Second Worst Is Far from Bottom: Wizards Kill the Bobcats by 28

Turns out that calling this the "D-League Showcase" was unfair to the Washington Wizards. In a battle between the two worst teams in basketball, Charlotte was completely and comically outclassed at home. The game was over as soon as it began, with Washington quickly going up 8-0, scoring easy layups on three of their first four offensive possessions. 

I watched this sick exhibition so you wouldn't have to, and I feel haunted for making the sacrifice. My main toilet takeaway is this: The Bobcats are not simply bad, they're far worse than the league's dregs, and to a degree that just isn't being grasped by the rational people who would rather avoid this NBA strata.

To see the Wizards waltz towards the hoop as though facing holographic defenders, to see both Silases sport gallows grimaces, to see Corey Maggette look wholly undeserving of a bad team for once, to see how emaciated Tyrus Thomas looks these days...man, it's just a different experience. 

Monday night's thrashing brought Charlotte's point differential down to -13.1 (Washington is second worst at -6.4), which would be "good" for second lowest in league history if the season ended today. Not only are they far worse offensively than any team out there, they're also the worst defensive team as well.

Think about that. Offense and defense don't have much to say to each other as team pursuits, but Charlotte has mastered being singularly inept at both. 

Please recognize what we're witnessing, or rather, what's existing in obscurity—the Bobcats are like the '95-96 Bulls or '85-86 Celtics of losing. This is special. This is unusual. This is Michael Jordan, presiding over the bizarro version of what he accomplished in Chicago. And if by some miracle of time travel, Charlotte added his Airness, I'm not sure even he could get this team to the playoffs.