Orlando @ Washington (3/13)

[TheBigThree]

I loved the "double Dwight when he gets the ball anywhere on the floor, even if he's too far from the basket to reasonably score, so that he just kicks it to the open man who nails a 3" strategy. With coaching that good, it's no wonder the young guys get no minutes. Either A) take your chances with Dwight and attempt to draw offensive fouls (which our guys did well today, particularly McGee) or B) Foul him every single time he touches the ball. Don't double and let a team that can shoot as well as the Magic beat you from beyond the arc.

Anyway, enjoyable game to watch and a nice tank loss. Good game from the rooks with solid leadership from AJ. Can't really complain all that much about the players.

[miller31time]

I'm a Marylander, born and raised (still live here, today), so naturally, I'm a huge Terps fan and Dixon fan.

Juan is the type of player that is either "on" or "off". There, usually, isn't an in-between, not at the pro level, at least. In college, he was the man, and was able to play more consistently, but at this level, Juan has a tough predicament. He's not a natural point guard, so he can't play there full time, and he lacks the size and strength to be a shooting guard. Basically, he has to rely on his jumpshot, which is streaky.

He's a great "Break Glass in case of emergency"-type player but not one that I'd want to see get starter or prominent-bench-player minutes. I'd play him a little bit, see if he's feeling it, and base the rest of his minutes off of that answer.

BTW: I'll never forget his game back in 2004-2005 against the Bulls in the playoffs, where he essentially took over and won us the game. That was an incredible performance.

[beretta90]

yea that game was the best. n what happend was people like people on here were dissin his game n sayin hes garbage. so he took it upon himself to shoot more than a thousand jumpers a day for like 2 or 3 days n was juss incredible. i think the more he doesnt play now. he might pull that off again cuz he was a legend in college n i believe he can do nything in this league if he really really tries. do u kno of a way i can get the tape of that game against the bulls ive been tryna get it for years . is there like a wizards game archives where they will sell u past game tapes

[miller31time]

yea that game was the best. n what happend was people like people on here were dissin his game n sayin hes garbage. so he took it upon himself to shoot more than a thousand jumpers a day for like 2 or 3 days n was juss incredible. i think the more he doesnt play now. he might pull that off again cuz he was a legend in college n i believe he can do nything in this league if he really really tries. do u kno of a way i can get the tape of that game against the bulls ive been tryna get it for years . is there like a wizards game archives where they will sell u past game tapes

From everything I've read, the NBA doesn't usually sell full-game tapes. You may be able to find some at Ebay or a site like that, but I wouldn't bet on it.

[closg00]

Mostly enjoyable basketball last night, glimpses of us emerging from the suckiness. If they hadn't killed us with three's we might have escaped with the win.

[fishercob]

Mostly enjoyable basketball last night, glimpses of us emerging from the suckiness. If they hadn't killed us with three's we might have escaped with the win.

I think most teams that lose to the Magic say this. They've surrounded a dominant big man with great three point shooters. They're tough.

[dobrojim]

If we lose this game, we'll only have one more chance not to be the first team to lose all it's Division Matchups...

Gotta love this team...


Edit: Yeah, in the whole history of the NBA that is...

sorry if someone beat me to this but the Post this morning in commenting
on this said we have 2 more chances. One vs MIA and one vs CHA.

[dobrojim]

I'm a Marylander, born and raised (still live here, today), so naturally, I'm a huge Terps fan and Dixon fan.

Juan is the type of player that is either "on" or "off". There, usually, isn't an in-between, not at the pro level, at least. In college, he was the man, and was able to play more consistently, but at this level, Juan has a tough predicament. He's not a natural point guard, so he can't play there full time, and he lacks the size and strength to be a shooting guard. Basically, he has to rely on his jumpshot, which is streaky.

He's a great "Break Glass in case of emergency"-type player but not one that I'd want to see get starter or prominent-bench-player minutes. I'd play him a little bit, see if he's feeling it, and base the rest of his minutes off of that answer.

BTW: I'll never forget his game back in 2004-2005 against the Bulls in the playoffs, where he essentially took over and won us the game. That was an incredible performance.

I witnessed that.

All WizBoard RealGMers of that time remember it well.

One of my fav memories as a Wiz fan

[miller31time]

I'm a Marylander, born and raised (still live here, today), so naturally, I'm a huge Terps fan and Dixon fan.

Juan is the type of player that is either "on" or "off". There, usually, isn't an in-between, not at the pro level, at least. In college, he was the man, and was able to play more consistently, but at this level, Juan has a tough predicament. He's not a natural point guard, so he can't play there full time, and he lacks the size and strength to be a shooting guard. Basically, he has to rely on his jumpshot, which is streaky.

He's a great "Break Glass in case of emergency"-type player but not one that I'd want to see get starter or prominent-bench-player minutes. I'd play him a little bit, see if he's feeling it, and base the rest of his minutes off of that answer.

BTW: I'll never forget his game back in 2004-2005 against the Bulls in the playoffs, where he essentially took over and won us the game. That was an incredible performance.

I witnessed that.

All WizBoard RealGMers of that time remember it well.

One of my fav memories as a Wiz fan

Yup, the now-infamous back-story.

[DaRealHibachi]

If we lose this game, we'll only have one more chance not to be the first team to lose all it's Division Matchups...

Gotta love this team...


Edit: Yeah, in the whole history of the NBA that is...

sorry if someone beat me to this but the Post this morning in commenting
on this said we have 2 more chances. One vs MIA and one vs CHA.

Lol... I should've put; 1 REAL chance of not being the first...

We aint beatin Miami this year...
@ Miami L 77-97
vs Miami L 87-94
@ Miami L 71-93

Double check....

Damn, we might not even beat the Bobcats this year...
@ Bobcats L 72-80
vs Bobcats L 89-92
@ Bobcats L 89-101

We aint winnin sh*t... Yeah, I think we'll be the first...