Happy New Year to Sports Chat. Just when you start to worry people are getting sick of yesterday’s scandal, the news breaks that Gilbert Arenas allegedly went loony like O-Dog in the Washington Wizards locker room. Professional athletes are truly the gift that keeps on giving.
And the Wizards should not let this opportunity pass. Sports Chat think this should be impetus for the Washington Wizards to finally do the right thing and change their name back to the “Bullets.”
Sports Chat has been saying all along it is a shame that this franchise knelt to the PC police and changed the franchise name from the very cool “Bullets” to the mystifying “Wizards.” What kind of a stupid name is the “Wizards?” Who could ever take a team called the “Wizards” seriously? This is the NBA, not a “Dungeons and Dragons” lock-in at Bumpy’s Comics and Gaming.
While Sports Chat will certainly be hearing people droning on and on about how out of control the NBA is, what with players drawing guns in their locker room and all, the truth is that the Wizards should spin this into an opportunity.
Yes, your team is perpetually terrible.
Yes, Gilbert Arenas is paid gajillions of dollars to be an NBA afterthought.
Yes, Gilbert Arenas drew a gun on fellow point guard Javaris Crittenton when Crittenton tried to collect a gambling debt.
Yes, Crittenton also had a pistol on him, and stood ready to blast at a moment’s notice.
Yes, violent crime is a major problem in DC.
But that’s the point. Washington is known for bullets. They won a championship as the Bullets. I believe their highlight as the Wizards are limited to…well, they really have none.
Harry Potter didn’t make the franchise any cooler either, by the way.
Embrace the name “Bullets”, Washington. It’s your destiny.
And if anybody has a problem with it, just scream, “It’s better than the ‘Redskins!’ Why aren’t you screwing with those insensitive pricks?’”
That should distract them long enough for you to shoot them, or at least pull a gun on them. Everyone in the Wizard front office is packing, right?
