Mother of all tanks! Wiz @ Bobcats 7 PM

hands11 · Post #61 » by **hands11** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:05 am

One of the best half of ball I have seen from Wall ever. He really ran the offense. Great passing. 8 assists and that doesnt count the passes he made that set up passes from other players for layups.

Now thats how you do it.

Geaux Wiz · Post #62 » by **Geaux Wiz** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:06 am

Spence wrote:Why did the Wiz ever get rid of James Singleton? Yeah, I know. He's old. Rebuilding. Develop young players. I get that. But Singleton can play. I can't believe he was available this late in the season. I understand he's playing the Bobcats, but Singleton is a solid front court bench player. Charlotte, at least, could have used him.

I heard he went to China because he didn't want to be just a bench player, chose to be an all-star in China (and everything that comes with it) instead of a role player in NBA

DallasShalDune · Post #63 » by **DallasShalDune** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:06 am

REDardWIZskin wrote:so should we keep Cartier and Singleton this time around?

Yes.

queridiculo · Post #64 » by **queridiculo** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:06 am

From the archives:

Singleton leaves Wizards for China.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/wizard ... zards.html

Brief synopsis:

Not interested in lowball minimum offers and being stuck on the bench. More money and playing time in China.

Post #65 » by **miller31time** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:07 am

Has anyone kept actual numbers on Wall's end-of-quarter shots?

I'd be real interested to see an actual factual statistic for how terrible he is.

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #66 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:07 am

REDardWIZskin wrote:so should we keep Cartier and Singleton this time around?

Cartier is so much better than Chris Singleton, that I think Singleton could go play abroad, come back and play in the D-League; and in 3 years Cartier would still be the better player.

John Singleton looks tremendous. He's obviously playing a bit over his head this game, but he's better than Ves or Singleton, by a lot.

I love Vesely this game, though.

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #67 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:10 am

miller31time wrote:Has anyone kept actual numbers on Wall's end-of-quarter shots?

I'd be real interested to see an actual factual statistic for how terrible he is.

+1

If he doesn't get to the rim or draw contact, he doesn't score. I would love to see him grow more mature and play smarter at the end of quarters. Wall is the ultimate ball stopper at the end of quarters. Unacceptable when Martin is on the floor and the bigs are killing it inside.

GhostsOfGil · Post #68 » by **GhostsOfGil** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:11 am

miller31time wrote:Has anyone kept actual numbers on Wall's end-of-quarter shots?

I'd be real interested to see an actual factual statistic for how terrible he is.

His 82games.com clutch stats are atrocious and his eFG% in crunch time is 0%....

Post #69 » by **miller31time** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:14 am

Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:
miller31time wrote:Has anyone kept actual numbers on Wall's end-of-quarter shots?

I'd be real interested to see an actual factual statistic for how terrible he is.

+1

If he doesn't get to the rim or draw contact, he doesn't score. I would love to see him grow more mature and play smarter at the end of quarters. Wall is the ultimate ball stopper at the end of quarters. Unacceptable when Martin is on the floor and the bigs are killing it inside.

The thing with it is that I absolutely love the move he pulls off to get the shot. It creates a LOT of separation between him and his defender. He just isn't a good enough jumpshooter. If he can refine the jumpshot this off-season, he'll be fine.

hands11 · Post #70 » by **hands11** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:14 am

Singleton wanted to be a starter, thats why he went overseas. He said he would rather start then get paid in the NBA. There was a article where he was interviewed about it a while ago. Only way they could have keep him was the guarantee he would start.

As for this year. He just got in the country a couple weeks ago. Played a few DL games and EG grabbed him up.

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #71 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:15 am

miller, for once I'm going to see the good about Wall and agree with you.

Wall does everything well at the end of quarters except hit the shot. I agree with you that he gets separation. He breaks guys down and gets them off balance.

All Wall needs to do is really, really, really put time on his shot. Seems to shoot it just a bit short from short and too strong for deep. Just doesn't have the follow through that's consistent. I can't see how he misses so consistently.

Post #72 » by **miller31time** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:23 am

Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:miller, for once I'm going to see the good about Wall and agree with you.

Wall does everything well at the end of quarters except hit the shot. I agree with you that he gets separation. He breaks guys down and gets them off balance.

All Wall needs to do is really, really, really put time on his shot. Seems to shoot it just a bit short from short and too strong for deep. Just doesn't have the follow through that's consistent. I can't see how he misses so consistently.

Lock him in the gym this off-season. Maybe slide some poptarts under the door every once in a while.

Dat2U · Post #73 » by **Dat2U** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:25 am

hands11 wrote:Singleton wanted to be a starter, thats why he went overseas. He said he would rather start then get paid in the NBA. There was a article where he was interviewed about it a while ago. Only way they could have keep him was the guarantee he would start.

As for this year. He just got in the country a couple weeks ago. Played a few DL games and EG grabbed him up.

That runs counter to what I've read & heard. I heard he wanted to stay but Ernie wasn't interested in offering a guaranteed deal.

hands11 · Post #74 » by **hands11** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:27 am

Vesely with the highlight dunk or a Wall feed. And 1

Spence · Post #75 » by **Spence** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:27 am

Jan -- the Velvet Revolution! Kid is really athletic. Too bad about his shot outside of two feet.

Spence · Post #76 » by **Spence** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:29 am

Hard to believe J Singleton would prefer playing in China to being a valuable part of a front court rotation [and a millionaire] in the United States.

hands11 · Post #77 » by **hands11** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:29 am

Dat2U wrote:
hands11 wrote:Singleton wanted to be a starter, thats why he went overseas. He said he would rather start then get paid in the NBA. There was a article where he was interviewed about it a while ago. Only way they could have keep him was the guarantee he would start.

As for this year. He just got in the country a couple weeks ago. Played a few DL games and EG grabbed him up.

That runs counter to what I've read & heard. I heard he wanted to stay but Ernie wasn't interested in offering a guaranteed deal.

Nope. He wanted to start and be a core part of a team. I'm sure the link to the article is in the old James thread.

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #78 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:30 am

Spence wrote:Hard to believe J Singleton would prefer playing in China to being a valuable part of a front court rotation [and a millionaire] in the United States.

What's the exchange rate on yen?

Spence · Post #79 » by **Spence** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:31 am

Jan in double figures

hands11 · Post #80 » by **hands11** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:31 am

Spence wrote:Hard to believe J Singleton would prefer playing in China to being a valuable part of a front court rotation [and a millionaire] in the United States.

He was a rotation bench player in the NBA.

He wanted to be a valuable part of team. He loved the game and he wanted to play and said he would take less money and go to China to do it.