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Are they subtly tanking? No, they can not be that smart...can they?

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Maybe the tank is all part of the plan.

- Rui was traded to the Lakers - the Lakers will use their prayer/will to get the Wizards will get the #1 pick
- Adam Silver may be impressed by the Wizards will to recreate an international governing body by drafting Rui, Deni. Always having at least one Lativian on the roster (Bertans/KP). Having a spokesperson from Taco Bell (Johnny Davis)
- Perhaps Victor wants to come to DC especially when he heard about how great Leonsis was from Ian Mahinmi

Our rebounding has kept us in the game, especially our offensive boarding. Lead 20-11 there.

Good Kuzma has shown up tonite thus far…

Wes in desperado mode with a 3 guard line up and Kispert at the 4…I really want him gone in the off-season. Meanwhile, let him lead the Tank..

Big Gaffe always plays hard thats my fella

Can not believe we are gonna win this one…super star performance by Beal

Nice 4th quarter here. Beal carrying the offense.

Gotta give credit, when credit is due. Good game for Beal tonight.

Frichuela wrote:Can not believe we are gonna win this one…super star performance by Beal

Or maybe not just yet

Beal showing whole arsenal this quarter.

Wow…we dodged 2 consecutive 3 pt bullets from Young…

Wins is fun. Woo. I enjoyed that. Funny when wins are a guilty pleasure.

Gafford was a monster tonight!

So much for the tank. Beal was great from start to finish. Gafford with the huge blocks on Young. Atlanta is soft as Charmin. No real power forward. You can have John Collins. He's a dog, not a dawg. Only the Wiz would give up two great looks to Trae at the end, but they found a way.

Y'all still think that we are better with Brad on cruise control? This Brad is the only way we can get to the next level

dlts20 wrote:Y'all still think that we are better with Brad on cruise control? This Brad is the only way we can get to the next level

Sure. If Beal can average 37 points and 7 assists per game on a 60% TS% with only 2 turnovers, then yeah, he should do so.

The problem is, that’s not realistic. Beal was really on this game and played well, but that doesn’t mean he will score efficiently every night. Beal has never been able to maintain his current level of efficiency on a USG significantly above 30%.

Beal had to go “2019 mode” tonight because KP was out. It’s great to see that he can still take on high usage when he needs to. But most of the time, he doesn’t need to put up 30 shots and he would hurt the team if he did so. I think Beal has done a real good job all season of figuring out when to blend in and when to take over.

nate33 wrote:

dlts20 wrote:Y'all still think that we are better with Brad on cruise control? This Brad is the only way we can get to the next level

Sure. If Beal can average 37 points and 7 assists per game on a 60% TS% with only 2 turnovers, then yeah, he should do so.

The problem is, that’s not realistic. Beal was really on this game and played well, but that doesn’t mean he will score efficiently every night. Beal has never been able to maintain his current level of efficiency on a USG significantly above 30%.

Beal had to go “2019 mode” tonight because KP was out. It’s great to see that he can still take on high usage when he needs to. But most of the time, he doesn’t need to put up 30 shots and he would hurt the team if he did so. I think Beal has done a real good job all season of figuring out when to blend in and when to take over.

Agreed. I like lower usage Beal. Unfortunately, we balance that with Uber usage, highly inefficient Kuz.

Beal is having a good year, when he plays. I just wish he didn’t take plays off as often as he does.