hermitkid wrote:Grantland, just killing the Wizards.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WYU-rmT ... r_embedded
Hard to argue with anything said here.
Wow, astute observations and an evisceration of Ernie Grunfeld, he got sliced and diced real good.
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hermitkid wrote:Grantland, just killing the Wizards.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WYU-rmT ... r_embedded
Hard to argue with anything said here.
nate33 wrote:hermitkid wrote:Grantland, just killing the Wizards.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WYU-rmT ... r_embedded
Hard to argue with anything said here.
I gotta admit, Joe House had some very troubling comments about the injuries. He's right that it's usually a bad thing when the prescription for an injury is "rest". Inevitably, the injury flares up again until surgery is needed. Wall and Nene are the two best players on the team and there's a good chance that they may have nagging injuries all year long.
closg00 wrote:Unfortunately, Booker appears to an injury-prone player, he left the game early due to ????
hermitkid wrote:nate33 wrote:I gotta admit, Joe House had some very troubling comments about the injuries. He's right that it's usually a bad thing when the prescription for an injury is "rest". Inevitably, the injury flares up again until surgery is needed. Wall and Nene are the two best players on the team and there's a good chance that they may have nagging injuries all year long.
That's one of the things that really resonated with me as well. Part of why I'm so pessimistic about this teams outlook.
I've been laboring with plantar fasciitis for some time now, which was in large part prompted by a stress injury to my achilles tendon that just won't go away.
It's extremely debilitating and while some days are better than others, it's damn near impossible to predict how long it's going to be to get over it according to the doctors. The only remedy is rest and immobilization, and even then you have to consider Nene's build and it's not hard to imagine this being a recurring issue all throughout the season. His participation in the Olympics was extremely irresponsible and I can't believe he did it with the blessing of this organization.
Wall's injury is pretty much in the same vein and was no doubt preceded by playing with patellar tendinitis. It's not quite as painful and an injury that one can play through, but it seems that in Walls case the weakening of the inflamed area finally resulted in a partial tear.
DCZards wrote:Good and fair analysis, Dat.
My prediction...34 wins.
Beal will be the real deal by January (once he gets 20-25 games under his belt); the offense will be shaky but the D will tough and physical; Mitch Butler, if he stays healthy, will be a surprise contributor all season; Wall will struggle at first when he returns but will be making sweet music with Beal by the all-star break; Nene will play 50-55 games, which is not enough; and Seraphin and Booker will continue to improve and prove themselves to be a big part of the Zards future core.
montestewart wrote:I'm still working on the league standings prediction, but I've been going progressively lower from a high of possibly over 40 wins. Me and Obama could lose power any moment, so I'll put in 30 wins for now. The current lines helped decide it for me: the average of lines I could find was 29.5. Maybe they lean low on non marquee teams to attract money.