here's comcast sportsnet's mid- atlantic's jill sorenson. >> for our last practice we could play head coach. >> yea! >> we do head coach. >> reporter: this is fun for demaris smith the executive director of the nfl players association by day and a coach for his 10-year-old son allen and his baseball team in silver vince, maryland, by night. >> tag -- in silver springs, maryland, by night. >> tag him! >> reporter: the intensity and passion you see here is smith's day job as union smith named the successor to the late and edge legendary gene upshaw in march, the man everyone calls dean has not slowed down. >> i've been on the job six months. i've probably been on the road three and a half, four months solid. >> reporter: he was seen as an outsider to get the job with former players as the front runners. his background as a trial lawyer was far from the experience of an nfl player. >> i definitely think that's a positive that he was an outsider, you know, guy coming in, he doesn't have all the connections or, you know, any preconceived notions of what was happening before and, you know,

hello, everyone, welcome into comcast sportsnet studios.n. i'm kelli johnson filling in for the one and only ron thompson. i hear you're going to carry me. it seems like you're not talking about basketball games and how to win them, you're talking about all the drama that's going on and obviously the andray blatche story was story of the team boykins especially in a game like last, you were on track to win. boykins it did all start last night against the charlotte bob cats. andray blatche played 7 minutes before he was benched. coach said he told coaches he wasn't going if play. andray coming out saying it's not true, telling our mike jones, so this is how it kind of all played out starting last night in postgame after the loss to the bob cats. boykins took him out of the game, wanted to talk to him about not getting become on defense and not cross-checking where mike got handled of he didn't want to hear it. told him if you don't want to talk, you don't play. he said he didn't want to play. 15 years, never seen anything like that. >> anybo

here's comcast sportsnet's mid- atlantic's jill sorenson. >> for our last practice we could play headoach. >> yea! >> we do head coach. >> reporter: this is fun for demaris smith the executive director of the nfl players association by day and a coach for his 10-year-old son allen and his baseball team in silver vince, maryland, by night. >> tag -- in silver springs, maryland, by night. >> tag him! >> reporter: the intensity and passion you see here is smith's day job as union smith named the successor to the late and edge legendary gene upshaw in march, the man everyone calls dean has not slowed down. >> i've been on the job six months. i've probably been on the road three and a half, four months solid. >> reporter: he was seen as an outsider to get the job with former players as the front runners. his background as a trial lawyer was far from the experience of an nfl player. >> i definitely think that's a positive that he was an outsider, you know, guy coming in, he doesn't have all the connections or, you know, any preconceived notions of what was happening before and, you know, ca

steve buckhantz and phil chenier with the comcast sportsnet crew.he game with miller, singleton, mcgee, and blatche. singleton from 16 feet, a little strong. j.r. smith has missed a couple of long jumpers. here's gee. driving on carmelo. spins with nowhere to go. now he shoots and scores. what a move by alonzo gee who earlier in the season against sioux falls, he played in the develop mental league, -- developmental league. he had a double double. >> phil: that's what it is with them coming in, you don't know what to expect from them. the foul called by dick. >> phil: watch this move from alonzo. coming back over to the baseline. he elevates. again i think he caught carmelo by surprise. didn't know what to expect from him. we have seen him elevate like that and knows he can go up. who did they call the foul on? >> steve: they called it on singleton, number two on him. a little bit of a late whistle. >> phil: j.r. who had great jumping ability, i don't think he had the chance to get the dunk in, and he missed and threw it to the front of the rim. >>

here's comcast sportsnet's mid- atlantic's jill sorenson. >> for our last practice we could play head coach. >> yea! >> we do head coach. >> reporter: this is fun for demaris smith the executive director of the nfl players association by day and a coach for his 10-year-old son allen and his baseball team in silver vince, maryland, by night. >> tag -- in silver springs, maryland, by night. >> tag him! >> reporter: the intensity and passion you see here is smith's day job as union smith named the successor to the late and edge legendary gene upshaw in march, the man everyone calls dean has not slowed down. >> i've been on the job six months. i've probably been on the road three and a half, four months solid. >> reporter: he was seen as an outsider to get the job with former players as the front runners. his background as a trial lawyer was far from the experience of an nfl player. >> i definitely think that's a positive that he was an outsider, you know, guy coming in, he doesn't have all the connections or, you know, any preconceived notions of what was happening before and, you know,

