Post#133 » by ErikChowbay023 » Sun Dec 27, 2009 7:06 pm
I believe there are two leaders on this team...
Gilbert and Flip..
Im loving how Flip is not afraid to tell this team what they need to be told...
Gilbert is also becoming a lot more mature, he didnt call anybody out individually, but he called the team out...
It's easy to jump all over the Wizards and get upset that they lost to the team with the worst record in the Western Conference, the Minnesota Timberwolves, but I'll let Gilbert Arenas make my point for me.
"GiIbert"
"We can call them the worst team in the West, but it's not like we've got that many wins over them," Arenas said after the Wizards lost 101-89 on Saturday night. "Right now, we are one of the worst teams in the East until we can prove ourselves. Right now, we win two, we lose four. So, until we turn it around and go out there and play like we're hungry and stop playing like we're looking for something."
Flip- They had Saunders looking ill most of the night, as he angrily paced up and down the court. He slouched his shoulders after each bad jumper early in the shot clock. He turned and rolled his eyes as the Timberwolves consistently beat them to offensive rebounds. And he repeatedly shouted at players whenever they missed a defensive assignment. He didn't have a hard time explaining how the Wizards shot just 39.5 percent: "Guys have to be disciplined. They have to be willing to turn down a shot at time. Tonight, we had no shot discipline. Tonight, it was, 'I haven't taken a shot, so I'm going to shoot it.' when you do that, you shoot 38 percent from the field."
Until we decide that we get upset when we miss defensive assignments, as much as we get upset when we don't get the ball on offense, we're not going to take that next step," Saunders said.
Antawn- Whatever they had been doing correctly, the Wizards must've lost it under the piles of snow in Minnesota. "It's getting frustrating," Antawn Jamison said after scoring 20 points. "We go through the motions. Act like we 25-5. we got to realize, this is an uphill battle. The opportunity is still there. That's the frustrating about it. until we get our [stuff] together and realize how important it is to win these games, especially tonight, on the road. We got to make up some games somehow and right now, we're not playing smart enough to put ourselves in position to win these games."
They certainly won't take the next step if they don't play team basketball. As Jamison walked out of the locker room, fuming, he said, "Aint nothing you can talk about. We played selfish basketball at times. On the road, you can't do that. I don't care who you're playing against."
