In the Wizards’ last eight games, he’s had shooting efforts of 2-13, 4-9, 1-8, 6-18, 12-24, 7-17, 3-9, and 3-13. In that span, he has games with 6 points, 2 points, 8 points, and 6 points. He’s still putting up some good rebound and assist numbers, but he just hasn’t looked like the same player. Maybe this tough stretch is wearing on him.

Anyone else really happy with how Crittenton has been playing? I think he deserves a start or two.

He’s not a shooter, but he doesn’t shoot that much anyway — plus he doesn’t turn the ball over. He had four assists today and no turnovers, and he also plays good on-the-ball defense. Giving Nick Young some starts wouldn’t be a bad idea either.

I ask if they’ve been thrown out of the palace of good play.

If you blinked, you missed it, but there was a short stretch with all kids in there last night. It was Critter, McGee, Blatche, McGuire and Young, and it was nice to see. These theories of Ernie “hiding people” must be true, because I’d much rather pay money to see these exciting young players than the veterans, win or lose.

Like most on here, I am a huge JaVale fan. I hate what all of this must be doing to his confidence. He does not have post up skills yet. You have to feed him the rock on the break. But his teammates seem to ignore him until the shot clock has run down and he has nowhere to go.

It’s true you can’t lob ally oops all game long, but not one in an entire game to this kid with huge hops and wingspan? I think there’s some jealousy there. Since they don’t pass him the ball on offense and yank him from the game after barely a whiff, he wanders around and starts back down the court without getting in position for a rebound.

Reminds me of Haywood. Involve the Big Kid in the offense, and he will be motivated to get those rebounds. If you ignore him in the context of the game, he will drift. It’s just a shame. This kid could put up numbers every night. He’s not Tony Ruffin, Ed. He’s a slashing dunk machine.

Tapscott allotted 30:28 to Mike James and 17:31 to Crittenton. Shouldn’t that be flipped?
Etan looked to be on pace for 15-20 mins before he got injured.
I consider a night where Nick Young scores 30 to be a victory for us though, no matter what the scoreboard read at the end of the game (though I did grit my teeth several times in the second half).
I would really enjoy letting Critt Young McGuire Blatche McGee start one game, for the hell of it, and I’m sure Jamison and Butler wouldn’t mind having a light night. After all, we are not 27-30 or 17-30, we are 7-30 so lets have some fun.

http://www.hoopsaddict.com/2009/01/13/game-notes-milwaukee-vs-washington/

Yes, it’s ok for JaVale to get abused by the Yaos of the world. Let him get posterized and then sit. The look on his face is one of confusion because he is yanked quickly and is not included in the offense. He needs to get more playing time. I don’t think anyone disagrees with that. We’re not talking about starting him against Dwight Howard, but get him some quality minutes. Every time he’s in the game something good happens.