Monthly Archives: September 2010

NBA Offseason Performance Grades by ESPN

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ESPN’s Chad Ford recently graded all 30 NBA teams based on their offseason performances. The Wizards received an A, tying them with Oklahoma City for the second-highest mark in the league (behind Miami’s A+). In addition to his acknowledgement of how quickly we’ve been able to turn things around following last season’s numerous distractions, he had the following observations:

· John Wall “has a chance to be a superstar”

· The trade for Kirk Hinrich “was a steal” and also brought us an “intriguing first-round talent” in Kevin Seraphin

· Yi Jianlian could be “a steal” based on the promise he showed at the World Championships

· Gilbert Arenas is “healthy, humbled and vowing to take it out on opponents”

· The Wizards could “be contenders again in a few years”

We are indeed proud of the rebuilding plan we’ve been able to put into place in such a short amount of time. But the real work will begin in earnest when the team steps onto the court at midnight on September 28.

The Rest of the Story – Belanger

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We need to respond and we need to be transparent.

I am sad to have to point to this article. All of this is allowing you to see how sometimes sausage gets made. I honestly wish none of this had become public but this is our side of the story. I was fully briefed and I believe what is written here to be fact.

You can and should make your own decision but it is just time now for us to put our side of the story out there.

I like and respect Eric as a player. I wish this had worked out in a different manner.

I wish him well.

Twitter Wants To Be Like Facebook

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Facebook wants to be like Twitter.

Google wants to be more social.

Microsoft wants to be more like Google.

Bing is growing. Google is flat.

Foursquare is cool.

Groupon is real.

AddThis is way up in sharing.

Amazon is innovating and taking virtual currencies.

Twitter makes nice videos and understands it brand. Click here. I will still use TweetDeck but this is a wise move by Twitter.

Facebook to respond? TweetDeck to respond?