Game Thread - Wiz vs Bulls in Chicago Wed, Jan 11, 8PM

[popper]

Here are my solutions to the Wizards problems, with the percentage of importance, totalling 100, attached to each solution:


1% Solving McGee's Asthma problem
1% Getting a new coach this year
1% Replacing medical staff/bigman coach
1% Banning wall from playing in summer league games
1% Replacing old urinal cubes at Verison center
5% Dumping Blatche
90% Hitting a homerun with our 2012 draft pick

Funeeeeee ............................ New coach should be 50%.

[LyricalRico]

Good stuff willbcocks.

[WizarDynasty]

Getting a new coach with no track record of playoff success and no track record of coaching young franchise point guards is a huge risk. Bring in Dave as an assistant under Sloan at best. You don't risk damaging the development of a franchise point guard with a coach who doesn't have a track record of molding the minds of young franchise point guard PROSPECTS into a true franchise point guards and there aren't many franchise point guards in the nba or point guards selected number one overall.

[Nivek]

Jeebus, give up on the Sloan thing already. He's NOT going to coach the team. Not no way, not no how.

[Ruzious]

Someone please show me the offensive system that does not require its players to have the ability to shoot jumpers with some level of competence.

And, someone please explain how Flip's offensive system is causing the Wizards players to miss point-blank shots. (Background: On the tracking thread, I posted how the Wizards are 4th in attempts at the rim, but 26th in shooting percentage at the rim.)

I laughed. When someone's blaming Flip for having a system that requires players to be able to shoot, we're probably reaching just a bit.

Btw, Will's post belongs in the HOF thread.

[Zonkerbl]

Someone please show me the offensive system that does not require its players to have the ability to shoot jumpers with some level of competence.

And, someone please explain how Flip's offensive system is causing the Wizards players to miss point-blank shots. (Background: On the tracking thread, I posted how the Wizards are 4th in attempts at the rim, but 26th in shooting percentage at the rim.)

Yeah, that's what I was going to say. It's Flip's fault no one can hit a jumper?

[montestewart]

the roster looks a little top heavy with 1 on 1 chuckers. I'm glad Saunders started Booker and Singleton, but it would have been nice if there was an option for a more controlled, team-oriented shooter being inserted in the starting lineup. Maybe that's Evans at some point.

[The Consiglieri]

Here are my solutions to the Wizards problems, with the percentage of importance, totalling 100, attached to each solution:


1% Solving McGee's Asthma problem
1% Getting a new coach this year
1% Replacing medical staff/bigman coach
1% Banning wall from playing in summer league games
1% Replacing old urinal cubes at Verison center
5% Dumping Blatche
90% Hitting a homerun with our 2012 draft pick

agree with everything except I'd make solving McGee's asthma issues 2%. That is crucial

[dangermouse]

The only way to solve McGee's asthma issues is bionic lungs

[The Consiglieri]

When I was growing up in PG County, my best friend suffered from asthma.

I can remember him being hospitalized two or three times when we were in HS or Jr high. I never could figure out how he could beat me running (took my spot on the relay team) and he could destroy me in basketball one-on-one, but he had asthma. (Only thing I could do is kick his ass when things got too competitive. Also, he didn't make the football team). He was a really good athlete despite his asthma.

This same friend some years after HS attempted to join the marine corps. He lied about his health. Ended up starting out doing very well, but you guessed it, he had an asthma attack in training and ended up washing out.

Funny thing is most of the people I know who have asthma are pretty good athletes. My first ex-wife was a good volleyball player and she was a really good bowler, not that that requires aerobic capacity. She also could swim well (but then again I was a non-swimmer back then, so relative to me anything was swimming well).

I have always found that asthma is much better managed when you exercise regularly, it seems to strengthen your system/lungs, and you're better able to handle physical demands. Of course as I said earlier, any kind of illness, or ingestion of food or drink that has a negative impact on it can derail a lot of the strengthening work you've done.