Antonio Daniels

The VS Series: The Washington Wizards Welcome everyone to the PTB VS Series. The VS Series will be a team by team breakdown of how the Blazers match up against the rest of the league. We’ll be posting a new entry in the series every day until the season opener against LA. 29 days. 29 teams. Let’s get started. The Washington Wizards Last season’s result: 1-1 Games this season: 2 Team Breakdown The Wizards play a slightly more up-tempo game compared to the Blazers with dynamic scorers in Agent...Read Full Story

Abe Pollin, the Washington Wizards owner who brought an NBA championship to the nation’s capital and later had the mettle to stand up to Michael Jordan, died Tuesday. He was 85. His death was announced by his company, Washington Sports & Entertainment. No details were disclosed but Pollin suffered from progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare brain disorder that impairs movement and balance. He had heart bypass surgery in 2005 and broke his pelvis two years later. “The NBA family has lost its...Read Full Story

Now that he has dropped the identity of “Agent Zero” perhaps we should start referring to Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas as “IQ Zero” as that would seem to be accurate after the revelations that have surfaced over the last couple of days. The “Washington Post” has reported Arenas is being investigated for weapons that he stored in his locker in the Wizards home locker room. Arenas allegedly is stating that he wanted to get the weapons out of his house after the recent birth of his...Read Full Story

Abe Pollin, who shaped much of the Washington sports scene by bringing pro basketball and hockey to the area, died Tuesday at age 85. Washington Wizards owner, Abe Pollin, passed away at his home in the Washington suburb of Bethesda, Maryland this afternoon, Washington Sports & Entertainment said in a statement. He was 85. Since becoming owners in 1964, Pollin and his wife Irene are the longest-tenured owners in the NBA. “With Abe Pollin’s passing, the NBA family has lost its most revered...Read Full Story

Just a quick note to pass along; according to The Sporting News, Washington Wizards owner Abe Pollin passed away today at the age of 85. Pollin bought the team back in 1964 when they were known as the Baltimore Bullets; he would subsequently move the team to Washington, D.C.. He would also change the team’s name from the Bullets to the Wizards in cognizance of the negative connotations associated with the franchise’s former name. He and his wife Irene were majority owners of Washington Sports...Read Full Story