The Official Washington Wizards Thread

[stevemcqueen1]

Probably belongs in the NBA thread but Durant deserves mention in here too since I know most of us are fans of him.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/75...e-griffin-dunk

Kevin Durant disses Blake Griffin dunk

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"I have no appreciation for it at all," said Perkins' Thunder teammate Kevin Durant. "It was a layup, I think. He threw the ball in and got fouled and made his free throw, so it was three points at the end of the day, no matter how it happened, how it went in the basket. I really wasn't impressed. He finished it. So what? We've moved on."

Durant wasn't surprised the play gained so much attention.

"I wasn't surprised because Blake is a poster child," Durant said. "He dunks the ball a lot and makes spectacular plays. If it wasn't against us, maybe I'd say it was a good play, but it was against us, so it was a bad play. I have nothing against Blake, don't get me wrong. But it was against us, so I've got to stick up for my teammate."

Gotta love this guy. That's the heart of a competitor and the pride and the feistiness is Jordanesque.

Plus I think he said what most of us are thinking. The NBA and by extension have ****ing crammed Blake Griffin down our throats to the point we're choking on him. We get it. He's a huge talent with potential to be a true great but come on already. His farts don't smell like roses. And he didn't deserve to win ROTY as a sophomore... still bitter about that. And he sure as **** didn't deserve to win that dunk contest over Javale or even DeRozan really... also bitter about that. It was a cool "dunk" even though he got stoned by Perkins and barely got to the rim but it's not like it was some once in a season amazing event like ESPN made it out to be.

[Fight4RGIII]

What a terrible game for Wall so far.

[stevemcqueen1]

Even though it went for us, I don't like the Draconian technical foul rules. Seems petty that Dwight was T'd for that. Foul Karma?

****ing Ryan Anderson. Five threes now.

Orlando is not a good team. Let the threes go cold and they've got nothing despite the fact Dwight creates oceans of space for the rest of their players. Let them play against a quality perimeter defending team and they're screwed. They'll just foul Dwight his awful FT shooting will bury the team late. They wouldn't get out of the first round against the Sixers or Pacers...

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What a terrible game for Wall so far.

Meh, he's running the offense well, making his teammates better, and playing solid defense. He's just not scoring. Some nights you have to defer to your teammates when they're hot and Rashard and the bench are hot tonight. I don't have a problem with his play. I have more of a problem with the fact that JaVale and NY both have four fouls at the beginning of the third, and even though two of JaVale's fouls were complete BS, he needs to avoid those close situations where he can get tagged. You're playing against Dwight, it's going to happen.

[Popeman38]

Score update?

[Fight4RGIII]

Even though it went for us, I don't like the Draconian technical foul rules. Seems petty that Dwight was T'd for that. Foul Karma?

****ing Ryan Anderson. Five threes now.

Orlando is not a good team. Let the threes go cold and they've got nothing despite the fact Dwight creates oceans of space for the rest of their players. Let them play against a quality perimeter defending team and they're screwed. They'll just foul Dwight his awful FT shooting will bury the team late. They wouldn't get out of the first round against the Sixers or Pacers...

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Meh, he's running the offense well, making his teammates better, and playing solid defense. He's just not scoring. Some nights you have to defer to your teammates when they're hot and Rashard and the bench are hot tonight. I don't have a problem with his play. I have more of a problem with the fact that JaVale and NY both have four fouls at the beginning of the third, and even though two of JaVale's fouls were complete BS, he needs to avoid those close situations where he can get tagged. You're playing against Dwight, it's going to happen.

Yeah, his numbers for are decent if he was Mack. But for Wall, its a bit disappointing. Thankfully, Mack is stepping up and filling the scoring void for Wall.

[stevemcqueen1]

Yeah because big baby's fat ass would have beaten Singleton down the floor from midcourt...

Interesting how there has been so much mind-changing from the ref's every time they've seemed to want to make a call in our favor.

---------- Post added February-1st-2012 at 08:55 PM ----------

Yeah, his numbers for are decent if he was Mack. But for Wall, its a bit disappointing. Thankfully, Mack is stepping up and filling the scoring void for Wall.

I see what you mean. He does need to score because he is our star after all. He's been on the bench a ton tonight. What's going on? Is he hurt?

[NotSoSuper]

Jesus Chirst the magic are nothing but Howard and 3's. I can't wait till he leaves and they are left with nothing

[Fight4RGIII]

Yeah because big baby's fat ass would have beaten Singleton down the floor from midcourt...

Interesting how there has been so much mind-changing from the ref's every time they've seemed to want to make a call in our favor.

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I see what you mean. He does need to score because he is our star after all. He's been on the bench a ton tonight. What's going on? Is he hurt?

I guess they are just riding Mack's hot streak but I think it is over. Hopefully he isn't hurt and it is just an off night, but that could change in the last 9 min.

[stevemcqueen1]

Crawford is just not going to go a game without taking at least three or four terrible shots is he?

Feels like the bench's mojo is slipping away starting with Singleton losing himself on the court and stepping out of bounds, Mack missing a well cushioned shot from eight feet after Mcgee nails the pick, then giving up the three next position trying to get the swipe on Howard, and then Crawford jacking up a horrible three.

It's sequences like those (their frequency) that are the reasons why we lose. We get into a funk and just tailspin.

[Fight4RGIII]

Jesus Chirst the magic are nothing but Howard and 3's. I can't wait till he leaves and they are left with nothing

That really is what they are lol. Ryan Anderson's fantasy value might go down after Dwight is gone, which isn't good for my team. He gets some wide open 3's because of Dwight.

Did I just see Lewis hit a 3?

[StillUnknown]

Nick Young shoots as if he's awarded bonus points for degree of difficulty.

[NotSoSuper]

Jesus Christ McGee, you ****ing idiot.

[stevemcqueen1]

You have got to be ****ing kidding me that they call Wall for a foul on that after the **** they just pulled on him with the moving pick and then nailing him on his shot... This is laughable.

[Gator Bait]

we sure did piss this game away....shame. The bench guys put forth a great effort; too bad the starters blew the game.

[stevemcqueen1]

Nick Young shoots as if he's awarded bonus points for degree of difficulty.

The number of bad shots he and Crawford take is staggering. You can't win with SG play like that. Absolutely murders our offensive flow.