Game 34: Washington Wizards (10-23) vs. Portland Trail Blazers (14-21) - 7:00 PM ET

WallToWall · Post #21 » by **WallToWall** » Sat Jan 4, 2020 1:05 am

The good news is that this is a winnable game.
I hope IT stays out for longer.

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #22 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Sat Jan 4, 2020 1:06 am

dorianwrite wrote:4 point play. Convert the man's contract -- he's got a spot in the NBA.

Think about this season's Wizards versus those of the E f'n G era.

This season there's Bertans. Keeper. GPII. Keeper. Matthews. Keeper.

It's a lot of fun not seeing guys like Markieff take up contract space.

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #23 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Sat Jan 4, 2020 1:08 am

Dunk by Payton. Nice

Post #24 » by **nate33** » Sat Jan 4, 2020 1:08 am

Damn GP!

That guy knows what to do with the ball when he gets near the basket.

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #25 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Sat Jan 4, 2020 1:12 am

Wizards crowd cheering on Carmelo Anthony as he abuses TBJ...

Post #26 » by **nate33** » Sat Jan 4, 2020 1:15 am

Respectable half by the Wizards.

They're playing with a roster composed of Ish Smith, Ian Mahinmi and 9 guys who were in the G-League either last year or this year.

trast66 · Post #27 » by **trast66** » Sat Jan 4, 2020 1:18 am

nate33 wrote:The NBA is too easy for Mathews. Is there a more competitive league? The guy has 13 points on 4 shot attempts.

Ball movement by this team has been fun to watch.

Drew Gooden actually made a good point, our centers screens are very weak and this will effect Mathews success eventually, like Davis was starting to regress when teams game planned him. Ian is one of the worst screeners in league. Bryant was improving in this area.

Gortat was king of the moving screen.

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #28 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Sat Jan 4, 2020 1:20 am

This is my first time listening the the NBCS Washington crew. Jimmy (?) sounds annoyingly raspy.

Or, is that Justin?

BearlyBallin · Post #29 » by **BearlyBallin** » Sat Jan 4, 2020 1:26 am

Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:This is my first time listening the the NBCS Washington crew. Jimmy (?) sounds annoyingly raspy.

Or, is that Justin?

Lol it’s Jimmy

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #30 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Sat Jan 4, 2020 1:35 am

I like the rebounding and perimeter defense of Jonathan Williams. Troy Brown Jr is a very good rebounder. It's also good to see a player his size handle the ball so well.

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #31 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Sat Jan 4, 2020 1:39 am

Whiteside is dominating.

gambitx777 · Post #32 » by **gambitx777** » Sat Jan 4, 2020 1:40 am

Why the **** is Mathews not on the game !

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Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #33 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Sat Jan 4, 2020 1:47 am

Talent disparity on full display this half.

gambitx777 · Post #34 » by **gambitx777** » Sat Jan 4, 2020 1:48 am

Time to release the kraken. AKA Mathews.

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TheBabyMaker · Post #35 » by **TheBabyMaker** » Sat Jan 4, 2020 2:03 am

gambitx777 wrote:Time to release the kraken. AKA Mathews.

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They won't let him get one good look. :lol:

McRae going at them while Whiteside sittinng.

CntOutSmrtCrazy · Post #36 » by **CntOutSmrtCrazy** » Sat Jan 4, 2020 2:11 am

Honestly for a team that is missing Beal, Bertans, Rui, Wagner, Bryant, and Wall, this team’s willingness to play hard impresses me.

What our ability to keep McRea, AP, Payton, and Matthews next year? No idea what type of contracts we have them on. Someone mind filling me in

I’d be cool to role with next year:

Wall-Ish-Payton
Beal-McRea
TBJ-Matthews-Admiral
Rui-Wagner
Bryant-AP

Add a high pick to that and a couple scrappy veterans that and that’s interesting team. Would love to keep
Bertans but you gotta believe he’s going to command cap killing money.

gambitx777 · Post #37 » by **gambitx777** » Sat Jan 4, 2020 2:20 am

If AP and mathews plays at least 15 games or the contracts they have get converted, we get bird rights on them or something close as for McRae and Payton. We have the mid non tax payer exception (9-10mill up to 4 years) and the Bi (3-4 mill up to 2 years.) And you can split them.

CntOutSmrtCrazy wrote:Honestly for a team that is missing Beal, Bertans, Rui, Wagner, Bryant, and Wall, this team’s willingness to play hard impresses me.

What our ability to keep McRea, AP, Payton, and Matthews next year? No idea what type of contracts we have them on. Someone mind filling me in

I’d be cool to role with next year:

Wall-Ish-Payton
Beal-McRea
TBJ-Matthews-Admiral
Rui-Wagner
Bryant-AP

Add a high pick to that and a couple scrappy veterans that and that’s interesting team. Would love to keep
Bertans but you gotta believe he’s going to command cap killing money.

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Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #38 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Sat Jan 4, 2020 2:21 am

Our tank is strong.

Illmatic12 · Post #39 » by **Illmatic12** » Sat Jan 4, 2020 2:42 am

CntOutSmrtCrazy wrote:Honestly for a team that is missing Beal, Bertans, Rui, Wagner, Bryant, and Wall, this team’s willingness to play hard impresses me.

What our ability to keep McRea, AP, Payton, and Matthews next year? No idea what type of contracts we have them on. Someone mind filling me in

I’d be cool to role with next year:

Wall-Ish-Payton
Beal-McRea
TBJ-Matthews-Admiral
Rui-Wagner
Bryant-AP

Add a high pick to that and a couple scrappy veterans that and that’s interesting team. Would love to keep
Bertans but you gotta believe he’s going to command cap killing money.

That does not look like a winning team . Need frontcourt defense

Give me Isaac Okoro at SF, Derrick Favors at starting C with Nerlens Noel off the bench and it looks much better

Post #40 » by **nate33** » Sat Jan 4, 2020 4:22 am

Illmatic12 wrote:
CntOutSmrtCrazy wrote:Honestly for a team that is missing Beal, Bertans, Rui, Wagner, Bryant, and Wall, this team’s willingness to play hard impresses me.

What our ability to keep McRea, AP, Payton, and Matthews next year? No idea what type of contracts we have them on. Someone mind filling me in

I’d be cool to role with next year:

Wall-Ish-Payton
Beal-McRea
TBJ-Matthews-Admiral
Rui-Wagner
Bryant-AP

Add a high pick to that and a couple scrappy veterans that and that’s interesting team. Would love to keep
Bertans but you gotta believe he’s going to command cap killing money.

That does not look like a winning team . Need frontcourt defense

Give me Isaac Okoro at SF, Derrick Favors at starting C with Nerlens Noel off the bench and it looks much better

I think Favor's knees are shot. I wouldn't touch him with a ten-foot pole.

Utah could afford to load manage him, but now that he is the starting center in New Orleans, his fragility is evident.

Noel I like.