Comment from dlts20
Time March 13, 2010 at 10:02 AM

Should be a fun game. Its the 3rd game in a row so we should be tired but at the same time I felt that we looked tired last night which makes me think we may be renergized tonight. I like the fact that Blatche started off the game with more aggressive type post moves yesterday where he was backing guys down deeper and turning towards the rim instead of fading away. I like to see him continue that against Lewis tonight. I also would like to see him catch it sometimes and go real quick on a hard drive. He waits too long sometimes. He needs to mix it up more but he’s getting better.

McGee also has played well against normal Centers but use to get abused by the big body guys however, now he’s getting better against them also. With that being said, we know Superman is the exception so I will like to see how McGee handles him physically. Even if he gets killed, I would like to see him be the 1st man to ever dunk one right on Howard’s head. I also hope Flip starts Livingston or plays him earlier while I wish he would also go to NY before going to guys like Ross. I thought it was dumb that we were struggling to score yesterday and NY had 2 big scoring games in a row but Flip pulls Miller early in the 1st and replaces him with Ross while not going to NY until deeper into the 2nd quarter. Why? I get the D on Rip stuff but come on

Comment from Gotabigboyoffense
Time March 13, 2010 at 10:55 AM

Magic in the booth tonight.

BIG thumbs up for ‘Dray.

Go Wiz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment from dlts20
Time March 13, 2010 at 11:24 AM

pretty cool to see 3 games in 3 nights. Sucks last night that we had the Caps, Wiz, Hoyas, and Terps all on at the same time but tonight should be better since the Hoyas will start close to when the Wiz are ending

Comment from gray16
Time March 13, 2010 at 1:00 PM

go morgan state bears today at 2 pm (my college). going for the second year straight of winning the MEAC.

and go wiz tonight. it’s going to be a tough game for sure, especially on the third straight game. i didn’t realize blatche was playing so many minutes but it doesn’t surprise me.

i again am going to naively hope for flip to give nick the ball more and to play livingston more minutes.

Comment from AUNDRA
Time March 13, 2010 at 1:30 PM

Mcgee will have to stop the monster tonight to no avail because he doesn’t have enough muscle but he has brains which means he has to not let him beat him to his favorite spots. The painted areas is where he will camp out for 5 seconds at at time so Mcgee only has to defend for that little amount of time. He loves the left block going to the center of the lane or the right block going toward the basket. Mcgee need to stiffen the defense for three seconds and then drop the seat out from under him, he should travel every time! Three pointers will be key to the game and reounding with all out fast breaking toward the basket or quick dishes to the three-point shooters in rhythm. I feel our bench has to man up and not be scared to attack the basket with the monster in there! Good Luck!

Comment from neal
Time March 13, 2010 at 1:43 PM

Excellent experience for McGee. Come on Captain America.

Comment from tyrone2000
Time March 13, 2010 at 3:31 PM

This game will be a test of endurance and so will the rest of the games in this group of 5 games in 6 nights….A must see type of game to judge their will power and determination…

Comment from datonypony
Time March 13, 2010 at 4:05 PM

Goal of the game:
-Win
-Make three pointers
-Have Mcgee/Blatche salm it so hard on Howard it’s not funny.

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 4:55 PM

Eric Turner/Ohio State may be the truth. No one can check him and he sees the floor. Watched his team go on a 20-0 run sparked by him primarily. VS Illinois/Mike Jordon’s son plays, but not that much from what a ive seen, poor kid.

Comment from gray16
Time March 13, 2010 at 7:02 PM

yeah evan turner is the truth. it’s his composure and demeanor that makes me think he is going to be the deadliest player out of this draft. i think he is a lot like brandon roy.

i was thinking, what if the wizards were to somehow get either john wall or evan turner and kept arenas. both of those guys love to handle the ball, and arenas has no problem working off of the ball and sharing the duties with teammates, he did it well with hughes. i think gil/wall or turner would be a deadly combination in the backcourt or pg/sf combination.

but this is wishful thinking of course. if the wiz are able to get greg monroe though, i think they shouldn’t hesitate at getting him (unless of course the two mentioned above are still available). he has a lot of potential and good skills for a big man, i’d love to see him on the team.

the way nbadraft.net looks, i’d like to see the wizards grab monroe at 8th, vasquez or sherron collins at 30th, and lazar haywood at 38th.

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 7:53 PM

I haven’t heard of Lazar Haywood, yet. Out of the other names, the key would be how they are “allowed” to fit into/on to the team, and whether we keep hearing someone isn’t ready or whatever….

Comment from wizards_fusion
Time March 13, 2010 at 7:54 PM

Much better crowd @ verizon. Bloggin briefly from stadium.

A lot of magic fans.

Dwight almost made 2 of his one handed half court heaves

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 7:56 PM

I won’t harp on this, but I have yet heard anyone ask Flip, why in the world didn’t he mix in AB with the team more prior to the trade? I don’t want to hear everyone’s speculation, I would rather hear it from the horse’s mouth

Comment from wizards_fusion
Time March 13, 2010 at 7:58 PM

Greg Monroe will go around 17th unless teams shy away from his diabetes

I’m still not sold on Evan turner. Some draft boards have him ad high as 2.

Big 10 is not big east where ‘real’ college bball is at this season. Acc tailed off.

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:02 PM

well, we still have the NCAAs to see if he can go up against the big boys. He has a nice supporting cast at OSU also.

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:04 PM

In order to get other good players, and due to good players playing in all divisions, I don’t think that all of the good players are necessarily in Division 1. It’s just that Division 1 receives all the fanfare (t.v. exposure)

Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:08 PM

7:07 PM EST…Dave and Glenn checking… sorry for the late start …had to host a ticket holder event….. here we go

Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:11 PM

have to play with energyu to begin with and on the third game in three nights

Comment from datonypony
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:12 PM

Mcgee vs Howard jumpball hehe.

Comment from gray16
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:12 PM

dcbutler, lazar plays on marquette.

despite last season being behind dominic james and jerel mcneal in the who gets the ball rotation, he still had big games all the time. i was like “who is this dude” lol.

the reason, he works hard. he isn’t the most talented guy, but he works hard. he’s like james singleton but less athletic.

Comment from gray16
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:16 PM

mike miller had flashbacks of being on orlando

the retro jerseys made him confused lol

that pass was directly to jameer

Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:16 PM

great start but oh that turnover

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:17 PM

allrighty then….

Comment from datonypony
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:18 PM

Miller lol, pass to jameer direclty. Jeez

Comment from datonypony
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:19 PM

Let’s get the ball moving inside guys. Less J’s.

Comment from datonypony
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:21 PM

Defend that 3 point shot.

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:22 PM

Nelson is owning foye, or is it they have to play the screen differently

Comment from datonypony
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:23 PM

Foye being taken out early. Fab in early too.

Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:24 PM

ssorry we have had internet trouble back with you…great start byt mcgee looks tired

Comment from datonypony
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:25 PM

COme on guys, rebounds off freethrows. get those boards.

Comment from datonypony
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:25 PM

Lucky to have lewis with 2 fouls.

