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Let’s put last night’s game aside for a moment. It’s the kind of thing to be expected in a No. 1 v. No. 8 seed matchup.
The prevalent sentiment on Twitter — and in my infernal text messages — was that the Wizards are being held back by That Moron Scott Brooks who’s too stupid to play (depending on who’s complaining) Chandler Hutchison, Garrison Mathews, Anthony Gill or Isaac Bonga. One guy tweeted at us that Brooks should employ the never-fail strategy of “something else.”
Hmm.
To be clear, I’m in favor of replacing Brooks (I hear Someone Else is GREAT). But when I watched the season and these playoffs games, what I continue to see is a deficient roster. As I wrote last weekend: