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Washington Wizards Mailbag Monday: Why the Wizards Have One of the Best Young Cores in the NBA

By Ben Mehic

Jan 24, 2017; Washington, DC, USA; Washington Wizards guard John Wall (2) and guard Bradley Beal (3) celebrate against the Boston Celtics during the second half at Verizon Center. Washington Wizards won 123 - 108. Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 24, 2017; Washington, DC, USA; Washington Wizards guard John Wall (2) and guard Bradley Beal (3) celebrate against the Boston Celtics during the second half at Verizon Center. Washington Wizards won 123 - 108. Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports /
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Washington has the fifth worst average attendance in the NBA.

The team, as previously mentioned, has won 17 straight games at home. Yet, for some reason, folks in the district don’t seem to care.

Look – the Washington Wizards are a good basketball team. You don’t have to be an expert in advanced analytics to understand that the team plays well. Just take a look at their record and recent results. Watch John Wall play. The dude is obviously elite.

But that doesn’t erase years and years of torturous losing. That doesn’t erase the Jan Vesely draft pick. That doesn’t erase GunGate.

It takes a long time to reverse history. The Washington Wizards have put together a solid basketball team this season, but that doesn’t mean people have forgotten about their stinky past.

If you poop your pants in calculus, people will still remember you as the kid who soiled his pants in class three years later. You’ll walk in the hallway with clean pants, but you’ll get strange looks until you graduate, move away and change your identity.

The Washington Wizards will always be the Washington Wizards, regardless of their current success. It takes a long, long time before people forget.

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