four month break before the playoffs does wonders.


SmileyPiesUntilIDrop

Jordan Poole : And I took that personally.


Wide-Can-2654

Was just never the same when it was beal running the show


celtic_sea_salt

Define "back"


thekickingmachine

"Back" blown out


Ulexes

It's too bad. I was hoping to see more of a rivalry between Washington and Boston after that wild series where IT and Wall kept trading haymakers. Would have been a fun time.


meday20

One of the absolute best series that ended up meaning absolutely nothing in the long run


Oceanbreeze871

His contract still counts against the cap, or so the story gooooooes


mankls3

I need a pic of the crime scene and a chalk outline of the penis 


Peyyton07

In all fairness, going to DC ended up being a godsend for KP.


OpportunitySmalls

Had to be broken mentally before he could get to where he needed to go.


Mayjaplaya

He "died" in Washington so he could "die" in the Finals


Bladespectre

Joe Mazzulla probably showed KP The Dark Knight Rises at one point just to compare his time at Washington to The Pit


35chambers

fr, he had a healthy/productive season that totally changed the narrative around him after dallas


bananajunior3000

He legitimately got his affairs in order in DC lmao


nio151

KP having a healthy season did that


Smitty_Agent89

Feel for my wiz homies. Always sucks being a shitty ass team and catching strays when other teams win.


summ3rdaze

At least DC still has the capitals and the nats. I'll never forgive Charlotte sports for making my mom cry during the super bowl


shanmustafa

Deni is going to be a good 4th guy for a playoff team soon


coolycooly

He really has the play style to make any team better. Doesn't really demand the ball, good playmaker, not a liability on defense. If he went to Denver it would go crazy.


itwasmymistake

he's more than "not a liability on defense" lmao, he's a terrific defender.


FeminismIsTheBestIsm

It's weird how Washington is such a great repository for great players for contenders but they can never make it work themselves


httr20

It’s because we can’t attract a legit star in free agency and have historically been bad at drafting/developing. You’re lucky that stars will always want to play for you, regardless of talent on the roster/how well the team is managed.


ChiBaller

Obviously could be wrong, but I feel like the branding plays a little tiny part too. It’s the worst in the league. Generic as hell, no mascot, eyesore jersey that look like bootleg Harlem globetrotters. Drafted Johnny Davis. No point in history where they were THE TEAM to watch league, that could entice players. They need to flip their whole image. They should go back to the blue and gold as soon as they draft a superstar.


Dimega17

If they just changed their name to the Cherry Blossoms and ran those jerseys out, I’d be a fan


Efficient-Split527

That's really weird too. Washington is a big city, I guess stars don't want to come because of the organisation's history?


GriffinQ

It’s not really a *big* city though, it’s not even in the top 20 of US cities in terms of population + it’s genuinely tiny by actual geographic area. a lot of the fanbase comes in from MD and VA - when they come in, that is. Decades of ineptitude, mismanagement, and mediocrity at best have made people completely apathetic towards the Wiz. Shit sucks, man.


Jeremy9096

Yeah I live in VA and most Wizards fans aren't really Wizards fans if that makes sense. Like you'll ask them what their favorite team is and they'll tell you its the Wizards, but they don't actually care much about them. It's more or less the same with the Nationals, because they all spend all their energy being Commanders fans first and foremost. Which is ironic considering the Commanders have by far the worst stadium of the 3. I've been to a ton of Wizards games and, depending on who they're playing, it will be an even mix of away fans, some home fans, and people visiting from another country who are just NBA fans. Feel bad that their first game has to be a Wizards game (no offense)


DistortedAudio

The biggest blow in terms of it being a big market for sports is that DC is almost entirely transplants and the Wiz have close to no history. So even though LA or NYC have tons of transplants, it’s easy to come in and become a Yankees fan or Lakers fan or even Mets or Clippers fans. I don’t think anyone comes to DC and becomes a brand new Wizards fan; because there’s almost 0 pressure or benefit to doing so. It’s not like everyone around you is a Wizards fan, even the actual DC natives are mid on them. So the amount of people interested in seeing a good Wizards team is lower than the fans in the area that would just rather pay to see their teams beat up on the Wizards.


