Locked On Wizards - Daily Podcast On The Washington Wizards

Troy talks with Mike Sykes from For The Win and the author of The Kicks They Wear newsletter. The topics discussed in the convo include:

• The Wizards Fleeting Playoff Hopes

• Thomas Bryant Struggles and where he fits in long term

• The battle brewing between Troy Brown and Jerome Robinson for wing minutes

• Looking at kicks that have come out this year and what to expect going forward

• Top 5 Air Jordan's

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Troy talks with Adam McGinnis from Truth About It and they discuss the Wizards coming back from down 27 to the Kings but still losing. Topics discussed:

• The Ugly from the Wizards in the first half allowing the Kings to score 76 points

• The Good from the Wizards by inserting Jerome Robinson into the starting lineup at halftime and storming back

• The Bad from the Wizards including Thomas Bryant's two minute of hell

• Beal's All-NBA case

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Troy talks solo about the Wizards win over the Golden State Warriors. Topics discussed:

• Wizards starting lineup change of Thomas Bryant in for Ian Mahinmi

• Wizards defensive rating being ranked 7th in the league since trading IT

• Isaac Bonga's growth as a 3-and-D player

• Brad's recent scoring tear and his case for All-NBA

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Troy talks with Armon Lee from the Quarterly Report Podcast. Topics discussed:

• The Wizards big home win on Brad's unselfish last second play

• Reviewing Michael Lee's "Mad Brad" article in the Athletic and how it may be great advice to help Brad's leadership tactics

• Wizards keeping their slim playoff hopes alive

• Scott Brooks's peculiar lineup decisions that somehow paid off

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Troy talks with Osman Baig from Bullets Forever and they discussed:

• Brad's extremely hot scoring streak over his last two games

• The difference between Brad's game against the Bulls and the game against the Bucks

• Dousing some water on the Wizards playoffs hopes

• Evaluating Scott Brooks coaching job over the three-game losing streak

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Troy finishes up the conversation with Aaron Rupar from Vox Media.

Topic discussed:

Why the Wizards ratings are down on NBC Sports Washington

Reasons why the team and Bradley Beal aren't that popular among casual NBA fans

Did the teams change in broadcasters have any major impact on the ratings?

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Troy talks with Aaron Rupar from Vox media about:

Impressions from All-Star Weekend

What his evaluation of the Wizards over the first half of the season has been

Looking ahead to what the Wizards can do for the rest of this season and beyond

Predicting the Wizards win total for the season

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Troy talks with DMV sports maven, Kelsey Nicole Nelson to preview the NBA All-Star break in Chicago and the topics include:

• Why Brad was snubbed from All-Star and why he may not be as popular as other NBA stars

• The promise from some of the young Wizards such as Rui and Mo Wagner who are playing in the Rising Stars game

• The Wizards surprisingly good record to start the season

• Predictions for the All-Star game, three point contest, skills challenge, and the dunk contest

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Troy talks with the leading Wizards Twitter thought provoker Domo about the team's winning streak heading into the All-Star break. Topics discussed include:

• A very strong second half on the second night of a back to back against the Knicks

• Beal being better at closing games during his 10 game hot streak

• Evaluating the young Wizards in an attempt to figure out which players we would like to build around and which ones are more than likely trade bait

• Beal's All-Star snub

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Troy begins the episode with an interview with the reporter who broke the Kristi Toliver to the LA Sparks news, Howard Megdal from High Post Hoops. They discussed:

• Why the Mystics are betting on their future guards by not re-signing Toliver

• What both the Mystics and Wizards are losing from a culture standpoint

• If it is possible for her to play for the Sparx and still coach the Wizards

Then Troy does a solo show segment recapping the Wizards highly entertaining weekend and also introduces the "Angry Fan" segment

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