Break Up Wizards..Bring Back Terpzards

The Washington Wizards season is thankfully at the All-Star Break, but unfortunately they do have to play the final 32 games of the season.  They sit at 17-33, which sadly is just 7-games back from the final Playoff spot in the sorry Eastern Conference. 


By now you know the story of the fall of franchise player/practical joker/soon to be felon Gilbert Arenas. A sad tale of stupidity/immaturity at the highest level.  Certainly Gilbert is not Charles Manson more like Peter Pan with a lot of guns, but his immaturity and lack of leadership has cost the franchise dearly.  Now its time for the front office (Ernie Grunfeld) to clean up the mess that he had a hand in creating.

The NBA's trading deadline is just 9 days away and it would be almost criminal if the Wizards stood pat and played the patience card once again.  Look in the stands there are a more empty seats than a Washington Nationals game. So they better do something to fire up the fan base.  Most likely to move seems to be Caron Butler and if someone will take Soulja Boy (DeShawn Stevenson) it would be worth it.  There are so many trade rumors it's not even worth listing them, but there is one that might really fire up a portion of the fan base that has left the building. 

One hint...TERP-ZARDS...that's right a deal with Portland that would bring back the pasty point guard, Steve Blake!  Then the Wizards could bring Juan Dixon back to the States, he is currently playing for Unicaja Málaga in Spain.  Plus they could get Lonny Baxter at a discount since he's not playing anywhere right now.  Plus who better than Baxter to explain DC gun laws to the team?

You may remember Baxter was arrested only a few blocks from the White House after firing a .40 caliber Glock handgun into the air. He was later sentenced to 60 days in prison after pleading guilty to possession of an unregistered firearm and unregistered ammunition charges.

The other option is to just see if you could make a deal to get the current group from College Park to play out the season.  Their season is certainly worth watching, while the Wizards are essentially on a trade watch and the games are just a side note.