GT #24: Wizards at Spurs aka "Wizards West" 12/16-8:30PM

DANNYLANDOVER · Post #81 » by **DANNYLANDOVER** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 3:31 am

I like what I'm seeing from KO on both sides of the ball. He takes it to the cup and plays hard nosed D. Beal should be taking notes. If he starts hitting 3s, then he should definitely be starting.

DANNYLANDOVER · Post #82 » by **DANNYLANDOVER** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 3:33 am

Kelly with the throw down!!!

80sballboy · Post #83 » by **80sballboy** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 3:33 am

nuposse04 wrote:
queridiculo wrote:Neal is garbage.

He only does one thing relatively well... and he isn't even doing that tonight. Why people think he is worth a damn escapes reason. The fact that Randy plays him when we WERE relatively healthy also speaks to his sustained madness.

He's a scorer who is shooting 45% from 3 and 48% from the field. If you want to play Garrett Temple over him when Beal returns, be my guest but he is one-dimensional player. That one dimension can help a lot of teams and has helped us this year. Unfortunately you're playing him starters minutes now so his weaknesses really shine along with his one strength.

nuposse04 · Post #84 » by **nuposse04** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 3:37 am

80sballboy wrote:
nuposse04 wrote:
queridiculo wrote:Neal is garbage.

He only does one thing relatively well... and he isn't even doing that tonight. Why people think he is worth a damn escapes reason. The fact that Randy plays him when we WERE relatively healthy also speaks to his sustained madness.

He's a scorer who is shooting 45% from 3 and 48% from the field. If you want to play Garrett Temple over him when Beal returns, be my guest but he is one-dimensional player. That one dimension can help a lot of teams and has helped us this year. Unfortunately you're playing him starters minutes now so his weaknesses really shine along with his one strength.

Would rather neither play, but if you told me one had to...Temple...Temple plays defense and at least passes. W/e shooting you get from him is gravy. There is a reason we have a horribly negative on/off when Neal plays. Offense bogs down and we're always a rotation late on defense. Shooting isn't the only part of offense that matters. Guys who pound the rock to no avail are not desirable. :crazy:

80sballboy · Post #85 » by **80sballboy** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 3:38 am

At some point, Randy is just going to have to pull the plug on Wall and Gortat, There is no way we are coming back on this team.

nuposse04 · Post #86 » by **nuposse04** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 3:42 am

^^Unless he is coaching for his job and we don't know bout it :/

keynote · Post #87 » by **keynote** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 3:58 am

Porter: 6 FGA in 23 minutes.

He'll occasionally show flashes, but I'm not convinced that Porter will ever have the confidence to be a #3 option on offense. He can't create his own shot, and he's easily run off the 3 point line (like virtually every other Wizard). :-/

AFM · Post #88 » by **AFM** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 3:59 am

This team is such ass

I honestly think you could replace everyone besides Wall and Gortat with random NBA scrubs collected from other teams (like an expansion draft) and they'd be exactly as good

closg00 · Post #89 » by **closg00** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 4:05 am

Damn, we need to stay within striking distance of that 8th seed and we aren't.

keynote · Post #90 » by **keynote** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 4:21 am

[tweet]https://twitter.com/jorgeccastillo/status/677339542446194689[/tweet]
[tweet]https://twitter.com/jorgeccastillo/status/677340573729034240[/tweet]

Okay, perhaps his lack of activity could be attributed to him playing through an injury. We really can't afford to lose him for any stretch of time while Beal and Anderson are out.

Illmatic12 · Post #91 » by **Illmatic12** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 4:24 am

Oubre looked really good.

If Kelly continues to be aggressive and make shots, don't see why we should play Temple anymore.

Illmatic12 · Post #92 » by **Illmatic12** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 4:26 am

DANNYLANDOVER wrote:I like what I'm seeing from KO on both sides of the ball. He takes it to the cup and plays hard nosed D. Beal should be taking notes. If he starts hitting 3s, then he should definitely be starting.

Not saying we're anywhere near this point, but why would he be starting over Beal and not Porter.

If Kelly looks like he's going to break out, I'd try to trade Porter for Noel

DANNYLANDOVER · Post #93 » by **DANNYLANDOVER** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 5:22 am

Illmatic12 wrote:
DANNYLANDOVER wrote:I like what I'm seeing from KO on both sides of the ball. He takes it to the cup and plays hard nosed D. Beal should be taking notes. If he starts hitting 3s, then he should definitely be starting.

Not saying we're anywhere near this point, but why would he be starting over Beal and not Porter.

If Kelly looks like he's going to break out, I'd try to trade Porter for Noel

I did not say he should be starting over Beal. We go small with Dudley at the 4. Porter should slide over and Oubre at the 3.
Now that you mentioned it, it might do some good to bring Bradley off the bench. Maybe, he can get to the rim more against scrubs...doubt it though.

Illmatic12 · Post #94 » by **Illmatic12** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 5:30 am

DANNYLANDOVER wrote:
Illmatic12 wrote:
DANNYLANDOVER wrote:I like what I'm seeing from KO on both sides of the ball. He takes it to the cup and plays hard nosed D. Beal should be taking notes. If he starts hitting 3s, then he should definitely be starting.

Not saying we're anywhere near this point, but why would he be starting over Beal and not Porter.

If Kelly looks like he's going to break out, I'd try to trade Porter for Noel

I did not say he should be starting over Beal. We go small with Dudley at the 4. Porter should slide over and Oubre at the 3.
Now that you mentioned it, it might do some good to bring Bradley off the bench. Maybe, he can get to the rim more against scrubs...doubt it though.

So Porter off the bench? I could see that if he doesn't start playing more aggressively, Otto certainly needs to start playing better

Dark Faze · Post #95 » by **Dark Faze** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 5:48 am

I said from the beginning that it should be KO at the 3 and either dudley or porter at the 4 but no one listened because kid is "not ready to contribute"

He's like Porter in that he'd be much better with the starters. He looks his worst when he's forced to create on his own--and Neal and Sessions aren't ever going to give him any good looks. Oubre can defend starting level wings--he's just got to learn how not to foul. He's got a fantastic physical build for an SF and he's not even hit the gym yet.

Porter would be looking a lot better with Nene starting, but he's very hit and miss with the small ball unit.

stevemcqueen1 · Post #96 » by **stevemcqueen1** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 1:40 pm

Kelly doesn't need to start. But he needs to be in the regular rotation, especially with Beal out. He should be getting 20 minutes a night.

There have been so many games where we were totally flat and should have used Oubre. He has an infectious motor.

AFM · Post #97 » by **AFM** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 2:12 pm

this board cracks me up. What's with all the gary neal hate? You guys recognize that he's the 6th best 3 point shooter in the league this year right? He shoots the same % as stephen **** curry bawss. dude has been carrying da team on his back this year
dude da only bright spot on this turd of an offseason

Post #98 » by **nate33** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 2:20 pm

Was there a game last night? Glad I missed it.

AFM · Post #99 » by **AFM** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 2:23 pm

nate33 wrote:Was there a game last night? Glad I missed it.

Yes it was close until halftime then the wiz imploded in true wizkids fashion

Oubre had a nice game though

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Higga · Post #100 » by **Higga** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 7:00 pm

FREE KELLY OUBRE