Bullets Forever Feb 16, 2015
Rasual Butler is fighting off Father Time once again
Over the All Star break we're ranking the trade values of all 14 Wizards from bottom to top. This post takes a look at #9 on the list, Rasual Butler. For the past three years, we've seen the impact John Wall has made in reviving the careers of Martell Webster and Trevor Ariza, but it's taken an interesting turn this season with Rasual Butler. Since his blistering start to the season, he's gone to shoot just 34 percent from three, which doesn't even reach his career averages, much less the league-average. It's all apart of this bench-wide malaise that's spread like wildfire since the new...
Bullets Forever Feb 12, 2015
Martell Webster still searching for rhythm after injury
Over the All-Star break we're ranking the trade values of all 14 Wizards from bottom to top. This post takes a look at #14 on the list, Martell Webster. Following Washington's 2012-13' season Martell Webster's future was about as bright as it could ever be. In a contract year, Webster had posted career highs points per game, rebounds per game and free throw percentage. More importantly, he shot 42 percent from behind the arc which allowed him to usurp Trevor Ariza as the starting small forward for Washington. That summer, he was rewarded with a fat $22 million contract that would keep him...
Bullets Forever Feb 10, 2015
Telling It All: Martell Webster Defines His Life Outside Basketball Through Music
Martell Webster doesn't care what people think of him. Talking with the charismatic small forward, he frequently mentions his lack of concern for people's expectations for how he's supposed to behave as a professional athlete and for all the trappings that go along with that lifestyle. The more he talks, though the more you can sense his intense desire to be taken seriously in his newest endeavor in music and to defy expectations for his abilities. "Expectations where here's some athlete that thinks he can rap," Webster says of playing his music to others. Of course, he knows what people...
