On January 12, the Wizards hosted their fifth annual Polish Heritage Night. The presence of starting center Marcin Gortat is a major reason why of course, because he’s from Lodz, Poland. Each night also seems to be getting better with each passing year. I’ll go so far to say that these nights may even continue after Gortat leaves the Wizards for another team or preferably, retires due to old age.
With that in mind, I’d like to see the Wizards and Mystics have more heritage nights for their non-American players. Our international players are proud to be from their countries and haven’t shown signs to the contrary.