Comment from gee wiz
Time August 28, 2008 at 12:27 PM

this was pretty stupid! but no deshawn stevenson at linebacker or strong safety??? no shaq at DE, DT or OT??? no d-wade at RB or reciever??? i tell u what if someone had the time they look back into current NBA players high school profiles and see if they actually played football. like allen iverson he played qaurterback in high school

Comment from Wizfan4life
Time August 28, 2008 at 1:05 PM

Hey SportzWiz: anyways you can get some videos or pics of the guys doing drills or working out? i think many of us would feel good if we could see how well the players are doing at this point……oh yeah u talked to Gil yet about his new name being “Operator” or “The Operator” yet?

Comment from SportzWiz
Time August 28, 2008 at 1:07 PM

Wade’s at RB.

Iverson would be a little small for qb. DMac was actually an excellent receiver in high school when it comes to wizards.

Comment from SportzWiz
Time August 28, 2008 at 1:10 PM

I dont see gil too often and usually its for a very very short period. It’s tough with the players with video and pics. Most guys are coming in for workouts and dont want to be bothered during drills and definitely during rehab.

Comment from wizards_fusion
Time August 28, 2008 at 2:45 PM

This Bleacher Report is the dumbest thing I’ve read in a long time. I don’t think the NBA players were selected for those football positions by what they may have played in high school or younger. I’m guessing all the positions are based on HEIGHT and a physical attribute the players are known for. Therefore, for a 6-8 LeBron to play Tight End makes sense (size, strength, toughness) and so does a 6-4 Arenas to play Linebacker (quickness, makes a lot of plays).

Sheed as a punter? I can’t think of any associations. Punters don’t tend to yap all that much so I have no clue on this one.

The only players that the list got right are the Return Men of Barbosa and Rondo. You can add Tony Parker to it too.

Comment from millie mill
Time August 28, 2008 at 4:30 PM

This is a good job for Tom Mandel.

http://www.nba.com/celtics/contact/statistics-intern.html

Comment from neal
Time August 28, 2008 at 10:39 PM

Somebody must have a lot of time on his hands to think this up.

Comment from GrifonRacing
Time August 28, 2008 at 10:44 PM

Hey Tom… you could always apply for the Celtics job under an alias?

Comment from wizards_fusion
Time August 29, 2008 at 9:39 AM

possible aliases for tom:

1. the great white wiz-ope
2. the basketball stat jesus
3. liquid bleach from dewey beach

Comment from Reuben
Time August 29, 2008 at 12:44 PM

The Wizards website now has black all over it maybe there listening to us

Comment from Tom Mandel
Time August 29, 2008 at 2:36 PM

I’m not good enough for an intern job!

But… do note that the Celtics are looking for someone who can make statistical info sing for them, and we need someone like that too!

How can you not have Rip at WR, btw? He even looks like a wide receiver. And Sheed can only be compared to TO, so I guess he is a receiver too!

Comment from Wizfan4life
Time August 29, 2008 at 2:39 PM

I’m only 16 but I already know that I want to work in a professional sports buisiness, preferably the NBA. I don’t exactly know what I specifically want to do, but I do want to work in the buisiness/relations/sales/etc. departments, something that makes good money and would give me pride because I work in a professional sporting buisiness

Comment from Wizfan4life
Time August 29, 2008 at 2:41 PM

Oh yeah, does anybody know if there is a time limit to sign restricted free agents? Like if the restricted free agents aren’t resigned, do they become unrestricted or are they still essentially owned by there team until another team makes an offer and the players own team doesn’t match it?

Comment from Bridge
Time August 29, 2008 at 3:21 PM

Wizfan –
You should want it because you love it; what would you need pride for, everyone’s got that. For example, ever not asked a girl out or not wanted to apologize to one of your siblings or something…That, my friend, is pride (well, the girl thing probably could’ve been due to shyness and/or fear too).

Comment from wizards_fusion
Time August 29, 2008 at 3:34 PM

W4L is saying he wants to work for a sports business that gives him pride (e.g., he’s proud to be working for them). He doesn’t want to be working for a shady company cuz he’s not going to be proud with what he does even though he could be making a lot of dough.

Bridge’s examples are also a type of pride, but I would group that more as “arrogance-pride” [like you're too good for them] rather than “being proud-pride” [like your mama crying cuz her baby graduated from college].

Comment from Wizfan4life
Time August 29, 2008 at 5:10 PM

Bridge I love your words of wisdom……I want to work for the NBA because I love the NBA and love watching basketball and I’m saying I would be proud to work in the NBA because it would be something I love, but at the same time it would be a good job as well.

