Mere hours before a team meeting early in his rookie season, Carlton 'Bub' Carrington received an unexpected invitation. Washington Wizards General Manager Will Dawkins asked a few players to address the team on various topics. He wanted Carrington, a guard selected No. 14 overall, to speak about joy.
Players shook their fists and nodded in appreciation while and after the youngest player on the team spoke. Winger left the restaurant with a crystallized belief. Carrington had a love for basketball 'as pure' as any the longtime NBA executive had ever seen.
Carrington hinted at that love after Washington's loss Thursday to the Dallas Mavericks - their franchise-record-tying 16th straight defeat - when asked how he maintained morale. 'The main thing I do is [remain] gracious of my position.'
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