Comment from datonypony
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:25 PM

Wow howard. Wow.

Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:26 PM

five turnovers magic

Comment from gray16
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:27 PM

big lineup in there for the wiz

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:27 PM

LOVING LIVINGSTON

Comment from datonypony
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:28 PM

Livingston passing well.

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:28 PM

A guard that can see the floor is priceless

Comment from datonypony
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:28 PM

But I have a bad feeling about howard soon. Him going up against the likes of Fab, mcgee, Blatche, Singleton. ooffffff.

Comment from datonypony
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:29 PM

A guard who is 6ft 7 with good passing is so nice. SO sad that he got injured, he would have really been something…

Comment from Wizards4Life
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:32 PM

the last 2 plays were soooo pretty can’t get much better than that

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:33 PM

Is this because we have a real point guard in…lol….

Comment from Wizards4Life
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:33 PM

wizards got the Magics number for some reason they play way better when this team is in town

Comment from datonypony
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:34 PM

Forcing the Magic to take 2 timeouts in less than 2 minutes.

Priceless.

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:35 PM

wow, this is amazing

Comment from gray16
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:35 PM

everyone is on their A game

please oh please let this go on for 48 minutes (i know i’m hoping for a lot lol)

Comment from datonypony
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:35 PM

Wizards cooking now, another TO on howard. Frustration?

Comment from Wizards4Life
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:35 PM

lol i like fab but that was a flop!

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:35 PM

FAB is Superman’s kryptonite tonight….he’s so frustrated

Comment from datonypony
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:36 PM

EVen OBERTO scored. Haha oh wow.

Comment from datonypony
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:37 PM

Wizards4life, that was what we originally brought fab in for lol, hacks and flops.

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:37 PM

DJ/Glen, I agree, sound the final buzzer, pack up and go home now…LOL

Comment from Wizards4Life
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:38 PM

thats FABs stick he just plays that i make you mad and you can’t play well when your mad thing i have not seen anyone but KG get to people that bad

Comment from datonypony
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:38 PM

Now, we all now know the wizards are with leads but… I’m remaining optimistic!

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:39 PM

WOW, that made my night. Everyone was in sync, everyone started looking to pass, and there were a lot of easy layups. Thumbs up to Livingston and Fab

Comment from datonypony
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:39 PM

i remember a specific game with the bulls where brad miller and Fab jsut went at each other with veteran hacking, flopping basketball.

Comment from datonypony
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:40 PM

KEEP PLAYING livingston, if ANYONE comes in and throws up shots or hogs….

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:41 PM

ten assists in teh first qrtr….

Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:41 PM

internet night mare sorry guys livingstoin and oberto have been the difference

Comment from datonypony
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:42 PM

I detect alot of howard in this quarter, get ready.

Comment from Wizards4Life
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:42 PM

McGee back lets see what he has for superman

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:43 PM

McGee has to stay on his feet, that was reddick driving….

Comment from datonypony
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:43 PM

better defense on perimeter guys, too much penetration.

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:44 PM

hmmm thornton and young in at the same time?

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:44 PM

we need to regroup, this isn’t starting off well.

Comment from WizardsSuperfan
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:45 PM

Go Wizards!!!

Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:46 PM

test

Comment from Wizards4Life
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:46 PM

got to get back on track… i got to run my 4yo is all over the place ha ha ha its too hard to blog and keep track of him at the same time

Comment from gray16
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:47 PM

well, i kinda figured the 48 minutes thing was far fetched.

all 5 guys were playing incredible, now the lineup is different and the offense isn’t running as smoothly.

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:49 PM

is redick really this good? he has like ten points this quarter

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:50 PM

exactly mcgee should have stepped out, he may have gotten a charge

Comment from gray16
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:52 PM

blatche is on pace to play around 43 minutes tonight

i think he just got a good 2 minute or so rest

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:53 PM

Dang, foye making his presence known…be a two guard and stop trying to pass

Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:54 PM

test again

Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:54 PM

test trying towork

Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:55 PM

internet nightmaree sorry guys…. bench of magic attacking the basket and getting to the free throw line

Comment from tyrone2000
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:55 PM

Can someone teach McGee how to position himself on defense….

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:56 PM

maybe fab needs to be in there

Comment from wizards_fusion
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:56 PM

Energy is there but execution needs to be better

Comment from wizards_fusion
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:58 PM

Livvy makin shots.

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:58 PM

they are killing us down low

Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:58 PM

singleton on howard

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 8:59 PM

Can AB hang with Bass?

Comment from gray16
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:00 PM

major minutes already tonight + 3 game of a back to back to back is catching up with the team

Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:00 PM

williams having a tough time with livingston…livingston bets game so far as a wizard

Comment from gray16
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:03 PM

andray looks very tired

Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:03 PM

blatche with 19 points

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:05 PM

The bench really has to step up, whether they get 2 minutes or 20 minutes.

Comment from wizards_fusion
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:07 PM

Without andray wiz wouldn’t score 60 per game

Comment from gray16
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:07 PM

offensively the wizards are still doing good, but the defense just hasn’t been there

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:08 PM

Bass is not taking no for an answer

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:10 PM

Have to cut down on penetration and our assignments, but singleton on Howard, is a wish…lol

Comment from dlts20
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:14 PM

Blatche is so good that half the time it doesnt even look like he’s trying. Thats my only problem with Dray right now. He’s finally fully learned how to mix it up perfectly which makes his only real flaw is energy level from game to game. Last game I thought he lacked pep so I was sure he would come out with some this game which he did but it quickly went away. Alot of times its like he’s walking while everyone else is running and he looks way too lax. Meanwhile Bass is going full speed and snatching every board and getting easy lay-ins only because Blatche is playing half speed.

Im not going to fully rip him because I think he probably is super tired with the crazy sked weve had, all the minutes he is playing, and his huge role now in the Offense but it is frustrating watching him move so slow at times and walk while everyone else is running. Bass is a beast but he cant do nothing to Blatche that Blatche doesnt want him to do. Its not just Bass either. Its just Blatche in general. He’s not really going after any boards or anything. He’s just…….IDK

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:18 PM

With all the minutes, I guess he has to pace himself, but Orlando knowing we’ve played three games in three nights has probably been instructed to take it to us. Hang in there gang

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:22 PM

We only have four turnovers, that’s a WOW in itself. Kudos to Flip for letting Livingston lead the show. They have doubled our free throws and almost doubled us in rebounding. They also have four threepointers to our zero. We have one more assist. We had ten assists in the first qrtr and only three in the second. Gotta get back to team ball, the answer is how?

Comment from dlts20
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:22 PM

One thing I do really like that Blatche did is that he took that full court 3 to end the half. Im glad to see him putting up good numbers and still worried more about getting a win than padding his shooting stats. I wish more guys around the league would do it

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:26 PM

a stever francis sighting, whatever happened to him?

