At first glance the title of this statement looks ridiculous. How good any part of an 11-39 season being going well? Well I am here to explain that to you. I will start right before the trade deadline because that is basically the day where the Wizards franchise changed dramatically with the Nene trade. At the time we were sitting at 9-32 (nothing to write home about) and had the 3rd worst record in the NBA was is actually one of the most significant parts of this year. We were a team that had an infinite number of players that had no basketball IQ, played sub par defense, and overall just took a selfish approach to the game. The culture around the Wizards was terrible as all of their top players (sans Wall) not only didn’t know how to win basketball games but just created a losing atmosphere around the other players. The main culprits in this culture was McGee, Young, and Blatche; all of whom had been in the league year for years yet they had all always been perennial losers (specifically as starters) and not one of them seemed willing to change their game or attitude on the court for the better of the team. It was pretty clear that Young would be gone after this year because he is an unrestricted free agent and Blatche was also probably gone due to the existing amnesty clause that the Wizards are sure to use on him; but with no deal looming it seemed as if we would have to watch these guys play out the year and soil our young impressionable players even more. Then you have McGee who we would have had to make a huge decision on this summer as to whether to pay this big time highlight and potential guy that hadn’t yet figured out how to play and win in the NBA the big bucks or let him walk for free. It is basically the type of decision that gets NBA GM’s fired every year.  Read more...