GT #56: Wizards @ Bulls 8 PM (NBCSW/1500 AM) - Otto Porter Revenge Night?

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

I don't think anyone here is proclaiming we've turned around. We're most likely headed for a reality check but for the time being they are fun to watch. And Parker and Portis are decent players. Live a little. It's not like we have much to be excited about.

WE HAVE TURNED AROUND

It's ludicrous to expect instant chemisty, instant favor with refs, and wins over teams that are even more talented.

I also hate that people are afraid to risk looking dumb or being wrong. I'm not afraid. This team is already 50% better than it was to start the season.

--NO TROY BROWN? How about thank goodness NO MORE AUSTIN RIVERS.
--NO DWIGHT HOWARD? How about no drama. How about Portis on the offensive boards. How about Bryant being a fluid athlete and positive teammate. How about putting Jabari Parker at 5? Or, when Portis plays C the Wizards have a pick-and-pop threat who can also dribble, drive, and dunk. A CENTER WITH THREE POINT RANGE? Finally.
--Worried about Jabari Parker returning to form? RECALL MARKIEFF MORRIS. Did he play with the same energy, dunk with the same ferocity, or pass HALF AS WELL as Jabari Parker? NO.

Porter is JUST 24 years old, today. Parker is still 23. Won't be 24 until March 15th. THESE GUYS ARE BOTH ALMOST TWO YEARS YOUNGER THAN OTTO PORTER.

This team HAS turned a corner....at least the rest of THIS REGULAR SEASON

[DCZards]

I’d be a lot more excited about this team’s direction if Troy Brown jr was a big part of the rotation. The talent level is still not good enough

How bad is he looking in practice that he can't even beat out former G-leaguers for minutes?

I know its Brooks were talking about here but still I'm getting a little worried.

Troy has been inactive (in street clothes) the last 2-3 games with an ankle injury. He had a boot on his foot about a week ago.

I too would like to see Brooks play Brown Jr. more. He seems to have a positive impact when he does play a few minutes here and there. Troy's outside shooting needs to significantly improve and his handle needs to be strong, but his excellent passing skills, his quickness getting to the rim, decent rebounding and high bball IQ are fairly obvious.

McRae is getting the minutes that I'd expect Brown to get, but can't really blame Brooks for that since McRae has been instant offense pretty much every time he steps on the court.

[JWizmentality]

I don't think anyone here is proclaiming we've turned around. We're most likely headed for a reality check but for the time being they are fun to watch. And Parker and Portis are decent players. Live a little. It's not like we have much to be excited about.

WE HAVE TURNED AROUND

It's ludicrous to expect instant chemisty, instant favor with refs, and wins over teams that are even more talented.

I also hate that people are afraid to risk looking dumb or being wrong. I'm not afraid. This team is already 50% better than it was to start the season.

--NO TROY BROWN? How about thank goodness NO MORE AUSTIN RIVERS.
--NO DWIGHT HOWARD? How about no drama. How about Portis on the offensive boards. How about Bryant being a fluid athlete and positive teammate. How about putting Jabari Parker at 5? Or, when Portis plays C the Wizards have a pick-and-pop threat who can also dribble, drive, and dunk. A CENTER WITH THREE POINT RANGE? Finally.
--Worried about Jabari Parker returning to form? RECALL MARKIEFF MORRIS. Did he play with the same energy, dunk with the same ferocity, or pass HALF AS WELL as Jabari Parker? NO.

Porter is JUST 24 years old, today. Parker is still 23. Won't be 24 until March 15th. THESE GUYS ARE BOTH ALMOST TWO YEARS YOUNGER THAN OTTO PORTER.

This team HAS turned a corner....at least the rest of THIS REGULAR SEASON

You will acknowledge that you've said that at least half a dozen times this season right?

[NatP4]

I’d be a lot more excited about this team’s direction if Troy Brown jr was a big part of the rotation. The talent level is still not good enough

How bad is he looking in practice that he can't even beat out former G-leaguers for minutes?

I know its Brooks were talking about here but still I'm getting a little worried.

I’d worry if his g league stats weren’t relatively solid. Brooks played Austin Rivers over Satoransky this season...

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

I don't think anyone here is proclaiming we've turned around. We're most likely headed for a reality check but for the time being they are fun to watch. And Parker and Portis are decent players. Live a little. It's not like we have much to be excited about.

WE HAVE TURNED AROUND

It's ludicrous to expect instant chemisty, instant favor with refs, and wins over teams that are even more talented.

I also hate that people are afraid to risk looking dumb or being wrong. I'm not afraid. This team is already 50% better than it was to start the season.