here's comcast sportsnet's mid- atlantic's jill sorenson. >> for our last practice we could play head coach. >> yea! >> we do head coach. >> reporter: this is fun for demaris smith the executive director of the nfl players association by day and a coach for his 10-year-old son allen and his baseball team in silver vince, maryland, by night. >> tag -- in silver springs, maryland, by night. >> tag him! >> reporter: the intensity and passion you see here is smith's day job as union smith named the successor to the late and edge legendary gene upshaw in march, the man everyone calls dean has not slowed down. >> i've been on the job six months. i've probably been on the road three and a half, four months solid. >> reporter: he was seen as an outsider to get the job with former players as the front runners. his background as a trial lawyer was far from the experience of an nfl player. >> i definitely think that's a positive that he was an outsider, you know, guy coming in, he doesn't have all the connections or, you know, any preconceived notions of what was happening before and, you know,

here's comcast sportsnet's mid- atlantic's jill sorenson. >> for our last practice we could play heade do head coach. >> reporter: this is fun for demaris smith the executive director of the nfl players association by day and a coach for his 10-year-old son allen and his baseball team in silver vince, maryland, by night. >> tag -- in silver springs, maryland, by night. >> tag him! >> reporter: the intensity and passion you see here is smith's day job as union smith named the successor to the late and edge legendary gene upshaw in march, the man everyone calls dean has not slowed down. >> i've been on the job six months. i've probably been on the road three and a half, four months solid. >> reporter: he was seen as an outsider to get the job with former players as the front runners. his background as a trial lawyer was far from the experience of an nfl player. >> i definitely think that's a positive that he was an outsider, you know, guy coming in, he doesn't have all the connections or, you know, any preconceived notions of what was happening before and, you know, can he come in and k

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our comcast sportsnet crew, second game in as many nights for washington, coming off a tough overtimelatche, he'll get fouled and go to the line. >> phil: if they keep making moves likeop t e itcker f caus cont. itt the ay t khe cwn. ♪ it means more time doing the things i want to do. ity. hasee. f t no ches ♪ i like nonstop travel because... you got y moff. [ er ] [ di . >> steve: players coming and going. washington trading four players. >> phil: four of their starters. >> steve: and acquiring names singleton, josh howard. >> phil: penetration here by boyknis. he merely gets knocked out year 71%. larry byrd, saw him on tv last night. >> phil: saw him on that special with magic? >> steve: yes. >> phil: it was great. >> steve: he looks to -- he looks the same to me almost. >> phil: he looks older to me. >> steve: really? >> phil: yes, a little bit. >> steve: a few more pounds. >> phil: we all should talk. >> steve: happens with age. blatche great move by andray, boy he gets going like that is correct at almost seven feet tall, you can't stop him. >> phil: hard for those big men not to

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p on comcast sportsnet, next. >> steve: from the palace of auburn hills, michigan, comcast is on the air for wizards basketball. tonight the wizards try to stop a five-game slide and look for their first game this season against the 22-42 detroit pistons. second of three in a row for washington. they'll be them to play the magic tonight at home. we're beginning to see a little different side to this wizards team. the emergence of javale mcgee and of course the play of andray blatche. >> phil: both guys are 7- footers. both guys are permanently in the starting lineup. how about jacksonville, javale mcgee, a new career high for him. last night, that 30-point game t became the 5th time in the last 12 games he's done that. javale mcgee also putting up some great numbers. he made 10 field goals, 8 of them were dunks. >> steve: he is a high-flyer. the pistons are suffering through a tough season. they too have some impress i young players. >> phil: jonas jerebko last made february eastern conference of the month. he put up some solid numbers. will bynum, you can see his numbers there. he h