Comment from gray16
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:26 PM

oh my goodness!

steve francis!!!

one of my all time favorites, we miss you stevie

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:27 PM

ten point lead just that quick

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:28 PM

AB playing below the rim….wont get a foul call that way

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:32 PM

Flip went to livingston quick (two minutes into the qrtr)

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:34 PM

Livingston should post up nelson

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:35 PM

LOL…The king of flop

Comment from gray16
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:36 PM

miller must think jameer nelson is on his team

Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:37 PM

sorry internet problems again…. fourth turnover for wizards of quarter

Comment from tyrone2000
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:37 PM

Thornton is a tough nose player

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:43 PM

we are not outmatched in heart, just weapons.

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:44 PM

LOL….Javale has some awkward looking shots…lol..

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:46 PM

Livingston has delegated Foye to the bench? We do need a two guard out there.

Comment from gray16
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:47 PM

livingston and blatche are carrying the wizards right now

but the defense still hasn’t been able to step up

Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:48 PM

wizards are shooting 57 percent but difference at a free throw line and three point distance

Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:48 PM

bass found the seam in the zone

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:51 PM

hmmm, does thornton pass the ball.

Comment from gray16
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:51 PM

why is the offense being run though mr 5-16 al thornton?…

get nick in there

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:52 PM

five of 16? He must be getting rebounds also?

Comment from gray16
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:53 PM

al thornton is reminding me far too much of caron butler right now

Comment from tyrone2000
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:53 PM

Livingston plays under control and does not look like he is nervous out there…Foye on the other hand checks the ball and rim

Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:53 PM

magic 10-2 points in the poaint in third

Comment from gray16
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:54 PM

excuse me, 6-15, 3 rebounds, all defensive

you know flip loves his 8 man rotations

i was thinking back to right after the trades, didn’t the wiz play like at least 11 people a game

now the wiz are back to 8 man rotations and… 6 game losing streak

coincidence?

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:54 PM

LOL…Javale got away with a goaltending on that last play

Comment from tyrone2000
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:56 PM

I think Thornton is playing well not shooting well

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:59 PM

the wells negate each other….lol

Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:59 PM

gee can dunk

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:59 PM

what position does Gee play, since we have ross and livingston in also

Comment from gray16
Time March 13, 2010 at 9:59 PM

good dunk gee

get your good 4 minutes of playing time and sit lol

man oh man do i hate 8 man rotations

Comment from tyrone2000
Time March 13, 2010 at 10:00 PM

yes, but he does a lot of the dirty work out there

Comment from gray16
Time March 13, 2010 at 10:01 PM

nick young, 2 minutes of play, 1-2 shooting

i told you a long time ago nick, you can’t miss shots man, get it together son

Comment from tyrone2000
Time March 13, 2010 at 10:01 PM

what is Orlando’s shooting %?

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 10:02 PM

Nick either needs to be traded or play for a new coach…lol…whichever happens first.

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 10:03 PM

why would they dribble in and try to shoot over howard…lol….that’s suicide.

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 10:05 PM

oh well, livingston can’t play the whole game….this is basically over

Comment from gray16
Time March 13, 2010 at 10:07 PM

what is flip doing… padding blatche’s stats?

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 10:08 PM

Should take out AB the rest of the game, this is over. Let McGee go in and get some education.

Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 13, 2010 at 10:09 PM

tried with the good start ….with the 15 point lead but could not del with howard and then the tree point shooting

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 10:09 PM

and we play Utah, Portland and Denver next….whew, no use in being tired now…lol…

Comment from tyrone2000
Time March 13, 2010 at 10:09 PM

McGee needs time off the court on positioning on the defense. He really needs instructions…

Comment from gray16
Time March 13, 2010 at 10:13 PM

then we have the lakers and charlotte

oh my goodness, how long could this losing streak go?…

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 10:14 PM

LOL…You want to be lied to or do you want the truth

Comment from gray16
Time March 13, 2010 at 10:15 PM

silence will do. lol

ignorance is bliss

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 10:16 PM

why does mcgee keep trying that move…lol

Comment from datonypony
Time March 13, 2010 at 10:17 PM

Oh man, when i ahd to go we were up by 8. What a poor 2nd quarter. Damn lol.

Comment from neal
Time March 13, 2010 at 10:24 PM

We’re close to this team at every position except center. Their’s is an all-star. Ours makes lots of mistakes.

Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 13, 2010 at 10:26 PM

1 800 636 1067 for post game

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 10:28 PM

no two guard either, nor small forward…..on second thought, we’ll be a whole different team next year, no need in comparing…lol…just get this season over with….two years in a row of saying that, we definitely deserve some luck with the ping pong balls this year.

Comment from datonypony
Time March 13, 2010 at 10:32 PM

I just realised how much Haywood did for us in terms of in the paint. Wow.

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 10:41 PM

yep, haywood got REBOUNDS and inside DEFENSE

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 10:42 PM

impressive how we only had 4 turnovers in first half,

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 10:43 PM

Livingston
Foye (as a shooter only)
Gee
AB
McGEE

To start the rest of season

Comment from datonypony
Time March 13, 2010 at 10:57 PM

i mean, howard still had monster numbers against us with haywood, but come on, tonight, we grabbed what, 30 rebounds??

Comment from wizards_fusion
Time March 13, 2010 at 10:57 PM

Usually flip is timeout happy, but tonight I think he waved the white flag after orl went up 18. Flip no longer called timeouts even though his team was completely out of sync. I think flip wanted to end tonight’s game as quickly as he could.

Absolutely no answer for Dwight. Andray matched him in score but not dominance.

Get some good rest wiz. I still like the energy u guys bring when y’all bring it

Comment from wizards_fusion
Time March 13, 2010 at 11:04 PM

I asked my verizon wiz friends around me and shockingly 100% are going to renew for next season if they haven’t done it already.

Fans still care no matter what flip does and what the players do.

Bloggers here may not be as patient but the paying fans don’t mind the rebuilding. Most saw mediocrity even with mj and most went through the rise and fall and maybe rebirth of Gilbert.

Comment from wizards_fusion
Time March 13, 2010 at 11:09 PM

Am I the only person here SICK of mike miller throwing passes to the other team? I mean these are not even deflected passes – these are right at the other team’s guy.

This is the pro level. Why does he get away with this nonsense?

Tom M – if u saw this game, there is no way u can refute the lack of concentration for miller. Again, if Nick did the same thing, he won’t play again for at least 48 hours.

Comment from wizards_fusion
Time March 13, 2010 at 11:19 PM

When the wiz had a lot of offensively talented guys, mike was able to get more open looks for his shots. Since the trade, none of his teammates can get him the ball in those spots; thus forcing mike to dribble drive at the basket and CHANCE the outcome, which is typically not good.

I don’t blame mike for not shooting now. I blame his mates and coaching staff for not drawing up plays catering to his offensive potency. Add this to the list I’m calling and copyrighting as ‘flip fail’.

Comment from neal
Time March 13, 2010 at 11:26 PM

Miller continues to pass up good shots IMO. He seems completely focused on assisting his teammates.

dcbutler, you’re already ready to start Gee ahead of Thornton? Let him play a couple of 10-day contracts, at least.

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 13, 2010 at 11:40 PM

thornton is a “gunner” at least gee will take it to the rim….get some foul shots.