Comment from Bridge
Time August 29, 2008 at 5:13 PM

“Bridge’s examples are also a type of pride, but I would group that more as “arrogance-pride” [like you’re too good for them]”…

Arrogance is pretty much a disrespectful form of proud; proud is about self-respect and esteem; pride can be a number of different things, but like you said, to be proud. I don’t see my examples as being the “arrogant” type of pride though. How would it be “too good” if, lets say, I, wanted to ask someone out. In being arrogant, you wouldn’t think twice about asking someone out (but that’s just my opinion). You have pride in asking someone out because your esteem is on the line (not knowing how the other person is going to respond). With MY siblings, I never think that I’m “too good” to apologize to them because I don’t think that I’m too good for anybody. Sometimes, I just don’t want to apologize because I just feel that I don’t have to – it’s like “I didn’t do anything wrong…”; I’m being selfish, not “too good.”

Originally, what I was saying to Wizfan is that he should be doing it, not just because of the $ or the fact that it seems cool, but because he loves it. It was more like friendly support (much like I give sisterly support), not some type of statement open to interpretation, unless Wizfan himself wanted to correct me on something. That’s all…

Comment from Bridge
Time August 29, 2008 at 5:16 PM

Which, he just did ^, so thanks Wizfan.

Thanks!…I like your ideas and determination and think that you’ll be great someday. It’s never too soon to be applying .

Comment from Wizfan4life
Time August 29, 2008 at 6:04 PM

Thanks Bridge…… I think you summed it up pretty well!

Comment from stevevu
Time August 29, 2008 at 7:13 PM

didnt rasheed punt the basketball pretty far during games sometimes. that might be why he is the punter.

Comment from GrifonRacing
Time August 29, 2008 at 11:03 PM

Wizards Fusion…. liquid bleach from Dewey Beach. That is priceless!

I don’t know Tom. You are very good at that stuff? You could be like that guy with the Red Sox that completely changed everyone’s thinking about baseball stats? You even have me reading your stats and saying things like “that makes sense”.

Hey Wizfan4life… most sports teams have “internships” where you get paid nothing (or very little) but learn a lot about the internal workings of the franchise. It may be something to consider applying for if you have an interest along those lines. Most internships are in the summer months as they are designed for college age people.

Comment from Wizfan4life
Time August 29, 2008 at 11:08 PM

Thanks GrifonRacing…..thanks for the tip, Ive looked into that a little bit and it sounds exciting! hopefully I can get an internship with the Washington Wizards!

Comment from John50
Time August 30, 2008 at 9:55 AM

Wow LTNS. (Long Time No See)

Hello everyone,

I have been reviewing for some weeks now and like to give a “Howdy” to everyone and its good to see some old faces back in the posts.

AS far as the posted subject regarding NFL Bleachers…Well…Um…That is kind of stupid-one tackle and one of those players careers are done. lol

Wizfan4life- Keep going toward your dreams, Keep it schooling and keep working hard.

Comment from John50
Time August 30, 2008 at 10:04 AM

Oh Yeah, BRIDGE.

I couldnt help but to click on your link to your blogspot regarding your brothers journey. I think this is a great idea and I had a question: Is he going to be playing in High School this year? Also are you going to post any videos?

Guys check it out if you havent already:

http://www.scorrre.blogspot.com/

Tell him to keep up the good work. Also Bridge keep up the great work as well, you may not know this but even though this is your brother, you are making a major impact on his life and others with your blog.

Tell him to work on those inside shots as well, that little Ray Allen JR

See U All When the Season starts!!!!!!GO WIZ!!!!!

Comment from Bridge
Time August 30, 2008 at 12:45 PM

Thanks J50! I’ll tell him everything you said – I’ll probably even show him what you said (he needs a little introduction to the Wizards anyway . As far as him playing in high school, he actually goes back to school on Sep 2nd; I’ll be going up there with him to talk to the person in charge of all the basketball stuff – so yeah, we’re both hoping that he’ll play. Videos will be coming soon, so stay posted. I appreciate you telling people to check it out (the site); I’m kinda modest about this all, sometimes attention embarrasses me…But thanks again and sorry for the late reply – late night yesterday….

Like he said – GO WIZ!!!

Comment from neal
Time August 30, 2008 at 11:04 PM

Hey SportzWiz, how about starting a thread for us to evaluate the Wiz, position by position?

Comment from Bridge
Time August 31, 2008 at 9:51 AM

Wizfan, you should go for that contest on gilbertology.net -

Comment from doclinkin
Time August 31, 2008 at 10:35 AM

SportzWiz sez –”I dont see gil too often and usually its for a very very short period. It’s tough with the players with video and pics. Most guys are coming in for workouts and dont want to be bothered during drills and definitely during rehab.”

