<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Usually soft-spoken and calm, Washington Wizards guard Larry Hughes was noticeably frustrated following his team's 127-98 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday night. He frowned as he frantically placed a light bulb-sized diamond earring in each ear; his voice cracked loudly with anger as he laced up his shoes and explained the team's mediocre play of late. The Wizards (36-29) went 9-11 while Hughes sat with a broken right thumb, but they have gone just 5-5 since he returned -- mostly because of injuries that have sidelined all-star forward and third-leading scorer Antawn Jamison (right knee tendinitis), fourth-leading scorer Jarvis Hayes (fractured right patella) and sixth man Juan Dixon (sprained right ankle). But Hughes wasn't willing to use that as an excuse. In his opinion, the Wizards should be playing better. "We're not playing our type of basketball, that got us this far. We need to get back to that. That's something that us as the players, that's something that we know," Hughes said. "We're not getting the ball to the basket. We're not shooting a high percentage. We're not getting easy looks."</div> Source It's refreshing to see Hughes take on a vocal leadership role.
I hope this lights a fire under Kwame Brown and Brendan Haywood, if it doesn't, I am all for going back to small ball. As Shape said, it is refreshing to see Larry take vocal leadership responsibility...something Antawn was expected to do...