WiZ_FUS, i noticed miller, but I’m tired of repeating myself and what everyone else is saying.

Flip MUST change his style of coaching if he is around next year, people don’t get passes for messing up just because….actually i don’t know his reasoning…lol…

Comment from jeffmalone1990
Time March 14, 2010 at 12:09 AM

Random thoughts

1st qtr-Blatche played like a man on a mission to carry this team to victory. Thorton played with ENERGY and Confidence, and had a great block on Carter. Looks like the entire team is playing with Energy and Effort, Dray 15 in the 1st with some great passing and a 13 pt lead at the end of the 1st. (watching the replay on CSN)

Comment from wizards_fusion
Time March 14, 2010 at 12:15 AM

lol @ knicks decimating the mavs in dallas by making 16 triples … and the former wiz-triplets all played BAD

i think both portland and denver want sweet revenge against the wiz after both lost to dc earlier in the season. deron williams got pwned by arenas a couple of times in the past and i think he’s got something extra this time at the verizon center. dwill has been playing super lately.

alonzo “gee-man” = wizards mascot #2. i swear it is the same person. both can dunk. “clap your hands … clap your hands … clap your hands for gggggggg-mannnnnnn and the secret-service dunkers!!!”

dj’s correct – mcgee looked really tired from the gitgo

i do have 1 compliment of flip – his wardrobe is so much better than eddie jordan’s. flip buys quality while eddie goes to men’s wearhouse and gets a 3-piece suit at $99 … “you’re gonna like the way you look, I guarantee it”

Comment from jeffmalone1990
Time March 14, 2010 at 12:17 AM

@dcbutler-you are really ready to put in Gee over Thorton? I was hoping to see McGee build off of last nights effort, and JJ Reddick is that good. He ignited the run in the 2nd qtrt, give him credit for working on his all around game. His defense and dribbling has improved, and he uses the jump shot to set you up! Livingston and Young could do nothing to bother him in the 2nd qtr.

Comment from wizards_fusion
Time March 14, 2010 at 12:17 AM

1 more item

whoever gave al-bundy thornton the green light to shoot 20 ft jumpers like caron should be waterboarded.

why? because al’s a career 37% jumpshooter from beyond 10 feet from the basket.

file this one under “flip fail, case # 144″

Comment from wizards_fusion
Time March 14, 2010 at 12:20 AM

@ jeffmalone

lol – dcbutler’s joking with that. gee may not even be on the team in a couple more days.

now, if he’s not joking, then i subject him to 94 straight hours of wnba games in LOW DEF

Comment from dlts20
Time March 14, 2010 at 12:28 AM

Its Official: Blatche Is Legit!!!

Its been 14 games since the trade now. What more do people need to see? Sure you can say wait until next year but there is no way he is going to play like this now and just totally fall off the map next year. Its also been more than 14 games because he’s been playing well going back to his suspension.

There are still things he needs to work on, mostly his energy on a nightly basis but again, Im not going to kill him for that this year since he’s carrying such a heavy load, playing huge minutes, and we have a crazy sked right now so I know he has to be dead tired.

I made this thread for 2 reasons. 1 is for the idiot fans on other teams who keep saying he is a fluke stat padding on a bad team and wait until teams figure him out. The other reason I made it is because of what Ive been seeing lately and wondering do you all see it?

What I am seeing is Blatche being treated by the opponents like he is Shaq & MJ rolled into one. Not even Kobe or Lebron right now are seeing the doubles & tripples and designed defenses to stop him. Its crazy right now. Half of that is due to him beasting and the other half is due to the rest of our players sucking. The only one you can kinda count on right now is Thorton while everyone else plays like 1 good game out of 4 so teams know that Blatche is the only guy you have to worry about yet he is still dominating.

Not only is he putting up numbers but its how he’s doing it. When AJ use to score 30 he would seem like he took every shot, it was a 1 man team, and he had to do so much to get it. Blatche makes it look easy when he gets 30, yet he does it within the frame work of the Offense, and keeps everyone involved. Teams also didnt double AJ like this because its like they wanted him to score alot because he looked like a black hole doing it which often hurt more than help.

Most impressivley though is that Blatche is doing this basically one on one every play. I mean he gets no easy points. He actually has to score himself every time because we lack threats and our PG’s suck. He doesnt hardly get any bunnies or freebies. Imagine if he didnt get doubled, had other weapons on the team, and had a real PG? He would probably average 30ppg. If we start Livingston he may average 30. Its just so impressive to me and again, he’s doing this against the #1 D in the league in the Magic & Howard, doing it against KG, doing it against K-Mart, Nene, Jefferson, Love, Noah, Josh Smith who some say is the DPOY, Lee, Lopez, and so on. Its just crazy.

The sad part is that the refs still treat him like he’s some 12th man on the bench. He’s doing this while getting no calls every game. Man, if he works hard this offseason then he could be the X factor that makes us go from last straight back to the playoffs when you add Gil and another player or 2. I just thought it was insane how these great defensive teams & players are shifting there whole D towards him, and as soon as he touches it he’s got guys coming. What would he do without all that? Still, its great that he’s experincing this for the future. I cant wait to see him next year and I hope that Flip puts him out there with Livingston more so he can get some easier stuff

Comment from jeffmalone1990
Time March 14, 2010 at 12:29 AM

@wizf-man that was really funny! Man, why is Young not getting consistent minutes at this point of the season? Not sure what going on with Coach and Nick, if we are not going to play him then move him for the best of the player and organization.

Comment from jeffmalone1990
Time March 14, 2010 at 12:32 AM

@dlts20-I co-sign all you said about Blatche, and I as a fan am very happy for him

Comment from jeffmalone1990
Time March 14, 2010 at 12:33 AM

Man and I love he hustle and energy, and just overall basketball IQ of James Singleton

Comment from jeffmalone1990
Time March 14, 2010 at 12:35 AM

And Ewing has really, really helped develop Howard!

Comment from wizards_fusion
Time March 14, 2010 at 12:36 AM

@ dlts20

i think most everyone knew that andray is legit since he’s been kept around for 5 seasons in dc even with little minutes until now.

it sounds like you want him to turn into a superstar player. i won’t go that far with blatche but i have high hopes that he’ll make good money for the rest of his career. typically, making good money = good enough to be a starter in nba.

lastly, andray did go directly from high school to the pros and was drafted – not picked up as an “undrafted free agent”. most superstars we know by name (kobe, lebron, dwight) didn’t even sniff college. maybe we shouldn’t be shocked that blatche has all the tools to be really good. nonetheless, good for him for making the most of his opportunities now.

as with nick – i don’t know. i want him to succeed but it looks like dc’s not the place for him to do so.

