The patience Wizards owner Ted Leonsis has shown with team president Ernie Grunfeld has long passed any semblance of reason and is now speeding off the cliff of absurdity. Before the season, Leonsis articulated specific goals: make the playoffs, win 50 games, reach the Eastern Conference Finals.
Now 45 games into the season, Leonsis has moved the goalposts to just making the playoffs, and is publicly unwilling to reassess the operations of an expensive, underperforming team until at least the summer. Before the season, he said, “No excuses.”
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