GT #34: Bullets @ HEAT 7:30 PM (NBA TV/NBCSW/980 AM) [12/28/21]

[SUPERBALLMAN]

Would really love to see Ayayi next game. Basically played 4 on 5 with a G-league rando in at all times. Atleast Bertans is looking good, and Kispert continues to look like a solid NBA player.

Also, Isaiah Todd is really bad.

Todd is bad, but I'd like to see him with 20 more pounds. I don't know why Goodwin played over Ayayi. Goodwin was awful These guys will probably get one more shot on Thursday unfortunately against Cleveland.

I liked Miller calling the game, I'd rather have him full time than that clown Kutcher.

Todd is terrible. Very stiff and awkward, no coordination or fluidity, no smoothness, no feel for the game. Time after time I watched him as a shot went up from someone he would be watching it and drifting out to the perimeter instead of moving forward toward the basket for the rebound. Like trying to go get the ball didn't even cross his mind. It used to be called having a nose for the ball and needless to say he doesn't have it. He looked clueless out there. He's very young and I hope he proves me wrong, but his game was discouraging.

Bertans finally looking like a semblance of his old self, and hopefully upping his trade value. Maybe we can package Bertans and Todd together

[WallToWall]

That was a game that shouldn’t have been played. After being down by 25+ points, and looking like a g-league team, we somehow made the final score look like we were in the game, and could have won. This game was ugly and I somehow managed to watch 3/4 of it. I’ll say it again…games where there are 9 player out because of Covid should not be played. I think the Wizards only had 6 rotation players available…and we expectedly played like it.

[closg00]

Didn't see the game, it appears that Todd at this point is a glorified street baller who looks out-of-place amongst the big boys.

[Dolevi]

Btw despite his great stats of 11 assists, by watching the game live, i think Dinwiddie replacing Brad's job at offense in the "bad" meaning of it. It's not the amount of the shots he took (16), it's the quality of them. He made 8/16, 50%, while shooting 40% from the 3-pt line. Overall these are good stats, but most of these shots were contested if i'm remembering right, very contested. Moreover, a lot of them were shots off the dribble, which make them tougher to make.

I'm not saying here he's a bad player or something. I do think he's not playing his role. Spencer made 11 assists last night, and he could have finished with more, or at least feed his teammates more than that. As the leader PG of the team you can't throw up so many shots, especially if they are from bad looks / dribble. Offcourse also the fact if the shot came from assist or not. Your'e not Curry. Beal has the same problem that he should play more as a scorer, not a playmaker. Needs to get the ball from the PG and then to create. Dinwiddie kind of copied Beal's way of playstyle. Probably because he hasn't played. Wanted to show he can "lead" the team. Each guy needs to do what he knows to do. It will help other guys to get into the game more easly and be involved more.

It's hard to run anything for anybody with no other NBA-caliber guards other than Dinwddie.

I think that's summarizing this game very well. Dinwiddie sucks guys.

And as i said before, yes, Deni's body langauge at this game wasn't good. Very passive and he had some opportunities to make plays and prefered giving up the ball. His passivness was noticable in offense and also in the defensive end. Not a game he will want to remember. Just 4 shots in 30 minutes man.. turnovers.. I hope it's just mental and he'll be ready for next game. In my opinion, it's a direct influence of the Bertans event last game. He also passed to him (Deni to Bertans) a lot last night and it is also a sign. You can disagree with me anyway

[CntOutSmrtCrazy]

Btw despite his great stats of 11 assists, by watching the game live, i think Dinwiddie replacing Brad job at offense, in the "bad" meaning of it. It's not the amount of the shots he took (16), it's the quality of them. He made 8/16, 50%, while shooting 40% from the 3-pt line. Overall these are good stats, but most of these shots were contested if i'm remembering right, very contested. Moreover, a lot of them were shots off the dribble, which make them tougher to make.

I'm not saying here he's a bad player or something. I do think he's not playing his role. Spencer made 11 assists last night, and he could have finished with more, or at least feed his teammates more than that. As the leader PG of the team you can't throw up so many shots, especially if they are from bad looks / dribble. Offcourse also the fact if the shot came from assist or not. Your'e not Curry. Beal has the same problem that he should play more as a scorer, not a playmaker. Needs to get the ball from the PG and then to create. Dinwiddie kind of copied Beal's way of playstyle. Probably because he hasn't played. Wanted to show he can "lead" the team. Each guy needs to do what he knows to do. It will help other guys to get into the game more easly and be involved more.

It's hard to run anything for anybody with no other NBA-caliber guards other than Dinwddie.

I think that's summarizing this game very well. Dinwiddie sucks guys.

And as i said before, yes, Deni's body langauge at this game wasn't good. Very passive and he had some opportunities to make plays and prefered giving up the ball. His passivness was noticable in offense and also in the defensive end. Not a game he will want to remember. Just 4 shots in 30 minutes man.. turnovers.. I hope it's just mental and he'll be ready for next game. In my opinion, it's a direct influence of the Bertans event last game. He also passed to him (Deni to Bertans) a lot last night and it is also a sign. You can disagree with me anyway

I said the same about Dinwiddie taking bad shots versus NY as well even when he was making them because they reinforce bad habits. He'll have some games where they go in, but by-in-large they haven't but he still has the green light to take them.

[JWizmentality]

For the life of me, I'll never understand this team's obsession with long, lanky, uncoordinated players.

[long suffrin' boulez fan]

Can’t believe no one has started a Brad Wanamaker thread. Championship here we come.

I read a couple articles from Pacers writers. He sounds like Maynor redux. Plays at his own pace. Doesn’t make anyone around him better. Doesn’t really score. Used to not turn it over much, now does.

#freewinstonandayayi

[FAH1223]

Can’t believe no one has started a Brad Wanamaker thread. Championship here we come.

I read a couple articles from Pacers writers. He sounds like Maynor redux. Plays at his own pace. Doesn’t make anyone around him better. Doesn’t really score. Used to not turn it over much, now does.

#freewinstonandayayi

While you’re at it, can you start the Cavs thread