<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The very first day of training camp, before the Wizards had even boarded the bus for the trip to Richmond, Gilbert Arenas and Antonio Daniels were talking about the No. 1 concern confronting the Washington Wizards: defense -- or lack thereof. Daniels said he didn't even want to talk much about defense, because the Wizards had talked the talk before last season yet did little to improve it. And Arenas, knowing that the best player on an NBA team disproportionately affects everything, said this new commitment to defense and toughness has to start with him, even if it means shaving a few points off that 29-points-per-game average. Don't think for one second that the Wizards, from Coach Eddie Jordan to the last man on the bench, don't know they have to play better defense, starting tonight in Cleveland. Oh, they know. How could there be a crueler reminder than opening the season in Cleveland where the Wizards gave away a playoff game by letting LeBron James get free for a layup at the buzzer?</div> Link
