Wizards in the Media Thread

MJG · Post #161 » by **MJG** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:09 pm

newslowsad wrote:Screw Hollinger. DMAC's shot has come a long way.

When you start in the bottom 1% of the league in terms of scoring ability, you can improve quite a bit and still be pretty bad. We all love McGuire, but he still has to be be in the bottom 10-15% in terms of directly putting points on the board.

fishercob · Post #162 » by **fishercob** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:41 pm

Hollinger's overall point is that the WizKids are coming along well, not that they suck. It's OK if McGuire never develops into a scorer; that's not what we need from him. Defense, hustle, rebounds, and face up jumpers and he's a perfect fit on this squad.

BigA · Post #163 » by **BigA** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 2:49 pm

fishercob wrote:Hollinger's overall point is that the WizKids are coming along well, not that they suck. It's OK if McGuire never develops into a scorer; that's not what we need from him. Defense, hustle, rebounds, and face up jumpers and he's a perfect fit on this squad.

Right, if McGuire turns out to be Rodman 2.0 (sane edition), I'll certainly take that.

Good to see someone like Hollinger make the point that this group has alot of promise, especially considering where they were drafted, with some shortcomings they need to overcome.

Pecherov is more of a mystery because he's hardly seen the floor until the last couple games. When he's played he's been inconsistent, but has shown some flashes.

ZonkertheBrainless · Post #164 » by **ZonkertheBrainless** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:43 pm

Pecherov sucks. Well, he doesn't suck but he is highly redundant on this squad with Brendan, AJ, Blatche, McGee, and Songaila in front of him.

McGee will get better. The question is how much better will he be next year? I think he can gain ten pounds and in terms of learning how to play defense, with a new coach he'll be starting from the same place everyone else will.

Shooting guards aren't really supposed to pass. N1 needs to score and play defense.

Blatche is getting more consistent. I'm ok with where he is. I think putting on too much bulk will hurt his game, and his skinniness is why he's not a consistently good rebounder. So I think he really just needs to focus on not picking up silly fouls and playing his game. He's on pace to be a solid backup, I don't think he'll ever really be starting material. Which is ok given where he was drafted and what his contract is.

DaRealHibachi · Post #165 » by **DaRealHibachi** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:18 pm

Interesting Interview with Mr Pollin...

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/200 ... ty-to-win/

"I do want to win a championship, and I'm not going to leave this business until I do,"

Dude really wants to win... I really hope he gets his wish granted before he goes...

"With that said, I also believe NBA teams need to be financially responsible and the luxury tax is a well-designed penalty/reward system. The penalties are severe. While I will say that I don't want to go over the luxury tax threshold, I also will not rule it out."

Gravy....

hands11 · Post #166 » by **hands11** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:11 pm

BigA wrote:
fishercob wrote:Hollinger's overall point is that the WizKids are coming along well, not that they suck. It's OK if McGuire never develops into a scorer; that's not what we need from him. Defense, hustle, rebounds, and face up jumpers and he's a perfect fit on this squad.

Right, if McGuire turns out to be Rodman 2.0 (sane edition), I'll certainly take that.

Good to see someone like Hollinger make the point that this group has alot of promise, especially considering where they were drafted, with some shortcomings they need to overcome.

Pecherov is more of a mystery because he's hardly seen the floor until the last couple games. When he's played he's been inconsistent, but has shown some flashes.

I've read this Rodman comparison a few times and while I get the jist of what is being said, I don't think it is a very good comparision. Rodman was a very different kind of player. He was an in your head pesk defender who flopped and he was a jumping pogo stick. He had an endless motor.

DMAC is more smooth then Rodman. He already has a better shot. Rodman could pass some but DMAC seems a lot better to me. DMAC give a good effort but it isn't the same full speed spaz thing Rodman would do.

Sure they can both jump, rebound and can't shoot very well but when I see DMAC, I never think of Rodman.

ZonkertheBrainless · Post #167 » by **ZonkertheBrainless** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:37 am

Well, they don't have exactly the same game but they play the same role, I think that's where the comparison's come from.

BigA · Post #168 » by **BigA** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 1:17 am

hands11 wrote:I've read this Rodman comparison a few times and while I get the jist of what is being said, I don't think it is a very good comparision. Rodman was a very different kind of player. He was an in your head pesk defender who flopped and he was a jumping pogo stick. He had an endless motor.

DMAC is more smooth then Rodman. He already has a better shot. Rodman could pass some but DMAC seems a lot better to me. DMAC give a good effort but it isn't the same full speed spaz thing Rodman would do.

Sure they can both jump, rebound and can't shoot very well but when I see DMAC, I never think of Rodman.

Yeah, its more of an analogy. Second round picks. Rodman was an elite non-scoring roleplayer. McGuire probably never gets to that level, and does have a different game, but he's promising, and has shown alot of growth this year.

