OT: Nats, Wiz, O's, Ravens, Terps, Navy, Gtown, Mystics, Golf, Summer 2024 (Paris Olympics 2024 as well)

[Jacoby4HOF66]

This is getting out of hand.



Bye PAC-12

 

[Jacoby4HOF66]

 

[usiel]

Sucks but not surprising. Bad injury luck timing and Gafford emerging made this unsurprising. Hope for the best for him out in LA.

 

[Langway]

Ted doing Ted things.

 

[usiel]

The Wiz summer league schedule. JD and Isiah Todd are the only really ones to watch. That euro stach 2nd round pick not there.

WASHINGTON WIZARDS 2022 SUMMER LEAGUE SCHEDULE

Saturday, July 9	Detroit	6:00 p.m. ET	Thomas & Mack Center	ESPN2
Sunday, July 10	Phoenix	5:30 p.m. ET	Thomas & Mack Center	NBA TV
Wednesday, July 13	New Orleans	6:00 p.m. ET	Thomas & Mack Center	NBA TV
Friday, July 15	Indiana	9:00 p.m. ET	Thomas & Mack Center	ESPN2
5th Game TBD

 

[Cush]

Q being Quinton Mayo, who many label as Beal's PR guy

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Ted doing Ted things.

#Committed

They are a beggar team….they’re lucky Beal wanted to stay. 8 out of 10 guys probably bail after 10 years….

 

[Langway]

He's just cashing checks and who can blame him. He's got full run of the place.

 

[Cush]

Why would the Wizards agree to Bradley Beal's no-trade clause?

Only nine players in NBA history have had a no-trade clause. And now, Beal is the 10th.

theathletic.com

On the other hand, because of his no-trade clause, there can be no doubt that Beal now controls the franchise on anything that pertains to his future, which is, after all, the central issue the team faces. If he one day determines he wants a trade, he’ll possess significant power to determine the destination. Let’s say he eventually demands to be moved — not an outlandish hypothetical — and Team A offers the Wizards a far better trade package than Team B; it’s now codified that Beal can, to the Wizards’ detriment, block a trade to Team A if it isn’t his preferred destination.

.....

Ted Leonsis clearly wanted to retain Beal. Leonsis has likened his relationship with Beal to his relationship with Washington Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin, a player the Capitals drafted in 2004 and have kept for 17 seasons and counting. But while Ovechkin has won three Hart Trophies as the NHL’s most valuable player, led the Capitals to a Stanley Cup championship and is nearing the league’s career goals record, Beal has made just one All-NBA team in his 10 seasons.

 

[g00n]

Baffling.

 

[AlexModvechkin8]

Well we can start paying attention to the Wiz again in five years or so.

 

[John Price]

Q being Quinton Mayo, who many label as Beal's PR guy

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Rory McIlroy's latest LIV comments suggest the discussion is changing — Golf

As the PGA Tour, LIV tour and DP World Tour try to figure out the path forward, Rory McIlroy is somewhat softening his stance.

apple.news

LIV appears to be gaining momentum…..

It appeared to mark a shift in the discussion, then, when McIlroy told BBC Sport this week that golf’s governing bodies may have to cooperate to find a solution.

“I think so,” he said at the JP McManus Pro-Am. “I think that needs to happen.”

McIlroy has also admitted that he didn’t think that it would get this far. He has expressed regret at his suggestion that LIV was “dead in the water” back in February.


LIV has picked up momentum ever since, having claimed some of golf’s biggest talents and biggest names as its own.

More names are expected to come down following next week’s Open Championship.

 

[g00n]

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

And Norman not invited to St Andrews….that’s gotta sting.

 

[Cush]

Can see why the Wiz were high on Ivey. 10 points in the first five minutes. Left with a hand injury. Too bad Ted refused to let the team tank

edit: ankle injury

 

[TRASHCAT]

I am at peace with the wiz never winning a championship in my lifetime

 

[Cush]

Lol, Tommy talking BS while his first rounder gets rejected

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

I am at peace with the wiz never winning a championship in my lifetime

Totally…

 

[Ridley Simon]

I am at peace with the wiz never winning a championship in my lifetime

Im old enough to have watched the Bullets win in 78. I still remember them beating the Sixers to make the finals — then taking out the Sonics.

Almost went back to back. Thought when they beat the Spurs in 7 — after coming back from down 3-1 in the series, it would happen.

Nope.

 

[TRASHCAT]

Yeah they looked like a hella fun team in the 70s. Too bad I was -6 When they finally won it all.

 

[John Price]

The team has been shit since 1979. Even the 78 and 79 teams were going up there in age. They had to rebuild after that so the 80's were lean. But the "time" to reap the rewards was the 90's, and the Webber and Howard years only netted one total playoff appearance, a sweep to the Bulls.

Bullets history since 1979 has been very ugly. There is a reason Kornheiser talks about the curse of Lez Boulez.

That said this Wizards team looks solid. Davis was a good pick and they were able to improve their bench with guys like Wright and trading KCP for guard depth. Only bad thing is giving Beal the Supermax. I thought they should have paid him less or let him walk and distribute that 250m around the team.

 

[Cush]

I was one when they won the title, so at least I was alive.

Davis:

29 minutes
6 points (1-9)(4-4 FT)
5 rebounds
2 assists

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

I was one when they won the title, so at least I was alive.

Davis:

29 minutes
6 points (1-9)(4-4 FT)
5 rebounds
2 assists

1-9... is it to early to call him a bust lol

 

[Random schmoe]

In the meantime, how bout dem Os, hon?

As of right now (haha I know) they're only 2.5 games out of a Wild Card spot.