J.J. Sucks! J.J. Sucks! - Wizards Fans Chant At Redick

During the closing minutes of the Washington Wizards wednesday night 106-93 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks, J.J. Redick was fouled and headed to the line for 2 shots. With a big Wizards lead and the Verizon Center having fun for a change, the crowd was quite fired up for the occasion.

 Let's take a listen to what happened:




The fans serenaded the former Duke Blue Devil and ACC/All Basketball villain with a very loud and audible "JJ Sucks! JJ Sucks!" chant much to the delight of Martell Webster who encouraged the fans to keep up the noise.  The TV coverage panned the laughing/cheering crowd as Redick missed his first foul shot after the chant.  Chant Don't Lie!

Steve Buckhantz and Phil Chenier found it quite amusing as well.  Here's what they were saying:

Buck - "And the fans here expressing their appreciation to JJ Redick, and he misses the foul shot" 

Phil - "He doesn't miss many so they need some credit, Martell calling for the crowd to do it again"

Good times when the Wizards win!

John Wall Returns, Verizon Empty, Guy Sleeps

Not exactly the most excited the Verizon Center and Wizards fans have been, in fact it was a little sad...but John Wall was back! (Blame the Ravens game & the NFL playoffs)

After months and months of waiting, the Washington Wizards finally welcomed back John Wall to the lineup on Saturday night at Verizon.  Wall was not in the starting lineup, and entered the game with just under 5 minutes remaining in the first quarter.  For the first seven minutes of the game, fans had their eyes fixated on the guy in the #2 warm-ups, anxiously awaiting the hand gesture from Randy Wittman that signaled John Wall to check into his first game since April of 2012.

The Verizon Center was extremely empty on Saturday night despite the fans knowing of Wall's return for several days in advance.  On StubHub at the time of the game tickets could be purchased for as low as $10 a seat.

But that didn't stop the fans that did attend from giving Wall an extended standing ovation, sparking life into a once dead Washington Wizards fanbase.  Wall acknowledged the crowd with a little salute.  Here is what it looked like and sounded like from the rafters:

Wall missed his first shot attempt, an elbow jumper, and scored his first point of the season on a foul shot.  Shortly after getting on the floor, Wall dished a nice pass to rookie Bradley Beal who threw down the monster jam electrifying the Verizon Center.  Wall gave a JaVale McGee salute to the crowd as he ran back on defense.

Wall's 14 points, 4 assists, and all around presence helped lead the Wizards to their second consecutive win.  (Read the game recap here)  It was more exciting than this guy would lead you to believe.

Wizards Fans Like Chicken Better Than Basketball

If you are a Wizards fan you probably know all about NBA promotions throughout the league.  It is typically against Washington when a team will accomplish the statistic needed to give everyone in the arena a free "something".

A few Wizards @ Bulls games come to mind where, with the Bulls up 20 points, Joakim Noah would start launching three pointers as the crowd watched in a frenzy hoping he would sink one to take them over 100 points, a feat that would get them all a free taco or Big Mac.  (Looks like Noah is still doing this)

In the past the Wizards have had promotions like this, except less "free".  For years the deal was that if the Wizards scored over 100 points and won, the fans would get two for one beers at the District Chophouse (limited to a few choices).

Because nothing was technically free, and nobody goes to the Chophouse after games, nobody really cared about the promotion, and nobody got overly excited about the promotion.

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Pick your favorite:

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However, recently the Wizards have implemented a new promotion in association with Chick-Fil-A.  If an opposing player misses both free throws in the 4th quarter, everyone gets a free chicken sandwich (the next day or week with ticket stub)

This promotion has the fans going out of their minds.  In games where the Wizards are getting blown out, the fans will all of a sudden start screaming like maniacs on 4th quarter foul shots.  Cheering harder for a chicken sandwich than for a Wizards victory.

On Wednesday night at Verizon Center, the people losing their minds over a $3 sandwich phenomena came to life big time.

Watch the video to compare how the crowd sounded in the 4th quarter wich a missed free throw giving them a free sandwich vs with 8 seconds left and a missed free throw giving them a chance to tie.