Who is Your Surprise Player of the Season?
After watching Roger Mason tear it up from the outside last night I started wondering if there is a player that has surprised me more this year than him. Prior to this season there were lots of questions from people on this board about what type of role he would have with this team and there is no question that he has turned into a huge contributor off the bench avg. almost 9 points per game while shooting 39% from long range.
Who is your surprise player of the year?
Posted: March 27th, 2008 under Wizards.
Comments
Comment from wiz-skins07
Time March 27, 2008 at 10:49 AM
it dpends if your talking about the whole NBA or just the Wizards….
Comment from SportzWiz
Time March 27, 2008 at 10:52 AM
Just wizards 
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Comment from SportzWiz
Time March 27, 2008 at 10:58 AM
But if you want to give one for the Wizards and one for the NBA, I wouldn’t argue with that.
To me in the whole NBA i would go with Rafer Alston, especially in the 2nd half. His #’s dont tell the story, but that teams winning % sure does.
Comment from aznzero
Time March 27, 2008 at 11:21 AM
i have a few but heres how i ranked them.
TIE For 1st:
Brendan Haywood
Roger Mason Jr.
3rd
Deshawn Stevenson
4th
Nick Young (When he gets minutes)
Comment from Bridge
Time March 27, 2008 at 12:11 PM
I also have a couple of ties:
WIZARDS
Dray Blatche
Rog Mason
*Two players that we didn’t really get to see a lot of until this season, but now that I’m seeing more of them, I’m impressed!
*Haywood, in my opinion, was already/always “on,” but he didn’t have a lot of minutes towards the end of the last season. I guess he had to “earn” them back.
NBA (IN GENERAL)
A. Iverson
D. Gooden (as a Bull)
*Iverson, always a GREAT player, but he’s holdin it down this season, and with a broken finger!…
*Gooden, not because of the beard contest lol. He’s really doing great on the bulls. He never really got his time on the Cavs. He plays with passion now….
Comment from Bridge
Time March 27, 2008 at 12:12 PM
Comment from Amir
Time March 27, 2008 at 2:15 PM
lol
everybody is doing what they should be doing
as long as they wining is good
no suprise here they are playing as a team
and if you play as a team you alweys win a ball game.
Comment from neal
Time March 27, 2008 at 2:34 PM
1. Brendan Haywood & Roger Mason (tie)
3. DeShawn Stevenson
Comment from wiz-skins07
Time March 27, 2008 at 3:58 PM
im sorry guys but i have to say Brendan Haywood….his scoring is up…his rebounds are up…his Fg and Ft %’s are up…i didnt even think he would get many minutes coming in at the beginning at the season…
Comment from ChenierFan
Time March 27, 2008 at 7:22 PM
This is a terrific off-day question!
I agree with wiz-skins07. My vote for the most surprising player goes to Haywood. The fact that he is even on the team after the way things ended for him last year is a big surprise in itself. Couple that with how he has raised his game a level, improved his free throw shooting, made himself stronger. He really is one of the reasons the Wiz are better this year than last year. He overmatches most centers physically
That being said, Roger Mason is certainly a huge surprise. Who knew that he would be the most consistant player off the bench. And last night he had his signature game of the year. His play in the Fourth quarter was simply spectacular! He turned that game completetely around for the Wiz. And his defense is always strong. What are the plans to re-sign Roger at the end of the year?
Comment from AUNDRA
Time March 27, 2008 at 7:53 PM
Roger is a huge surprise to all of us. He first selected Washington over San Antonio which took me for a loop, now he is paying huge dividends with his tenacity and offensive prowlness. I definitely have to say Haywood with his consistency with freethrows and defensive tenacity and then Roger with his cool quiet assasin like demeanor.So I would say Haywood because he gets more minutes on a nightly basis and that gives him more chances to affect the games outcome!
Comment from jybrown1
Time March 27, 2008 at 8:09 PM
I’m all over Roger…just been waiting for him to “make it rain”! He’s on his way to the foreground…can somebody keep him on the floor when he heats up? No, he’s not The Microwave…yet, but, he’s got an excellent foundation and is building. The Wizards have something in Roger…USE HIM!!!
Comment from wiz-skins07
Time March 27, 2008 at 8:33 PM
ChenierFan….add to that that he is not afraid to defend his teamates…he’s laid out several people this year
Comment from Phemy
Time March 27, 2008 at 8:51 PM
Hm…biggest surprise for me is/was haywood i think – he really improved his play this season! I really thought what we lacked most was a big C – but not ‘nymore!
And…YES! Wizards coming to Germany, man i gotta see them in Berlin against NOH this october! Still about 1000km away from here, but…from all the teams of the nba, the wiz are coming to germany – hell yeah! =)
Comment from aznzero
Time March 28, 2008 at 6:58 AM
im happy the wiz gets to go over seas. Lets other people hav the oppurtunity other then us locals here to see them in action which is exciting.
Comment from Tom Mandel
Time March 28, 2008 at 7:05 AM
I agree that Roger’s play (especially w/ the Seattle game fresh in our memories) makes him the chief candidate for our surprise player. I agree too that re-signing DeShawn has worked out quite well, so maybe he is also a surprise — although he is playing this year more or less the same way he played last year.
But… in a way, there is another surprise player on the Wizards. And that is Antawn Jamison. Especially in the 2d half of the season, he is playing out of this world! Way beyond what anyone expected from him.
I think most of us expected a slight decline in his play this year. He’ll turn 32 in June. Instead, there’s been a decided uptick. His shooting % is slightly down, but he’s had to carry the team offensively and so has had to shoot more. Moreover, his rebounds are up, his steals are up, his fouls are down, his turnovers are down. Antawn is having a great season.
AJ — my Wizards surprise!
Comment from suzie-qwiz
Time March 28, 2008 at 7:46 AM
My answer would have to be Brendan, He has worked so hard and you can see the improvements he plays great on both end of the floor. I am also liking Antawns game this season, don’t get me wrong he has always been good but he has made a commitment on the defence that was missing last season and his rebounding is awesome. Out of the young guys I am impressed with Dom, he has not played alot nor scored alot but he gets hussle points from me and I think with some work on his shot and better decision making with the ball he is going to be a great role player for this team.
Comment from Brynn
Time March 29, 2008 at 11:52 PM
Well, this season I’ve been impressed by the entire team…espesially playing without Gil. Although somewhat inconsistant, Roger, Darius, Andray, Nick, and Dom, have all impressed me coming off the bench. I was shocked at the beginning of the season to find that Brendan Heywood had been re-signed, but he really has improved his game all around this season and while I have always loved DeShawn Stevenson and his “I can feel my face” deal, I was also surprised to see him back. So my two surprise players for this season would have to be Haywood and Stevenson, both whom have made huge contributions both offensively and defensively.
Comment from tyrone20000
Time March 30, 2008 at 12:00 PM
As a respectful fan of Haywood I would go with Stevenson. The guy is still getting better. Haywood and Mason are about the same as previous years given the minutes played. Of course there are obvious improvements in their games
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Comment from Sexy Agent ZERO
Time March 27, 2008 at 10:37 AM
My surprise player is DeShawn Stevenson the lock smith. He have really step his game up. I give him nothing but credit you got to love him.