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Re: Tracking Former Wizards 3.0 

Post#81 » by verbal8 » Fri Jul 24, 2009 3:12 pm

REDardWIZskin wrote:I seen Chris Whitney playing pickup ball at a gym in MD a couple of times, played with him a few times. Made me realize how good NBA players are. This dude was chubby and about 10 yrs removed from the league (I think) and was still Killing out there.


Ravin Caldwell(former Redskins linebacker) worked at the Reston YMCA. He was not a terribly skilled basketball player, but you could still tell he was a good athlete 15 years after his playing career was over.
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Post#82 » by closg00 » Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:16 pm

Kwame Brown on Rosen's list of most under-rated players :o

Kwame Brown
Last season with the Pistons, he averaged less than three shots per game in his 17.2 minutes. But scoring is the least of Brown's priorities. He's a moderately successful rebounder, coming down with slightly less than the required (for a center) standard of one rebound for every three minutes of playing time. That's not bad considering that his hands are not particularly strong. For sure, he's prone to commit too many fouls, but as long as he can stay on the court, Brown's size, length, strength and light-footed movements make him an excellent low-post defender. And that's where his primary value lies.

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Post#83 » by closg00 » Wed Aug 12, 2009 7:48 pm

Pech got buckets....at-least in Eurobasket.

Oleksiy Pecherov and Kyrylo Fesenko provided some consolation for the well-beaten visitors.

Pecherov collected 17 points and seven rebounds, while Fesenko had 13 points and five rebounds.
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Post#84 » by closg00 » Mon Aug 17, 2009 9:42 am

Pecherov Powers Ukraine Past Hungary
Oleksiy Pecherov turned in his best performance in a Ukraine shirt and in the process carried the national team to victory over Hungary on Friday.

With just one victory in their previous three EuroBasket Relegation Round games, Ukraine got 28 points from Pecherov in a 77-69 victory to leave both sides with 2-2 records.

The contest was a marked contrast to their first meeting in Szombathely on August 5, when Ukraine trailed 40-37 at half-time but were then blown out 91-67.

The 23-year-old Pecherov, who was traded from the Washington Wizards to the Minnesota Timberwolves in June, also grabbed an eye-popping 17 rebounds in Friday's game.
Ukraine dominated the boards, out-rebounding Hungary 59-33.
Hungary led 45-32 with 7:16 remaining in the third quarter but didn't press home the advantage.
Instead Ukraine battled back and took a 57-56 lead two minutes into the last quarter on a jump shot by Sergio Gladyr.
They didn't go in front for good until midway through the period, though, when Dmytro Gliebov split two free-throws and Pecherov followed with a thunderous dunk.
David Vojvoda's three-point play trimmed the deficit for Hungary to 65-64 with 3:32 remaining, but Pecherov responded with a three-pointer and then hit two free-throws as Ukraine took command for good.


Pech got buckets again, I wonder if he may have bought himself some-more time in the NBA as a bench-warmer.
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Post#85 » by closg00 » Fri Aug 21, 2009 3:43 pm

I may have to eat my words in my criticism of Ernie drafting project bigs. Good-ole PJR is getting buzz in Houston, ATL, & Cleveland, scouts will be heading to the FIBA tournament to check him out. Supposedly PJR will be in the Cavs camp this summer.
http://www.realcavsfans.com/showthread.php?t=21621
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Post#86 » by LyricalRico » Fri Aug 21, 2009 4:59 pm

closg00 wrote:I may have to eat my words in my criticism of Ernie drafting project bigs. Good-ole PJR is getting buzz in Houston, ATL, & Cleveland, scouts will be heading to the FIBA tournament to check him out. Supposedly PJR will be in the Cavs camp this summer.
http://www.realcavsfans.com/showthread.php?t=21621


Hey, Ernie was drafting 'em but we either weren't developing them at all or were trying to make them into something they're not.
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Re: Tracking Former Wizards 3.0 

Post#87 » by long suffrin' boulez fan » Fri Aug 21, 2009 9:12 pm

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closg00 wrote:I may have to eat my words in my criticism of Ernie drafting project bigs. Good-ole PJR is getting buzz in Houston, ATL, & Cleveland, scouts will be heading to the FIBA tournament to check him out. Supposedly PJR will be in the Cavs camp this summer.
http://www.realcavsfans.com/showthread.php?t=21621


Hey, Ernie was drafting 'em but we either weren't developing them at all or were trying to make them into something they're not.


