Nick Young Brings Sad News About Him and The NBA Dunk Contest
There’s sadness to report from the Wizards’ locker room, unfortunately on Valentine’s Day, and it involves Nick Young’s forlorn relationship with the NBA’s annual dunk contest. Upon being passed up by...
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[Editor’s note: Ryan Gracia is majoring in sports communication and journalism at George Mason University and freelances for local sites of Patch.com. Some of his previous work for TAI can be found...
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Swagy P and The Cuddler: Nick Young The Tweeter
Nick Young might be the epitome of good-natured balance. A much more mild brand of Gilbert Arenas funnies with a goofy innocence wrapped inside of a Los Angeles box, he is. But Nick clearly loves the...
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Summer of Wiz Kids: New Relaxing With Social Media
[Fort Stevens Rec Center – NW Washington, DC – photo: K. Weidie] As I get ready to take an extended summer vacation off to a location across the ocean, I can’t help how different this NBA summer...
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Searching For Nick Young At Capital Punishment
[Previously, Nick Young, among others, have wondered about his seeming inability to pass. Now, we are curious about Young’s absence from the hyped summertime showcase, Capital Punishment.] Nick...
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ShareBullets: John Wall Is Bummed, Nick Young Is Am Appy
A D.C. pic, links, other pictures, commentary, video, etc. [Down 14th St. from Red Derby – NW Washington, D.C. – photo: K. Weidie] LINKS. > John Wall, in this photo, seems kinda bummed without the...
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Roger Mason Jr.’s Opportunity Might Be More Than Nick Young Insurance
“I’m a better player than the last time I was here, that’s for sure,” proclaimed Roger Mason Jr. on Monday night, after the fourth day of Washington Wizards training camp. Furthermore, he said, “I’m a...
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What Nick Young’s Return To The Wizards Means
Nick Young has accepted the Wizards’ qualifying offer of one-year, $3.7 million, as reported by the Washington Post’s Michael Lee, making it likely he will be an unrestricted free-agent in the summer...
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A Mid-Range Shot For Nick Young
[photo: K. Weidie, Truth About It.net] A trademark of a Flip Saunders offense has long been exploiting the mid-range game for his wing players. This aspect of the game can be hard to master...
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Gilbert Arenas To The Lakers? What Nick Young Thinks
Last Saturday, Alex Kennedy of HoopsWorld reported that the Los Angeles Lakers have “expressed interest” in signing Gilbert Arenas. On Sunday, ESPN’s Chris Broussard confirmed the report, saying the...
View ArticleThe Wizards Said WHAT? Nick Young: ‘That’s Our Word, Be Great’
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIwbgRQrYDI Don’t let the Washington Wizards fool you on occasion, they are still a highly dysfunctional team. But they are our Wizards, and we wouldn’t have it any other...
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3-on-3: Wizards at Blazers: Nick Young Joins Exclusive Company
Wizards guard Nick Young recent joined some very exclusive company– we’re talking a club that only has 20 members over the course of NBA history (the time period being since 1979-80 when the 3-point...
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SportsCenter’s ‘Top 10 Plays’ Rewards Defense, Nick Young and His Dunk Suffer
SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays, late-night on March 13, 2012: #10… a guy on Iowa’s basketball team hitting a no-look, granny-style shot in practice from the opposite free-throw line… #9… a hockey goal…...
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3-on-3: Wizards-Nuggets Trade: Hello Nene, Goodbye Pierre (and Nick)
Nene dunks on JaVale… … And then kicks it with him. [photos: K. Weidie, Truth About It.net] Although not yet officially announced by the team, reports indicate that the Washington Wizards will trade...
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Nene Hilario, JaVale McGee, and the Pareto principle
[Nene Hilario’s reaction to the trade? Here’s hoping. Courtesy of SI Vault.] JaVale and Nick Young go. Nene arrives. Economist Tyler Cowen said in five words what I’m going to say in 250. Pareto...
View ArticleNBA Roundtable: So How's That Trade Working Out? The Moving Parts of Nene,...
It’s been about three weeks since the Washington Wizards, Los Angeles Clippers and Denver Nuggets collaborated to exchange parts. The Wizards gave up Nick Young, JaVale McGee and Ronny Turiaf and got...
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40 Games With Nick Young In A Lockout-Shortened Season: The End of Another...
[NOTE: Truth About It.net 2011-12 Player Reviews continue, where we take a look at the past, present and future of those players who have touched the Wizards franchise during the 2011-12...
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#WizardsRank: Nick Young, No. 13: Smiling Through the Tears
Truth About It.net will turn a whole five years old at the end of this October. Hard to believe/interesting. Nonetheless, over the life of the site from the 2007-08 season to 2011-12, we’ve...
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Nick Young Returns to D.C., Talks Gilbert, Kobe, Boos Birds, and Lakers
Nick Young often gets lumped in with the #SoWizards trials and tribulations of knuckleheads Andray Blatche and JaVale McGee. Problem is, Nick was never an asshole—the guy loves to smile, he smiles...
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Thanks For the Empty Pixels: Putting the 2004-10 Wizards in Your Rearview Mirror
[via Free Darko, used with love] Sometimes, you don’t know how bad a thing is until it’s gone. There is a strong chance that during your brief tenure on this blue and white orb we call Earth you have...
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