PHOTOS: Andray Blatche 'Play Off [Sic.] Starts Here' T-Shirts

by Mike Prada on Sep 22, 2011 3:34 PM EDT in Links

The Wizards have been known to use T-shirts to try to motivate themselves. Surely you remember the infamous "Our Time" t-shirts distributed during Flip Saunders' first training camp immediately prior to a season where the team won 26 games, gutted its team and dealt with the whole Gilbert Arenas/Javaris Crittenton gun drama. Here's hoping Andray Blatche's motivational T-shirts work better.

Blatche has been giving these T-shirts out to all those who have attended his players-only workouts here in D.C., which, for now, includes only Chris Singleton and Hamady Ndiaye. I have no clue if the other Wizards have received/will receive the shirt once they come back into town.

That's the back of the shirt. The front of the shirt is below the jump. I can live with the grammatical error ("Play Off" is not two words) if it provides the players with the fuel they need to improve.

Thanks to Joe Connelly for sending the pictures over.

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You know, I've gotta say

my family never became a family until I handed them all inspiring t-shirts.

+1 Dray

by ryasch on Sep 22, 2011 3:44 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs

Now Wall HAS to come.

Can’t pass up on a play off t-shirt.

I'm a Wizards fan. We've been trying to tell you about Lebron for years. Hated the man before it was cool.

by returnofswagger on Sep 22, 2011 4:05 PM EDT reply actions

Dray's been spending too much time in Miami

by djnnnou on Sep 22, 2011 4:23 PM EDT reply actions

It's a step up from "Lap Dance Tuesday"

Baby steps, people.

by disgrunted on Sep 22, 2011 4:28 PM EDT reply actions

two baby steps forward

can easily be “compensated” with four strides back…….

by thewiz06 on Sep 22, 2011 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions

For some reason

my reaction is….awww, how cute…and i’m a dray fan!

by Meraj Chowdhury on Sep 22, 2011 4:40 PM EDT reply actions

Looks like something a mom...

…designs in MS Paint for her kid’s county league youth basketball team.

No, seriously, it totally does.

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by averagebro on Sep 22, 2011 4:56 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

Lemme guess.... CafePress, right?!?

Seriously, these are hideous. Grammatical errors aside.

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by averagebro on Sep 22, 2011 4:57 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

Definitely appreciate the effort though

by Meraj Chowdhury on Sep 22, 2011 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

I love what Blatche is doing.

Hilarious that he’s given out 2 t-shirts though!

by Perm on Sep 22, 2011 5:42 PM EDT reply actions

It's on T-shirt

Front and back

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by Mike Prada on Sep 22, 2011 6:10 PM EDT up reply actions

One, even

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by Mike Prada on Sep 22, 2011 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions

I think he meant 2 total to Singleton and N'daiye

Not two each.

by Kenny Sky Walker on Sep 22, 2011 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Ah, you're right

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by Mike Prada on Sep 22, 2011 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Considering its playoff

I guess they think they won’t get past the 1st round.

by hambonejackson on Sep 22, 2011 6:07 PM EDT reply actions

Champion Ship Starts Here!

by djnnnou on Sep 22, 2011 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs

hilarious!

by DCrez on Sep 22, 2011 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions

Champion Chip

I used to have super powers until my psychiatrist took them away.

by Rook6980 on Sep 22, 2011 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions

I passed on L.A. and went to Dray's workouts

And all I got was this lousy t-shirt.

by satchmore on Sep 22, 2011 6:20 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

um shouldn't it be...

“PLAYOFFS” and not “PLAY OFF”?

by NotGivinUpOnDray on Sep 22, 2011 6:28 PM EDT reply actions

Yes, it should

Hence the grammatical zing.

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by Mike Prada on Sep 22, 2011 6:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Maybe not

I’m not sure we shouldn’t take Blatche at his word. Quite literally, when Blatche wears the shirt, “Play” “Off” starts there. Blatche himself is an “off” button for play, as far as I’m concerned.

Maybe there’s a mischievous side to him we never knew. He’s the Coyote of the NBA.

by Tbonebullets on Sep 22, 2011 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions

Front says Play On

Back says Play Off

I used to have super powers until my psychiatrist took them away.

by Rook6980 on Sep 22, 2011 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions

How long before Bullets Forever starts selling them?

by Emmet O'Neal on Sep 23, 2011 12:10 AM EDT reply actions

Hey Dray, your efforts are apreciated. Really.

But this is freaking corny man.

"My logic fails all the time...especially when talking to females" Rook6980

by Dutch Hoopfan on Sep 23, 2011 12:15 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs

I can see John's reaction now...

as he receives this shirt in the mail, staring at it with confusion, wondering, which crazy 10 year old fan made this…

by gray16 on Sep 23, 2011 7:45 AM EDT reply actions

We've had shirts with good themes and results that were anything but following those themes in the Flip Saunders era.

2009-2010 – Our Time [to make the playoffs and a run past the 1st round maybe even ECF]
What really happened: It was our time to embarrass our franchise to its core.

2010-2011 – Back to Basics
What really happened: Most players didn’t know how to play basic basketball or at best couldn’t do it well.

2011-2012 – Play Off Starts Here
What really happened: ???

Not having a good day.

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