Post#12 » by dlts20 » Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:01 am
Wiz fan here. You guys have beat us 2 years in a row but come on now, we all know that last year was a gimmie. 2 years ago you beat us but we were right there with you the whole time. You blew us out in the 1st game but in all of the next 5 games we had the lead with under 3 seconds left but somehow still managed to lose 2 of them. You guys won the East last year and no one can take that away from you but we felt around here that we were the team that wouldve beat you. People forget that we were in 1st place last year before the injuries. We also were a much better team then the year before mostly due to the fact that Deshawn was much better then Jared Jeffries.
I will say that you guys definatly shouldnt sleep on us this year. This Wiz team is 10x better then our past teams when healthy. There have always been 3 reasons why we were so average every year. We had no good bigs, our D always sucked, and we never had any depth. Now were way better in those 3 positions. People who dont watch us closely blame Gil but if you really watched us then you will see those are the 3 main reasons. We always came off the bench with bums like Jarvis, Ruffin, Taylor, & Booth. Now we come off the bench with Blatche, Pecherov, a healthy Songaila, Mason, and Nick Young. All those guys have been great this year and we can count on them. Then AD will be back to the bench when Gil gets back. Our bigs have always sucked with Wood, Etan, Ruffin, and Booth. Now our bigs can play with anyone. Wood has been a monster this year along with AJ. Then off the bench you can come in with long athletic guys like Blatche & Pecherov, or a heady guy like Songaila. Then one thing people overlook is that we added Randy Ayers this year from Philly which has made our D top notch. We shut down everyone now. EJ is great on O but he didnt know how to coach D. People are still some dumb about us that you still have fans from other teams saying how much there team sucks when they cant put up points against us. They still dont realize how much better on D we are this year and its not a fluke.
Im not dissing you guys at all. I think its so funny how people continue to underrate you. I think that you guys will give anyone hell when healthy but I also think we matchup with you, Boston, and Detroit way better then any other team in the East and it shows when we battle. We are without Gil but still are great as long as we have AD. Without him we are average because we have no other PG right now. He will play in this game so it should be fun. The King vs Caron will be classic as Caron has dominated nearly everyone this year including owning Pierce but I know Lebron is a whole different beast. Still, I know that there are a ton of great matchups in this one and it should be fun. I espically want to see how our bigs matchup off the bench and how well Deshawn plays against Pavlovich after he totally sucked down the stretch last year. Now he's back to normal and I know he wants to redeem himself Good luck but not too good : )
