Comments on: Game Day Detroit (Okay Auburn Hills)

By: dcbutler357

dcbutler357 — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:13:07 +0000

As in any profession, with the priviledges, come the responsibilities. All in all, a lot of people know not what they do. We are bigger people if we accept deficiencies in others and try to help them, rather than ostracize people. At the end of the day we are all human, and some of us just didn’t get the proper guidance, to either make the proper choice, or for someone to even tell us that we are wrong (depending on one’s stature). Some are put on pedestals, not knowing what their “total” role encompasses. I wish them all well, because they are all human.

By: jeffmalone1990

jeffmalone1990 — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:54:12 +0000

Yeah, well, look at that young dude now … on YouTube rather than on any NBA roster.

By: jeffmalone1990

jeffmalone1990 — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:53:36 +0000

Here’s a great tidbit from NBA.com Steve Aschburner

RIP, Abe Pollin: Didn’t know much about the longtime and recently deceased owner of the Washington Wizards but I was reminded in his obits of several reasons to admire him. There was his willingness to build not one but two great facilities for his team through the years, when most others scrounge for public funding. There was his staredown with Michael Jordan, thus avoiding Jordan’s less-than-Jerry-West-like results as a team executive. And there was the memory of the 1998-99 lockout, when Jordan rudely suggested that Pollin sell his franchise if he couldn’t afford new millennium NBA prices. That’s the negotiating session where snot-nosed Stephon Marbury dissed Pollin, already a league elder statesman, by saying, “Look at the old dude,” during the back-and-forth with Jordan.

By: dcbutler357

dcbutler357 — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:53:10 +0000

On this particular blog comment, I will say that I hope all is well with Gil. He obviously isn’t where he wants to be right now (physical abilities). I wish him well in his pursuit of finding out what he is or isn’t as a point guard or as a leader of the team, regardless if he wants to be the leader or not. Life is a beautiful thing, embrace what God has blessed you with, and make the most of it. In saying that, I wish all the Wiz good luck on the rest of the year, soon, this will all be behind us and we’ll be doing the chest bumps

Peace.

By: M2

M2 — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:46:07 +0000

Yeah Boykins getting up more shots than Gil seems a bit odd.
I don’t understand Gil at all… 25 shots one night, nine the next, etc.
I’d love to be a fly on the wall in that locker room.

By: datonypony

datonypony — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:30:34 +0000

I want to see Boykins, Arenas, Nick, Andray, Haywood.

Second unit: Foye, Caron, Dom, Jamison, Mcgee.

PLEASE!

AND ARENAS! Shoot at least 15 times a game. You don’t build rhytm taking 2 shots in the first quarter.

By: gray16

gray16 — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:53:03 +0000

only caught the fourth quarter. from what i saw, the wizards just weren’t making shots, especially down the stretch. they were getting good looks, things were just not falling, and a team can’t win like that. can’t get mad at the wizards for that. but i didn’t see the first three quarters so i don’t know about those.

By: ChenierFan

ChenierFan — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:07:31 +0000

The consensus is building to make a change in the starting line-up. What can it hurt? The Wiz have zero momentum in the first quarter, where the tone of the game is set.

Nick looks like he is walking on egg shells at the begining of the game. Things would be different if Antwn and Caron were playing at an all-star level, but guess what, they’re not.

Big mistake putting DeShawn in there. Both his offense AND his defense are not at NBA level anymore. Flip is giving him a chance but we are sacrificing games in the process.

Andray is now a capable NBA player and should get the start just to get more size/defense/rebounding/passing in there. Nick will loosen up with Andray in there. Antawn will get more time to play against second unit personnel and be more effective – his game is perfectly tailored for 6th man role.

I like a second unit of: Antawn, (Duke of) Earl, Randy, Javalle, and Dom.

Other thoughts…
That was the best game out of Randy in a while.
Earl continues to play well.
DeShawn needs to play behind Dom & Randy.

Unless Flip makes some changes, expect more of the same. This first unit has had enough time to play together and in ain’t working. My guess is that he gives it 5 more games.

By: Gotabigboyoffense

Gotabigboyoffense — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:04:30 +0000

GroundHog Day AGAIN, and AGAIN, and AGAIN, and … when are we going to make a significant change for the better (and, Yes, I do realize that we have won 4 of the last 7 games). I’m talking about the quality of b-ball that the Wizards are playing.

CB played 35 minutes, AJ played 37 minutes. They shot a combined 12/33 from the field (another sub-40% game); had a total of 12 rebounds (our double/double machine, AJ, had TWO rebounds); they were 4/11 from three-point land; made just over 50% of their free throws (5/11). “The ball stops here’ ONCE again had ZERO assists. My, my, #4 also had ZERO assists. They did manage to turn the ball over 5 times.

Can anyone else see the correlation between their statistics and our win/loss record? Can anyone imagine any other coach/team that would put up with that.

The Big Three has become the Terrible Three because of the Three Egos. A message for gIl, CB, and AJ: none of you is going to the All-Star game on merit so stop playing for yourselves and start playing for the team.

Coach Saunders, please give serious consideration to playing AJ and CB, both, off the bench..and I don’t mean a token 5 minutes sitting before they get into the game. Start: Earl (1), gIl (2), Slick (3), ‘Dray (4), B-Wood (5). Get some SERIOUS minutes for McGee. We don’t care if he fouls out in the first quarter. Give him some time to learn.

If gIl can’t play any better defense than he has demonstrated thus far, only use him for the last 10 seconds of each quarter and let him launch his SportsCenter threes.

This is getting VERY old, VERY fast!

By: Aj

Aj — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:22:48 +0000

Really tough game. I hope it was a fluke but we are better than 7-12. We need to have guys that play at a consistent level every game.