As we look forward to the 2016-17 Washington Wizards season, nothing wrong with looking back at the life and times of the past. And now we shall fade Drew Gooden…
Read that twice if you need to. Then Ernie Grunfeld brought him back to play another season at age 34 for $3.3 million. Because Gooden could rebound and play stretch-4 (12-26, 46.2% on 3-pointers in the ’15 postseason); because he was a familiar leading voice in the locker room; maybe to keep favor with his agent; and perhaps just for the hell of it.