Opening Statements: Wizards vs Sixers, Preseason Game 1

With mostly the same players, aside from an aging, one-year mercenary future Hall-of-Famer, the previously reluctant Wizards of Randy Wittman aim to turn a new leaf this evening. They don’t exactly know what’s under the leaf and at times said leaf will feel like it weighs 200 lbs. But the eye test and good ol’ fashioned data has revealed that a change was necessary, and that change hinges on playing faster with the fastest guard with the ball in the league, attempting more shots from distance that count for 50 percent more than closer attempts, and playing just a bit smaller to facilitate Speed-&-3 ball.