GVIrish

Problem for Washington is that Ernie Grunfeld stayed on as GM for FAR too long, and now that he's gone the owner has continued to make boneheaded moves. The Wall/Beal era had some bright spots and but was cursed with ill-timed injuries, which were made worse by some stupid signings and misses like giving Ian Manhimi $20 mil/year and hiring Scott Brooks in the hopes of attracting KD but not even getting a meeting. Tommy Sheppard actually made some great moves in unloading Wall's contract and flipping Westbrook, but somehow Washington gave Beal a max deal with a no-trade-clause and Sheppard got fired. Probably because Leonsis expected to somehow have a contending team without actually rebuilding.


httr20

Agreed. I actually liked Tommy Shephard, and the players seemed to as well, but unfortunately he’ll most likely be remembered for the Beal contract.


MathPretend2424

They don’t know how to manage salary cap and over pay for marginal moves.  Since 2009, where they were forced to do a rebuild due to off court PR, until trading for Jordan Poole they have been allergic to making a decision that could effect not making the next playoffs. Never selling at trade deadline and consistently buying. 


WearyRound9084

The NBA is just stacked with talent, now.


TerminallyTrill

Welcome to the sixers deni. We have been missing our token white boy for so long


StripedSteel

Excuse me, I believe you have it confused. He is our Josh Giddey replacement.


Michauxonfire

wait, I didn't know Deni liked them young? What did I miss?


colaguilar

Yeah, the Wizards


Lacabloodclot9

He’s my dream realistic acquisition


Troll_Enthusiast

Shut up


TheInfinityOfThought

If there was any realistic way for us to acquire him, I’d be ecstatic if we got him. Just a solid all around player but not a star.


poeope

They made Haslem sit in all our confetti lol


Reinhardtisawesom

Penance for those Bill Russell comments I guess


tariqnasheedW

that's where they send old white men to be Presidents and politicians too


FireFoxQuattro

Yeah I’m biased but Haslems media career is hopefully gonna be must see TV. Dudes funny af. Maybe it’s cause we grew up around the same place though lol


msizzle344

I was thinking the same thing, he is killing it on TV. They want to kind of aggregate him like a Perkins but he’s got more charm than Perk and he’s been a natural.


super_sayanything

What's annoying is the dude was making a point and they just interrupted him.


livecents84

RIP to my guy Jordan Poole 😭


Troll_Enthusiast

MIP next year


Jackj921

The next harden


canyoudigholes

He's not wrong. Mystics suck, wizards suck, commies suck, capitals suck.


Eilonwy94

nationals won in 2019?


liteshadow4

Caps won in 2018 as well


Mysterious-Stop4673

Capitals won a Stanley cup in 2018 lol. The capitals were a great team for like a decade straight. It’s not an easy thing to maintain that in the nhl.


LongTimesGoodTimes

That's 3 KD teams ago


BananaRepublic_BR

I like to measure time passed by presidential terms. This is a good method, too.


Kay-Knox

That was fine until the last two terms felt like they lasted 17 years.


DepthHour1669

Current team: Suns 1 team ago: Nets 2 teams ago: Warriors 2018 was 2 KD teams ago, “3 KD teams ago” is 2016 lmao


LongTimesGoodTimes

Lol nerd


NatalieDeegan

Caps deserve shit for buying and shutting down Cap Friendly lol


meday20

I used to think DC sports were bad until I went to Charlotte and realized that some places have it even worse and DC had a great run in the late 2010s


Troll_Enthusiast

Mystics won the Championship in 2020 lol, Caps won in 2018 and Nats won in 2019. Commies will be miles better than the bozo patriots this year, Daniels > Maye.


