This was my sixth straight year covering the press gathering. While it was not the circus frenzy of Emo Gilbert Arenas returning in 2010, it still was a spectacle.
TV cameras crammed for limited space around players, several media members asked inane questions, and somehow a Spike TV show called “Celebrity Sweat” was securing interviews. A Wizards championship belt and Twitter-themed selfie stick were the new team-approved props involved.
Perhaps foreshadowing the future landscape of “Media Day,” Monday felt more designed for Monumental Network and Washington’s in-house communication organs to gather #content than for outside press on the Wizards beat.