Comments on: GAME DAY DALLAS http://www.washingtonwizardsblog.com/2007/11/26/game-day-dallas/ The Official Blog of the NBA's Washington Wizards Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:49:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: brian http://www.washingtonwizardsblog.com/2007/11/26/game-day-dallas/#comment-16037 brian Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:21:15 +0000 http://www.washingtonwizardsblog.com/2007/11/26/game-day-dallas/#comment-16037 butler is playing all-star ball, last year they say he was lucky to be voted in, this year his is a shoe in. now u people kill me when u say why deshawn? without deshawn caron could score, nor gil, nor jamison, he makes up for their lack of d, they make up for his lack of O. his is the heart and hustle. the backbone. caron is the punch! butler is playing all-star ball, last year they say he was lucky to be voted in, this year his is a shoe in. now u people kill me when u say why deshawn? without deshawn caron could score, nor gil, nor jamison, he makes up for their lack of d, they make up for his lack of O. his is the heart and hustle. the backbone. caron is the punch!

]]> By: BruceO http://www.washingtonwizardsblog.com/2007/11/26/game-day-dallas/#comment-16034 BruceO Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:02:20 +0000 http://www.washingtonwizardsblog.com/2007/11/26/game-day-dallas/#comment-16034 anyway forget all this I don't want to make this long and argumentative. I agree with you that caron played great and other people played their usual game offensively. Where I disagree with you is I feel the team played well defensively, they had a good plan and they executed it. I also feel the team is improving offensively. We are scoring over 100 pts without gilbert. Its a combination of work players have done and work the coaches have put in with the players anyway forget all this I don’t want to make this long and argumentative. I agree with you that caron played great and other people played their usual game offensively. Where I disagree with you is I feel the team played well defensively, they had a good plan and they executed it. I also feel the team is improving offensively. We are scoring over 100 pts without gilbert. Its a combination of work players have done and work the coaches have put in with the players

]]> By: BruceO http://www.washingtonwizardsblog.com/2007/11/26/game-day-dallas/#comment-16033 BruceO Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:59:41 +0000 http://www.washingtonwizardsblog.com/2007/11/26/game-day-dallas/#comment-16033 deshawn didnt contribute offensively. He contributed by defending devin harris and totally styming their offense by doing so since he's their point gaurd. As far as offense goes I wasnt even thinking about offense. I was looking at the players and how hard they were working defensively and how they were getting results. Also the idea they had as far as playing solid defensively and moving into a really quick fast break is coming into fruition. I just see big differences between this season and last season defensively. I also see us holding opponents to less. I'm not sure what Haywoods shooting percentage is this year compared to last. I just know I expect him to miss less. Maybe he doesn't. But I wasnt looking solely at this shooting. I was looking at carons shooting, Blatches shooting as well. Those are the ones showing alot of improvement. At this point I'd think you are more right than I am. But I feel we are moving in the right direction and have done alot with the little we have. My question to you is this. Are we setting the right foundation to improve aspects of our team game? has the team shown a willingness to commit to this and are they learning from our coaching staff and trying to execute. Do you see improvements in certain players? deshawn didnt contribute offensively. He contributed by defending devin harris and totally styming their offense by doing so since he’s their point gaurd. As far as offense goes I wasnt even thinking about offense. I was looking at the players and how hard they were working defensively and how they were getting results. Also the idea they had as far as playing solid defensively and moving into a really quick fast break is coming into fruition. I just see big differences between this season and last season defensively. I also see us holding opponents to less. I’m not sure what Haywoods shooting percentage is this year compared to last. I just know I expect him to miss less. Maybe he doesn’t. But I wasnt looking solely at this shooting. I was looking at carons shooting, Blatches shooting as well. Those are the ones showing alot of improvement. At this point I’d think you are more right than I am. But I feel we are moving in the right direction and have done alot with the little we have. My question to you is this. Are we setting the right foundation to improve aspects of our team game? has the team shown a willingness to commit to this and are they learning from our coaching staff and trying to execute. Do you see improvements in certain players?

]]> By: ricklevinenyc http://www.washingtonwizardsblog.com/2007/11/26/game-day-dallas/#comment-16029 ricklevinenyc Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:41:13 +0000 http://www.washingtonwizardsblog.com/2007/11/26/game-day-dallas/#comment-16029 oh, and by the way, Haywood is shooting 63% from the line so far this year. A modest improvement from the 60% he shot last season, but not exactly something to brag about. oh, and by the way, Haywood is shooting 63% from the line so far this year. A modest improvement from the 60% he shot last season, but not exactly something to brag about.

]]> By: ricklevinenyc http://www.washingtonwizardsblog.com/2007/11/26/game-day-dallas/#comment-16028 ricklevinenyc Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:39:11 +0000 http://www.washingtonwizardsblog.com/2007/11/26/game-day-dallas/#comment-16028 I didn't say there weren't other contributors BruceO, I just said that no one else played great. I agree there were good contributions from DeShawn and Nick Young, and Jamison and Daniels. But pretty much to a man, those contributions were on the offensive end of the court. And then only in the scoring column. As a team we only had 13 assists! That has got to be considered pretty selfish basketball. My main point is that without stronger, tougher defense, we will rarely win unless the other team misses their open shots. I didn’t say there weren’t other contributors BruceO, I just said that no one else played great. I agree there were good contributions from DeShawn and Nick Young, and Jamison and Daniels. But pretty much to a man, those contributions were on the offensive end of the court. And then only in the scoring column. As a team we only had 13 assists! That has got to be considered pretty selfish basketball.

My main point is that without stronger, tougher defense, we will rarely win unless the other team misses their open shots.

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