Fair enough but clearly we’re starving here. Fans on this site want to hear any kind of inside scoop or skinny you got. Who is in town? Who’s working out a ton? Who looks bigger? Who has been rehabbing? Who do you see most on the practice court? How does their shot look? What assistant coaches are around? Have they made any of the players their special projects? Do the guys scrimmage with each other at all? Any funny stories? Any jokes the players have been cracking on each other? Grab a player for a quick session of ‘your fans want to know…’ What’s a typical offseason day for [player name here]? What’d he eat for breakfast, what time did he get up, do they wear tube socks or shortie socks, brush your teeth before breakfast or after? What’s their take on the presidential race? What’s their take on other team’s offseason moves? What player do they most hate to face? What team do they like to play most? Best player not in the league. Could the Spanish national team defeat the World Champ Boston Celtics? On a neutral court with international rules? Are they looking forward to their overseas trip with the team? Have they made any preparations for the trip (bought some language tapes, called Dirk Nowitzki to find out what’s a good hotspot in Berlin)? If the NBA opened up an NBA Europe, would they mind playing overseas? What countries have they been to? Spiciest food they ever ate. Best little known place to eat, DC or in their hometown. Do they have a personal nutritionist? … Pick a question. Or ask the website fans to contribute to the list.

Otherwise, yeah, uh, which NBA player would make the best goalie in soccer?… striker?… midfielder?….

Starving, I say. Feed us a nugget.

-doc.

Comment from Reuben
Time August 31, 2008 at 1:33 PM

Sportzwiz is there a possibility that the wizards will have new jerseys this year a lot of teams seem to be getting them (Hornets,Magic,Timberwolves,Kings,OKC of course) thats a lot more than usaul

Comment from neal
Time August 31, 2008 at 3:04 PM

Spot on, doclinkin.

Comment from neal
Time August 31, 2008 at 3:58 PM

If we don’t get some news soon I think we should organize. Refuse to blog until we get some news. Boy will Sportzwiz be sorry then.

Comment from Tom Mandel
Time September 2, 2008 at 8:36 AM

Maybe it’s time for us to start an independent Wizards-oriented blog? They exist for lots of teams. I can do the set up easily enough, but I don’t want to be the only one posting items (i.e. not comments but *new items*).

Note — to do this well would require some effort from a few people. Think about it first.

Comment from Tom Mandel
Time September 2, 2008 at 8:53 AM

Having added Theo Ratliff, the Sixers are now about to sign Donyell Marshall — whom I’d been hoping we’d grab for the vet. minimum, as he’d be a great influence on Andray and JaVale.

Admittedly, we are up near the luxury tax ceiling, but it is hard to watch Philadelphia improve radically, Miami gear up for the return of the old Dwayne Wade, Indiana add a veteran center, top-tier PG and young talent, Cleveland make moves, etc. — all while we field the same team as last year.

Comment from Tom Mandel
Time September 2, 2008 at 8:54 AM

(Note that I’m not necessarily saying that we should do something different from what we’ve done; it’s just hard to watch.)

Comment from Reuben
Time September 2, 2008 at 10:06 AM

Tom it would be hard to start our own blog because we wont be able to get things that sportzwiz can get

Comment from Tom Mandel
Time September 2, 2008 at 11:11 AM

Whoa, there — I wouldn’t want to *replace* this blog!! No way.

The question is whether a blog about the Wizards that is *independent* of the franchise itself would be of interest — there are blogs of this kind for lots of nba teams and other sports franchises.

Comment from SportzWiz
Time September 2, 2008 at 12:25 PM

Hey guys as I told you before I would love to give you more than what I have. But A we don’t have that much right now. As I said very few guys are around and the ones that are usually are with the trainers and when people are with trainers they usually don’t want to talk. (i have posted what ive heard) B. We are the official blog of the team so when we have things to tell you we post it here as soon as we can. There are independant blogs like bulletsforever.com that do a nice job, but even Ivan’s blogs and Mike Jones blogs are quiet because there’s not that many rumblings going on. Starting today I will start breaking down each division and talk about what each teams moves this off-season and a couple sentences on the upcoming year for that team.

Also realize the guys that do come into the gym don’t necessarily come in for 11:00 practices everyday. I would love to go down to the practice court and hang out waiting for players to arrive but unfortunately that could lead to some very long waits with nothing to report on.

Comment from Tom Mandel
Time September 2, 2008 at 2:53 PM

SportsWiz — *everyone* thinks you do a great job.

Comment from SportzWiz
Time September 2, 2008 at 3:17 PM

Thanks man, I want to please everyone its just sometimes we dont have the ability to do it. All the questions that people are asking or features will be coming during training camp when we have a ton of access to these guys.