Comment from wizards_fusion
Time March 14, 2010 at 12:39 AM

lol – i take back the 94 straight hours of wnba

hurting something near and dear is worse for dcbutler, so i think subjecting him with 94 straight hours of watching this (college basketball history)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9_pPqWfI84

Comment from Gotabigboyoffense
Time March 14, 2010 at 12:39 AM

For the past three weeks or more I’ve been posting that Miller is horrible. I’ve said that he threw soft passes; I’ve said that he jumped up in the air to pass (stick that); I’ve said that he wouldn’t take anything but a wide open 3 for fear of hurting his percentage. I’ve said that he should not see another second of court time. Glad to see that there are so many others that think the same. Now, if it will only happen. The Wizards don’t need a player who is performing horribly and who will not be in DC next year taking minutes from some young guy who, most likely, will be here. Play Slick 25+ minutes per game and we’ll get 20 ppg each game. We don’t care about his mistakes…build the nucleus of the 2010-2011 team.

I’m beginning to think that whoever plays the 3-spot in Flip’s offense(?) is expected to shoot whenever they get the ball. First CB, now Thornton. It’s probably because there are no more options in Flip’s offense once the 3 gets the ball. Al can be better than that. Flip needs to get him more involved in the total offensive scheme.

McGee is too slow to recover physically. He just wasn’t in the game tonight. He could develop into one of the best “bigs”, but he has to increase his strength and his stamina. There is no other 7 footer in the league who has his leaping ability, agility and speed. He just needs to commit himself to his game…everything that follows will be good for him and the Wiz.

Welcome to DC Mr. Livingston. Our point guard has arrived. With every minute he gets, he just shows us more and more of what a real point guard should do. He showed flashes of quickness, but it will take time for that to fully return. He is tall enough to actually see everyone on the court. He has a nice shot and can shoot over most defensive guards. He looks for his teammates FIRST. Remember, this guy is a first-round pick. He can play.

The Magic killed us on the boards. The strategy was simple. Someone was ALWAYS assigned to just block out Blatche on every shot. That left Howard free to battle either McGee or Oberto. Result – 15 boards for Superman.

‘Dray was great AGAIN. He was involved in every offensive play. On each play he set multiple picks. Some bloggers seem to think that AB needs more strength. Maybe so, but he gets run into about twice each time down the court as he sets very strong picks. He was directing traffic on both offense and defense. He had 4 assists and 2 blocked shots, while reducing his turnovers to 2. It seems as though each time he steps on the court he is applying something that he has learned from the previous game. BTW, he shot 14/23 for 32 points. Future All-star… you bet. Every team we play is now double-teaming him from the start…even when he doesn’t have the ball. The rival coaches understand what he represents.

I can hear the old Brooklyn Dodger chant: “Wait until next year”.

Imagine a team that has:
1 – Livingston
2 – Gil
3 – Josh Howard
4 – ‘Dray
5 – McGee

That team could compete with anyone.

Comment from dlts20
Time March 14, 2010 at 11:10 AM

The thing that makes it even more impressive is that no offfense to anyone but we play in probably the most by the book Offense in the NBA. I mean everything is halfcourt with long drawn out plays. This is a traditional offense. He’s not doing this on the Knicks, Warriors, Suns, or teams like that where you can just throw up numbers

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 14, 2010 at 11:40 AM

What makes players that perform well on this team seem better is that we are doing this without an offensive set. Livingston is basically making anyone that cheats on D pay for it, and he can see when he has an advantage and take it. That split second of decision time is the BIG difference between he and Foye. Foye was consistently throwing behind, too far, etc. Livingston is a PG, whether he is still working his way into shape or not. I guess 1/2 a player at PG is better than a whole player filling in…lol…

ROFL…And to my blogger siblings JeffM and Wiz_fusion, give me history for 5 pts…

Honestly, the way that Gee is taking it to the rim, gotta see what he can do. I’ll take two foul shots over an errant jumper any day. Besides, NBDL doesn’t mean that these guys aren’t better, it just means that they are waiting for the right chance in the right system, and since we don’t have a system….WELCOME ABOARD ANYONE THAT HAS A PAIR OF SNEAKERS….LOL

P.S. Next time I write up a skit, I gotta get dlts20 in there, with his Washington Post length write-ups…..Move over Michael Lee, we got a new ink-pad in town

Comment from gray16
Time March 14, 2010 at 11:51 AM

man looks like i missed a little comedy show from wiz fusion last night, loved that men’s warehouse joke lol

but yeah, al thornton didn’t take long to tell me why he wasn’t getting better over in clipper land. he’s a blackhole (people on clippers forums said that) and he doesn’t play good defense (they also said that).

mike miller looks a) confused b) frustrated and c) out of it. he seems to be going through the motions and not trying.

but the worse guy here is flip, at the moment. flip like phil jackson, like jerry sloan has his offense and he isn’t bending it for the team he has, he wants the team to bend for him, and it’s not working. so either the wiz can decide to keep him and try to build an team for his offense (although i think this will be hard, his offense was built for a unique team in the pistons) or get rid of him and bring in someone who is either willing to bend or has an offense set up for this team.

as of now:

sg coming off of screens, the wiz don’t have it. mike miller can’t do it like rip, and nick shouldn’t have to.

a sf isolating: caron and now al thornton just jack jumpshots, it hurts the team

a pf posting up: works, thanks to blatche, jamison wasn’t helping with it, he was taking the sheed route of jacking jumpers before

pg: a pg uses picks… wait, a pg. the wiz have one rusty one right now, and one rusty one on trial.

c: a center to play defense. brendan did it great, mcgee is trying, but he has a long way to go.

bench: sit and clap, 3 of you will get some minutes… mabye

and for goodness sake flip, get rid of 8 man rotations. when the wiz were winning after the trades, you were playing 12 people, not 8. people were still able to put up points. and it can work now. but let everyone get time so they can put energy into the game.

Comment from gray16
Time March 14, 2010 at 11:56 AM

dlts20, i agree man, this is a by the book offense for sure.

but this is a young team. notice the only time the offense works is when someone backdoor cuts or the defense cheats and players recognize it.

like i said before, this offense is built for 5 veterans (pistons), not for a young group.

people (players, coaches) keep saying to move the ball, but when the ball is moving through the offense, it’s not able to move much unless to defense cheats. and when they don’t it just becomes a one on one game.

so right now, the offense is just by the book. and the book sucks right now lol.

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 14, 2010 at 12:02 PM

Actually, every position that has an expiring contract, I would see what’s out there and get the best thing out there, whether they are in a Wiz uniform or in a laker uniform. with all these expiring contracts, start out from scratch, get your draft picks, get top notch free agents and let’s get this ship back in the water. If players that you have signed for next year isn’t what the new owners like, trade them also. After our season is over, but before the draft, let’s get that foundation in place and move on.

Wiz_fusion I do give you props for being at the game and posting on the blog, thumbs up to Wiz_fusion (DJ and Glenn, no need to sweat it, have you seen his posts during the game…lol…unless he can provide a half-time show )

Comment from neal
Time March 14, 2010 at 1:44 PM

dlts20 I guess we all agree that Blatche looks like the real thing. I completely disagree, however, that everyone else sucks. I think Livingston, Thornton and Singleton are playing well enough to be in the rotation for a long time to come. Ross has a role as well. Time will tell for McGee, Young and Gee.

