From BMitch and Finlay earlier today

14 players in team history have worn #7, currently being worn by Bub Carrington

Who remembers/can name these last four before him?

#ForTheDistrict #DCountdown #1WEEK

Hey all, as a Hawks fan I just wanted to handover the tradition of being outraged at how low The Ringer ranks Trae Young. In previous years we could direct our vitriol at Kevin O'Connor who was notoriously low on Trae but this year it looks like it's Danny Chau.

In previous years they had Trae as a "Coach killer", "Petulant", "Flight risk" and other unflattering labels. I think most of us from the Hawks reddit are rooting for Trae and the Wizards this season. As you are all probably seeing in preseason, Trae is an absolute wizard with the ball and you will be treated to eye-popping assists on a nightly basis. He is criminally underrated.

https://www.theringer.com/nba-ranked/top-100

To be clear, the top 100 is consensus among Ringer staff so please don't get on Danny Chau about this, he just did the write up.

Check this out from 2023:

How dare they!?

Only teams behind us are the true dregs of the league - Kings, Nets, Clips and Bucks. Just above us is the Pelicans, with the rest of the list to be revealed in the next week. I expect our team to be super entertaining regardless of record, so I was a bit surprised (esp since Lowe is the rare national analyst who actually compliments us from time to time). I do think our broadcast is below average overall, but here's hoping this ranking way underestimates the watchability/buzz factor of our squad this season.

Thoughts? Am i just suffering from Wizards Fever?

First time half season ticket holder here. Incredible time, good music, G Wiz, good food, and some wine. Only had an hour for signatures, which was just enough to meet AD, Sarr, Mann, Riley, Bilal. People showed up, it was a packed museum. So excited for this year!

Hey Wizards fans, so I’m making a video on each franchise’s biggest upset (when they were not expected to win) and each franchise’s biggest choke (sorry if that strikes a chord). I have my guesses for each but I wanted to ask actual Wizards fans to see what you guys think and if you have better answers that I should look at.

I'm considering an upset strictly as when that team was not supposed to win or were big underdogs and won. A choke can either be when your team was expected to win and underperformed, or blew a big lead in an important game or in the playoffs (something around those lines). It can also be a blown playoff lead (example: 3-1 lead)

Let me know what you guys think, I will link the video here when it’s done. Good luck to you guys this season!!

We could have a whole series of jerseys based on DC icons, we've got cherry blossoms already, there's also the neo-classical marble architecture, the metro, the kennedy center (for now), jazz, ethiopian culture, etc

EDIT: I used https://2kjerseycreator.com/

The fan energy this year man 🔥

I remember getting this as a gift over 20 years ago - surprised it was still in good condition.

My main gripe with Bilal unlike most of yall, isn’t his inconsistent offense, it’s his effort boxing out. He’s too reliant on out jumping guys in the paint rather than putting a body on someone. Other than that, great game from Bilal. I haven’t sold my stock, I’ve been buying more shares 📈

16 players in team history have worn #8

Who remembers these four from the 2010s?

#ForTheDistrict #DCountdown #RIP🕊️

Justin Larson has loved the Washington Wizards his entire life.

Watching the team’s games remains one of his favorite pastimes. But over the past six months, he has developed a related hobby that he considers a passion project. Larson has designed new Wizards uniforms in the hope that team officials will rebrand the franchise. He shares his designs on X, and he attempts to catch the attention of some players and team executives by including their social media handles in his posts.

Larson regards the Wizards’ red, white and blue color scheme for their primary home and away jerseys, adopted in 2011 and based on the Washington Bullets’ uniforms of the 1970s and early ’80s, as outdated and unoriginal.

“I’m determined to keep pushing,” Larson said. “I realize that none of my designs may be used, but if I can get any input into that, I would love to do that. As a fan, I want us to have good-looking uniforms and logos that you’d actually want to rock and look good and you’d wear in different states and different areas of the U.S.”

Many Wizards fans share Larson’s opinion. They want a rebrand with new primary uniforms, a new logo and, perhaps, even a new name. For the first time since the backcourt tandem of John Wall and Bradley Beal powered Washington to the Eastern Conference semifinals, the franchise has hope, with a young nucleus headed by reigning No. 1 pick AJ Dybantsa and supplemented by four-time All-Star Trae Young and 10-time All-Star Anthony Davis. The argument goes like this: A long-awaited new era for Wizards basketball should include a novel, distinctive look.

“Fans want that fresh new look, and they want something that is a little more bolder and a little more modern,” said Lee Newman, who operates a Wizards fan account on X and monitors trends within the fanbase.

The fan push for a rebrand is well known to executives within Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE), the company that owns and operates the Wizards, the WNBA’s Washington Mystics, the NHL’s Washington Capitals, the G League’s Capital City Go-Go, the NBA 2K League’s Wizards District Gaming and Monumental Sports Network.

MSE president of business operations and chief commercial officer Jim Van Stone, MSE chief marketing officer Hunter Lochmann and their colleagues have learned about fans’ hopes for a rebrand through customer surveys, social media feedback and occasional conversations at games. Van Stone and Lochmann, in an interview with The Athletic, said they are open to new approaches that would go beyond the annual unveiling of new alternate jerseys for the league’s 30 teams.

What happened to our old PA announcer at Cap One? I miss the old guy that did JOHNNNN WALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL. The new guy does not sound nearly as hype as the previous. Not sure why that change was made.

Has anyone else thought about this?

You don't have to do the whole roster. Just the main rotation players

Trae Young

PPG: 18.6

APG: 10.7

RPG: 2.4

45% FG

Anthony Davis

PPG: 24.0

RPG: 9.3

APG: 3.3

Games played: 69

AJ Dybansta

PPG: 16.3

RPG: 5.5

APG: 4.0

Kyshawn George

PPG: 19.2

APG: 3.5

RPG: 5.2

Alex Sarr

PPG: 13.2

APG: 2.0

RPG: 10.3

BPG: 1.9

Tre Johnson

PPG: 14.3

RPG: 3.1

APG: 1.1

DeAndre Ayton:

PPG: 9.2

RPG: 7.8

APG: 2 7

Finally man, show us something. Hit his first three 3s!

Really appreciate the guys especially Trae who’s being picked up at full court the whole game. Always looking to feed the youngins and sharpening that chemistry. There’s gonna be a lot of growing pains for sure but it’s nice to see he cares way more about getting the guys going