GT #36: Wizards @ Bulls 8 PM

dckingsfan · Post #121 » by **dckingsfan** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:13 am

TheKingOfVa360 wrote:
dckingsfan wrote:I think you lost me there... how does a coach have influence over players playing worse at home???

He should have his team prepared at home. If you noticed the team sleep walks through the 1st half at home then plays catch up. A smart coach would bench players that aren't giving maximum effort to send a signal to the rest of the team.

OK, we'll agree to disagree on that one

benb331 · Post #122 » by **benb331** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:13 am

OK, who smeared the ball with vaseline?

MikeTheKid · Post #123 » by **MikeTheKid** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:15 am

Eric Maynor hasnt played in the new year

jangles86 · Post #124 » by **jangles86** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:16 am

MikeTheKid wrote:Eric Maynor hasnt played in the new year

That alone should get grunfeld fired

benb331 · Post #125 » by **benb331** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:19 am

Leading up to that lucky press-breaking dunk by Nene, I was having terrible flashbacks to 2001. With Dunleavy & Boozer in the ridiculous comeback against my Terps... cringe.

tontoz · Post #126 » by **tontoz** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:22 am

Fairly well played game. Walls turnovers are definitely a concern.

Odd that Ves, Porter and KS haven't played.

MikeTheKid · Post #127 » by **MikeTheKid** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:22 am

The Heat with 4 days off, there gonna be hungry

mhd · Post #128 » by **mhd** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:24 am

Snell really impressed me for the Bulls. Looks like an athletic cheap 3&D defender. With Beal getting increased PT, where is Porter going to get some minutes to develop?

queridiculo · Post #129 » by **queridiculo** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:24 am

MikeTheKid wrote:Eric Maynor hasnt played in the new year

Just keeping him fresh for the playoffs.

#SecretWeapon

benb331 · Post #130 » by **benb331** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:24 am

Solid effort overall. Good to see some entertaining, winning Wizards basketball. Lots to worry about, but hey, we're fans of Washington basketball; what else is new?

verbal8 · Post #131 » by **verbal8** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:26 am

Nice to see the Win without any Luv-a-Bulls

Hypnotizer · Post #132 » by **Hypnotizer** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:31 am

GhostsOfGil wrote:We don't deserve to win this game.

Why?

80sballboy · Post #133 » by **80sballboy** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:31 am

Solid win with 8 players. I don't know how you sit Seraphin after that performance against the Rockets but there's no doubt, Witt was feeling some heat to win this game and didn't trust Ves and Kev against that frontcourt. Don't know why they can't play with that kind of effort and intensity at home. There is no excuse and it starts not just with Witt but the so called-leaders on this team Wall and Nene. Starting Nene is fine and will help them start off better at home but you still have to regulate his minutes, esp. on back-to-backs.

Hypnotizer · Post #134 » by **Hypnotizer** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:33 am

tontoz wrote:
Odd that Ves, Porter and KS haven't played.

They are our secret weapon against Heat.

80sballboy · Post #135 » by **80sballboy** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:33 am

Hypnotizer wrote:
GhostsOfGil wrote:We don't deserve to win this game.

Why?

The other team tries too. The Bulls were playing good basketball and will be in the playoffs barring another injury or trade. Good win. It's never going to be pretty against that team.

dlts20 · Post #136 » by **dlts20** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:36 am

the recent losses and especially the Rox loss maybe the best thing to ever happen to us. We were getting too much of a false sense of this Nene off the bench stuff. You need your best guys out there. At one point we had the #4 rated starting unit in the whole league. #4. Better than all those West power houses. The problem was that it was more than offset by having the worst bench in the league at the time but now we are healthy and bench guys were able to start sometimes so they are better and we can somewhat trust the bench now. I would love to see how we improve with Nene back in and all these home games coming up

GhostsOfGil · Post #137 » by **GhostsOfGil** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:36 am

Hypnotizer wrote:
GhostsOfGil wrote:We don't deserve to win this game.

Why?

I spoke too soon. I like the way the Wiz closed out and our defense was solid.. But we are still a team that relies too heavily on streaky shooting to keep us in it.

FAH1223 · Post #138 » by **FAH1223** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:37 am

dlts20 · Post #139 » by **dlts20** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:38 am

80sballboy wrote:Solid win with 8 players. I don't know how you sit Seraphin after that performance against the Rockets but there's no doubt, Witt was feeling some heat to win this game and didn't trust Ves and Kev against that frontcourt. Don't know why they can't play with that kind of effort and intensity at home. There is no excuse and it starts not just with Witt but the so called-leaders on this team Wall and Nene. Starting Nene is fine and will help them start off better at home but you still have to regulate his minutes, esp. on back-to-backs.

8 players is up my alley. Thats what I have always beleive in. Definitely no more than 9 but Id probably rather have 8. I believe in just a core group getting big minutes. I think that sets the best chemistry and I think the 3 or 4 bench players produce better when given bigger minutes

Hypnotizer · Post #140 » by **Hypnotizer** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:39 am

FAH1223 wrote:

Wonder what Randy told...

Does this thread need Luv-a-Bulls?