As I said, I like some things about Miller. I certainly don’t think he doesn’t shoot in order to keep up his FG%. But he’s unlikely to get better or to be here next year. I guess we all agree that Young should get the majority of Miller’s minutes in hopes that Young developes further.

Comment from gray16
Time March 14, 2010 at 1:44 PM

the more i think about it, the more i think the wizards should keep livingston for next season. keep him and bring back gil and you have a good guard combination. the only problem would be defensively, that’s where both guys would have to step up.

in the draft, there aren’t really any great pgs to get, other than john wall obviously. most guys are front court guys.

i still think the wizards should pick up sherron collins in the second round if possible, he could be a great prospect for the team. but first round i think the wizards should go after evan turner first, greg monroe second, wes johnson third, and cole aldrich fourth. of course their draft position will play into all of this.

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 14, 2010 at 2:33 PM

watching Kentucky vs Miss ST, Varnado, a forward with Miss ST is taking it to Cousins, but he’s only a jr.

Neal, I agree with keeping those that look like they can stay on the team, but only if we take a look THROUGHOUT the NBA, Draft, etc and then determine if they are the best thing out, that we can get at that position and for the appropriate price. We have a chance to put together a WHOLE new team. Not just pick what we have currently on our roster. We should take advantage of that situation.

I’ll bet Wall and Turner aren’t the only “real-deals” out there, that’s where proper scouting comes in. Our Scouts should know about every guard in college, free agency, etc. What else do they do all year? Everything that glitters ain’t gold.

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 14, 2010 at 3:17 PM

are you kidding me!?!?

is anyone watching the kentucky game???

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 14, 2010 at 3:18 PM

I’ll say this, NBA Material or not, these kids gave it their all, they are all prize-fighters

Comment from neal
Time March 14, 2010 at 5:19 PM

Miller is a paradox. He is well above average for shooting guards in FG%, FT%, 3pt%, assists, turnovers, and rebounds. However, his shooting percentages don’t help so much since he doesn’t shoot much and he rarely gets to the line. I’m sure the Wiz hoped he would return to his form in prior years after an off year last year. I sure did. But he has continued in his trend of being reluctant to shoot.

I presume all of us (except maybe Tom) would agree that Miller hasn’t been worth his $9.8M this year. Next year the minimum for 10-year veterans will be $1.4M. How much will Mike be worth? That will be for some other GM to figure out.

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 14, 2010 at 5:23 PM

Eric Turner is a beast also, it looks like he’s more of a combo guard than a point guard, but Westbrook (okc) made the jump pretty easily….

Great weekend of College Basketball, a lot of prospects on the horizon.

Miller needs an open shot, to shoot the ball. As a few others were saying, he should be on the side of the floor with AB to get the most out of his skillset(receive “kickout” from double teaming of AB and launch away)

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 14, 2010 at 5:37 PM

If Boston is going to do anything in the playoffs, Sheed needs to get it in gear. Cleveland isn’t necessarily blowing the roof off the house, but they are playing without two CENTERS that will return soon and make an immediate impact.

Comment from Tom Mandel
Time March 14, 2010 at 6:17 PM

I’ve been out of touch since friday afternoon, gang — how’d we do? Uh oh…

Nice game last night from Livingston. Maybe he can make it back into the league; that would be great. Antonio Gee getting some burn and being pretty productive in the last 2.

Is tonight our night off — I could actually watch tonight but I guess there won’t be a game…

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 14, 2010 at 8:04 PM

Maynor, the point guard that backs up Westbrook, is a rookie from VCU. Just wondering, was he on anyone’s radar (besides the Jazz, that drafted him)?

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 14, 2010 at 8:15 PM

Okay, I see he was picked 20th and Collison in New Orleans was picked 21st….hindsight is 20/20, but d– we blew that draft, and I was excited with the trade, also….

Looking at the first round, we really blew it

they are interviewing a season ticket holder (John King/cnn/17 year holder) on NBATV, KUDOS was given to Caron and Antwan and the fan gave Flip positive comments. Said he wants Chris Bosh or free agent….wants ownership situation resolved quickly so free agents can know what they are getting into. mentioned gil, and that after the court process, he needs to build up his status in community, as well as on the court.

Comment from neal
Time March 14, 2010 at 8:29 PM

Gee is quick, can jump like crazy, and can attack the basket as well as shoot jump shots. But let’s just keep our fingers crossed for now. His first goal is just to get a 2nd 10-day contract.

And Livingston’s goal for now is to get a contract for the rest of the season. I presume he will, barring a melt down.

Comment from neal
Time March 14, 2010 at 8:35 PM

I guess the Wiz don’t think there’s a center in the D-league that merits an audition.

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 14, 2010 at 9:04 PM

I was just looking at last year’s draft, the wiz just are no good at picking young talent. We will definitely need some new eyes picking for us this year, as we begin our new future IMDO…..enuff is enuff

Neal, they will both be in for training camp, unless someone else picks them up. Livingston will be a good back-up if he can catch on some-where. As far as Gee goes, I haven’t seen that much of him, nor anyone else probably….lol….I guess there is only so many spots to go around in this great League, I hope he gets a fair shake in his career.

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 14, 2010 at 9:16 PM

Ok, this is when I do my ritualistic OKC BABY

The Jazz are beat down, the wiz may be able to sneak one tomorrow, since they are playing a back-back and are short-handed, so thank OKC

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 14, 2010 at 9:27 PM

Over-all scenario of NBA, Durant has most 30 point games in nba (37, Lebron at 34), Wiz has fourth worst record in nba with 21 wins (tied with indiana) YA NEVA KNOW WHAT THE PING PONG BALL DOES, and Milwaukee is slowly catching up with boston four fourth place in the east (sleeper team w/ 6 wins in row)
The west is tighter at the top, lakers only have 3 game lead over denver, then dallas, then utah, and then OKC BABY 1/2 game behind Utah

I guess that’s it, Thumbs up!!

Comment from wizards_fusion
Time March 14, 2010 at 9:40 PM

i have some questions for y’all

1) if the team wants livingston next season, he won’t accept anything less than a 1 year contract. i kept reading between the lines and suspect you guys want him only for 1 year – which in theory sounds good but in practice is not how it goes. livvy may agree to a 2 year contract, but that’s already dicey since we have no idea if other teams want him too after he’s shown he can run an offense and, if needed, he can also make shots like last game.

2) gee doesn’t resolve the SG question for the wiz. gee is going to get buried on the wiz’s depth chart if he is retained more than just this season. don’t you think?

3) with all the talk about getting a legitimate SG (like evans) for the team, i caution that from what we’ve seen since the trade, the team really needs a legitimate center equally bad. mcgee can hold his own, but the team needs a 6-11 or taller guy with an nba body and javale is not there (may never be there). i kept harping on demarcus cousins because he’s got the intangible tools like body size, but if greg monroe gains 20 more pounds by training camp, i have no problems wanting him on the wiz next season. haywood did have a nice body to contend against every center except shaq. too bad it took 7 seasons for brendan to realize he’s a good player.

