GT #12: ATL Hawks @ Wizards 7 PM (NBCSW/1500 AM)

[80sballboy]

Felix was cut right? So all we have left on the deep bench is Sato and Smith


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Yup, we left one spot open for some veteran I guess.

[80sballboy]

None of the starters played over 30 minutes. That's a good thing.

[dckingsfan]

Well - that was easy

[TGW]

Wow Atlanta sucks

[80sballboy]

Bench scoring 54-37. This must be the Twilight Zone. Brooks may never stagger again.

[CobraCommander]

Well - that was easy

[CobraCommander]

Wow Atlanta sucks

The Wiz suck....until we can prove that we can put teams like that away we need to feel, act like, respond as if we have DONE NOTHING...


But yes Atlanta sucks.

But so do the lakers, suns and mavs....which means we suck.


The next 12 games are ALL winnable. Not a team there that should beat us...so 10 and 2 over that stretch...and we right back in the conversation.

17 and 7 and we will be still in 3 place in east.

[Shanghai Kid]

If Boston is a 55-60 win team this year, they will get that first seed. But we need to put ourselves in a position to be the #2 seed.

[Jay81]

we suck. We should be 9-2 not 7-5. Terrible start

[FAH1223]

we suck. We should be 9-2 not 7-5. Terrible start

Blame Ernie

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[Kanyewest]

Face palm Morris.

What’s worse is he was smiling about it on the way down the court. He must-a-forgot we lost to the Lakers, Suns and Mavs...the unholy trinity of bad basketball. That’s like losing to the Jets, Dolphins and Browns...

The Jets and Dolphins are kind of good this season. Maybe the Redskins are the Falcons who lost to the Dolphins.

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[Kanyewest]

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[Tricky_Kid]

I think it is sad when Mahnimi is getting minutes over Smith.
He didn't deserved to backup Gortat but I guess it's hard to admit that your biggest signing from last year is a crap. 64 mil it sucks....

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[penbeast0]

So Jason smith and Sato cant get in the game..I’m seeing a trend here.

I know when I coach, I'll give the garbage minutes first to the guys who show up, listen, and work smart in practice rather than to my developmental guys. Maybe the guys who don't will get the message.

Don't know what goes on in Wiz practices so not saying anything negative about Sato or Smith, both of whom I like when I watch them, just throwing out ideas.

[nate33]

I think it is sad when Mahnimi is getting minutes over Smith.
He didn't deserved to backup Gortat but I guess it's hard to admit that your biggest signing from last year is a crap. 64 mil it sucks....

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Mahinmi didn't get a lot of time to play with the team last year because of his injury woes. I don't mind Brooks taking the time to try and get Mahinmi into a comfort zone. The bottom line is that if we can get him to play the Mahinmi of Indiana two years ago, we are a better team.

If Mahinmi doesn't pick it up at some point, he is going to need to benched in favor of Smith. But that doesn't need to happen for a long time.

The problem is probably going to take care of itself anyhow. At some point, one of Gortat, Mahinmi, or Smith is going to get hurt or traded.

[queridiculo]

The trend so far has been that even when Mahinmi plays solid defense, he hurts the team more than he helps simply because he makes so many negative plays. Turnovers, iso positions that are basically turn overs, offensive fouls and then the consistent fouling on the defensive end that end in freethrows more often that not.

Smith fouls at a similar rate but he can run the floor, has a little face up game, can stretch the floor, gets up to challenge shots inside and just generally brings way more energy than we're getting from Mahinmi.

His play last year was a factor in our run in December in January and as soon as Mahinmi came back he pretty much vanished from the rotation.

There are no basketball reasons why Mahinmi is on the floor and that's why it's so frustrating to see Smith languish on the bench when it's clear that he's the more effective basketball player of the two.

Mahinmi's **** contract is hurting the team, problem is it's going to take more than a first rounder to fix Ernie's latest disaster of a signing.

[CobraCommander]

Face palm Morris.

What’s worse is he was smiling about it on the way down the court. He must-a-forgot we lost to the Lakers, Suns and Mavs...the unholy trinity of bad basketball. That’s like losing to the Jets, Dolphins and Browns...

The Jets and Dolphins are kind of good this season. Maybe the Redskins are the Falcons who lost to the Dolphins.

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No team starting cutler is kind of good. The rest of the team is brought down by his presence or lack there of

[CobraCommander]

So Jason smith and Sato cant get in the game..I’m seeing a trend here.

I know when I coach, I'll give the garbage minutes first to the guys who show up, listen, and work smart in practice rather than to my developmental guys. Maybe the guys who don't will get the message.

Don't know what goes on in Wiz practices so not saying anything negative about Sato or Smith, both of whom I like when I watch them, just throwing out ideas.

I can buy your logic and I wouldn’t presume to understand what a professional coach is thinking with his moves. What I see is, a guy that plays hard on every defensive possession with a decent set shot in Smith and I see another guy who doesnt appear to be NBA ready and i cant tell if its lack of time on the court with live game action or a lack of ability. In my mind, the double benefit of the “Process” is that the future role players on the 76ers got significant minutes to develop as players while the key cogs in the machine were sitting and getting healthy. Now the sixers have their proven inexpernsive bench/supporting cast. Which is unfortunately what i see happening in Boston with the Hayward injury to a lesser degree. Boston WILL be better next year with Gordon Hayward...and honestly he may become expendable because of the development the young Boston wing players.

[CobraCommander]

Final word on the game.

Prince WTF I told you a million times. We cant beat the Wiz if Brad, John and Otto are healthy. Just run the plays and lets get out of here with our dignity in tact.