The Official Washington Wizards Thread

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

No way Seraphin develops the skillset of Boozer. And Seraphin is big and strong, while Boozer is undersized and not that athletic. I think Blatche is more similar to Boozer except Blatche is bigger and is also, unfortunately, a *****.

[boofMcboof]

Darn, I can't believe he's sporting reeboks. I was looking forward to seeing John Wall again, he might be 2nd favorite non-Laker player. That guy has a natural feel for the game and he plays at a speed I haven't seen since Magic and Isiah.

[Duckus]

I won’t pretend to know if our management is purposely tanking the season or not. It sure feels that way, especially keeping Flip around. But it really is starting to feel like Ted is looking for his Nicholas Backstrom.

He got his Ovi with John Wall - a rare, once in 4, 5, 6 year talent. The center to build around, team captain. Now he sees the chance to get another top 5 picks, maybe even top 3 and pick up his Backstrom. A 1-2 punch for 10 years.

Obviously we have been talking about tanking and the lottery for pages in this thread, but the fact that the Capitals were SO successful with the Ovi-Backstrom picks makes me think Ted wants us to go down in flames.

At least that is what I tell myself to explain what I see on the court . . . .

[No Excuses]

Ted has said himself that he doesn't expect this team to do much this year.

The only troubling thing for me is the effort. The only player who I think has given us solid consistent effort all year while staying healthy is Nick Young. I still like Javale but it's hard to do well when your coach has you on a ridiculously short leash.

Blatche to me has been the biggest disappointment. I really expected more from him, not only from a statistical stand point but from a veteran stand point. He's a pretty young guy himself but he's been in the league long enough to set an example for the others. I don't think that's been the case.

Had he performed like the guy we saw post all star break last year, we would have winning record. No question about it. Even if he gave half of that effort, we wouldn't look so terribly pathetic. I sincerely believed that he would be a big solution to our front court problems but I'm starting to feel that he may be a detriment rather than a solution.

[Sticksboi05]

Who the **** wears Reeboks? Honestly...it's Nike, Adidas or Converse.

[DarrellsMyHero28]

Who the **** wears Reeboks? Honestly...it's Nike, Adidas or Converse.

Reebock makes ****ty shoes.

They're cheap and they fall apart quickly.

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

Who the **** wears Reeboks? Honestly...it's Nike, Adidas or Converse.

Someone getting paud $5 mil a year to wear them.

I don't knock Wall for taking the money and wearing them. I knock Reebok for dishing out that kind of cash and then making a ****ty shoe for him. Un****ingreal. I mean you've been largely irrelevant for a decade. You finally get a franchise player to sponser and you **** up his shoe. Epic fail.

[Sticksboi05]

He better dump their ass ASAP.

[Kosher Ham]

Last Reeboks I owned were the Allen Iverson "Questions". I wore them to the court twice and the plastic tabs around the laces tore. I took them back and got a pair of Nikes.

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

Ted doing what the Redskins probably should do:

http://www.tedstake.com/2010/12/15/wizard-vs-lakers/

Wizards vs. Lakers

We see how far we have to come to be competitive with a championship caliber team. The Lakers have so much talent and depth. They are a tight knit unit and a vet laden team. They play and have perfected a system over the years. It is a great benchmark to see up close and personal.

We, on the other hand, are one of the youngest teams in the NBA. We have played the most starting five units in a game this season in the league with 10 different casts mostly due to injuries. We aren’t talented enough or deep enough to not be healthy and become a gel team. I am sorry but it is the truth. We need to heal up and get a rotation out there that can play and practice with regularity. If we can do that, we will be more competitive. We will get better results.

We played hard last night and up to our capabilities. We took so many more shots than the Lakers did. Our shooting efficiency was suspect. I am surprised at how much difficulty we are having in scoring. We literally had six trips in a row down the court in the 4th period where we clanged shot after shot and didn’t score. We didn’t get to the foul line much and they certainly did. That LA team is a grown-up team that plays the perimeter quite well. But plays defense and in the paint even better!

We played again without John Wall. Without Andray Blatche. Without Josh Howard. And then without Yi.

Despite that, I felt we competed and played to our capabilities. I was happy to see our rookies play so many minutes last night. That is the only way for them to gain experience.

I appreciate your patience. I appreciate the fan turn out. We didn’t register a sell out but I thought the building looked great and there was a lot of energy in the arena.

Life is so much better as a Wiz fan when you accept this and just focus on the positives. The play of the youngsters, the development of the team, the blossoming of NY and Javale. Skins fans would be wise to do the same.

[Kosher Ham]

Pretty shocked the Lakers game didnt sell out. I would expect the Celtics and Heat to sell out as well.

[Gator Bait]

If I could do it over, I would never make that retarded trade of Miller and Foye for our #5 pick.

Stephen Curry, freaking Stephen Curry.Wall, Curry, Young. Game over.

you wouldn't have Wall if the Miller/Foye trade hadn't gone down. The team would have either been better or worst (probably worst) and we would have been in a different situation.

Curry and Wall would not be a good combo in the long run. They play the same position and neither one of them are big and physical enough to cover big 2s.

[No Excuses]

Curry is an underrated defender and him and Monta coexist quite nicely. Golden States defensive problems have more to do with bad big man play.

There is no telling how or which way this team would have ended if they had picked Curry (multiple reports have said that Curry was going to be the pick). This team would have still stunk as much as it did. Curry alone wouldn't have made us any better.

[Gator Bait]

I was thinking about it. We're constructed much like the Bulls are when you get down to it. Wall is to Rose only with a higher ceiling and better floor vision. Javale is to Noah with better athleticism and offensive potential but with worse toughness/IQ/rebounding ability. Young is to Deng only he's shorter and not as strong but he's faster and a better shooter.

Could Kevin Seraphin develop into our Carlos Boozer? We'd be a good team if he did. He'd certainly help McGee out if he became an elite defender so McGee could focus on playing his defense around and above the rim.

This is a terrible comparison. The only reason people compare Wall to Rose is because of the Calipari connection. I don't believe Wall is much like Rose besides the obvious fact that they can both score points and they both play PG. Rose actually reminds me more of a scoring pg like Gil or Tony Parker and Wall is more like a pg who can score, like a Jason Kidd or a Steve Nash. Not to say Wall's game is the same as Kidd and Nash...just his mentality.

I guess you hit the Javale-Noah comparison....stating that they are nothing alike.

Nick young - Deng....don't see any comparison there

and Seraphin would probably be best compared to Ben Wallace than to anyone else in the league.

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Curry is an underrated defender and him and Monta coexist quite nicely. Golden States defensive problems have more to do with bad big man play.

There is no telling how or which way this team would have ended if they had picked Curry (multiple reports have said that Curry was going to be the pick). This team would have still stunk as much as it did. Curry alone wouldn't have made us any better.

you are talking about changing three variables on the team though.....foye and miller out and curry in....there is very little possibility the team would have had the same record.

[No Excuses]

you are talking about changing three variables on the team though.....foye and miller out and curry in....there is very little possibility the team would have had the same record.

Even without Curry, better record or worse record, chances are we still don't have Wall. Hell if the lottery is done again, we wouldn't win 95 out of a 100 times. But that doesn't justify giving up talent.

On a side note, I'd like to get Wilson Chandler from the Knicks if and when they acquire Melo.