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One New Year’s resolution for every NBA team

By Mat Rutkowski

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 21, 2017: A woman dressed as the Snow queen uses a mobile phone during the launching of the new Christmas and New Year's Eve themed train at Krasnaya Presnya Depot on Line 5 (Ring Line) of the Moscow Underground; named 'A Journey to Christmas', the new train features characters of fairy tales, sights of Moscow and pictures of winter. Sergei Bobylev/TASS (Photo by Sergei Bobylev\TASS via Getty Images)
MOSCOW, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 21, 2017: A woman dressed as the Snow queen uses a mobile phone during the launching of the new Christmas and New Year's Eve themed train at Krasnaya Presnya Depot on Line 5 (Ring Line) of the Moscow Underground; named 'A Journey to Christmas', the new train features characters of fairy tales, sights of Moscow and pictures of winter. Sergei Bobylev/TASS (Photo by Sergei Bobylev\TASS via Getty Images) /
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DENVER, CO – OCTOBER 23: Scott Brooks of the Washington Wizards works near the benches during an NBA game against the Denver Nuggets at the Pepsi Center on October 23, 2017 in Denver, Colorado. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)
DENVER, CO – OCTOBER 23: Scott Brooks of the Washington Wizards works near the benches during an NBA game against the Denver Nuggets at the Pepsi Center on October 23, 2017 in Denver, Colorado. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images) /

Washington Wizards – Keep your circle tight

Screw benches. Screw them right in their little benchy eyes. What’d benches ever do for you?

I’ll tell you one thing they don’t do: start. Starters start. If the bench player was good enough to start, they’d be a starter, but since they aren’t they don’t. Instead they sit there when the ball goes up, taking a valuable seat away from potential season ticket holders. Who wouldn’t want to be right next to the court, hearing Scott Brooks’ lovely voice and judging his taste in eyeglasses? How much would you pay for that per year? $60,000? $70,000?

Instead, Tim Frazier sits there. And you know what? He’s not even paying the Wizards. They’re paying him! Can you believe the temerity? I personally can’t, but I don’t believe anything. It’s important to know nothing and have even fewer thoughts. Once you start thinking, that’s when people get you.

This year, what the Wizards need to do is only play their starters. Does John Wall need a break? That’s fine, but either play four-on-five or just sit everyone at once. When the other team is playing against an empty floor, I feel pretty confident that they’ll psych themselves out and just kind of throw the ball into the stands. I mean, it’s a better option then playing Tomas Satoransky or, god forbid, Mike Scott. Sure he’s been hot lately but no one else in the league plays Scott, so why would the Wizards do it? Because they pay him to play? That makes sense if you’re stupid.

It’s lunacy.

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