GAME THREAD: 11/9/12 Washington Wizards vs Milwaukee Bucks

[montestewart]

I hope Ted doesn't fall into trap of giving Ernie a pass this year b/c Wall and Nene were injured. All he has to do is look around and see other teams without their best player(s) still able to pick up wins. You have DAL w/o Nowitzki, CHI w/o Rose, PHI w/Bynum, and the biggest surprise MIN w/o Love and Rubio leading their division at 4-1. So there really is no excuse for us being this bad. And unlike some on this board, I don't blame Ted for the bad draft picks and recent moves. That's a GM's job. Yes, Ted ultimately approved these recent moves that haven't panned out thus far, but I wouldn't go as far as saying he pushed for these specific moves. I haven't see any shred of evidence other than pure speculation that Ted was behind these moves. Ted's fault which I do hold him accountable for is making the decision to keep Ernie given his horrible track record as GM.

Nice post.

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...most concerning for me is Booker. He's not finishing particularly well and is also picking up a lot of fouls. Where's the explosive GAM we came to love?

Booker ... His problem in part was the 1 rebound in 27 minutes....

In part? Guy played a tremendous game *except* he didn't rebound. No "in part" about it.

"...picking up a lot of fouls"? In 27 minutes last night he got called for one foul. L..Rico -- maybe your post was from before the game, however?

Booker's down @ 3.5 boards per 40 minutes from last year, and he's shooting 7% lower as well. On the other hand, we're looking at 93 minutes -- not a meaningful sample.

Singleton, on the other hand, is playing great. I assume that's why he's only getting 13 minutes a game? Go figure.