Nice to know Hugh(es)

Well, after flashing around more money than Charlie Sheen at a coke and whore convention, it seems that the Cleveland Cavaliers have finally found their second banana for LeBron James. That honor will go to none other than Larry Hughes. Obviously, as with any great franchise, what the Wizards want to do after making the second round of the playoffs for just the second time in the last 28 years, is disassemble the roster. Let's start by getting rid of the second leading scorer and only guy that plays lazy defense well enough to be voted to the NBA all-defensive team.

But its ok, we have Kwame Brown. He's only 21. He's just rounding into form. What? He was told not to show up for the playoffs last season after complaining of stoumach pains and then being seen eating General Tso's chicken just hours later? Huh? Jordan challenged his lack of heart and he responded by sulking and sucking? He's possibly the worst #1 pick ever?

Don't worry, our first round pick will pick up the slack left by Hughes. What? We didn't have a first round pick because we traded it for Harvey Grant or some such nonsense? Oh, and in the second round, we took a guy out of high school that remarkably resembles.... Kwame Brown?!?!?!?

Come on, don't you remember what Juan Dixon, Jared Jeffries, and Steve Blake accomplished in college? Sure, I also remember what Christian Laettner, Bobby Hurley, Grant Hill, Derrick Coleman, and Yinka Dare did in college. A fat lot of good it did them in the league.

But Arenas and Jamison were so good last year. They can carry us. Unless they and the rest of the team miraculously learned how to play defense for more than one minute a game, Arenas and Jamison could score 70 a night and we would still lose. Plus, Jamison really tanked at the end of the year.

What about the big uglies? Ruffin, Etan Thomas, and Brendan Haywood can hold down the fort defensively. No. No, they can't. And they play offense worse than a 12 year old girl with severe spastic cerebral palsy.

Jarvis Hayes? Remember Calbert Cheaney?

Laron Profit? I can't believe he was in the league last year.

So is there any hope? In a word, no. But, if Peter John Ramos, the Puerto Rican sensation, comes in next year and dominates the boards like a latter day Wes Unseld, we might have a chance.

We're fucked.