Black Eyed Sooz wrote:I'm hoping this is the start of a long consecutive games played streak for John Wall- we need him on the court, not just for his skills, but also his leadership. He said something in the Washington Post which I think is very important, that he can't lead effectively when he's injured, because it doesn't feel right calling people out for their mistakes if he's sitting on the bench in street clothes. Probably Josh Howard feels the same way, and I think he's going to make a big difference when he gets back in the lineup.
As it is now, everyone is probably deferring to Arenas and Hinrich since they are the most veteran players... both of those guys have said publicly that they're uncomfortable in a vocal leadership role, both have been a disaster defensively and need to be called out themselves, and honestly I don't think either guy wants to be in Washington. I don't have any evidence to support that, it just feels like it did last year with Jamison and Butler before they got shipped out.
Hopefully Blatche starts to get his legs back and turn things around also. He clearly doesn't have the dexterity that he had last year. Whatever his faults he has a tremendous amount of talent, and he really DOES want to be here in Washington, so I'm not ready to give up on him yet.
welcome to the board man and ya unfortuatly this is kinda the message im getting from them too