--NO TROY BROWN? How about thank goodness NO MORE AUSTIN RIVERS.
--NO DWIGHT HOWARD? How about no drama. How about Portis on the offensive boards. How about Bryant being a fluid athlete and positive teammate. How about putting Jabari Parker at 5? Or, when Portis plays C the Wizards have a pick-and-pop threat who can also dribble, drive, and dunk. A CENTER WITH THREE POINT RANGE? Finally.
--Worried about Jabari Parker returning to form? RECALL MARKIEFF MORRIS. Did he play with the same energy, dunk with the same ferocity, or pass HALF AS WELL as Jabari Parker? NO.

Porter is JUST 24 years old, today. Parker is still 23. Won't be 24 until March 15th. THESE GUYS ARE BOTH ALMOST TWO YEARS YOUNGER THAN OTTO PORTER.

This team HAS turned a corner....at least the rest of THIS REGULAR SEASON

You will acknowledge that you've said that at least half a dozen times this season right?

Not this season. NEVER... in previous seasons, yes.\

I was freaking done with these guys until the deadline

[Ruzious]

I don't think anyone here is proclaiming we've turned around. We're most likely headed for a reality check but for the time being they are fun to watch. And Parker and Portis are decent players. Live a little. It's not like we have much to be excited about.

WE HAVE TURNED AROUND

It's ludicrous to expect instant chemisty, instant favor with refs, and wins over teams that are even more talented.

I also hate that people are afraid to risk looking dumb or being wrong. I'm not afraid. This team is already 50% better than it was to start the season.

--NO TROY BROWN? How about thank goodness NO MORE AUSTIN RIVERS.
--NO DWIGHT HOWARD? How about no drama. How about Portis on the offensive boards. How about Bryant being a fluid athlete and positive teammate. How about putting Jabari Parker at 5? Or, when Portis plays C the Wizards have a pick-and-pop threat who can also dribble, drive, and dunk. A CENTER WITH THREE POINT RANGE? Finally.
--Worried about Jabari Parker returning to form? RECALL MARKIEFF MORRIS. Did he play with the same energy, dunk with the same ferocity, or pass HALF AS WELL as Jabari Parker? NO.

Porter is JUST 24 years old, today. Parker is still 23. Won't be 24 until March 15th. THESE GUYS ARE BOTH ALMOST TWO YEARS YOUNGER THAN OTTO PORTER.

This team HAS turned a corner....at least the rest of THIS REGULAR SEASON

Yeah, Otto is 25 and almost 2 years older than Parker and Portis. That surprised me. But I do think having their 1st 3 games against lousy teams is leading to overly optimistic expectations. But if they do well in game 4 against Toronto, that'll be something to be impressed about. If not, people will focus more on no PT for Brown, Dekker, and McRae - who was terrific in the 5 games before the trade.

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

I don't think anyone here is proclaiming we've turned around. We're most likely headed for a reality check but for the time being they are fun to watch. And Parker and Portis are decent players. Live a little. It's not like we have much to be excited about.

WE HAVE TURNED AROUND

It's ludicrous to expect instant chemisty, instant favor with refs, and wins over teams that are even more talented.

I also hate that people are afraid to risk looking dumb or being wrong. I'm not afraid. This team is already 50% better than it was to start the season.

--NO TROY BROWN? How about thank goodness NO MORE AUSTIN RIVERS.
--NO DWIGHT HOWARD? How about no drama. How about Portis on the offensive boards. How about Bryant being a fluid athlete and positive teammate. How about putting Jabari Parker at 5? Or, when Portis plays C the Wizards have a pick-and-pop threat who can also dribble, drive, and dunk. A CENTER WITH THREE POINT RANGE? Finally.
--Worried about Jabari Parker returning to form? RECALL MARKIEFF MORRIS. Did he play with the same energy, dunk with the same ferocity, or pass HALF AS WELL as Jabari Parker? NO.

Porter is JUST 24 years old, today. Parker is still 23. Won't be 24 until March 15th. THESE GUYS ARE BOTH ALMOST TWO YEARS YOUNGER THAN OTTO PORTER.

This team HAS turned a corner....at least the rest of THIS REGULAR SEASON

Yeah, Otto is 25 and almost 2 years older than Parker and Portis. That surprised me. But I do think having their 1st 3 games against lousy teams is leading to overly optimistic expectations. But if they do well in game 4 against Toronto, that'll be something to be impressed about. If not, people will focus more on no PT for Brown, Dekker, and McRae - who was terrific in the 5 games before the trade.

Remember Charlie Brown, Ruz? The protagonist of the Peanuts cartoon was prone to believe almost to the point of gullibility. Nevertheless, Charlie approached things with great zeal.

