Wizards vs. the Warmth in 2d Preseason Tussle Tonight

[payitforward]

Hey... in all these years, I don't believe I've ever done a game thread. Makes sense to start in pre-season -- what if I'm no good at it?

Ok, we got the Miami Room Temperature tonight at 7. Lets boil 'em!!

[Ruzious]

Oubre goes for 30 tonight.

...minutes that is.

[MarcoPolo]

Does Howard play tonight? Cause that whould be my only reason to watch this game instead just checking boxscore tomorrow.

Read on Twitter

So yeap, another shot-chucking game incoming.

[WallToWall]

Whats the over/under on how many minutes Morris plays before getting tossed?

Looking forward to see the how the young guys have progressed. Specifically, I will be looking to see if our bench is any better. On paper, it still looks better than last year.
Not being able to evaluate Howard is a problem though. If this keeps up (he has back soreness), he will not be building any chemistry with the starters, and our first few regular season games will be shaky till he gets into the lineup.

[NatP4]

If I see one more interview talking about 3 guard lineups with Austin Rivers....

This team is going to be terrible

[JWizmentality]

I always expect the Heat to beat us. Tonight should be no different.

[youngWizzy]

Kieff is pretty damn horrible.

[NatP4]

Absolute disgrace. Rivers first sub in at POINT GUARD. Embarrassing. Worst coach in the entire league. Morris is absolutely horrific.

This is a dam joke of a team

[NatP4]

No reason whatsoever to watch this dumpster fire team at all this season. Satoransky should demand a trade, Troy Brown JR. should’ve refused to sign his ELC, Otto never should’ve re signed.

Total waste of talent.

[NatP4]

Hahahahaha they have the broadcast talking about “Austin Rivers in 3 guard lineups closing out games”

“Good luck trying to stop that” -Chris Miller

My god

[NatP4]

This is GD hilarious, not only is Rivers taking minutes from Sato, he is now taking minutes from Otto Porter and playing alongside Wall Andy Beal in a 3 guard lineup.

Why is there no “what about a 3 guard lineup with Satoransky?” Why is that never a thought??? He’s f’ing 6’7!! And actually good at basketball!

Why the fk is Troy Brown not playing in f’ing preseason??? Why the fk is Jason Smith playing over Thomas Bryant?? What is this nonsense? Does Scott Brooks not have access to basketball reference? Does he not watch basketball games? Why the hell is Austin Rivers being treated like a superstar? LOL.

It’s like our coach is that casual facebook fan that bases all of his evaluations off of Nba 2k19 ratings. Holy fk. What a joke

[nate33]

NatP4, maybe you should step away from the keyboard for a minute.

The Wizards starters outplayed the Heat starters (though just barely). The Wizards bench have played even with Miami, who only has played 8 players. The Wizards are up 1 despite shooting just 31% from 3. They're playing okay. Not great, but not awful. And it's preseason. And we're playing Jason freaking Smith heavy minutes due to Howard's injury.

[NatP4]

Im losing my mind, nate.

[nate33]

NatP4, maybe you should step away from the keyboard for a minute.

The Wizards starters outplayed the Heat starters (though just barely). The Wizards bench have played even with Miami, who only has played 8 players. The Wizards are up 1 despite shooting just 31% from 3. They're playing okay. Not great, but not awful. And it's preseason. And we're playing Jason freaking Smith heavy minutes due to Howard's injury.

Naturally, after saying all that, the Heat go on a 12-0 run.

[nate33]

The good news is that Beal has managed to get up 5 3-point attempts in 14 minutes. The bad news is that he has only hit 1 of them.

Overall the defense has been really bad.

[NatP4]

Yeah I need to just log off. Wall still takes horrid shots and jogs back on defense behind the play watching his team scramble to guard 4v5 and give up a layup. Morris forces them to play 4 on 5 on offense, providing nothing whatsoever. Brooks has Morris guarding small forwards because he refuses to play small ball. They haven’t deviated whatsoever from the traditional lineups in preseason.

Literally nothing has changed with this team. They look horrible. Otto and Sato still look like the only players that care about winning. I can’t fathom Troy Brown not getting any playing time whatsoever.

[NatP4]

The good news is that Beal has managed to get up 5 3-point attempts in 14 minutes. The bad news is that he has only hit 1 of them.

Overall the defense has been really bad.

I know we’re both “wall haters”, so we can’t be objective at all here, but are you seeing the exact same horrifying lack of effort on defense from Wall in this one? Walking back after he gives the ball away.

[NatP4]

Washington Wizards: It’s like the “It” factor, but the total opposite.

[nate33]

The good news is that Beal has managed to get up 5 3-point attempts in 14 minutes. The bad news is that he has only hit 1 of them.

Overall the defense has been really bad.

I know we’re both “wall haters”, so we can’t be objective at all here, but are you seeing the exact same horrifying lack of effort on defense from Wall in this one? Walking back after he gives the ball away.

Yes. Wall has been lousy on D. And the whole team looks like they're constantly scrambling to close out.

Why can't the Wizards run Miami's offense, but with their superior personnel? Miami just moves the ball, slashes and kicks out until someone has an open look from 3. It doesn't look that hard.

[nate33]

It would be nice if Beal one day learned to actually shoot as well as his reputation. I like most of his game, I just wish he was actually a good shooter.