closg00 wrote:With Saunders gone, assistant Randy Wittman ran the film session and a lengthy practice. Afterward, Wittman challenged the players to "look yourselves in the mirror and promise to bust you [tail] for these last 23 games."
The practice served as the first for newcomers Jordan Crawford and Maurice Evans, who played three games with the benefit of just one shootaround after arriving from Atlanta in the Kirk Hinrich deal. Evans, an eight-year veteran, said it was a new experience for him.
"Nah, I've never been in a situation like that. The closest I've come to that is All-American games growing up," he said with a smile. "But obviously, games didn't mean much then, so never at this level. You cant prepare for a situation like this in my opinion."
Crawford is learning to adjust to playing two positions, as the Wizards plan to use him some at backup point guard. "Learned a lot of the plays, competed with the guys, showed the coaches, a little bit what I could do. It felt good," Crawford said. "The coaches had confidence just to put me in before practice. So it was kind of like, not scrimmaging, but they was letting me be more free every time I got it and said call pick and roll, so we can get some movement, because I don't know the plays. Now I know the plays a little bit, it should be good tomorrow."
Just as many suspected, our two excellent outting against Dallas & Miami, were probably due to everyone being freed from the shackles of Flips system temporarily. That is slowly being "fixed"
Crawford indeed did his thing, but to say we were competitive b/c of him is a big stretch...
We were in those games b/c Dray didn't play and we actually played like we gave a sh*t... Young going off against Miami also helped... Wall playing out of his mind (read; aggressive) was also a big reason... McGee also played some great bball...
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