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The only reason I'm not preparing to wave goodbye to those chumps is that it might dent the neighborhood to lose those teams. Otherwise, have fun ruining the neighborhood in Alexandria!

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Wizards is I think the dumbest name in NBA. I dont disagree with moving away from Bulkets, but man, what a squandered opportunity

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That's one of several reasons why they are the "Whizzers".

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Is that related, in any way, to Cougin' it?

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No. To Coug it, you actually have to, or have recently had, have a realistic chance of winning and relevancy. So there is actually something to lose.

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So, it's not a sly commentary about pissing away leads on a regular basis?

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Not solely. There has to be the possibility or at least hope of something better to shatter in the process.

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Pity.

Seems the possibilities would inevitably be narrowed.

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Washington major sports franchises seem to have a dearth of imagination when it comes to franchise names.

Capitals

Red-potato-skins cum Commanders

Nationals

Bullets cum Wizards

At least Wizards makes the franchise name alliterative.

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Apropos: in Asia, they love to apply the Latin term "cum". So you'll be reading something and, like a shot, it always surprises you

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At least the others make sense though. Wizards is just random

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