Player of the Game - 3/9/09

[miller31time]

Here are your nominees from tonight's win against the Minnesota Timberwolves....


Antawn Jamison - 26pts (9-19) / 4rebs / 1ast / 38mins / +1


Caron Butler - 27pts (9-20) / 10rebs / 6ast / 2stls / 40mins / +8


Dominic McGuire - 10pts (4-7) / 7rebs / 0asts / 1blk / 2stls / 30mins / +2


Darius Songaila - 19pts (8-9) / 6rebs / 1ast / 1stl / 29mins / +2


Juan Dixon - 9pts (3-6) / 6rebs / 4asts / 1stl / 1blk / 24mins / +9

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The Rules

Here's the deal - after each win, we'll have a player of the game thread. You post the top 3 performers (1st place, 2nd place and 3rd place). The top-3 vote-getters will receive points...

1st place = 3pts
2nd place = 2pts
3rd place = 1pt

At the end of the season, I'll tally up the point totals and put it into a thread. We should have a good idea of who was the most valuable player, at least according to Wizards fans.

The poll winner is for posterity only. It has no affect on the recorded winner. If you want your vote to count, post the top-3 performers.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Player of the Game from 2-27-09 (CHI @ WAS)



27 points (6-12 fg; 2-4 3pt; 7-8 ft;) 7 boards; 1 dime; 1 steal

1st place = Jamison (37)
2nd place = McGuire (32)
3rd place = Blatche (5)

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Current Status

Jamison (248) - 5 wins
Butler (159) - 2 wins
Blatche (137) - 2 wins
McGuire (115) - 1 win
McGee (56) - 2 wins
Young (31)
Dixon (29)
James (27)
Crittenton (25) - 1 win
Songaila (22)
Stevenson (20) - 1 win

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

Washington blew it open with Butler, Dixon, Young, Blatche, and McGee on the court. Butler did the scoring damage and the two young bigs both played well at both ends.

I voted for Songaila as POTG because he was perfect 7-7 with 15 points in the first half, and I doubt we'll see that again.

The real order probably should be Butler, Songaila, and Dixon. Juan had a very solid game.

Jamison got a lot of empty points and took a bunch of shots that bothered me.

[toughjuice03]

D-Song got my vote too for that 8-9 shooting performance tonight.

[ZonkertheBrainless]

Meh. I guess Jamison. need to send a message to tapscott that no one who plays forty minutes gets player of the game honors.

[hands11]

Songaila has quietly picked up his play in the eight games since the All-Star break.

Over that span he is averaging 11.3 points, 2.6 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.1 steals, and 0.6 blocks while shooting a robust 63.3% from the field and 92.6% from the free-throw line in about 25 minutes per game.

If he could add a 3 ball, he could stick around this league a little longer.


I'll vote

1- THE HACK - DSONG - Every dog has its day.
29 min 8-9FG, 3-4 FT, 0 fouls

2 - NY +11 on/off, 3-6FG but even more important 3 rebounds and 1 assist
Is the light bulb getting a little brighter ? Two solid games in a row for Nick.

3 - CB aka TJ aka Filla - The man has officially mailed it in just like you'll said.
27 pts 10 board 6 assists 2 stl 1 blk

[cwb3]

I give it to D-Song, he played great in all aspects during the first 1/2.
He really does have a legitimate role on this team going forward.
Just NOT the role he has mostly had to fill this year.
In a standard offense set he could be a good pick and roll player.
A good 15-20 minute player who would stabilize our offense and play off the hot player.

He is NOT, nor should EVER be our primary 4 or 5.

But I would keep him.
Forgetting salary for a moment, if I were GM for a day, at the end of the year I would immediately cut the following players: Etan, Dixon, D-Steve, James.
Pick up our 1st and 2nd rounders, and fill out with a MLE pick-up.

If healthy, we'd be good to go with next year to rebuild, and the following year to start flourishing again.

(That pre-supposes a total overhaul of the coaching staff BTW.)

[Scabs304]

Caron Butler
Songalia
McGee (just cause)

[TheBigThree]

CB
DSong
JD