Open Thread: Washington Wizards vs. Detroit Pistons, Preseason Game 4
by Mike Prada on Oct 13, 2009 3:16 PM EDT
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PrintWashington Wizards at Detroit Pistons, Oct 13, 2009 7:00 PM EDT
The Essentials:
Wizards (19-63 last season) vs. Pistons (39-43)
7:00 p.m.
Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids
TV: None
Radio: 106.7 The Fan
Notable Pistons numbers last season
17th in expected winning percentage (.482)
29th in pace (86.7 possessions per game)
21st in offensive efficiency/offensive rating (107.4)
16th in defensive efficiency/defensive rating (108)
Pre-game links
Motown String Music, SB Nation's Detroit Pistons blog
Piston Powered, Detroit Pistons blog
Detroit Bad Boys
Need4Sheed, Detroit Pistons fan site
Motown String Music season preview
Need4Sheed season preview
Michael Lee's report from Grand Rapids: Miller to start, Arenas maybe to sit because of the slippery floor
GameDay Grand Rapids
| Tonight's Projected Starters | ||
|---|---|---|
| Wizards | vs. | Pistons |
| Gilbert Arenas ?? |
PG | Rodney Stuckey |
| Mike Miller |
SG | Richard Hamilton |
| Caron Butler |
SF | Tayshaun Prince |
| Antawn Jamison |
PF | Kwame Brown |
| Fabricio Oberto |
C | Ben Wallace |
The great preseason road trip rolls on to Detroit Grand Rapids tonight, as the Wizards take on the new-look Pistons, Flip Saunders' former team. And if you thought that some writer would make reference to Saunders' "homecoming," don't worry, Michael Lee has you covered.
The funny thing about tonight's game is that Saunders is thinking of sitting Gilbert Arenas because ... get this ... the floor is too slippery. That's according to Lee, who also reports that Mike Miller will start at shooting guard and that Brendan Haywood will continue to rest his sore ankle. So, remind me why we're having a preseason game in Grand Rapids again?
Detroit's likely to be without new acquisition Charlie Villanueva, who is sitting out with a left hamstring injury that sounds suspiciously like a "aggravated injury due to too much inactivity before training camp" (Pistons fans, please note I've done no prior research on Villanueva's injury, so don't take that too seriously). That elevates the corpse of Ben Wallace into the starting lineup, where he'll team with Kwame Brown to provide the most inept starting frontcourt in the league.
The Pistons will be with Will Bynum, the diminutive point guard who came out of nowhere to be a solid contributor last year. Despite his breakout year, he seems even further down in the guard rotation after Detroit signed Ben Gordon, but that won't stop him. MLive's A Sherrod Blakely has a nice story about how Bynum is drawing inspiration and receiving advice from Gilbert Arenas, particularly on the challenges of cracking a team's rotation when being counted out.
The game's on the radio only, and I might miss parts of it because of a prior engagement, but I'm curious to see how Miller fits with most of the starting lineup. How assertive will he be coming off screens? Will he shoot it when he should be shooting it? I sure hope so.
This is an open game thread, so let's hope Kwame doesn't drive by Andray Blatche tonight like he did last year.
GO WIZARDS!
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KWAME KWAME KWAME KWAME!
"a crab dribble is when you travel" - caron butler
by little stevie colter on Oct 13, 2009 7:10 PM EDT reply actions
Looks like Arenas will start despite slippery floor.
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Hate listening to basketball on the radio.
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Yea, was trying earlier ... but it keeps buffering.
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yeah not working
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by little stevie colter on Oct 13, 2009 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Got my hopes up.
My swag was phenomenal.
by se7en on Oct 13, 2009 7:22 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
This is gay whats the status for the cavs game tomorrow, televised, online we NEED links. What would bulletsforever be if they didnt supply every wizard fan w/o a link to see queen james get beat up lol
Yea, it's not on local DET tv ... so it's likely not available at all
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ha - not much to comment on
consor and dave johnson sound good – way better than the 1st game
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by little stevie colter on Oct 13, 2009 7:37 PM EDT reply actions
Arenas has 10 points on 4/5 shooting...
