The Official Washington Wizards Thread

[SiCkSoULjA]

O I see! Had me a little confused there

[MLSKINS]

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Part of his rehab.

I was about to post this.

[ixcuincle]

Nick Young worst shot ver

[stevemcqueen1]

Who's going to score with that lineup though? We would have to hold people to virtually no points because any half court offense would be comical.

It wouldn't be your only lineup. It's a defensive lineup.

---------- Post added November-5th-2012 at 10:46 PM ----------

Is that our locker room? Justin Bieber is on a segway in the halls of our locker room. wtf?

---------- Post added November-5th-2012 at 10:59 PM ----------

I watched the TWolves tonight and found myself thinking, "why couldn't we sign Kirilenko or Brandon Roy?" It's astonishing to see such smart, efficient, super high energy play from small ticket veterans who were supposed to be roster filler.

There is simply no way Minny is a more attractive destination than DC.

If we're searching for vets for a year or two of solid play to show our young players how it's done, we would have been far better off buying out Shard and using the space to sign one or hell, both of those guys instead. Okafor and Ariza are worse and more expensive. As far as I can tell, Kirilenko has no salary against Minny's cap.

Why are our vet FA acquisitions even more worthless than our young developmental talent? It's not like that for other teams. I'm saying Vesely, Seraphin, Crawford, and Booker are all better players today than Price, Pargo, Okafor, and Ariza are. WTF is the point of bringing in those scrubs other than to make us worse and eat up minutes that the younger players deserve. We're already bad and we're trying to tie a hand behind our back. Okafor is the only one of that lot who deserves to be on the team.

[Destino]

Why couldn't we sign OJ Mayo. He's Beal if Beal actually turns out to be pretty good and he was unceremoniously devalued and abandoned by Memphis? Ariza and Okafor made no sense at the time and it makes no sense to me now. They aren't worth what was passed up to get them.

... And I know mayo isn't well loved but he's worth more then Okafor and Ariza combined IMO. Those two guys are running on fumes.

[Hersh]

Why couldn't we sign OJ Mayo. He's Beal if Beal actually turns out to be pretty good and he was unceremoniously devalued and abandoned by Memphis? Ariza and Okafor made no sense at the time and it makes no sense to me now. They aren't worth what was passed up to get them.

... And I know mayo isn't well loved but he's worth more then Okafor and Ariza combined IMO. Those two guys are running on fumes.

and we get both of them for two years!!!!! How did we not get a 1st round pick out of this trade? Just awful.

[StillUnknown]

and we get both of them for two years!!!!! How did we not get a 1st round pick out of this trade? Just awful.

Ernie is a masterful negotiator.

It was commonly though that NO would have have to part with #10 to get rid of one of those contracts, Ernie took both and was gracious enough to allow them to keep their pick.

[Hersh]

Ernie is a masterful negotiator.

It was commonly though that NO would have have to part with #10 to get rid of one of those contracts, Ernie took both and was gracious enough to allow them to keep their pick.

On the plus side to not having another 1st round pick this year a) our coaches suck so they wouldn't get any better and b) I think 3 players in this draft have had any impact on games so it's not like we are missing out.

[AsiaticSkinsFan]

Just make it so they have games every day. Shorten the season if need be. It would be beneficial to fairly young teams like ours.

that would be awful.

A lot of NBA games sucked last year, a lot more than usual. Plus the injuries.

And there is no way we will ever get less than an 82 game season as the norm. The NBA would probably add more games than take away.

[Destino]

that would be awful.

A lot of NBA games sucked last year, a lot more than usual. Plus the injuries.

And there is no way we will ever get less than an 82 game season as the norm. The NBA would probably add more games than take away.

No. Never follow the horror that is baseball. Once you reach a certain point more games just makes all of them worthless. There are already way too many. Probably double what there should be to make the regular season interesting.

As for the wizards... Dion Waiters stats are making me sick.

[Skin'emAlive]

Wait...what? Waiters had 28 points, with 7 3pointers!?! God damnit.

[Thinking Skins]

Wait...what? Waiters had 28 points, with 7 3pointers!?! God damnit.

I just keep telling myself that everything's gonna be better when Wall comes back.

[SiCkSoULjA]

Nick Young worst shot ver


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What the hell was he thinking throwing up that? It's 8 seconds left on the clock, I checked the box score and he did terrible. On espn recap it said this


Young led the way for the cold-shooting Sixers, missing 11 of 15 attempts. Known as a shoot-first player, Young almost never looked for another option, and hoisted up misfire after misfire. One fan heckled him, "That's why you got a one-year deal, man!"


I thought in LA he did okay in his roll as a spot up shooter and may turn out too be a decent player. If he keep doing what he's doing he'll find himself out the league.

[stevemcqueen1]

I'm not worried about Waiters or Beal. Waiters came in with NBA ready scoring moves, it's not surprising he's producing early. Beal doesn't have that same array already developed, so he's not going to be as productive early on. Plus Beal is younger.

Tyreke Evans also came in with a large array of scoring moves, and actually, he's a somewhat similar player to Waiters IMO. Maybe not quite as quick, but bigger and a better passer and rebounder. And then on the other hand, you had slower developers like James Harden come in and struggle to make an impact as a rookie. But today, there is no doubt who is the better player between Harden and Tyreke. Harden just "gets it." He's a wonderfully efficient and creative offensive player.

I don't think that analogy is totally complete to Beal and Waiters, but I think the dynamic of it is the same. Beal is like Harden with the IQ and measured, unselfish and efficient play. He's not the offensive talent Harden was coming out of AZ St., where Harden was a sophomore with great production. Harden is a better ball handler than Beal so he has an easier time creating his looks. But Beal is a better athlete, better rebounder, better shotblocker, a lot scrappier, with higher defensive potential in general.

Beal has higher upside than Waiters. I don't see Waiters developing into the kind of all around player that Beal should, just as Tyreke hasn't developed into the all around player Harden is.

[RonArtest15]

It's early...and A LOT can change. However, as each day passes, I'm hating this Ariza/Okafor trade more and more. As you all know, I defended the move. Both guys have contributed little to nothing on the floor. The only positive is Okafor in that he's a strong vet leader that this team needed. Ariza, on the other hand...whoa. Can't find another player in the league who looks more aloof than him. It's painstakingly obvious that he doesn't want to be here in DC. Did you all see the "advice" he gave Bradley Beal?

On what he's been told: "Trevor [Booker or Ariza, not sure which] pulled me aside and said to me, 'This might not be your year. You never know. Just stay on course. [But] you play the right way, so just keep doing that for us [and things will change].'"

http://www.bulletsforever.com/2012/1...-randy-wittman

Who says that!!???!!!

Hopefully Witt does the right thing and sits Ariza (put Webster in his place). Dude is completely checked out. This is on EG. Looking more and more like we wasted a prime opportunity to do something else w/ Shard's contract.