Exactly. The problem was that none of them had the post skills or "good energy" of Jarvis Hayes.
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Post#88 » by doclinkin » Fri Aug 21, 2009 10:35 pm

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closg00 wrote:I may have to eat my words in my criticism of Ernie drafting project bigs. Good-ole PJR is getting buzz in Houston, ATL, & Cleveland, scouts will be heading to the FIBA tournament to check him out. Supposedly PJR will be in the Cavs camp this summer.
http://www.realcavsfans.com/showthread.php?t=21621


Hey, Ernie was drafting 'em but we either weren't developing them at all or were trying to make them into something they're not.



Actually if you read spanish language articles he's picked up the nickname 'The Beast' for his play in the offensive paint, but still doesn't make smart rotations etc on defense. That was the key knock on him from the coaching staff here. That and the fact that he didn't want to work on his shortcomings. He admits that he's a different person now and at the time was immature took everything for granted didn't work hard.

Not sure what squad is the best at developing players if they don't feel like working. San Antonio has been 'developing' big athletic hypertalent Ian Mahinmi for, what, 5 years now? Seems like. Some players get it, others struggle. Just the way it is. Ask the KFB.

Curious who the new scapegoat will be on why all things are suck. I'm guessing Ernie. Or Abe, right, he's 'cheap and all that...
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Post#89 » by closg00 » Tue Aug 25, 2009 4:56 pm

With the rumors of Shaq & or Z being possibly traded (believable), the report of the Cavs eye on PJR are very credible. It would make-sense to have the scouts scouring the world for the best 7-footer not-playing in the NBA.
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Post#90 » by closg00 » Thu Aug 27, 2009 9:57 pm

Nice little article in the current ESPN mag on Roger Mason and his company Mason JR. construction. Mason is building a 7,500 square-foot restaurant/lounge in DC and other projects as-well.
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Post#91 » by closg00 » Sat Aug 29, 2009 2:25 pm

The top 10 worst free agent signings of the decade

3. Jared Jeffries(notes)

It seems like a gimmick, but we swear this wasn't the intention - former Knicks boss Isiah Thomas had a hand in the three worst contracts of the decade. And while types like Wallace and Hughes make more than twice as much as someone like Jeffries, they at least contributed somewhat during the course of their contracts. That can't be said for Jeffries, or the gentlemen that follow.

Signing Jeffries to a five-year, $30 million deal was hailed by some as "the best signing the Knicks have made in years," but there was no reasonable explanation for thinking that an overrated defender (called that merely because he served no other purpose) would learn how to shoot, finish, pass, rebound or hit free throws after four years struggling to do any of that with the Wizards.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_d ... nba,185489

:lol: If EJ had his way, effries would have still been on the team. The Knicks extended his career in the NBA by 5 years.

Oh! Plenty of reader comments complaining that Gilbert's contract should have been included.
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Post#92 » by miller31time » Sat Aug 29, 2009 5:21 pm

Just stop and think for a moment what it must feel like to be Jared Jeffries for a day. I mean, you literally have no talent, good height and decent athleticism and you just made 30 million dollars over 5 years.

Sure, you could win the lottery and *maybe* make more after taxes are taken into account but it couldn't feel nearly as good.
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Post#94 » by closg00 » Thu Sep 3, 2009 1:31 pm

It is astonishing that any team would still consider Juan Dixon for a PG opening. :o

The Grizzlies held a workout on Tuesday at the FedEx Forum with a host of free-agent point guards.

The Memphis Commercial Appeal reported that Jason Hart, Bo McCaleb, Juan Dixon and Mike Taylor took part in the workout.

Memphis was hoping to have Brevin Knight in, but he was a no-show.

