The Official Washington Wizards Thread

[StillUnknown]

If Ernie is still in charge of this cluster**** next season, I'm watching from afar.

---------- Post added April-13th-2012 at 10:26 PM ----------

In some form of good news, New Orleans won so we have increased our hold on the 2nd worst record the league. (Eric Gordon went 11/18, 25pts, 6 assts against 2 to's)

[stevemcqueen1]

If Ernie is still in charge of this cluster**** next season, I'm watching from afar.

If that happens we should riot. The man who built this disgrace has now business being in charge any longer. You can't be 9 years deep and have this season happen and get an extension. That's just absurd. It violates every law of sports possible.

If Ernie gets an extension, I encourage everyone to email Ted and say you will no longer support an Ernie Grunfeld team. We deserve to have a first rate organization to root for. We do not deserve to root for this joke. They may as well rename us the Washington Generals because we ain't nothing but a mother****ing jobber. I will not follow and support a second rate filler team that is not serious about winning. I'll become a fan of the NBA writ large and follow the teams of my favorite players to watch.

---------- Post added April-13th-2012 at 10:34 PM ----------

Basketball Gods--if you have any room for justice in your pitiless black ****ing hearts you will give the Wizards Anthony Davis.

---------- Post added April-13th-2012 at 10:51 PM ----------

Can someone give me Ted's email address. I can't readily find it and I want to email him.

[G.A.C.O.L.B.]

Did we win?

[Warhead36]

The Wizards are soooo far behind the other three D.C. sports franchises it's embarrassing.

[mboyd784]

If only we had Blatche and Lewis. We coulda won that game.

[No Excuses]

Don't worry. Uncle Ted will soon write another blog asking everyone to be patient.

[AsburySkinsFan]

40 points...good lord.

[NotSoSuper]

Wall has been playing terrible as of late, his jumper is still atrocious and he doesn't seem to play with any fire.

[skinfan2k]

Davis is going to the Hornets.

[endzone_dave]

Wall has been playing terrible as of late, his jumper is still atrocious and he doesn't seem to play with any fire.

I don't think Wall has improved at all. A little scary. Maybe getting a little bit of talent will motivate him some, hope so.

[Thinking Skins]

Don't worry. Uncle Ted will soon write another blog asking everyone to be patient.

This is all part of the plan.

[Destino]

Mike Prada looks at the 2010 draft class and has Wall as one of the least improved players. I included the Wizards portions click the link to read about the rest.


http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2012/4/1...sins-john-wall

MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS

Kevin Seraphin: A fouling machine that could barely stay on the court last year, Seraphin has made unbelievable strides in his second year. He may well be the most skilled post player in his class, tossing in lefty and righty hook shots over confused defenders. He must improve his rebounding and show he can do this for longer than a two-week stretch, but his emergence means the Wizards have much more ammunition in their frontcourt than anyone expected.

MODERATE IMPROVEMENT

Trevor Booker and Jordan Crawford: The two other Wizards' second-year players have each made subtle improvements. Booker has upped his percentage on 16-23 foot jumpers from 18 to 34 percent, while Crawford has at least become slightly more efficient from the same spot (attempts are down, shooting percentage is up). They are both fundamentally the same players and always will be, but there has been some growth.

MINIMAL IMPROVEMENT

John Wall: Many people have opined that Wall has either "not gotten better" or "taken a step back." I think that's a bit unfair. He started off horribly, had a torrid stretch from late January to early March, then fell back again after the trade deadline. Wall's challenge is the very definition of the phenomenon we discussed at the top of this piece. Teams have learned he has no confidence in his jumper and adjusted their defensive schemes to play way off him. Not having a jumper has closed off Wall's driving and passing lanes, and he's struggling to adjust. Not everyone can use space as well as, say, Rajon Rondo, especially in their second year. Wall has also been victimized by poor teammates and having to carry too heavy a scoring and leadership role.

This summer is going to be a critical one for Wall. He must make that jumper passable enough to open driving lanes, and he must improve his defensive intensity. He'll have stretches where he locks players down and supplies incredible help defense, and he'll have stretches where he's victimized by a simple hesitation dribble. Improve those areas, and he'll have the kind of breakout next year that many expected he'd have this year.

If the season ended today Wall has regressed. His ppg are the same as last season. Rebounds are the same. Fg% is slightly up but that's mostly due to the incredibly disturbing fact that he entirely abandoned the three point shot. He shot .296 his first season from behind the arc and instead of working on it he simply stopped shooting threes almost entirely, 38 attempts all season. His assists are down and his turnovers are the same.

I don't see growth this season. I think neutral might even be charitable. Season three is now HUGE for him. It will literally determine the direction of the team and his career. He'll either be the guy worth building around or fade to a good second tier player.

[Fight4RGIII]

Cleveland is full is some bums right now, aaaannnnndddd they'll probably beat us.

[G.A.C.O.L.B.]

Good to see Seraphin bounce back

---------- Post added April-14th-2012 at 08:23 PM ----------

Anyone else notice that every single time Seraphin comes off the floor, Whitman pulls him to the side and coaches him up? I like seeing that. Tells me they really believe in his potential

Phil talking about it now actually

---------- Post added April-14th-2012 at 08:26 PM ----------

Tied game. Really Want them to win this. Would love to see the Caps, Nats and Wiz all win on the same day. Can't remember the last time that happened. If ever

[StillUnknown]

With no Kyrie or Jamison, this should've been a winnable game. Looking like we're going to come up short again.

Hard to get wins when you allow your opponent to shoot 54%