The Official Washington Wizards Thread

[Skin'emAlive]

Well said sir. Well said.

[StillUnknown]

Ted makes it sounds like he just heard that NBA teams sometimes have to run a half-court offense.

I need to stay away from his blog, the bull**** is becoming too much.

[The Robert Griffin Experience]

Ted isn't going to fire Ernie. We should have seen this coming when Ted retained him; he's just a younger Abe Pollin who doesn't give a **** about "competence" but about giving his buddies posh FO jobs. He was part owner since 1999 or so? Yet he didn't see how Ernie ran the organization into the ground? Clearly Ernie has wormed his way into the good graces of ownership, they probably go out drinking or play racquetball together.

At this point, Leonsis is the worst owner in sports. And I'm not sure that he cares about winning the way Snyder does, and Wizards fans are too downtrodden and used to the incompetence to raise a stink the way Redskins fans did.

Also the clueless basketball media doesn't help. For 10 years ESPN and other outlets have CONSISTENTLY praised Ernie for being one of the best GMs in the NBA despite drafting one all star in his entire career.

[Thinking Skins]

So basically we have another instance of a player misdiagnosed with Booker now out of a few weeks after we thought it was just a strain.

[AsiaticSkinsFan]

caught a little of the UCLA game last night. They lost again. To a decent team on the road though. But it's definitely a bit troubling that a team with the #1 or #2 recruiting class has been this bad so far. And they haven't gotten better since Shabazz started playing (2-3 in that span, good win over Georgia, but bad loss to Cal Poly canceling it out)

Shabazz shot 7/12 for 16 points and 4 rebounds. That's right around his averages of 16 & 5.6.

Some things that stand out to me about Shabazz so far:

- Similar to Joe Johnson and James Harden, he's more of a SF type than SG type skill-wise IMO, but because of his height, he's probably going to have to play more at the 2 in the NBA. I think he could play SF against most NBA SFs but big ones like Carmelo are going to give him problems. He looks like a legit 6'5 to 6'6", bigger than Beal. Seems like he has long arms and he's got an NBA ready body bulk wise. Not going to have change his body once he gets to the league. It's eerie how much he looks like James Harden out on the court. All he needs is the beard.

- He scores in a variety of ways but he doesn't seem to be that assertive offensively. When is he going to take over a game and drop 30 on a team? He's willing to play within the team I guess. I was looking for more of an alpha scorer in him. Again, this is really reminiscent of James Harden IMO.

- He stops the ball a bit. He's not selfish, he's an ISO scorer and shooter and not a drive and dish type. Better rebounder than I thought. His rebounding numbers have been pretty good so far but they haven't been consistent.

That's about all I've got. Really haven't seen enough of him to conclude more. It's been a very disappointing start to the season for his team. I don't want to make too much out of these games though. He does have skills and I still like him the best as a fit for us. We need a scorer.

I think Shabazz is good, but not sure he is a franchise changer.

But if you want to blame someone for their struggles, blame Ben Howland and that archaic offense he runs. Its happened with all of his teams at UCLA. Those guys end up being better NBA players than college players because they are free.

[Fight4RGIII]

Good god I've never seen a team murdered like that on sportscenter ever. The Heat/Wizards contrast is a top story. They are laughing and laughing hard

[BRAVEONTHEWARPATH93]

^^^ Yeah we just got buried on sportscenter...

This team is honestly the saddest thing in pro sports. Zero talent and zero hope.

All you guys that post these long posts in this thread have my respect.

The Wizards were my first love in sports as a kid...I NEVER missed a game when they had Chris Whitney and Jahidi White.
When we were at our height with Gil, I paid more attention to them than I did the Skins

Now, I honestly couldn't care less. This team is/has basically always been an absolute joke. I honestly do not care and have zero hope. To me, it is worse than the outlook of the 2009 Skins.

I'll still post in here and I'll watch tonight but honestly, this team is pointless.

[abdcskins]

I sort of want to put $55,000 on the Heat -10 tonight. Seems like a slam dunk. They should win by 15 at least.

[OU_skins]

SportsCenter ‏@SportsCenter
BREAKING: The New Orleans Hornets are expected to change their nickname to the Pelicans as early as 2013-14 season (via Yahoo! Sports)

Hey! We won't have the worst nickname in the league anymore.

[Fight4RGIII]

You can watch RG3 all night!

[ixcuincle]

http://twitter.com/LukeRussert/statu...18321450074112

Standing O for @RGIII at the #Wizards v #Heat game. He's bigger than LeBron! #DC

[BRAVEONTHEWARPATH93]

SportsCenter ‏@SportsCenter
BREAKING: The New Orleans Hornets are expected to change their nickname to the Pelicans as early as 2013-14 season (via Yahoo! Sports)

Hey! We won't have the worst nickname in the league anymore.

no ******* way lol

[ixcuincle]

[Fight4RGIII]

T Suggs is there as well, watch your back Robert

[Duckus]

Please tell me there was a RG3 chant.

Also, regarding Ted's blog. Check out the comments. HILARIOUS.