GT: Wizards vs Magic (01-09-2016) 7 PM EST

[AFM]

Great win. Now let's get on a roll

Fancy seeing you round these parts

Always here through the good times and rough spots.

milellie is an excellent troll, seriously

[long suffrin' boulez fan]

What kind act have we done to deserve the Orlando Magic?

We are pretty much the suck against everyone save them and the Bulls.

[TheSecretWeapon]

Fancy seeing you round these parts

Always here through the good times and rough spots.

milellie is an excellent troll, seriously

Win or win, you can always count on millie.

[Hidden Eye]

When is Anderson going to play? He's basically Webster 2.0 right now.

[Kanyewest]

When is Anderson going to play? He's basically Webster 2.0 right now.

End of January or beginning of February. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wizards-insider/wp/2015/12/23/wizards-alan-anderson-not-expected-to-make-season-debut-for-another-3-5-weeks/

[TheSecretWeapon]

When is Anderson going to play? He's basically Webster 2.0 right now.

Kudos to Grunfeld for making sure the team had depth at the Injured SF/SG spot.

[AFM]

When is Anderson going to play? He's basically Webster 2.0 right now.

End of January or beginning of February. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wizards-insider/wp/2015/12/23/wizards-alan-anderson-not-expected-to-make-season-debut-for-another-3-5-weeks/

lmao they were saying december a while ago
they have no clue

[Hidden Eye]

When is Anderson going to play? He's basically Webster 2.0 right now.

Kudos to Grunfeld for making sure the team had depth at the Injured SF/SG spot.

Yeah EG has signed injured players before in the past before the season starts. I don't think he was supposed to be out this long. It could pay off though depends how he comes back from Injury.

When is Anderson going to play? He's basically Webster 2.0 right now.

End of January or beginning of February. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wizards-insider/wp/2015/12/23/wizards-alan-anderson-not-expected-to-make-season-debut-for-another-3-5-weeks/

lmao they were saying december a while ago
they have no clue

If he's out till mid Feb the 6-8th seed sounds reasonable for this team.

[TheSecretWeapon]

When is Anderson going to play? He's basically Webster 2.0 right now.

Kudos to Grunfeld for making sure the team had depth at the Injured SF/SG spot.

Yeah EG has signed injured players before in the past before the season starts. I don't think he was supposed to be out this long. It could pay off though depends how he comes back from Injury.

Not super likely, at least in my analysis. Anderson has never been good, and he's 33 and coming off an extended injury layoff.

If he's out till mid Feb the 6-8th seed sounds reasonable for this team.

I wrote about this at the blog in a couple different ways last week, hereand here. History suggests the Wizards are longshots to make the playoffs from this point in the season.

[Hidden Eye]

Kudos to Grunfeld for making sure the team had depth at the Injured SF/SG spot.

Yeah EG has signed injured players before in the past before the season starts. I don't think he was supposed to be out this long. It could pay off though depends how he comes back from Injury.

Not super likely, at least in my analysis. Anderson has never been good, and he's 33 and coming off an extended injury layoff.

If he's out till mid Feb the 6-8th seed sounds reasonable for this team.

I wrote about this at the blog in a couple different ways last week, hereand here. History suggests the Wizards are longshots to make the playoffs from this point in the season.

I was thinking he would be the 2nd guard off the bench cause of the latest playoff run he had, it was good. More players better because how many injuries this team has had.

[TheSecretWeapon]

Yeah EG has signed injured players before in the past before the season starts. I don't think he was supposed to be out this long. It could pay off though depends how he comes back from Injury.

Not super likely, at least in my analysis. Anderson has never been good, and he's 33 and coming off an extended injury layoff.

If he's out till mid Feb the 6-8th seed sounds reasonable for this team.

I wrote about this at the blog in a couple different ways last week, hereand here. History suggests the Wizards are longshots to make the playoffs from this point in the season.

I was thinking he would be the 2nd guard off the bench cause of the latest playoff run he had, it was good. More players better because how many injuries this team has had.

This is the thing about "good" playoff runs: sample sizes are tiny for most players. Anderson played 142 total playoff minutes last season. And he shot 10-16 from 3pt range and 15-25 from 2pt range -- both WOW better than his established norms. Knock those down to something closer to those norms, and his playoffs mostly go unnoticed. That hot shooting was, well..."fluke" isn't the right word. More like "random variation."

[Hidden Eye]

Not super likely, at least in my analysis. Anderson has never been good, and he's 33 and coming off an extended injury layoff.


I wrote about this at the blog in a couple different ways last week, hereand here. History suggests the Wizards are longshots to make the playoffs from this point in the season.

I was thinking he would be the 2nd guard off the bench cause of the latest playoff run he had, it was good. More players better because how many injuries this team has had.

This is the thing about "good" playoff runs: sample sizes are tiny for most players. Anderson played 142 total playoff minutes last season. And he shot 10-16 from 3pt range and 15-25 from 2pt range -- both WOW better than his established norms. Knock those down to something closer to those norms, and his playoffs mostly go unnoticed. That hot shooting was, well..."fluke" isn't the right word. More like "random variation."

He isn't as bad as you say, he had a decent run on the Nets. He can be the 3 guard for the small ball lineup. Not sure if his Defense is good or not.

[Ruzious]

Kudos to Grunfeld for making sure the team had depth at the Injured SF/SG spot.

Yeah EG has signed injured players before in the past before the season starts. I don't think he was supposed to be out this long. It could pay off though depends how he comes back from Injury.

Not super likely, at least in my analysis. Anderson has never been good, and he's 33 and coming off an extended injury layoff.

If he's out till mid Feb the 6-8th seed sounds reasonable for this team.

I wrote about this at the blog in a couple different ways last week, hereand here. History suggests the Wizards are longshots to make the playoffs from this point in the season.

I think they'll make the playoffs if... BOTH Wall and Gortat stay healthy. Given how much effort is required from both of them for the Wiz to win, I would not bet on both of them staying healthy.

[TheSecretWeapon]

I was thinking he would be the 2nd guard off the bench cause of the latest playoff run he had, it was good. More players better because how many injuries this team has had.

This is the thing about "good" playoff runs: sample sizes are tiny for most players. Anderson played 142 total playoff minutes last season. And he shot 10-16 from 3pt range and 15-25 from 2pt range -- both WOW better than his established norms. Knock those down to something closer to those norms, and his playoffs mostly go unnoticed. That hot shooting was, well..."fluke" isn't the right word. More like "random variation."

He isn't as bad as you say, he had a decent run on the Nets. He can be the 3 guard for the small ball lineup. Not sure if his Defense is good or not.

In my analysis, his rating last season was a) the best mark of his NBA career, and b) still well-below average. When I look at the inputs from last season, I see good 2pt and FT shooting; and average shooting from 3pt range. He got to the FT line less often than the average player; rebounded and assisted less. Did a good job avoiding turnovers. In my stuff, he rated as having a below-average defensive impact.

I see the same things when I look at his playoffs performance, except he shot the ball great.

Regular season Anderson was about as good last season as Temple has been this year. Not quite as good as Neal has been, although Neal is ripe for some regression.