The Washington Wizards

The Washington Wizards are not a very good basketball team. They have the fewest wins in the NBA, and in general are a laughingstock. The NBA is a league driven by stars. Teams with the Lebrons and the Kobes and the Durants are the teams that win championships. The Wizards don't have anything close to a star. We have John Wall, who's regarded as a "pretty good" point guard, and even then he's hurt all the time anyway.

The Wizards had the 3rd pick in last year's draft, and they picked Bradley Beal out of Florida. I was joking with my father about how pissed Beal must have been. He's on of the top basketball players in the world, and he's going to lose. A lot.

I don't think Bradley Beal is used to losing. To get to the point where he's a top 3 pick, he had to be one of the top 3 players in the country. He was "The man" in college. To get recruited to play division 1 basketball, especially at a school like Florida, he had to have been a very, very good player in high school. He probably carried his high school basketball team. Before that, he probably lead his middle school team to championship after championship, by far the best player on the court. He was most likely the star of his elementary school rec league team, the kid who got first pick of the oranges at halftime.

Now he's a loser. His team is 4-27, and he's not a star. He's a good player, but not a star. It must be frustrating to be that good and yet not good enough. He's always had enough to be the best at whatever level he plays at. But not this one. It must be so frustrating.