Wizard Quotes

We just had no resistance on the defensive end tonight. You can't trade baskets or think that you are going to outscore a team like the Wizards. - Byron Scott

We had the best power play in the league. Our wizardry was giving Al the puck. - Terry Crisp

We dug ourselves into a hole and spent the rest of the game trying to dig ourselves out. We managed to give ourselves a chance in the second half, but the Wizards were able to put together a few scoring runs, and we couldn't stop them. - Rick Carlisle

We can play the same pace we want, but some of that has to do with them (the Wizards) just crashing the offensive glass. You can't run if you can't get a rebound. - Raja Bell

We can argue forever what personhood means, but there is no empirical or logical way to prove it. It's the beginning of the argument, not the endpoint. - The Wizard Of Oz

We call him the wizard around here. - Ike Taylor

We aren't going to sneak up on anybody this year. Last year, maybe there was a sense that yeah, they are the same old Wizards. Now that we had some success, got to the playoffs, people are going to be up for us. We have to be ready for that challenge every single night. - Antawn Jamison

We are very pleased that the Wizards did not match and that Steve Blake is now part of the Trail Blazers family... As we said when we signed him to the offer sheet, Steve has competed at the highest level in college culminated by his experience at Maryland and winning a National Championship. With his two seasons at Washington, he adds to the limited experience of a young team and we know he will bring additional energy and enthusiasm to our training camp. - John Nash

We are very pleased that the Wizards did not match and that Steve Blake is now part of the Trail Blazers family, ... As we said when we signed him to the offer sheet, Steve has competed at the highest level in college culminated by his experience at Maryland and winning a National Championship. With his two seasons at Washington, he adds to the limited experience of a young team and we know he will bring additional energy and enthusiasm to our training camp. - John Nash

Tolkien reintroduced the world of fairy tale to a new audience. It was a very traditional image of fairy tale -- elves, dwarves, trolls, dragons, wizards. Those have all come out of fairy tales. But Tolkien put the whole thing on the map... A lot of that stuff is traditional material that he has codified and rationalized in a kind of 20th-century way. - Tom Shippey