4) i thought about GABBO’s starting 5 wish for next season

livvy
gil
josh howard
andray
mcgee

this team would be labeled as the washington _CL’s. there are at least 6 _CL injuries i can count (3 from livvy, 2 from gil, and 1 from joho). _ = a, m, and/or p. on paper, this looks good enough to get the 8th seed, but in practice – i don’t know.

5) no thanks to foye and mike miller, the wiz currently have no 3pt shooters again. do we really want to see andray jack 3s? so, i go back to longing for roger mason. he’s miserable in san antonio and he’s going to be let loose after their season is over. is 3 million dollars too expensive to get a specialist 3pt shooter? i mean, cmon. the magic stowed away redick and he’s turned into a decent bench guy with a good shot (his defense was terrible at the start but it is passable now – hence, he’s getting pt).

Comment from wizards_fusion
Time March 14, 2010 at 9:43 PM

lol @ the midwest bracket

that is MURDA with a capital U for upset special

the team that escapes the midwest WILL WIN the men’s national championship (my prediction)

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 14, 2010 at 9:54 PM

The team that we are predicting for next year is only limited to guys that are already on the team. With so many expiring contracts and the funds that we have available for next season, three of your starting five, could be on the bench, IF they are still part of the team.

Comment from neal
Time March 14, 2010 at 10:06 PM

What does the ME stand for in MEAC?

I hope Livingston gets a contract for the rest of the year if he continues to play well. That way we’ll pretty well know whether we want to offer him a guaranteed contract for next year. Since he may be injury prone, I think in that case 2 years would be the maximum.

Likewise, if Gee finishes a couple of 10-day contracts in good style, we ought to sign him for the rest of the year to know whether we want him for next year.

Wizards_fusion, it seems to me that even the 3rd guy on the depth chart at any position usually ends up in the rotation at some time during the year, due to injury. And, yes, unless neither Arenas nor Howard comes back, I think we need a center worst of all. I really don’t like Singleton, Blatche or Oberto as our 2nd center.

Yes, it sure is obvious how much Haywood meant to our D. McGee is really struggling in there.

Comment from neal
Time March 14, 2010 at 10:23 PM

I say bench Foye, Boykins and Ross the rest of the year. Let’s have a three guard rotation of Livingston, Young and Gee. Miller can just give Thornton a breather when he needs it. Let’s see who can play when given lots of minutes.

Comment from wizards_fusion
Time March 14, 2010 at 10:27 PM

MEAC = Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

@ neal

And, you pointed out awhile back that none of the previous “forefathers” (i.e., Jamison, Haywood, and Butler) really taught the current group how to play professionally. Now that those guys are gone, we can all see how far behind the youngins were. Blatche and McGee made big strides (not enough to win games though). Young, in the words of Tom M., has regressed and stagnated after a promising summer league 2009.

@ dcbutler

something tells me the team is not going to go through another gigantic wholesale change in the next couple of months. now that ernie has helped the pollins get out of luxury tax purgatory, chances are good that guys like josh howard, singleton, livingston, and maybe even mike miller are resigned. thus, GABBO’s lineup wish is valid because those core guys may all come back.

Comment from wizards_fusion
Time March 14, 2010 at 10:30 PM

@ neal again

i have a better idea – how about deprogramming foye’s brain so that he’ll never have to run an offense as a “point guard” ever again?

he’ll be an undersized SG but that’ll suit him best. foye is a good shooter – but i think he’s been carrying way too much responsibility. foye’s not arenas, where, if the coach pushes the right buttons on gilbert, can score and pass and run some kind of an offense.

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 14, 2010 at 10:59 PM

If this team signs more than half of these guys back, they deserve whatever they get, as I stated before, there is no reason to be in a rush to sign any of these guys, unless they have proven they belong. The new mgmt may go in a whole new direction and at the end of the day, only someone like AB may be the only player left on this team from this year. I think to limit your picks to what is already on the roster is limiting our imagination.

ROFL…NOBODY’S wish is valid on here, we’ve been wishing for 30+ seasons and we haven’t been to a championship again, yet…to be more specific, we’ve been wishing for the last five years and the wishes have gone farther from reach….ROFL….

Let’s hope that we get a owner with a good spirit and bring in some basketball minds and we get lucky and good overnight (i.e. boston)

Comment from wizards_fusion
Time March 14, 2010 at 11:39 PM

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 14, 2010 at 10:59 PM

ROFL…NOBODY’S wish is valid on here, we’ve been wishing for 30+ seasons and we haven’t been to a championship again, yet…to be more specific, we’ve been wishing for the last five years and the wishes have gone farther from reach….ROFL….
- – -
wish is probably not the right word, but GABBO did present a potential lineup possibility. just because that’s not what you “want/wish” doesn’t mean it won’t happen.

i have no problems with people discussing the unknown future. i don’t know why you would either. although infinite possibilities exists, someone may bring up something that would turn out to be true. if you think it is a waste of time to do so, well then, that’s your opinion.

and what’s up with the “we’ve been wishing for 30+ seasons …” comment? i can speak from observation that the majority of bloggers here only cared for the wiz/bullets during the last 4 seasons. no one really cares that the franchise won only 1 nba championship back in 1978 unless you were a) waiting at dulles airport cheering for the team plane to land and b) dancing in the street when the parade went by.

and, i find it ironic that after you scoffed on other’s wishes, you presented your “hope” (which has similar sentiments as a wish) for a good owner, good spirits, and intellectual basketball minds. you can’t play it both ways, man, because in a court of law – that’s a contradiction!

Comment from datonypony
Time March 14, 2010 at 11:45 PM

Well, I just want the team next year to be 50%….

I just really really don’t want another wasted season….

Comment from datonypony
Time March 14, 2010 at 11:47 PM

Well I guess this season wasn’t a waste, wehave discovered Blatche

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 15, 2010 at 12:04 AM

LMAO….PLEASE DON’T REPRESENT ME

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 15, 2010 at 12:08 AM

If anyone thinks Livingston is going to be our starting point guard next year, that is truly a wish. We are on the blog to discuss our thoughts, and if we don’t agree with someone or some one doesn’t agree with me, either party can kick rocks.

Wiz_fusion plaintiff

Dcbutler Defendant (and winner)….lol…have a good night, we have a limping Utah tomorrow.

Comment from gray16
Time March 15, 2010 at 12:23 AM

morgan state has to go up against west virginia in the first round.

looks like another first round exit for the bears, but i expect them to put up a good fight.

Comment from wizards_fusion
Time March 15, 2010 at 12:37 AM

lol – you can be the winner if you’re orenthal james_1994 …

but back to the argument – i didn’t think it was fair for you to putdown GABBO’s lineup. you have every right to criticize the players on that lineup, but i didn’t get that sentiment from you originally.

other bloggers type lineups here all the time – so i didn’t know why GABBO’s lineup was more controversial than the rest for your tastes. as you guessed it by now, GABBO only typed livvy at PG cuz he has shown, in like 12 days, that he can run plays for the team – instead of running plays for himself (himself being foye, arenas, and boykins). you may have missed that GABBO also typed gil at SG – and i would say quite a few people that visits here would want to see arenas play SG instead of PG. i thought GABBO’s lineup was subtle yet intriguing, but i guess you didn’t see it that way.

anyways, no one is going to kick rocks except that blogger who wishes the voodoo on big tigger.

