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who is your least favorite Washington Wizard player this (2012-13) season and why?




Num Player Pos Ht Wt DOB Prior to NBA/Country Yrs
1 Trevor Ariza F 6-8 210 06/30/1985 UCLA/USA 8
3 Bradley Beal G 6-3 207 06/28/1993 Florida/USA R
35 Trevor Booker F 6-8 240 11/25/1987 Clemson/USA 2
15 Jordan Crawford G 6-4 195 10/23/1988 Xavier (Ohio)/USA 2
20 Cartier Martin F 6-7 220 11/20/1984 Kansas State/USA 4
42 Nene F-C 6-11 250 09/13/1982 Vasco de Gama/Brazil 10
50 Emeka Okafor C 6-10 255 09/28/1982 Connecticut/USA 8
12 A.J. Price G 6-2 185 10/07/1986 Connecticut/USA 3
13 Kevin Seraphin C 6-9 275 12/07/1989 Cholet Basket/France 2
31 Chris Singleton F 6-8 230 11/21/1989 Florida State/USA 1
17 Garrett Temple G 6-6 195 05/08/1986 Louisiana State/USA 2
24 Jan Vesely F 6-11 240 04/24/1990 Partizan Belgrade/Czech Republic 1
2 John Wall G 6-4 195 09/06/1990 Kentucky/USA 2
9 Martell Webster F-G 6-7 230 12/04/1986 Seattle Prep HS (WA)/USA 7

Pargo. Because he had by far the worst PER, WS/48, eFG%, and TS% this year.

Probably Seraphin.

This is mean.

Hate is too strong of an emotion to waste on someone you don't even like.

Zonkerbl wrote:This is mean.

Y?

Prolly Crawford.

There isn't anyone on this team that i despise the way i despised Blatche last year.

I would say the guy who has irritated me the most this year is Seraphin.He has the ability to be a good player but is so clueless that he has sucked, and it doesn't look like he is improving at all. He could be such a useful player if he got his head in the game. I am starting to wonder if that will ever happen though.

tontoz wrote:I would say the guy who has irritated me the most this year is Seraphin.He has the ability to be a good player but is so clueless that he has sucked, and it doesn't look like he is improving at all. He could be such a useful player if he got his head in the game. I am starting to wonder if that will ever happen though.

Wrote my post for me. The expectations for him this year were big, so his regression has definitely been a big time disappointment.

Jordan Crawford and I'm not sure it's particularly close

And its not even close

He is the President of Basketball Operations so that means he's a Wizard

MikeTheKid wrote:

And its not even close

He is the President of Basketball Operations so that means he's a Wizard

Picture makes it look like he has a chocolate milk moustache.

The correct answer is Kevin Seraphin.

Crawford is a doofus, but he's kind of a lovable doofus because you can tell he's genuinely unaware of himself.

Seraphin...can't stand that soft kid

dandrews wrote:Jordan Crawford and I'm not sure it's particularly close

This

The most maddening player is Seraphin.

Ruzious wrote:The most maddening player is Seraphin.

Agreed. One can help but incorporate one's expectations into this evaluation. And most of us expected Seraphin to be better this year. The fact that he isn't even coming close to living up to those expectations is extremely frustrating - particularly when the flaws in his game mostly seem to be mental. He has the size, athleticism and basketball skills to succeed. That said, from what I know of his personality, Seraphin seems like a really good guy. He has definitely worked on his game from an individual standpoint, he just hasn't incorporated it into a team context. He's the "most frustrating" player, but not my "least favorite" player.

Crawford is another frustrating player who would be much better if he just made some mental adjustments, but at least with Crawford, there has been substantial improvement over last year. His 3-ball is much better and he has definitely improved his catch-and-shoot game. The real problem with Crawford is that he is still too inefficient to be a primary option, and he lacks the mindset (and defensive ability) to be a quality off-the-ball role player. I don't know if he'll be able to adjust his game enough to become either a primary option or quality role player. Basically, he's just good enough to lose with. On the other hand, the guy really works hard and has an unwavering belief in his abilities. If anybody on the team has the work ethic to improve substantially after 3 years in the league, it's Crawford. I won't put Crawford in my "least favorite" category either.

My least favorite player is Vesely. I'm never going to like the guy until he can crack 60% from the FT line. Any player with so little shooting ability and/or such fragile confidence in his shot doesn't belong in the league. I'm tired of trying to find the little things he does well when he does the big things so poorly. He is a liability when he is on the court unless the opponent hasn't seen him in a while and has no game plan to attack him.

I think of this in-terms of who do we need to remove from the roster the soonest. As maddening as Crawford and Seraphin are, at-least they have some basketball skills. Jan Veseley OTOH is an offensive liability who doesn't make up for it with strength and rebounding down-low. I consider JV a botched "potential" asset now not worth trying to save.

closg00 wrote:I think of this in-terms of who do we need to remove from the roster the soonest. As maddening as Crawford and Seraphin are, at-least they have some basketball skills. Jan Veseley OTOH is an offensive liability who doesn't make up for it with strength and rebounding down-low. I consider JV a botched "potential" asset now not worth trying to save.

I agree with you on Jan, but I don't mind him because he rarely sees the court these days. Seraphin on the other hand...

nate33 wrote:

Ruzious wrote:The most maddening player is Seraphin.

He's the "most frustrating" player, but not my "least favorite" player.

Couldn't agree more on Seraphin. He's by far been the most disappointing player to me this year given the expecations we had for him after the way he finished last year. I'd be willing to include him in the right trade but I absolutely haven't given up on him.

Crawford is still trying to figure out his role. He started the season as our number one option and now is relegated to bench duty behind our two guards of the future. He needs to embrace his inner Jamal Crawford and relish coming off the bench as the lead guy for the second unit.

My least favorite Wizard is by far AJ Price. The guy dribbles the rock into the ground while looking for his jumper at any and every opportunity. He's not nearly talented enough to be a scoring PG IMO but that seems like his mentality.

I also think Crawford and Price are a terrible fit together on the second unit in that both need the ball. Once Beal is back I'd rather see Temple as the backup PG playing next to Crawford. Jordan will get the ball more to try and score and Temple can take the tougher defensive assignment. Right now since Wittman seems to like playing a second five together as a unit its just ridiculous watching Seraphin, Ariza, Crawford and Price fighting over who gets to shoot. Just ugly basketball.