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Emeritus for the Boston Globe. Bob, thanks for the time this morning. We appreciate it.

Oh, you're welcome. No problem.

So you tweeted last night that it's hard to root against either the Thunder or Pacers.

They're both lovable teams without any certified villains.

I'm personally rooting for the Thunder because we've been sold a bill of goods here in D.C.

That the Wizards are following this Thunder blueprint.

So I see off into the distance.

Because Will Dawkins. Yeah, because Will Dawkins

has ties obviously to OKC. He's here now. So we're keeping our fingers crossed that the

Wizards can become some sort of version of the thunder in the future. Am I a crazy person,

Bob, for thinking that? I think so. Well, you know, the damn Yankees, you've got to have hope, Miles and Miles and Miles of Hope,

so good luck to you all. I have to be very honest. I am not, as we speak,

I'm trying to conjure up any kind of vision of rosters or anything of the Wizards.

They have become such an anonymous team

going on 40 years of mediocrity plus 40 plus years that I'm not qualified to answer that question

good luck to you yeah that's a good blueprint to follow but I see blueprints

blueprints come down to human beings come come down to players, talent, personnel.

Are they talking about matching up styles of play?

They're talking about matching up roster age composition?

Are they talking about?

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