Comment from wizards_fusion
Time March 15, 2010 at 12:39 AM

“if your blog thoughts don’t fit, you must acquit”

paraphrased from a former dc attorney

Comment from Tom Mandel
Time March 15, 2010 at 8:20 AM

dcbutler357 — go back to the blog during the run up to the draft. I had my mind on point guards.

Btw, Lawson was a much bigger steal than either Collison or Maynor (or even Beaubois, who I think is better than either of those guys). Lawson is a guy who will start for most of his career. Next to Dejuan Blair he was the steal of the draft.

We do have to have 12 guys, so I imagine that Livingston will be signed for the rest of the season. Gee, who knows. There are lots of athletic guys his size in the D League.

Comment from Tom Mandel
Time March 15, 2010 at 8:29 AM

The last draft was heavy with point guards; the upcoming one has hardly any. Wall will go right away (and anyway I’m not that high on him), and the next guy with any chance at all is a 2d rounder — Greavis Vasquez.

GV is having a pretty good season; the knock on him is that he isn’t athletic enough for the NBA, esp. on defense. Even if he does make it w/ hard work, I don’t think anyone is looking at him as a starter. Still, you never know.

As to retaining Livingston next year, we don’t have any more of a shot at him than any other team. He is unrestricted. For anything more than a veteran minimum salary, however, he’s a big risk — you just don’t know how that knee is going to hold up.

Per what I’ve said here over and over, we’re in TOTAL rebuilding mode right now. We have one potential starter under contract for next year (AB), one reliable backup (Singleton), one still-raw giant (JM), and 3 guys who haven’t yet brought much in a combined 10 years in the league.

We’re not building around what we have, we are starting over. Projecting starting lineups may be fun fantasy, but it does translate into anything.

Comment from Tom Mandel
Time March 15, 2010 at 8:31 AM

“…it doesn’t translate into anything” I meant to write.

Comment from wizards_fusion
Time March 15, 2010 at 9:32 AM

Comment from Tom Mandel
Time March 15, 2010 at 8:29 AM

Per what I’ve said here over and over, we’re in TOTAL rebuilding mode right now.

We’re not building around what we have, we are starting over. Projecting starting lineups may be fun fantasy, but it does translate into anything.
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see, this is where our opinions differ. i also thought the team is on full “rebuilding” mode after the trades, but the more i look at the situation and at who’s still in management, the less likely i’m inclined to think that way. here are my reasons why

1) grunfeld did his job already – which was to purge the luxury tax by getting rid of assets for the current owners. and he’s never been like a presti who can rebuild teams from drafts. because dc has drafted somewhere in the middle pack during the playoff run days, grunfeld was able to get a talented but flawed guy that none of the lottery teams wanted/devalued – yielding nick young (very smooth but all over the place) and javale mcgee (has potential but currently has a limited number of offensive skillsets and is getting pwned defensively by more seasoned nba centers with girth).

2) flip is coming back next season. flip is going to go back to his motto of “trying to win a championship” instead of “trying to rebuild” – where the latter was NEVER part of the deal when he signed with washington last off-season. due to flip’s “win now” mentality, grunfeld will build another team, within reasonable financial means, to get the franchise back to playoffs next season. and this will not be done via more young free agents and the draft.

3) revenues are at stake. after 2 consecutive fallout seasons, dc’s pro basketball fandom is back approaching dormancy. a lot of newly signed ticket holders were “duped” that this season would yield breaking out of round 1. unless these folks have an insatiate appetite for the nba (in general), they’ll walk and not come back until the team is ready to win consistently again.

retention is the other key. i don’t know how long GABBO and HCF and others have been ticket holders, but if they’ve been doing it as long as, say, i have, they’ll most likely continue because they can’t get enough of pro basketball (mentioned above) and because of loyalty. however, if the appetite is not there (because the team and organization stink beyond repair) and/or if the organization is no longer devoted to these loyal fans, then these folks also will walk. the organization is really going to be in a tailspin if it can’t retain the “diehards” because these people are the foundation for the “fans platform”. i got a better sense of how other “diehards” that go to games think and why they don’t even “bat an eye” when the renewal invoices show up in their mailbox. it may be maniacal, but these people really love the wiz.

4) lack of ownership voice. most of use know what the pollins stood/stand for. some of us know what leonsis is standing for with the capitals. however, when both sides are at odds with settling the control issue of the franchise (and other related assets), it is impossible for grunfeld to expand possibilities for the future because the future owner may not have the same viewpoints as the current owner.

as an example – say grunfeld resigns josh howard and the pollins are fine with that decision this july 2010. however, leonsis, finally acquiring the wiz after july 2010, does not want josh howard. then what? grunfeld did the correct thing with one owner but not with the other. and, with this off-season being so wide open for washington, don’t you think grunfeld’s job is equally challenging? i know he’s told the washington post that he’s still following pollin’s orders, but in reality, is he really doing that knowing they’ll not be owners for that much longer?

Comment from wizards_fusion
Time March 15, 2010 at 9:35 AM

dang, just 1 typo lol

4) lack of ownership voice. most of *us* know …

Comment from Tom Mandel
Time March 15, 2010 at 12:14 PM

How can we *not* be in rebuilding mode? We don’t have even 1/2 a team under contract for next year, and we certainly don’t have 1/2 a starting lineup under contract!

Comment from neal
Time March 15, 2010 at 12:24 PM

Actually, Gee doesn’t have much chance with the Wiz for next year. We already have two SG’s under contract (Ross & Young). Gee figures in only if:
1. Miller doesn’t come back.
2. Howard doesn’t come back.
3. Arenas is not converted to SG.
4. Young blossums so much that the Wiz don’t sign another 2 to start.
5. The Wiz don’t see another SG that they like better than Gee for the minimum.

Sure, we’re in rebuilding mode, but we’re not starting with Blatche and nothing more. For starters, we have 6 players under contract. Then, we have three more who ought to get a contract offer (Howard, Singleton, Livingston). We’ll probably get at least two of them. Then, we have three draft choices. Our 2nd round choice will be a high one, so we can expect all three to be on hand, at least for a year. So we’re at 11-12 players. We still will have holes, but it’s not like we’re going to form a whole new team from FA’s.

Comment from dcbutler357
Time March 15, 2010 at 12:26 PM

Good Morning Wiz_fusion, TomM, and the rest of the fam

Tom, thanks for the reminder, you’re still on point.

Wiz_fusion, you really don’t have to argue for Gabbo/Getabig, we all know that he is more than capable of speaking for himself….are you trying to take my job away from me? (Le Stirrer of Le Pot…lol…). You are adding more adjectives (scoff, put-down, controversial, etc…are you a ghost-writer for housewives of “pick-a-city”) than I could think of using. Stop sniffing the glue

Okay, keeping the blog classy, we all can give our opinions (which makes it a blog). Agree, no; accept, yes.

see ya on the next page