--He went all out trying to kick that football. Then ...."Ah, ratz!" (Lucy kept snatching away each time.)
--Charlie Brown spent all kinds of time in a pumpkin patch. As far as I can recall, he never did see The Great Pumpkin. (There never was a great pumpkin.)

I am trying to reverse a lifetime of NOT LIVING LARGE AND IN CHARGE. I've seen message board traffic die out to almost a faint pulse of life (except on the Raptors' board. Canadiens, eh?) So, sometimes I flat out bull. I over hype. AT OTHER TIMES GOOD OLE Mental ... health ... might cause my rational to be IRRATIONAL to most. Hyperbolic thinking? I dunno.

Every true genius has detractors and haters.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-power-prime/201310/the-real-genius-genius-isn-t-the-genius

Genius doesn’t usually interest or impress me. My work in performance psychology has frequently exposed me to child prodigies and assorted other geniuses in academia, sports, and the performing arts, so perhaps I have become inured to the experience of people born with special talents.

Also, I think genius is often overrated. I have known people who reached extraordinary heights despite seeming quite ordinary. They obviously had something special, but it wasn’t any innate propensity toward greatness in their chosen area.

I have also met unfulfilled genius, people who had tremendous gifts, yet failed to fully realize those gifts. Why? Some didn’t know they had exceptional talent in time to develop it fully because they weren’t exposed to the area in which their genius lay until later in life.

Others never really connected with their gift, thus had no sense of ownership of it. That’s one problem with genius; geniuses often feel like it’s not truly theirs because they didn’t do anything to get it. Without this ownership, there is often no passion for the genius and there is little interest or incentive to take advantage of the genius.

Still others found that genius was more a cross to bear than a gift. For example, it caused them social ostracism by their peers or their parents turned the genius into “weighted shackles” of expectation in which nothing was ever good enough. And they spent their lives trying to exorcise the genius from their souls.

Hey, JWiz, I'm gonna go masturbate to the sound of my own voice now. I DO have a pretty good voice.

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

What IS overly optimistic expectations with respect to this team?

To say they'll make the playoffs?

https://www.google.com/search?q=nba+com+standings&rlz=1C1GGRV_enUS836US836&oq=nba+com+standings&aqs=chrome.0.0l6.3607j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#sie=lg;/g/11f4_3sdny;3;/m/05jvx;st;fp;1;;

[JWizmentality]

Hey, JWiz, I'm gonna go masturbate to the sound of my own voice now. I DO have a pretty good voice.

Only if the Wizards make the playoffs.

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

Hey, JWiz, I'm gonna go masturbate to the sound of my own voice now. I DO have a pretty good voice.

Only if the Wizards make the playoffs.

No BS, at my age and having been celibate WAY LONGER THAN I EVER EVER EVER THOUGHT ...WOULD/SHOULD HAPPEN...

I don't want the well to go dry.

Long as I do NOT have E.D. me and My Kung Fu grip hand ...Let's just say I be strokin' virtually and logically if not physically.

I DAMN SURE AIN'T WAITING ON THE WIZARDS TO MAKE HE PLAYOFFS ...

I just saw the finest honey at this gas station. SHE MADE SURE to walk in front of me in yoga pants...



I'm doing a bit of research/work ... but I'll remember her in my dreams IF you know what I mean

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

Wow, was that TMI or what?!?

(CCJ advocates masturbation and celibacy. Half this massive BS that has to do with MALE ENHANCEMENT IS A CROCK. Bet you can get it up for a 22-year old hottie. Bored with spouse? Dump her. Better yet, do it Gods recommended way if you can.)

[Ruzious]

Wow, was that TMI or what?!?

(CCJ advocates masturbation and celibacy. Half this massive BS that has to do with MALE ENHANCEMENT IS A CROCK. Bet you can get it up for a 22-year old hottie. Bored with spouse? Dump her. Better yet, do it Gods recommended way if you can.)

Not sure if that was mentioned pro or con in the Old Testament.

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

Me neither!

There IS some mention of seed and ground...

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

Genesis 38 ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onan

The implication from the narrative is that Onan's act as described is what gave rise to divine displeasure, but even if that is the case it is not clear whether his objectionable behaviour was the refusal to complete the levirate obligation of providing sperm for his brother's widow to continue his brother's name (and clan rights) or "shedding seed in vain", or even having sex with Tamar (who would normally be prohibited to him as a sister-in-law) outside the context of an overriding levirate obligation.

