I'm not going to allow the negativity to affect me. By no means is Howard the only story of late. Nobody's going to expect 18 points and nine rebounds of second-year player Booth every night. But there is something encouraging, for a big man, about his mid-range jump shot, his ability to block shots and the fact that the better he plays, the better Jahidi White seems to play, too. There's a spirit of togetherness you develop over a period of time that I see.
Guys are happy for each other's success.
If these sound like little nuggets, well, they are. This is where the Wizards have to start, plain and simple, with the little things, small successes that most of us don't see. They won't always come in games, either. Sometimes it will have to come in practice or the weight room or on a team bus. Regardless of what anybody else thinks, we think it's in us.