Game 42: Washington Wizards (9-30) @ Utah Jazz (22-19)

[FJS]

VS

Wednesday 23th, January, 2013
Salt Lake City
7:00 MWT
Energy Solution Arena





- Okafor - Nenê - Webster - Beal - Price




- Jefferson - Millsap - Williams - Hayward - Tinsley





- Seraphin - Ariza - Wall - Booker - Crawford



KEY PLAYERS FROM THE BENCH


- Favors - Foye - Burks - Kanter - Watson

[FJS]

Watch out with those wizards,

they have won 5 of the last 7, winning vs OKC, Hawks, Magic, @ Nuggets and @ Blazers, and losing by 1 @ Kings and by 7 @ Clippers in close games.

[FJS]

TEAMS LEADERS:


J. Crawford
PPG: 15.0


E. Okafor
RPG: 7.7 BPG: 1.3


J. Wall
APG: 6.7



T. Ariza
SPG: 1.5




A. Jefferson
PPG: 17.3 RPG: 9.8


Mo Williams INJURIED
APG: 6.7



P. Millsap
SPG: 1.2


D. Favors
BPG:1.5

[red4hf]

This is not a game to take lightly...... The Wizards are a different tean with Wall back......

[seejaydeja]

They kept it pretty close with this **** line up in washington http://www.basketball-reference.com/box ... 70WAS.html

Now that they have Wall and Nene back, we better bring our A game.

[TGW]

Wiz fan here...would the jazz be interested in trading either Kanter or Favors? Wizards would be interested in both, and personally I'm willing to move Seraphin, Crawford, Vesely, or our first rounder this year for one of those guys.

[Spottieottie]

I'm not sure we're interested in any of those players... now the first round pick is definitely interesting, but if it wasn't a weak draft you probably wouldn't be dangling it, right?

[StocktonShorts]

I like the arena pic.

[StocktonShorts]

Wiz fan here...would the jazz be interested in trading either Kanter or Favors? Wizards would be interested in both, and personally I'm willing to move Seraphin, Crawford, Vesely, or our first rounder this year for one of those guys.

Are you guys interested in trading Beal or Wall? We'll trade you Marvin Williams, Kevin Murphy, Jeremy Evans or Mo Williams.

[The59Sound]

Wiz fan here...would the jazz be interested in trading either Kanter or Favors? Wizards would be interested in both, and personally I'm willing to move Seraphin, Crawford, Vesely, or our first rounder this year for one of those guys.

Are you guys interested in trading Beal or Wall? We'll trade you Marvin Williams, Kevin Murphy, Jeremy Evans or Mo Williams.

A scathing -- but I'm sure good-natured -- rebuke.

To our friend from the Wizards board: we value both Favors and Kanter extremely high, and because a high first-round pick in the 2013 Draft isn't likely to net us a better player than either of them, that trade isn't very attractive from our perspective.

For the record, I actually like Jordan Crawford, though his percentages are still too low. Zero interest in Seraphin.

Lastly, I'll admit to not having a clear sense of Vesley. He can look lost out there, and his minutes seem to be decreasing, but I haven't seen him enough to form a meaningful conclusion. TGW: are you guys in a "wait and see" mood on him or do you think he's well on his way to bust status?

[Nate505]

I forgot what Jazz basketball was like.

[Spottieottie]

Finally the end of the basketball intermission from hell. This break might have been longer than the all star break is.

[FAH1223]

Lastly, I'll admit to not having a clear sense of Vesley. He can look lost out there, and his minutes seem to be decreasing, but I haven't seen him enough to form a meaningful conclusion. TGW: are you guys in a "wait and see" mood on him or do you think he's well on his way to bust status?

He was a bust the minute they took him. Vesley to his credit does know how to play basketball, he has pretty good court awareness, can make great passes, and of course he can finish. But he is so much of a liability offensively, teams don't even guard him because he won't shoot... like ever. He plays hot potatoe, sets screen, rolls, rinse and repeat. He also needs to get stronger.

Kwahi Leonard should have been our pick.

[DiscoLives4ever]

Wait, we have an NBA team in Utah??

[MikeTheKid]

Another Wiz fan coming in peace, how has Marvin Williams done so far this season with you guys and Wall and Beal are nowhere near available lol.

[RyanStorm]

I would take Beal or Wall over marvin.....Marv was suppose to be another great 3pt'er.....Foye has stepped up and has become exactly what we needed.

Marv hasn't done anything that I can point out. Every other guy has done something amazing and continues to do it. Marvin and Watson could easily not play and you probably wouldn't notice.

[Inigo Montoya]

Another Wiz fan coming in peace, how has Marvin Williams done so far this season with you guys and Wall and Beal are nowhere near available lol.

marvin has been very passive. he is a decent system player with good shooting stroke and a very low mistake player. decent defender. he doesn't force shots so even when his shot is off we don't see a 3-11 shooting nights like we had with his predecessor. injuries also slowed him down a bit. he's ok - vanilla. i'm ok with him, and he could get better in time with more familiarity with our offense. i'll trade him for wall and beal though

[RyanStorm]

Geez how come jazz always go these 3-5 minutes without scoring...

[RyanStorm]

Wow....Jefferson is starting up way too slow...

[RyanStorm]

Kanter has 10, and Jefferson has what 2 points that he just barely got in the last minute!!