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Wisdom : That's Jamison. He's the "old warhorse;" the cranky old man who been there/seen that. Power : That's Arenas. He's got the star power, the charisma, and the attention of the opposing team's defense. Courage : That's Butler. He's not called "Tuff Juice" for nothing. I think last night's game showed that all three are key to victory , particularly in regards to the postseason/upper echelon element. Last year with just Jamison and Butler we saw a squad that lacked the special treatment that a team's best player receives, both from the opposition and the referees. Early on this season we saw a sullen star and his tough-yet-inconsistent teammate trade quips via the media instead of keeping that talk in the locker room. And while we haven't seen much of a Arenas/Jamison duo here, I'm sure it would be just as incomplete a product. I guess the bottom line here is this: to call Arenas, Butler and Jamison the Big Three is no...

Things like this . The Cleveland Cavaliers had targeted Jamison as the trade deadline approached last Thursday but the prospect of Jamison moving to a hated rival that eliminated the Wizards the past three postseasons didn't go over too well with his teammates -- especially Gilbert Arenas and DeShawn Stevenson. "We had some fun with it," Jamison said. "Gilbert and D-Steve said 'If you do that, we're going to have to hurt your [butt].' Gil said he was going to take my legs out the first time he saw me." Asked his thoughts about not moving to a team with a better record, Jamison said, " I'm happy here. It's a down year, but I still believe with everybody healthy, we got enough to get it done. I'm definitely happy here with this organization and this city ." I've been waiting for years to have good players who want to wear the Bullets/Wizards jersey. To have people like Jamison, Arenas and Butler -who honestly like playing here...

The Wizard's Antawn Jamison : As long as I'm on this team and as long as I'm not doing that and [Butler]'s not doing that, it won't happen. And I don't want to hear 'Play the young guys and get them ready' either. Nah, I'm not going to be a part of that. It's about going out there and competing with the guys you feel can help you win the game. Of course we've got to have some guys play minutes they wouldn't normally play, but in the words of Herman Edwards: 'You play to win the game.' That's what I plan on going out there and doing. Sounds more like he's channelling Jerry Butler:

Before I get into my comments on Game 5 between the Cavs and Wizards: In the Wizards' darkest hour, it was Butler who opened the Matrix (I just have to use a Transformers: the Movie reference). Don't mistake toughness for thuggery , Cleveland fans. Coach Mike Brown on why the Cavs lost : " We put the ball in the best player's hands and we told him to go make the play, like he has for us many times before. That's up to the referees to make the call. We're a no-excuse team ." I'm sorry, but those last two sentences contradict each other. If you're a no-excuse team, then why put the lost on the refs making (or not making) the call? Butler on Lebron James, trash-talking, and his team : "" Don't judge this team from comments. LeBron made a statement: 'These guys are talkers.' But unless you hear something from the captains, which would be myself and Antawn, don't label that as the team. I'm the voice of this team and Antaw...