The Grizzlies are still looking to arrange workouts with Knight, Tyronn Lue, Jacque Vaughn and Luther Head.
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Post#95 » by lupin » Fri Sep 4, 2009 12:55 pm

why? he's good in the locker room and he has playoff experience. anyone auditioning for a spot on a roster at this point is looking for the 12th spot or lower. i suppose it's a little surprising that a franchise looking to save every dollar like memphis would be willing to sign a vet for $1m instead of someone younger for half the price, but other than that i don't understand your disbelief.

if the response to this is, "he sucked last year," then my rebuttal would be to remind everyone that he was dragging his leg around for the last 2 months of the season (and yet he still went out there to play).
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Post#96 » by closg00 » Fri Sep 4, 2009 2:30 pm

lupin wrote:why? he's good in the locker room and he has playoff experience. anyone auditioning for a spot on a roster at this point is looking for the 12th spot or lower. i suppose it's a little surprising that a franchise looking to save every dollar like memphis would be willing to sign a vet for $1m instead of someone younger for half the price, but other than that i don't understand your disbelief.

if the response to this is, "he sucked last year," then my rebuttal would be to remind everyone that he was dragging his leg around for the last 2 months of the season (and yet he still went out there to play).


There's nothing wrong with JD except that he is a terrible PG even if-healthy. Why bring him in to try-out for that spot when there must be at-least 6 other out-of-work REAL point-guards?
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Post#97 » by LyricalRico » Fri Sep 4, 2009 4:09 pm

Yeah, Juan at PG shouldn't even be discussed anymore. But he's still probably got one more year left as a decent practice/emergency player. He might even want to think about going overseas. It would probably prolong his career and he might even make more money.
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Post#98 » by doclinkin » Fri Sep 4, 2009 4:49 pm

LyricalRico wrote:Yeah, Juan at PG shouldn't even be discussed anymore. But he's still probably got one more year left as a decent practice/emergency player. He might even want to think about going overseas. It would probably prolong his career and he might even make more money.


Actually his last couple years were his best running the PG position. Aside from Gil's 13 ast per 40 Juan's ~6 were the best we had on the squad. JVMcG made mention of the fact that Juan was the guy who fed him for oops more than any player. Does that translate to success w/ the Memphizzlies? No. But they're hosed anyway, on track for John Wall. Juan won't hurt them much more than any other player they got, and he'll always exemplify hard work off court, so it's not a terrible pick-up for them.
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Post#99 » by closg00 » Fri Sep 4, 2009 5:08 pm

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LyricalRico wrote:Yeah, Juan at PG shouldn't even be discussed anymore. But he's still probably got one more year left as a decent practice/emergency player. He might even want to think about going overseas. It would probably prolong his career and he might even make more money.


Actually his last couple years were his best running the PG position. Aside from Gil's 13 ast per 40 Juan's ~6 were the best we had on the squad. JVMcG made mention of the fact that Juan was the guy who fed him for oops more than any player. Does that translate to success w/ the Memphizzlies? No. But they're hosed anyway, on track for John Wall. Juan won't hurt them much more than any other player they got, and he'll always exemplify hard work off court, so it's not a terrible pick-up for them.


Just to clarify, Juan Dixon was not signed by Memphis, they just had him in for a work-out for a back-up PG spot. As far as assists go, the Wiz had/have one of the worst assists stats in NBA correct?
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Post#100 » by doclinkin » Fri Sep 4, 2009 5:44 pm

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LyricalRico wrote:Yeah, Juan at PG shouldn't even be discussed anymore. But he's still probably got one more year left as a decent practice/emergency player. He might even want to think about going overseas. It would probably prolong his career and he might even make more money.


Actually his last couple years were his best running the PG position. Aside from Gil's 13 ast per 40 Juan's ~6 were the best we had on the squad. JVMcG made mention of the fact that Juan was the guy who fed him for oops more than any player. Does that translate to success w/ the Memphizzlies? No. But they're hosed anyway, on track for John Wall. Juan won't hurt them much more than any other player they got, and he'll always exemplify hard work off court, so it's not a terrible pick-up for them.


Just to clarify, Juan Dixon was not signed by Memphis, they just had him in for a work-out for a back-up PG spot. As far as assists go, the Wiz had/have one of the worst assists stats in NBA correct?



Yep. It's damning with faint praise, true. I'm saying whatever experiment has been tried with Juan at PG, he's improved somewhat over the past couple years. IF all you want is a 15th man back-up who can add a dose of the right kind of attitude then Juan is a decent pick-up. I suspect he would have had a great career in Europe, don't know if it's too late for that.

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