Dan Steinberg of the of the Washington Post wrote a column last week that for me at least was a gut punch – a realization that, unbeknownst to me, my beloved Washington Wizards have yet again settled into a state of despair and irrelevancy.
Coming off the thrill of Washington’s competitive series with the Atlanta Hawks in the 2015 Eastern Conference Semifinals, it wasn’t difficult to realize that last season was a setback, a failure to capitalize on the momentum of the prior season’s playoff run.
Washington’s utterly disappointing 41-41 record, the subsequent firing of Randy Wittman, injuries, and plethora of players on one-year contracts creating a lack of continuity to the roster only amplified the step back and the uncertainty that faced this organization off the heels of missing the playoffs.