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Am I the only fan who finds Drew Gooden exhausting to listen to?!

Long-time fans have never gotten over the removal of Buck and Phil. I'm chief among them. I understand that no one asks our opinions when these decisions are made and things move on.

Justin Kushner is professional and generally palatable but I'm literally finding that Drew Gooden takes the joy out of watching the Wizards for me, even when we're winning.

It's 3 primary things for me:

1) Constantly talking about himself!, who he played with, which players are similar to him, his career stats and accomplishments! We know that he has an inflated opinion of himself, demonstrated when he unceremoniously refused to stay here when we first traded for him. He was never a superstar but he came back here a shell of what he was and humble. I'm still baffled that Leonsis tied him to the franchise when he couldn't have given a damn about us if we weren't his last opportunity for a paycheck!

2) Extensive praise and discussion about other team's players! While it's great that he knows so much about the league and is buddies with the other players, but that belongs on the NBA TV channel or some other show about the league. He needs to remember that he's there to cover the Wizards! A passing comment is fine, but he spends entire segments praising other players and you forget that he's being paid by this team!

3) Unceasing chatter! It was so refreshing when Christy Winters-Scott sat in for him the other day! We got a coach's perspective that was centered on the game and the play and then silence so that you could focus on the game and she let Kushner do the jabbering! It wasn't two people fighting each other for a slither of air while we all suffer!

I don't get how, of all people, he emerged with this role and what they see in him, but I find it absolutely exhausting! I'm tired of having to mute my remote through 70% of the game!

This represents the view of the user who wrote the FanPost, and not the entire Bullets Forever community. We're a place of many opinions, not just one.