Game Thread Wiz vs Orl 7PM

queridiculo · Post #41 » by **queridiculo** » Thu Mar 1, 2012 1:07 am

Love those phantom foul calls Howard gets.

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #42 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Thu Mar 1, 2012 1:07 am

Man, this sucks. The Wizards get to 2 and then blow the come back.

dlts20 · Post #43 » by **dlts20** » Thu Mar 1, 2012 1:09 am

Come on Wiz, where was the help? Protect your star. The one time we dont have Book, Sing, or Seraphin in the game this happens. McGee is the only guy who came over and that was late

7-Day Dray · Post #44 » by **7-Day Dray** » Thu Mar 1, 2012 1:12 am

We should've signed a vet PG in the offseason. That is able to spell Wall minutes, and be productive. Mack isn’t going to cut it as a primary backup, even for the future. He’s seriously lacking in talent, and has confidence issues. Maybe the confidence issues will improve as he gains more experience, but hes a 3rd PG.

tontoz · Post #45 » by **tontoz** » Thu Mar 1, 2012 1:13 am

Can't complain. Last nights game was draining so it is no surprise they came out flat.

In the other two games against Orlando this year Wall shot 25% from the field. I think Howard gets in his head a bit.

queridiculo · Post #46 » by **queridiculo** » Thu Mar 1, 2012 1:14 am

How can you not love John Wall. The Wizards may be losers, but the guy is a straight up winner.

queridiculo · Post #47 » by **queridiculo** » Thu Mar 1, 2012 1:16 am

7-Day Dray wrote:We should've signed a vet PG in the offseason. That is able to spell Wall minutes, and be productive. Mack isn’t going to cut it as a primary backup, even for the future. He’s seriously lacking in talent, and has confidence issues. Maybe the confidence issues will improve as he gains more experience, but hes a 3rd PG.

You're assuming Wall wants to come out of the game.

Wall is averaging just under 37MPG, seems to be the going rate for stars in this league.

dangermouse · Post #48 » by **dangermouse** » Thu Mar 1, 2012 1:17 am

dlts20 wrote:JC gets the start and goes back to sucking again. Both him & NY are proving to everyone that they are 6th men at best

I think we all sort of knew this would happen. Nick Young when he came back to the team was lights out off the bench, and Crawford starting was garbage. Then Nick started and had a few good games, but was mostly garbage, and Craw eventually started to look really good.

I think you are right, they are two guys best suited to be 6th men scorers. We need a guy who can start and at least do 2 things well at a starting level. Keep Craw and let Nick walk in the off season.

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #49 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Thu Mar 1, 2012 1:21 am

I wonder if Wittman sticks with the new starting 5 to start the 3rd?

Crawford pressed and Seraphin didn't do much good or bad.

I think the team is pretty lucky to only be down 5. Wall is killing it and Singleton and Booker have both been real solid. McGee played hard off the bench, even if he did force it some and also got killed one stretch by Howard.

The start of the second half will be very interesting. Is Orlando just playing with the Wizards? I get the feeling Anderson can take over when he feels like it.

dlts20 · Post #50 » by **dlts20** » Thu Mar 1, 2012 1:21 am

I dont care if Wall misses 12 close shots, just keep penetrating and attacking. We are a much better team when he's aggressive like that. Plus he forces the D to come over which opens up the Offensive boards if he does miss. Keep running those high screens and he can get to the paint at will

dlts20 · Post #51 » by **dlts20** » Thu Mar 1, 2012 1:23 am

7-Day Dray wrote:We should've signed a vet PG in the offseason. That is able to spell Wall minutes, and be productive. Mack isn’t going to cut it as a primary backup, even for the future. He’s seriously lacking in talent, and has confidence issues. Maybe the confidence issues will improve as he gains more experience, but hes a 3rd PG.

it wasnt supposed to be Mack, it was supposed to be JC. It was suppose to be a 3 guard roation with Wall-NY-JC. The problem is JC struggled big time as a PG and both JC & NY play much better off the bench then they do as starters. Gotta get Wall a big time player back there with him next year

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #52 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Thu Mar 1, 2012 1:28 am

dlts20 wrote:
7-Day Dray wrote:We should've signed a vet PG in the offseason. That is able to spell Wall minutes, and be productive. Mack isn’t going to cut it as a primary backup, even for the future. He’s seriously lacking in talent, and has confidence issues. Maybe the confidence issues will improve as he gains more experience, but hes a 3rd PG.

it wasnt supposed to be Mack, it was supposed to be JC. It was suppose to be a 3 guard roation with Wall-NY-JC. The problem is JC struggled big time as a PG and both JC & NY play much better off the bench then they do as starters. Gotta get Wall a big time player back there with him next year

Besides Brad Beal and Jeremy Lamb, I think Terrence Ross might be a stud. I also believe Will Barton might have a lot of athleticism, defense, and raw scoring ability to be a stud NBA SG.

Wall is getting so good, that it isn't going to take a beast, but rather a merely good player at SG to make Wall even better. Ross is a long range shooter and big time athlete.

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #53 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Thu Mar 1, 2012 1:29 am

Jordan Crawford to start half two!

dlts20 · Post #54 » by **dlts20** » Thu Mar 1, 2012 1:29 am

JC might start back where he left off in all the other games. That would be huge down the stretch

MikeTheKid · Post #55 » by **MikeTheKid** » Thu Mar 1, 2012 1:29 am

HOLY SHYT GO WIZ!!!!

tontoz · Post #56 » by **tontoz** » Thu Mar 1, 2012 1:29 am

@ Crawford. I hate it when he jacks up long jumpers early in the clock but..... they went in.

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #57 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Thu Mar 1, 2012 1:29 am

dlts20 wrote:JC might start back where he left off in all the other games. That would be huge down the stretch

Dude might be sending Nick Young packing. I will take the fool's gold for now.

dlts20 · Post #58 » by **dlts20** » Thu Mar 1, 2012 1:30 am

Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:
dlts20 wrote:JC might start back where he left off in all the other games. That would be huge down the stretch

Dude might be sending Nick Young packing.

I think he's now packing with or without JC. Now its all about seeing if JC can be a starter or a 6th man

Jimmy Recard · Post #59 » by **Jimmy Recard** » Thu Mar 1, 2012 1:31 am

Crawford feeling it. Not necessarily a good thing.

Post #60 » by **miller31time** » Thu Mar 1, 2012 1:31 am

Is Jordan Crawford starting to turn a corner of sorts? Was it the lack of a normal off-season that truly hindered him most?

I'm not sure that I buy it (mostly because his game hasn't changed much, his shots are just starting to fall), but he certainly is filling up the stat sheet much more efficiently right now.