Preseason Game Thread Wiz vs. Hornets

BearlyBallin · Post #1 » by **BearlyBallin** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 8:25 pm

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A lot of our bigs are day to day, Avdija (back), Gill (hamstring) & Baldwin Jr (knee)

Hornets are healthy.

Buzz on the internet after #2 pick in the draft, B Millers first preseason game… he’s trying too hard!

mhd · Post #2 » by **mhd** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 11:40 pm

Holy crap! Bilal with an amazing block! Also had a nice dribble, hang, and subsequent midrange jumper.

mhd · Post #3 » by **mhd** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 11:43 pm

Otherwise, this game shows the talent gap and why we will be the worst team in the East.

smoothSeph · Post #4 » by **smoothSeph** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 11:44 pm

Davis, Kispert, Gallinari, Muscala bench will get TVs turned off in the regular season.

PaulinVA · Post #5 » by **PaulinVA** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 12:00 am

mhd wrote:Holy crap! Bilal with an amazing block! Also had a nice dribble, hang, and subsequent midrange jumper.

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Jay81 · Post #6 » by **Jay81** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 12:05 am

Embarrassing rebounding effort. Gafford is trash

TGW · Post #7 » by **TGW** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 12:34 am

Clearly rebounding and the bench are going to be this teams shortcoming this year.

80sballboy · Post #8 » by **80sballboy** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 1:00 am

I'm not sure I have the patience to watch this crap for 82 games this season. Should have expected it. Can't believe Ted didn't charge $400 a season instead of $200 for that wonderful Monumental App.

I should have known that Kuz and Poole were just going to jack up shots, but it's ok to pass it every now and then. It's ok to not have to dribble up the court and jack up a 28-footer before ever looking to anybody. Bilal struggled early on and like everyone else, doesn't rebound (at least he has an excuse, he's 190 lbs). But he keeps progressing, scoring from the mid-range and starting to make his 3s.

Kispert? I know it's one game, but I expect more after last season's improvement.

If that's the offensive gameplan, to just shoot as many threes as we can, not sure I'm going to watch this garbage in February.

But this is what most of us wanted, right? A terrible team so we can get a great pick in a bad draft. As a casual Orioles fan, it took a few years, but those draft picks turned that team around.

Frichuela · Post #9 » by **Frichuela** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 1:03 am

80sballboy wrote:I'm not sure I have the patience to watch this crap for 82 games this season. Should have expected it. Can't believe Ted didn't charge $400 a season instead of $200 for that wonderful Monumental App.

I should have known that Kuz and Poole were just going to jack up shots, but it's ok to pass it every now and then. It's ok to not have to dribble up the court and jack up a 28-footer before ever looking to anybody. Bilal struggled early on and like everyone else, doesn't rebound (at least he has an excuse, he's 190 lbs). But he keeps progressing, scoring from the mid-range and starting to make his 3s.

Kispert? I know it's one game, but I expect more after last season's improvement.

If that's the offensive gameplan, to just shoot as many threes as we can, not sure I'm going to watch this garbage in February.

But this is what most of us wanted, right? A terrible team so we can get a great pick in a bad draft. As a casual Orioles fan, it took a few years, but those draft picks turned that team around.

It’s gonna be painful my friend…no doubt about it.

Bilal played well though. Very promising pick.

Frichuela · Post #10 » by **Frichuela** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 1:05 am

Poole, Kispert, Wright and Jones having a nightmare of a game…

Hibachi_0 · Post #11 » by **Hibachi_0** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 1:08 am

I will have Bilal tunnel vision. Just looking forward to seeing what he has to offer and how much he improves. He has 'it'.

Jay81 · Post #12 » by **Jay81** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 1:11 am

Hibachi_0 wrote:I will have Bilal tunnel vision. Just looking forward to seeing what he has to offer and how much he improves. He has 'it'.

Can’t imagine a worse situation for him than playing with poole and kuz but he clearly won the starting forward job

Frichuela · Post #13 » by **Frichuela** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 1:13 am

Jay81 wrote:
Hibachi_0 wrote:I will have Bilal tunnel vision. Just looking forward to seeing what he has to offer and how much he improves. He has 'it'.

Can’t imagine a worse situation for him than playing with poole and kuz but he clearly won the starting forward job[/quote]

1000%. I hope Wes sees it this way. So obvious he needs to start and play +25 mins a game. Oozes potential!

Hibachi_0 · Post #14 » by **Hibachi_0** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 1:19 am

Jay81 wrote:
Hibachi_0 wrote:I will have Bilal tunnel vision. Just looking forward to seeing what he has to offer and how much he improves. He has 'it'.

Can’t imagine a worse situation for him than playing with poole and kuz but he clearly won the starting forward job

Yup, will be hard to see. Luckily, I live on the other side of the world and most of the games I'll see won't be live, so I'll just skip most of the minutes Bilal is off.

80sballboy · Post #15 » by **80sballboy** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 1:24 am

Good to see the bench scrap late in this game. #97 Geno O. reminds me a little of Malik Rose. Ground-bound but tough body. We certainly can use some toughness up front.

Doesn't take away from all the issues we have on the boards and look, I know we're tanking. I'd just rather lose the right away than get destroyed by 40 against quality teams.

80sballboy · Post #16 » by **80sballboy** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 1:26 am

Frichuela wrote:
Jay81 wrote:
Hibachi_0 wrote:I will have Bilal tunnel vision. Just looking forward to seeing what he has to offer and how much he improves. He has 'it'.

Can’t imagine a worse situation for him than playing with poole and kuz but he clearly won the starting forward job[/quote]

1000%. I hope Wes sees it this way. So obvious he needs to start and play +25 mins a game. Oozes potential!

He plays both ends and he'll be scary when he puts on 20+ pounds. Hopefully, he'll see the ball on offense in the rare times Kuz and Poole don't shoot during his possessions.

80sballboy · Post #17 » by **80sballboy** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 1:30 am

I guess I can't post X anymore here.

https://x.com/MattModderno/status/1712631875464749526?s=20

Frichuela · Post #18 » by **Frichuela** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 1:54 am

One observation: I hope is just one game but did not like Poole’s body language at all. It looked he did not care, too cool for school.

And this is independent of his nightmare evening shooting the ball, 2/13 FGs…

long suffrin' boulez fan · Post #19 » by **long suffrin' boulez fan** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 3:02 am

I’m not sure Butler isn’t our best pg.

Bilal is going to be very good.

I sure hope Poole is just skating through the preseason because he looks just terrible. No effort at all on defensive end, no rebounding. Just jacking shots.

Tyus looks like a back up to me. Can’t really break anyone down.

We are an awful rebounding team.

On the bright side, our GoGo team should be good. Hard to not love Omoranu (or whatever his name is).

Post #20 » by **penbeast0** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 3:03 am

Frichuela wrote:
Jay81 wrote:
Hibachi_0 wrote:I will have Bilal tunnel vision. Just looking forward to seeing what he has to offer and how much he improves. He has 'it'.

Can’t imagine a worse situation for him than playing with poole and kuz but he clearly won the starting forward job[/quote]

1000%. I hope Wes sees it this way. So obvious he needs to start and play +25 mins a game. Oozes potential!

I'm okay with that as long as it's Deni starting next to him and Kuzma going to the bench. We can bring Kuzma in whenever Poole takes a rest so we have one designated chucker on the floor at all times.