WHAT A LONG, STRANGE TRIP IT'S BEEN; Wizards purge the bad karma of yesteryear.(SPORTS)

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Byline: Tom Knott, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Wizards have pushed through a generation's worth of dark history this season. The Wizards of Gilbert Arenas, Larry Hughes and Antawn Jamison can't possibly appreciate the impact of their accomplishment, this securing of the franchise's first playoff berth in eight years, with the promise that the team's best seasons are ahead.

They can't possibly know the murky depths of the past. They can't possibly understand the horror of it all. They don't know something as basic as the following: Pervis Ellison was driving to the eyesore in Landover from his upscale digs in Fort Washington one evening while wrestling with a pregame meal of fried chicken. This was one multi-task moment that he came to regret as his hands...