Wiz 2010 General Season Tracker - Grading - How we doing ?

hands11 · Post #1 » by **hands11** » Thu Sep 2, 2010 3:01 am

http://www.washingtonwizardsblog.com

Sept 28 Camp opens At Patriot Center George Mason
http://dc.sbnation.com/2010/8/18/163017 ... r-virginia

First Pre-Season Game
http://www.nba.com/wizards/schedule/
Oct Tue 05 @ Dallas Preseason

We get to see our old friends. Old guys..meet the new guys.

So we only have 28 more days before camp opens. Hopefully we start to get some more news about health soon.

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Predict Final 2010 Roster Thread
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1024123

2010 Record Predictions Thread
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1045331

Wiz fans expectations - viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1008977

2010 Predict the East Conference Standings
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1032423

WP Polls
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sp ... index.html

Are the Wizards a playoff team
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1057504

Compare Front Courts
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1046282

Championship: why not, or how. Strategy, tactics, best hopes
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1039457

Grade the Wizards Draft
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1023315

Roster

John Wall
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1058500
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1011995
Expectations for Wall - viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1013442
Wall > Rose? viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1044262

Gilbert
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1057345

Arenas for Vince or dump Arenas for cap space?
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1022747

KirK Wiz Acquiring Hinrich and #17? - viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1023067

Howard
Wiz Sign Josh Howard viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1041756

Dray - Resurgence tread viewtopic.php?f=35&t=988148
Wizards sign Dray to extension viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1054506
Blatche & James Most-likely to be traded viewtopic.php?f=35&t=980131

Javale McGee - viewtopic.php?f=35&t=988094
What will Mcgee and Wall average - viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1048172
What is JaVale McGee's ceiling? viewtopic.php?f=35&t=909610
JaVale McGee viewtopic.php?f=35&t=818849

Yi Shrine - viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1035648
Yi to the Wizards for Ross - viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1025547

Hilton Armstrong - viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1035105

Booker - viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1023304

Kevin Seraphin Thread - viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1023277

Hamady N'Diaye - viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1024839

Nick Young - viewtopic.php?f=35&t=964020
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=928631

Ted
Ted signs, it's official viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1017877

Ernie
Should he lead the rebuild - viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1023315
EG post Abe era started Nov 24, 2009 - Eval from then
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1042732

Flip Appreciation Thread - viewtopic.php?f=35&t=914762
Flip Saunders Amazingly Sucky Thread - viewtopic.php?f=35&t=967745
Is it time to flip flop on Flip? viewtopic.php?f=35&t=956079

Who do you like at SF? - viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1017379

2009
Home Opener: Nets @ Wizards (10-31-09) viewtopic.php?f=35&t=954117

Wizard's Summer League (Las Vegas) (7/14)
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=918901

Washington Wizards Salary Cap
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=919236

Long Term Plan? (merged threads)
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=851721

The What Should We Do With the 5th Pick II: IBJ Edition
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=913372

What Should the Wizards Should Do with the 5th Pick?
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=906359

Can Arenas play at 2 if Wiz draft a PG?
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=914423

Gilbert Arenas as a "pure PG"
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=910154

Trade Blatche or McGee?
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=914655

Please Grade Eddie Jordan as a Coach.
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=905426

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hands11 · Post #2 » by **hands11** » Fri Sep 3, 2010 2:17 am

Wizards @ Magic: Season Opener Thread (Oct. 28th) 0-1 83-112
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1050416
Gil Out Ankle, Howard not ready yet

Summary - Orlando is one of the deepest teams in the league and a finalist contender. Bad match up for a first game. Specially without Gil and with our match ups against Howard. They just played off Wall and packed the zone. Rebounds 53-25
http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=301028019

closg00 · Post #3 » by **closg00** » Tue Sep 7, 2010 12:34 pm

Veteran big man Sean Marks has accepted an invitation to try out for the Wizards, according to two sources with knowledge of the situation. Marks, a 6-foot-10 center from New Zealand, has career averages of 3.0 points and 2.3 in a 10-year career in Toronto, Miami, San Antonio, Phoenix and New Orleans, where the 35-year-old spent the past two seasons.

