Comment from Bex
Time October 12, 2008 at 5:01 AM

Guten Morgen Dave!
The Wizards are finally in Germany. Have a great time and see u guys on tuesday.

Comment from wiz3terps3
Time October 12, 2008 at 5:56 AM

hey dave, can u try to get a video of caron’s dunk on the pistons online somehow? it was naastyyyy, and i have got to see it again, and the fans who werent there deserve to see it.

thanks
god bless

Comment from Tom Mandel
Time October 12, 2008 at 8:19 AM

Guten Morgen meine Freunden. Wie gehts? Sind wir bereits fuer unser… game?

Comment from Tom Mandel
Time October 12, 2008 at 9:03 AM

Bex needs to help my german; I’m sure most of those words are wrong!

Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time October 12, 2008 at 9:14 AM

9:02 AM Eastern 3:02 PM Germany..Dave Johnson back from practice at Max- Schmeling-Halle …As i write this I am wolfing down a Subway sub…it is right next to Starbucks…it has been a busy schedule….we landed just before 9 AM here in Berlin….at the hotel by ten.,..bus to practice at Noon.. and then about a 90 minute practice…Antawn Jamison did go through shooting and warm up drills and he told me he would like to play on this trip…but he knows that might not happen…the video interview with Antawn and another one with Dee Brown that we did at practice will be on the site as soon as we can get them up… and I have also filed an audio report featuring comments of Eddie Jordan from the practice at Max- Schmeling-Halle …so stay on the look out for those…Juan Dixon did some shooting at practice…but Nick Young is not on the trip….great posts thanks for the welcome BEX and Tom Mandel nice German…..check back later

Comment from Phemy
Time October 12, 2008 at 9:23 AM

heh

tom, it’s actually very good, just some small mistakes -> “Guten Morgen meine Freunde. Wie geht’s? Sind wir bereit fuer unser Spiel?”

Sadly i won’t be able to catch the game live, would be a ~8h drive for me (I’m south of munich, bavaria, other end of germany)..and that’s kinda hard without a car and without having much money right now ;>
But I’ll gather all my friends and watch it on german tv, maybe i can convice them to become wiz fans too or somthn…

LETS GO!

Comment from Tom Mandel
Time October 12, 2008 at 11:10 AM

Phemy — Deutsch war meine erste Sprache, weil meine Eltern aus Wien gestammen waren. (“gestammen”???? “waren”???) Also kann ich ein Bisschen Deutsch — nur ein Bisschen, wissen sie.

Comment from Tom Mandel
Time October 12, 2008 at 11:11 AM

Mais, je parle beaucoup mieux francais que allemand.

Comment from Bex
Time October 12, 2008 at 11:50 AM

Tom Mandel
“Deutsch war meine erste Sprache, weil meine Eltern aus Wien gestammen waren.”

First part is correct. however, the last part should be: “weil meine Eltern aus Wien stammen.” I know, German grammar is very tough for foreigners.

Phemy
I’m from BW (baden-wuertemberg, south of Germany too). Luckily I will attend the game. I will root for you aswell. :>

Dave
I will be in Berlin only for tuesday. Will the team be anywhere before the game where a diehard fan like me could see them? ;>
And it would be awesome to chat some words with you and Glenn before the game. :>

Comment from Tom Mandel
Time October 12, 2008 at 11:57 AM

Bex — meine Eltern sind gestorben. Also, glaubte ich dass ich nicht “weil meine Eltern aus Wien stamment” schreiben mussen, sondern… aber was?

Comment from Bex
Time October 12, 2008 at 12:09 PM

Aight, dann ist eine Möglichkeit: “weil deine Eltern aus Wien stammten.”

Comment from neal
Time October 12, 2008 at 12:15 PM

Nada de ese aleman comprendo. Es como si fuera griego. Les hablo mas cuando llegan a Barcelona.

Comment from Tom Mandel
Time October 12, 2008 at 12:24 PM

neal — did you *live* in Barcelona? Such a great city!!

Bex — viel dank!

Comment from Wizfan4life
Time October 12, 2008 at 12:27 PM

Sorry I haven’t been on the blog in a few days; been busy with school. I know this is old news, but it’s sad to see Haywood will be out for months. This just means that our younger guys need to step up more; which most of them have. I’ve been real impressed with McGee…….didn’t know he was a great consistent scorer. I think Blatche has improved, but can do better. Songaila needs to step up his intensity; he needs to be a better rebounder and set up screens for our guys to score. In my opinion, if I were Eddie Jordan, I would sit out Jamison and Butler for the rest of preseason…..I mean we’ve already lost Arenas and Haywood for quite some time, so why risk two of our other starting 5? In reality, preseason doesn’t really matter…It just gives teams general ideas of how they will match up against teams that have added players…..I think it’s stupid to put in your starting 5 and tire them out before the season starts, they should practice with the team, and just rest for what really counts: the season!

Comment from neal
Time October 12, 2008 at 12:54 PM

No, Tom, I missed it when I was in Spain. I’ll take your word for it. I really liked the rest of Spain. I lived in Panama, Mexico and South Texas.

Comment from GlingGling
Time October 12, 2008 at 4:13 PM

Poor skinz, but it was a very exciting game regardless.

Comment from GlingGling
Time October 12, 2008 at 6:11 PM

Wizfan4life, 10 or 15 minutes a game ideally shouldn’t hurt anyone. Do you see any other team in the league not playing their starters? Having other team injuries is inconsequential to Caron’s and AJ’s already limited preseason minutes. Keeping them fresh is important. Timidity is not the answer.

Comment from GrifonRacing
Time October 12, 2008 at 11:18 PM

True GlingGling. It was a strange day for football just about everywhere.

Either this thread needs to come with an interpreter or sub titles

The only German I know is Oktoburfest?

Comment from slwiz
Time October 13, 2008 at 1:30 AM

Just checking in to say hi

I’m looking forward to Bex having some photos or video; hope Bex can put up links for all to enjoy

Those who are physically in Germany and Spain for these two Wiz games – enjoy yourselves and hopefully the organization can somehow make the players accessible to fans

I was hoping Nick would be in the line-up but his time will come; Juan and Dee are wanted to be seen as a combination; JaVale and Dee have some really good chemistry along with other quicker players; go defense but lets have some more offense, too!!
AB let’s see you do your thang without so many fouls; and team let’s roll with out the turnovers; go veterns use your experience and great talents well and help to keep the younger ones grounded and well versed in Wizard tradition; Coaches remember all you do will pay huge dividends come playoffs; and fans let’s continue to support the team through these injuries and early season combinations!! Go, Wizards, Go!!! Enjoy Europe and have FUN because come Tuesday you go to work!!!

Comment from dmac
Time October 13, 2008 at 1:39 PM

DJ wizardsradio will Juan be playing in these next two games?
We have all been evaluating Juan and Dermarr lately. What about Linton Johnson and his chances of his making the team compared to Juan and Dermarr?