The one time McGuire did remind me of Rodman was the win over the Celtics last year when he dominated the boards in the last 6-7 minutes.

newslowsad · Post #169 » by **newslowsad** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:27 pm

Saturday is Michael Lee's first game as the official beat writer. SO LONG IVAN!

no D in Hibachi · Post #170 » by **no D in Hibachi** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:59 pm

Don't let the door knob hit ya where the good lord split ya.

dlts20 · Post #171 » by **dlts20** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:01 pm

how come I ripped Ivan on the blog the other day and a ton of people there got mad at me? Im glad to see that alot of you on here agree with me

no D in Hibachi · Post #172 » by **no D in Hibachi** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:33 pm

dlts20 wrote:how come I ripped Ivan on the blog the other day and a ton of people there got mad at me? Im glad to see that alot of you on here agree with me

Generally speaking most of the posters on the Washingtonpost.com wizards blog are very ignorant fans. In fact I quit going there long ago because people just kept tooting the Etan Thomas horn, which was a clear indication that they had no idea what they were talking about. Also, most of the posters there are so annoying, which is a complete contradiction to Realgm. Needless to say, if you give Ivan grief here you'll be preaching to the choir as far as I'm concerned.

newslowsad · Post #173 » by **newslowsad** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 1:21 pm

"I was like: 'I can't watch this. This isn't basketball,' " he said. "Earlier in the season, I'm even cussing Antawn [Jamison] and Caron [Butler], telling them to get on the young players, 'Y'all need to do something, what the [expletive] are you doing?' But after a while when you don't play, everyone tunes you out. You can only get in their heads so much when you're not on the floor with them."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 04082.html

Pretty good Gil interview by Mike Wise that gives some insight into his thoughts on the team. I appreciate that he feels bad about not being able to help the young bucks this season.

Post #174 » by **TheSecretWeapon** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 2:45 pm

Wizards season in a graph.

ZonkertheBrainless · Post #175 » by **ZonkertheBrainless** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 6:29 pm

""He's a professional," second-year point guard Javaris Crittenton said of Jamison. "From his approach to the game, to how he dresses, to how he comes in early as a captain. Words can't even explain what type of player Antawn is. A true soldier, even with everybody injured, he battles and battles. Win or loss, he's coming to play hard every night. I know that he's teaching me how to be a true professional." "

I've noticed Critt and AJ really like each other and look to help each other out on the court.

queridiculo · Post #176 » by **queridiculo** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 6:32 pm

Can you imagine how well Griffin would thrive with Jamison showing him the ropes.

/me dreams on.

Post #177 » by **Rafael122** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:19 am

Eh, I think Griffin has the "bring the lunch pale to work" mentality already, but it wouldn't hurt having Jamison around, I agree.

newslowsad · Post #178 » by **newslowsad** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:20 pm

"There's a certain way you say it," Jamison said. "And let's be honest: Some of it is not their fault. This is the first time a lot of guys have been in this situation and the expectations were very high of those guys. Granted they didn't perform the way we would've liked, but you can say that about some of the vets. We didn't perform the way we expected.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... tml?sub=AR

hands11 · Post #179 » by **hands11** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 2:47 pm

There seems to be some vindication of AJ over the last week or so.

These new comments address what some complained about because he does address the vets players not doing as well as they could have also. These articles as echo what I have posted about regarding how hard it was on this team to go without so much of their vet presence. I think Tapps was way overly blamed for not doing this or that given what he had and what he needed to get done in the time he had to get it done. Back when we had DS, Etan and AD he was working his way through rotations and lines up in an effective manner. Once we lost all three of them, things got a lot harder to manage.

AJ also has given the young players some props recently and now you see that he does get what he was saying publicity about the younger players. He was doing some carrot and the stick with them.
Seems like Crit has locked into following AJs lead. Nick looks like Gils project. McGee will probably fall mostly on Haywood.

Now we have GA chiming in but both criticism and self blame.

The only thing that worried me at all was reading about how Blatche was upset about Gils comments. Blatche didn't seem to be the focus of any of the criticism. It seems like Gil mentioned Crit, McGee and Nick and Gil's practices with Nick a lot. If anything you would think Nick would be upset but I don't think he is because I'm sure Gil has told him all this face to face.

A good note is that Gil is committed to working with all three over the summer. He see that the best way forward is to get these young guns to be young vets ASAP.

There are going to be some bumps as Gil gets back into the swing of interviews and the attention but overall I think our future is looking good right now. Looks like GA is working with the younger players and AJ is working on GA.

Probably a good thing we keep AJ around while all this transition is taking place. Maybe EG is a little wiser then some give him credit. It's not just anyone who can criticize Gil and get away with it but AJ and CB have the relationship and the respect to do it.

I can see how this can all come together. The younger players are being put under the wings of the vets and the locker room is changing and thankfully Gilbert seems to be trying to be a more mature player and leader now.

I think things are looking pretty good for this team. Our record doesn't tell the story at all. Can't wait to see Haywood back in a few more games.

Benjammin · Post #180 » by **Benjammin** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 3:05 pm

newslowsad wrote:
"There's a certain way you say it," Jamison said. "And let's be honest: Some of it is not their fault. This is the first time a lot of guys have been in this situation and the expectations were very high of those guys. Granted they didn't perform the way we would've liked, but you can say that about some of the vets. We didn't perform the way we expected.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... tml?sub=AR

This was good to read. It certainly has a different slant than in his previously reported public comments.