The Official Washington Wizards Thread

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

Watching that vid, Beal is ****ing legit. God that's a pretty stroke. It's the exact opposite of MKG.

[stevemcqueen1]

McGee has a 5yr, 50mil offer on the table from the Nuggets

Actually that's not that bad.

That's about what he deserves IMO. Young, super long, super athletic seven footer with great hands who still has a high defensive upside and solid enough rebounding ability. Durable and clearly getting better each season too.

I was expecting him to be offered more. I think this is a smart deal for Denver. He makes a nice pair with Faried.

That team could use a star SG or SF in the worst way though.

[StillUnknown]

Actually that's not that bad.

That's about what he deserves IMO. Young, super long, super athletic seven footer with great hands who still has a high defensive upside and solid enough rebounding ability. Durable and clearly getting better each season too.

I was expecting him to be offered more. I think this is a smart deal for Denver. He makes a nice pair with Faried.

That team could use a star SG or SF in the worst way though.

He hasn't signed it yet, he could still get a bigger offer from a another team.

I also expected him to get more simply based on the fact that owners and gm's have generally been nucking futs with contracts this offseason.

[stevemcqueen1]

Watching that vid, Beal is ****ing legit. God that's a pretty stroke. It's the exact opposite of MKG.

He makes it look easy. His mechanics are perfect. I love watching him curl off screens and get his feet set. Dribble pull up is pretty smooth too.

Having him pair with Wall is about as excited as I can ever remember being with the NBA. We couldn't have created a more perfect SG to compliment Wall in a lab.

Also check out him getting into the paint and scoring against Kentucky. He hit them up for 20 in the SEC tournament. Good stuff.

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Good at finishing at the rim, especially through contact. Has a few hesitation moves that work well for him. Has a pretty little tear drop. Outstanding catching and shooting.

I like that he plays so hard. That's probably my favorite thing about him.

[Fight4RGIII]

But...But...But...his shooting percentages weren't impressive during the season! Not worth a top 3 pick!

[nuposse87]

Crawford actually has palpably good chemistry with the rest of the team, John in particular.

I think it's clear the team enjoys playing with him. He's tough, wild, energetic, and personally likeable. The team respects him. I also think the team needs a creative, alpha scorer, especially to play with the second line. Crawford is cut from a similar cloth as Jamal Crawford. Creative and hyper aggressive with pretty good athleticism. He's got some skills, good handles, a sweet turnaround fade, capable of finding open teammates but really looks to score first. His percentages have been low, partly from shot selection, but also partly because he's the late shot clock shooter. The offense never really found a consistent flow until the very end of the season. As such, there were a lot of times where the team was like, "damn, 8 seconds left and the play has fallen apart, kick it to Crawford and see if he can create something."

Get rid of Crawford and this team entirely loses all ability to create offense outside of John Wall's dribble drives and Nene's mid range shotmaking. Nobody else can consistently get their own shot. That's an untenable situation.

Absurd. John played better when he didn't have JC next to him. I can agree that he was put into a bad position in that he was asked to be THE guy but you have to wonder how teammates react when he heaves one up from 28 feet out with 15 seconds left on the clock. As many times he had to take a last second shot, he also shot himself out of rotation. I'd be ok with his ups and downs provided he was at least a streak shooter, but he isn't. He is terribly inefficient. His usage is far too high. People hate Blatche but they defend this guy? Insane.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...crawfjo02.html

The offense is no better with him on the floor then with any other D-leaguer. He shoots 40%...he has no business being in a rotation with that kind of production. Especially for a 2 guard. He has been this way for 2 years now...do we honestly expect the little light bulb in his head will turn on and turn him into a competent guard now? I also have an issue making him the alpha male on the 2nd team. If management is stupid enough to think Okafor should start over Seraphin we should expect a 2nd lineup of something like:

Mack
JC
Singleton
Booker/Jan
Seraphin

Seraphin has proven he can score efficiently against starters. I imagine with another summer under his belt and going against reserves it should only lead to more success for him. I have every belief in the world that Crawford will **** **** up. He is a turnover prone guard as well, I can only imagine how many times Seraphin will get fed up with JC's entry passes.

The point is, if you can get rid of both Blatche and JC while shedding long term cap space, you do it. I'd rather we sign a veteran guard to play along side Mack or get a veteran PG and let Roger Mason spot up for threes. Crawford has to make MASSIVE improvements to be a rotational player, because outside of his FT% there is nothing I can like about his game. Not to say he doesn't try, cause he does, it just just hasn't resulted in production.

[Fight4RGIII]

Blake took to the floor after Washington Wizards guard (and Team USA Select Team opponent) John Wall stepped on his foot and pulled his leg the wrong way, and we've seen significant ligament tears resulting from plays less awkward than this.

[StillUnknown]

Summer League game is live in 5 minutes

starters are: Mack, Beal, Singleton, Vesely, & Shavlik Randolph

[Destino]

I turned on the game and, Vesely hits a shot! Nice!

[StillUnknown]

Vesely hits a shot! Nice

nice form

[Destino]

nice form

And promptly misses two free throws. Haha

[StillUnknown]

And promptly misses two free throws. Haha

Thats our Vesely


All jokes aside, I've done about 180 on that kid, I think he's really going to turn heads this season.

[Gator Bait]

stream anyone?

[MonkFan8]

Vesely with another long jumper and Beal from 3. Beal's D has been amazing as well thus far.

[StillUnknown]

Vesely is 2 for 2 on jumpers