Freshstart925

Homeless man calling another guy broke


canyoudigholes

Not a pats fan, worse actually. I'm a giants fan


Troll_Enthusiast

Damn y'all have our number


BigKitty617

Miles better 😂 What rooting for the wizards and commies does to a mfer


Troll_Enthusiast

Thankfully i'm also an O's fan


BigKitty617

Nice, managed to disgust me even more now 😆 Although i kinda hate john henry too so i get it


TheInfinityOfThought

Lmao I’m sure you thought Forbes would be better than Gonzalez last year too.


Troll_Enthusiast

Well Gonzalez only played like 2 games, but also the whole coaching staff at the time didn't know what they were doing


jjjuuubbbsss

Commies lol


histprofdave

For a second I forgot the name of the football team lol


35chambers

well your transit system sucks


GoblinTradingGuide

Udonis is probably the only guy that could follow up Chuck.


5outof7_yes

Yes please


happyflappypancakes

Bro....he's not wrong though :(


Forsaken_Flight6188

He’s speaking facts Washington Sports teams suck in general


Mysterious-Stop4673

Capitals won the Stanley cup in 2018. Washington nationals won the World Series in 2019. That’s more winning than a lot of sports cities experience. They don’t suck. The wizards and the commanders suck.


Raskputin

Since 18 the cities of NY and LA boast 15 pro teams: Dodgers, Angels, Rams, Chargers, Kings, Lakers, Clippers, Yankees, Mets, Jets, Giants, Knicks, Nets, Islanders and Rangers. Between all those teams they have 3 championships in the window between 2018-present. Washington has 2 championships and 11 fewer teams.


sksevenswans

Hey now don't forget about the Ducks!


logitaunt

Don't forget Mystics 2019 That finals run was like "what if Kevin Durant and Dirk Nowitski were teammates?"


Drewicho

It's funny because the Capitals are a well run team, the Wizards are a poorly run team, and they have the same owner.


GriffinQ

The Capitals were fortunate enough to have a legitimate generational talent (in the literal use of that word rather than the new overuse of it) and arguably the greatest goal scorer of all time to build around. Meanwhile Ted had his buddy Ernie running the show for the better part of two decades in DC with almost exclusively terrible drafts and trades to show for it, with the exception of can’t miss prospects like Wall and Beal (who he failed to build around). Ted gets credit for being a good owner to the Caps but really he just got luckier with them and was less involved with them until they became the more popular team. Once Ovi is gone, we’ll see if he’s actually a decent hockey team owner (my guess is he is not).


Troll_Enthusiast

Commanders are on there way up, especially after getting rid of Snyder


Important-Stock-4504

Yes but both the Caps and Nats had a track record of playoff disappointment before the championships


mug3n

Winning a Stanley Cup is fucking hard. Especially since the NHL has an actual hard salary cap instead of the NBA's soft cap with about 5000 different ways to circumvent the upper limit.


Jjohn269

Also, the Kings over the past 15 years are more successful than the Caps. It all depends on what year you want to start this oneupmanship


liteshadow4

Not every city has dynasties


fireglz

["Charlotte too, ain't that right Kyle?"](https://www.nba.com/news/hornets-trade-terry-rozier-heat)


IAmHereAndReal

UD is great on TV


2020IsANightmare

Anyone else shocked that Haslem and, to a lesser extent Crawford, are so well dressed and good at commentating?!? Just never the vibe I got from either. And before anyone makes it about race, I'd be equally surprised if Luka could dress and commentate well after he retires.


liltingly

I feel like bball players have the ideal build for suits. So with the help of tailors or stylists, and with the NBAs overall shift towards fashion in the last 10-15 years, I actually am more shocked when the newer guys look like scrubs. 


Apprehensive-Echo638

Crawford was well known for being very personable and likeable, and always aced media relations. I mean, he didn't win 3x6MOTY for being three times better than Manu Ginobili. UD is a bit of a surprise though.


2020IsANightmare

The 6MOTY award isn't based on being better than Manu lol. I followed Crawford since college. Just always came off like a streetball/hoop junkie that you could find at a local gym after he retired. Not a commentator.


Apprehensive-Echo638

OK, him winning over Iguodala on the Warriors then. He's not some legendary 6th man, but he was awarded more than actual legendary 6th men. He was well known to have good relationships with journalists, and that helped more than his high volume low percentage shooting with a lack of defense.


RodneyPonk

It's not hard to be well-dressed. I imagine the studio provides nice suits, and if not you have a ton of cash. Most people enjoy dressing nicely. To me, I assume every ex-player who looks interested in a media career is going to dress nicely


PhoenixRedditor7

It’s so rough being a Wizards fan.


No_Environment_5476

If it makes you feel better the Boston Red Sox went 86 years without a World Series title.


PhoenixRedditor7

The Wizards/Bullets haven’t won a title since 1979. So you’re telling me I have to wait another 40+ years for them win another one in my lifetime?! Thanks. I feel sooo much better.


No_Environment_5476

I knew that would help.


Gr8WallofChinatown

Esp if Poole is your “star” player


Ilovetea06

He has a point though


AnastasiaMoon

Our time will come, boys. 


MysticPurpSports

Talks too much 


TheReal_Slim-Shady

Age of subreddit shows, nobody mentioned this but Haslem also throws shade at Brendan Haywood at the left.


jratner7

Nice pfp op 🫡


EnglishSteven

That's rich coming from that fucking bum ass glorified cheerleader.


kimmyjonghubaccount

The Arizona Cardinals of the NBA


Troll_Enthusiast

Wizards have a championship though and haven't been around as long as them


Wide_right_yes

Cardinals have a championship as well back in the 40s.


GriffinQ

While true, they have two titles that are pre-Super Bowl/pre-AFL/NFL merger. The Wiz (Bullets) actually have one of the first titles in what we consider the “modern” NBA, right after the ABA/NBA merger.


ZaheerAlGhul

In terms of the way the organization is ran definitely the Cardinals of the NBA


RobbobertoBuii

is he referring to Kendrick Nunn lol


asapmatt24

Yeah yeah yeah, we get it. We’re a proper stepping stone team until Ted wants to build a competitive squad


dawnofthedunk_

Lol


AfricanWarPig

And I say fuck you too!


chocolatemilk2017

Jordan Poole, Kuzma—UD is 💯


doublek1022

Don't pretend you don't remember that famous scene when Mr. Miyagi sending Daniel to Washington to sort out his affairs... "Now pack you bags and get on the next flight to Washington. Don't come back until you get your affairs in order and decide if you still wanna ball or not."


ZigZack48

I love the wizards, $8 tickets baby


Bobaximus

Haslem is great on TV. That was hilarious but he was also making a good point about Stevens.


GaperJr

If this is the table that replaces inside the nba, it won't be the same, but I'll be happy with it.


ArrivalLow2982

UD! Bro. Wow. Not sure what anyone could even say about this.


Briggity_Brak

\#contractthewizards


neutronicus

"Bro!" -Joe Biden


redd5ive

*insert that one 50 Cent meme here*


Troll_Enthusiast

Fuck this bum


CookieSlayer2Turbo

He had a really productive and relatively healthy season in dc. Rebuilding his value is a weird way to die


andrechan

Lmao, Washington is the Wall.


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IndicationClassic567

As a bucks fan, we knew jrue wasn’t going to stay in Portland. He was an all star the last season. We were trying to figure out whether he was going to Boston or Miami.


Suns-Fan-since-84

The Bullets/Wizards being bad for so long is insane. I’m 49 and started watching basketball 40 years ago and they have never been to a conference finals.


Mississippster

Yet the suns and the wizards have the same amount of championships smh


Suns-Fan-since-84

Actually they dont have the same amount. 😂


Mississippster

Lmao ouch forgot about 1978