the warriors move up in the lottery, and we get screwed by a coin toss twice. With our luck, I am banking on the 7th or 8th pick. Ugh

THE WIZARDS HAVE SUCH AWFUL LUCK
WHY CANT THEY JUST ONCE HAVE GOOD LUCK!!!!!
ERNIE GRUNFELD IS AN IDIOT!
SIGNING GILBERT FOR 111 MILLION
NOW LOOK WHAT GIL IS WORTH! NOTHING!
WITHOUT HIS CONTRACT, THE WIZARDS COULD HAVE GOTTEN LEBRON OR A DIFFFERENT BIG NAME PLAYER!!!!!!
I was hoping for evan turner or john wall. now look at this. we could go as low as the 8th pick. I was hoping to finish 3rd worst so we would have a high chance of getting john wall or evan turner. everyone knows that this years draft is a two man draft.

im sorry for blowing up. im a die hard wiz fan, just a frustrated one.

still. the more cap room, the better.
if gilbert wasnt here, we would have an extra 17 mill. to spend this year on free agents.
if i was a GM in the NBA and had 17 million dollars to spend, i sure as hell wouldnt spend it on arenas
not to be negative or anything, just saying my opinion

on a different note,
i have been meaning to ask you a question for a long time, Mike.
so here it goes:
honestly in your opinion, what do you think the wizards record will be next year?
i know there are a lot of variables involved
but still, im just curious.

that was pretty funny morethesamewiz
i needed some comic relief about the situation
XD

Just as the 40 days between Ash Wednesday and Easter are called Lent, what should we call the 30-odd days between the day the NBA season ends for the lottery teams and the day the lottery selection order is disclosed? What four letter word best describes “endless speculation, persistent self-flagellation and rampant self-pity”?

who will then get his paycheck, get even more lazier, fatter, and with a worse attitude and will accidentally push gilbert over when running to the buffet table at the team hotel and break gilbert’s knees for a 4th time. Subsequently, blatche will get his braces removed and try to hit the clubs but unfortunatley will strike out with the ladies again leading to a Big Ben situation late night at some strip club with Javale McGee taping it. Shuan Livingston will relish starting in place of gilbert but then will slip on a pickle on the ground fallen from one of Derrick Cousins pulled pork sandwiches and will then bust up his knee for good. Nick Young will be running aimlessly on the court trying to catch fireflys in a jar. Mike Miller will become a female tennis player. Rambling now.

Updated probability of picking in each possible spot:
First: 8.8%
Second: 9.7%
Third: 10.7%
Fifth: 26.1% (can’t pick 4th)
Sixth: 36.0%
Seventh: 8.4%
Eigth: 0.4% (that’s still really unlikely folks, though I’m sure the pessimists are convinced that this is where we’ll end up)

I’d say there are 4 or 5 players who could be stars at the next level in Wall, Turner, Cousins, Wesley Johnson, and Favors.

I would be ecstatic to land either Wall, Turner, or Wesley Johnson. They all would fit in perfectly with the wiz. Im not worried as long as we land one of the top 4 picks, it doesnt have to be 1 or 2 in my opinion. Yeah, Turner or Wall would be sick and it could possibly still happen. But if we do get the 4 pick we would still be in position to draft Wesley Johnson, an unselfish, super athletic, team oriented player who can really shoot and has the ability to defend and rebound. He would be the breath of fresh air this team needs. He has an endearing personality and is the type of kid you want in your program.

At first I was all for spending money and getting a guy like Rudy Gay or Joe Johnson depending on what pick we got (if we got the 2 pick, draft Turner, get Gay in free agency…. if we got 4 pick, take wesley j, and get Joe Johnson in FA) but the more I have been thinking about it, we might be alright just resigning a couple cheaper guys (livingston and Miller). A team with Gil/ Miller/ W. Johnson/ Blatche/ (maybe sign Okur to play center) and guys like Livingston, McGee, Young, and Thornton coming off the bench could compete and we would save a ton of bills and have even more money next summer. Another thing, I would see that locker room developing a ton of chemistry, hopefully gil will come back a changed man (and i think he will). I would love to watch that team, and it is extremely realistic that this could happen.

Or we could go the other route too…. a team with gil-turner-gay-blatche- mcgee wouldnt be a bad squad (top 4 in the east) or gil- joe johnson- w. johnson- blatche- mcgee.. Who knows…at least we have options.

Why is that again? this sh*t’s confusing

Fourteen teams missed the playoffs. Line them up from worst record to best. Then you have a lottery to pick three teams to jump to the front of the line.

The Wizards are fifth in line to start the process.

If they are one of the three teams that win the lottery, they can move up to the first, second, or third spots.

If the Wizards do not win the lottery and one of more teams from the back of the line do win, the Wiz can get pushed back from fifth to sixth, seventh, or eighth.

There’s no way to end up fourth.

Here are the odds for you guys!

1st pick 0.103
2nd pick 0.111
3rd pick 0.120

5th pick 0.238
6th pick 0.342
7th pick 0.082
8th pick 0.004

I’ll be rooting for our teams to finish 1-2. I watched all of your games coming down the stretch and was thrilled to see Livingston make his comeback.
 
Neither of our teams tanked and I’m happy about that (well, maybe Flip tried in the 4th quarter). I’ll be happier if we’re rewarded.

Well, at least you guys have cap space. We’re stuck with Corey Maggette and Andris Biedrins. If we didn’t have Curry, we’d take Gil off your hands.

Good luck.

Then that’s what we’ll get, even though its the least likely outcome. From the numbers I see, we have a 55% chance of picking 1,2,3, or 5. So there’s a 55% chance that we get Wall, Turner, Cousins, Favors, or Johnson. Then there’s a 34% chance that we get to pick our favorite from the rest of the prospects. Keep thinking positive cause there’s a better chance of us getting #1 than 7 or 8.