According to Slate’s Josh Levin in an interview with The Fynal Cut:
I went to a Wizards game the other night, and despite the fact that Gilbert Arenas made a surprise return to the lineup, the crowd was comatose for pretty much the whole night. When the Bucks shot free throws, the Verizon Center crew put up a collage of Duke images — Paulus, Coack K, etc. — on the scoreboard to get the crowd to boo, and it worked like magic. I’m not kidding. That really happened.
I am not sure what to make of that. Yeah, I know Duke is hated but wow, using images of Duke players and coaches in a random NBA game to get the crowd booing is just bizarre. Antawn Jamison and Brendan Haywood both play for Washington and I am sure they had nothing to do with it.
April 7, 2008 at 3:42 pm |
My dad went to a Wiz game the other day and told me about that. I have to say, it probably has a lot less to do with the fact that Jamison and Haywood are on the team and a lot more to do with the fact that there are a LOT of Maryland fans that watch the Wizards and we all know their feelings on dook.
April 7, 2008 at 8:28 pm |
That’s pretty amazing.
Spring game today, any thoughts? I dunno how much you talk about football since I kind of came upon this site after the season last year, but I’m very excited for the fall.
April 7, 2008 at 8:39 pm |
I need to read up…UNC’s tournament run has been very time consuming.
April 8, 2008 at 3:36 pm |
There are a lot of Maryland fans that support the Wiz. DC is full of people from Maryland. The two places are right next door.