A Letter to the Wizards by a Wizards Fan
Tue, Apr 29, 2008 By Tariq Ali
The Wizards have tried everything to beat the Cavaliers. I mean everything except playing basketball.
With all the trash talk, hard fouls, flagrant fouls, and fines, the Wizards are facing a possible early summer vacation when they face the Cavaliers tomorrow at the Q.
With a win tomorrow, the Cavaliers, will close out the Wizards for the third straight year
Wizards fans are tired of the loosing. Here is a letter to the Wizards by one of their fans:
“And with this so-called feud between Stevenson and James blown way out of proportion, with the likes of Jay-Z and Soulja Boy drawn into the orbit, things have completely gotten out of hand. It obviously has distracted DeShawn Stevenson to the point where his play has been ineffective, except for one good game in the lone Wizards win. Oh, and by the way, Mr. Stevenson, you think you can keep LeBron in front of you a few times instead of watching him go by on his way to the basket? Just keep quiet and play ball. And Mr. Haywood, who has spent the better part of his time in the NBA underachieving until finally showing some promise this season, who are you to make any comments? I admit, I’m surprised that you are even here after how last season ended. Prior to this season, the thing you were best known for was fighting with Etan Thomas. Just keep quiet and play ball. And Mr. Arenas, while I admire your candor on your blog, perhaps it’s time to rein it in just a bit so that you can focus on your game and sharing the ball with your teammates. Let’s just say while it was nice to see you try to do your modern-day Willis Reed impersonation the other day, Game 4 was not one of your better outings. Just keep quiet and play ball.”
You can read the full letter here.
The series between the Cavs and the Wizards should’ve been one of the good series of the NBA playoffs of the season but the things that the Wizards have done to flat out hurt on Lebron James is a disgrace. I mean it’s gotten real out of hand with Brandon Heywood pushing James in the air DeShawn Stevenson slapping James across the head while trying to make a shot and now last night a late punch in the face by Darius Songaila. The head coach of the Wizards Eddie Jordan has just let the thugs run the team instead of letting them know this is still professional basketball and you still representing the league. Charles Barkley says is every night ” The Wizards are stepping over the line with how they’re playing basketball.” Reggie Miller used to always bother my Knicks but it wasn’t in the poor taste these “THUGS” the Washington Wizards are handling themselves. WIZARDS GROW UP AND PLAY BASKETBALL NOT JAIL BALL.