Cartier Martin has also informed the Wizards of his plans to participate in training camp, but the team is still waiting for confirmation from Lester Hudson.

I guess Sean Marks will be Orberto's replacement :roll:

.....oh-well, as-long as he doesn't take any minutes away from Kevin & JaVale. Hudson no-doubt would prefer to play overseas or land a camp- invite from a better team or a team with a shorter guard-rotation.

hands11 · Post #4 » by **hands11** » Tue Sep 7, 2010 1:32 pm

Finally some news starting to come out.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/wizard ... -news.html
Andray Blatche says he'll be ready for training camp

Andray Blatche assured me in a text message today that he will be ready when training camp begins on Sept. 28. Blatche had his boot removed about 10 days ago and has been moving without discomfort, Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld said on Monday. Grunfeld would not commit to a time when Blatche would be back on the court.

Although Blatche has been riding a bike and working on the elliptical machine in recent days, Grunfeld said he has yet to be cleared to participate in basketball related activities. Grunfeld added that Blatche was able to keep down his weight despite limited mobility.

"He's making good progress," Grunfeld said, "but we're not going to rush.

The Wizards extended a contract tender last week to second-round pick Hamady N'Diaye, ensuring that the team would retain his rights. The team had until Sept. 5 to make the offer - which was a non-guaranteed contract worth the league minimum - before N'Diaye became an unrestricted free agent.

The Wizards still expect N'Diaye to play in Europe next season, although N'Diaye's agent, Keith Glass, told the Washington Examiner last week that his client's limited playing time during summer league damaged his prospects for work overseas.

- As expected, they are not planning on him being on the team this year.

GhostsOfGil · Post #5 » by **GhostsOfGil** » Tue Sep 7, 2010 1:33 pm

http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/ ... for_china/

looks like singleton is gone.

hands11 · Post #6 » by **hands11** » Tue Sep 7, 2010 1:41 pm

zaRdsAndZeRos wrote:http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/69007/20100907/singleton_leaves_wizards_for_china/

looks like singleton is gone.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/wizard ... zards.html

Yeah, I was just about to post that. Bummer.

James Singleton leaves Wizards for China

James Singleton determined that he would have more to gain (such as money and playing time) in leaving the NBA than sticking around for another shot next season. Singleton, a throw-in from the Wizards' trade deadline deal with Dallas last February who emerged as a regular rotation player, said on Monday that he signed to play next season in China with the Xinjiang Gyang Hui Flying Tigers.

I know a few of us wanted to see him return to the Wizards. Kind of sucks but at least we are starting to see what they will be doing.

Hoopalotta · Post #7 » by **Hoopalotta** » Tue Sep 7, 2010 2:11 pm

This is good for the balance of trade - Chinese forward to America, American forward to China. Nice symmetry except that it's not likely that Singles will be getting $4 million for his services.

TheBigThree · Post #8 » by **TheBigThree** » Tue Sep 7, 2010 3:05 pm

Meh, Singleton isn't that big of a loss with Booker around.

Can't wait for training camp. Funny seeing half of the WT about the Wizards.

verbal8 · Post #9 » by **verbal8** » Tue Sep 7, 2010 3:25 pm

TheBigThree wrote:Meh, Singleton isn't that big of a loss with Booker around.

If Booker showed more rebounding in SL I would feel more confident. If K Seraphin can be productive right away, we might be saying James Who? in a couple months. However if they don't get good rebounding from Booker and Seraphin, I could be a really long season. We could see a lot of great efforts from Wall and Arenas wasted due to getting killed on the boards.

TheBigThree wrote:Can't wait for training camp. Funny seeing half of the WT about the Wizards.

Definition of a slow news day

closg00 · Post #10 » by **closg00** » Tue Sep 7, 2010 4:10 pm

verbal8 wrote:
TheBigThree wrote:Meh, Singleton isn't that big of a loss with Booker around.

If Booker showed more rebounding in SL I would feel more confident. If K Seraphin can be productive right away, we might be saying James Who? in a couple months. However if they don't get good rebounding from Booker and Seraphin, I could be a really long season. We could see a lot of great efforts from Wall and Arenas wasted due to getting killed on the boards.