Early Jewish views[edit]
One opinion expressed in the Talmud argues that this was where the death penalty's imposition originated.[7] However, the Levitical regulations concerning ejaculation, whether as a result of sexual intercourse[8] or not,[9] merely prescribe a ritual washing, and remaining ritually impure until the next day began on the following evening.

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

So, he WAS supposed to tap his dead brother's wife ...

Man, that Bible be nasty ... or, maybe God be mad if I joke ... ALL I DO KNOW is the
Wizards beat the Bulls.

That, and you can save money switching to GEICO (if you're not a USAA policy holder)

[Ruzious]

So, he WAS supposed to tap his dead brother's wife ...

Man, that Bible be nasty ... or, maybe God be mad if I joke ... ALL I DO KNOW is the
Wizards beat the Bulls.

That, and you can save money switching to GEICO (if you're not a USAA policy holder)

So, it's a story of wizards and lizards? Ohhh, I think I might get hit by lightning soon.

[AFM]

TALK THAT PRO POSITIVITY MINDSET SH** CCJ!!!!!!

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

I’d be a lot more excited about this team’s direction if Troy Brown jr was a big part of the rotation. The talent level is still not good enough

How bad is he looking in practice that he can't even beat out former G-leaguers for minutes?

I know its Brooks were talking about here but still I'm getting a little worried.

Troy has been inactive (in street clothes) the last 2-3 games with an ankle injury. He had a boot on his foot about a week ago.

I too would like to see Brooks play Brown Jr. more. He seems to have a positive impact when he does play a few minutes here and there. Troy's outside shooting needs to significantly improve and his handle needs to be strong, but his excellent passing skills, his quickness getting to the rim, decent rebounding and high bball IQ are fairly obvious.

McRae is getting the minutes that I'd expect Brown to get, but can't really blame Brooks for that since McRae has been instant offense pretty much every time he steps on the court.

McCrae reminds me of a slightly dissimilar player, who had a similar instant impact: Marquis Daniels.

Daniels was not drafted, but I thought he should have been. IIRC, he was in the same draft as Kyle Korver, who I thought should have been drafted higher.
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/marquis-daniels-1.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_NBA_draft

TO BE 100% REAL, I know next to NOTHING about McCrae other than DUDE CAN SCORE. He's a baller!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_McRae

Jordan Tyler McRae (born March 28, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Capital City Go-Go of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the University of Tennessee, and was drafted 58th overall in the 2014 NBA draft, by the San Antonio Spurs. He is a 1.96 m (6'5") tall shooting guard-small forward.[1]

I see one thing I like: The Spurs DRAFTED HIM back in 2014.

So, apparently, the paradigm the Wizards are operating under is that MORE ADVANCED G-LEAGUE players will play; even ahead of younger, less-refined, FIRST ROUND PICK talent like TROY BROWN Jr.

On top of that, Troy Brown Jr. is listed as injured.

[Ruzious]

How bad is he looking in practice that he can't even beat out former G-leaguers for minutes?

I know its Brooks were talking about here but still I'm getting a little worried.

Troy has been inactive (in street clothes) the last 2-3 games with an ankle injury. He had a boot on his foot about a week ago.

I too would like to see Brooks play Brown Jr. more. He seems to have a positive impact when he does play a few minutes here and there. Troy's outside shooting needs to significantly improve and his handle needs to be strong, but his excellent passing skills, his quickness getting to the rim, decent rebounding and high bball IQ are fairly obvious.

McRae is getting the minutes that I'd expect Brown to get, but can't really blame Brooks for that since McRae has been instant offense pretty much every time he steps on the court.

McCrae reminds me of a slightly dissimilar player, who had a similar instant impact: Marquis Daniels.

Daniels was not drafted, but I thought he should have been. IIRC, he was in the same draft as Kyle Korver, who I thought should have been drafted higher.
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/marquis-daniels-1.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_NBA_draft

TO BE 100% REAL, I know next to NOTHING about McCrae other than DUDE CAN SCORE. He's a baller!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_McRae

Jordan Tyler McRae (born March 28, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Capital City Go-Go of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the University of Tennessee, and was drafted 58th overall in the 2014 NBA draft, by the San Antonio Spurs. He is a 1.96 m (6'5") tall shooting guard-small forward.[1]

I see one thing I like: The Spurs DRAFTED HIM back in 2014.

So, apparently, the paradigm the Wizards are operating under is that MORE ADVANCED G-LEAGUE players will play; even ahead of younger, less-refined, FIRST ROUND PICK talent like TROY BROWN Jr.

On top of that, Troy Brown Jr. is listed as injured.

McRae definitely has a 1 track mind on the court - put da ball indahoop. Otoh, I haven't noticed him taking bad shots or looking like a selfish player.