TheBigThree wrote:Can't wait for training camp. Funny seeing half of the WT about the Wizards.

Definition of a slow news day

Exactly, who is going to rebound for this team?

20MexicanosIn1Van · Post #11 » by **20MexicanosIn1Van** » Tue Sep 7, 2010 6:37 pm

If we only sign one more guy, I want it to be Cartier Martin.

Post #12 » by **Ruzious** » Tue Sep 7, 2010 7:12 pm

20MexicanosIn1Van wrote:If we only sign one more guy, I want it to be Cartier Martin.

Me 2. Spot and shoot. Repeat.

GhostsOfGil · Post #13 » by **GhostsOfGil** » Tue Sep 7, 2010 7:28 pm

ya.. even with singleton we would have a serious rebounding deficiency

willbcocks · Post #14 » by **willbcocks** » Tue Sep 7, 2010 8:56 pm

Flying Tigers -- what an awesome name. Why couldn't China Town help us out during that silly name vote?

closg00 · Post #15 » by **closg00** » Tue Sep 7, 2010 10:25 pm

Top Ten Remaining Free Agents
Earl Barron, C: It isn't easy to find competent big men in the NBA and, while he's certainly not the second coming of Wilt Chamberlain, Earl Barron has appeared to be, at least, competent in the NBA.

Last season, after being signed to a 10-day contract with the New York Knicks, Barron made the most of his opportunity, averaging 11.7 points and 11 rebounds in seven games (six starts) for the Knickerbockers.

Barron can face up and shoot the basketball and works well in pick-and-roll/pop situations. A team in need of third center or fifth big would do well by adding Barron, who won't command a ton of money.

http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?sto ... z0ysw872wu

My plug for common-sense, bring in Earl Barron instead of Sean Marks, he's 29 not 35 like Marks.

hands11 · Post #16 » by **hands11** » Wed Sep 8, 2010 2:44 am

So who is our toughest rebounding guy ?

Hard to answer that question without some worry.

Hoopalotta · Post #17 » by **Hoopalotta** » Wed Sep 8, 2010 2:51 am

Well, Nick Young put on 10 pounds. :dontknow:

I'm just sayin'.

TheBigThree · Post #18 » by **TheBigThree** » Wed Sep 8, 2010 4:04 am

I'm confident Booker will get it going. I don't put much stock into preseason for non-lottery picks especially. Singleton was good, but he's not some irreplaceable hustle guy. I don't think losing his few MPG is going to be the difference from us being a bad rebounding team and a good one.

closg00 · Post #19 » by **closg00** » Wed Sep 8, 2010 12:19 pm

Louis Amundson still hasn't been signed, there is still time to bring-in a scrappy rebounder.

hands11 · Post #20 » by **hands11** » Wed Sep 8, 2010 1:13 pm

TheBigThree wrote:I'm confident Booker will get it going. I don't put much stock into preseason for non-lottery picks especially. Singleton was good, but he's not some irreplaceable hustle guy. I don't think losing his few MPG is going to be the difference from us being a bad rebounding team and a good one.

Booker is a question mark. That's all.

Singleton was a known quantity. And while that quantity wasn't a top producing star, he was a solid vet. He was a glue guy. He was a tough mature guy front court player where we lack tough guys. We have Wall and Kirk on the other end.

Singletons benefits are not about his numbers. Personally, I feel having him on the team would have had a big affect. I'm not saying we would win another 20 games because of him but I do think the team would gel and develop faster with him. I think he would have an affect on his teammates and molding them. Why he left is just another sign of why Singleton is a great dude.

My idea was the pay min more than the vet min. Not sure if we did that or not but I think we were a better team with him than without. What SIngleton brings to this team is something the team sourly lacks. So where do we go from here ? More of it will fall on Dray to step up as a role model and leader because besides him we have McGee - a kid still, Seraphin - rookie, Armstrong - a vet but a new guy, and Yi - known to be soft but looking better, Booker - a rookie question mark.

See why he mattered so much ?