The Wizards as a whole are shooting 50% and are outrebounding the Pistons so sounds like a good start. Keyword there is “sounds.”
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/gamechannel
Not as good as watching on TV….
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truth gets a shout out!
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by little stevie colter on Oct 13, 2009 7:54 PM EDT reply actions
Ha! ... had to do some research on players from Sweden.
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where's Amundson from?
plays for the suns i think
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by little stevie colter on Oct 13, 2009 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions
He’s from the long lost Foreign country called California…..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Amundson
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Yea ... he was born in Cali
Not sure where his family is from though.
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He’s a US Citizen….
Of course, go back far enough, and we’re ALL from someplace else..
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Yea, but he could be 1st, 2nd gen ... or whatever ... at least close
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too many jumpers
or so it sounds like
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by little stevie colter on Oct 13, 2009 8:02 PM EDT reply actions
Jeez Truth – you may as well be sitting at the table with them….
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Well ... just make some comments on the 'official' Wash Wizards Blog
http://www.washingtonwizardsblog.com/2009/10/13/gameday-grand-rapids/
It is cool how Glenn and Dave are very responsive to commenters (or ‘Bloggers’ as they call them for some reason) … They did it a lot last year.
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Of course, they got/misread my one cite
Miles Simon played 5 games in the NBA … but not sure he counts as a ‘Swede’ even though he was born over there.
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Great halftime stat
D-Mac has the best +/- on the team, but his only box score “contribution” is a foul.
bonus Flip
sounds like there’s no way his voice makes it through the regular season
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by little stevie colter on Oct 13, 2009 8:35 PM EDT reply actions
Sounds like the lack of shooting is still in Mike Miller's head.
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Damn straight ... wish I had some drinks.
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Especially since Gilbert Arenas is playing so well
21 points in 23 minutes … 4 assists.
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i'll say this for Mr. Brown
he’s a decent for at center for a team with so many offensive weapons
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by little stevie colter on Oct 13, 2009 8:49 PM EDT reply actions
yes
He plays solid defense…. Rebounds at a pretty good rate… and doesn’t butcher as many Offensive possessions as he used to (Mainly because they don’t give him the ball….)
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Not No 1 pick material
But plenty solid. If he’d flamed out in Charlotte instead of here I’d be all for it. Too many fans would be so quick to jump all over him here it’d never work.
honestly?
i would. i may be the only one. it is not even a possibility, i think, but in theory i would.
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by little stevie colter on Oct 13, 2009 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions
ohhh man Miller just got his in game scar just like jamison and caron got … we got to start miller
Gil is back too baby
5 TO’s for Arenas – not good…. The rest of his game has been stellar though.
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Nick Young had a “New Nick Young” moment…. tried to pass the ball…. result, turn over.
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yeah doesn't sound like he's played well
mike miller, on the other hand, seems like a glue guy + at the 2 guard.
"a crab dribble is when you travel" - caron butler
by little stevie colter on Oct 13, 2009 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions
was it the appearance of mike james
that sealed it for you?
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by little stevie colter on Oct 13, 2009 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions
works every time
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by little stevie colter on Oct 13, 2009 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Mike James in for only 2-minutes, and he’s already a -6 on the plus/minus
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do they? do they really?
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by little stevie colter on Oct 13, 2009 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, I was trying
To give James the benefit of the doubt… But I can’t answer that question for sure.
I actually hate it
When guys like James get big contracts after one good year and never live up to it. I wonder how many would give the contract back for some anonymity.
JaVale McGee good at dunking y'all
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Mike James Bitch!!
Trey ball……
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it happens just often enough
for him to stay in the league
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by little stevie colter on Oct 13, 2009 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions
i'd like to see mike miller
knock down a few clutch shots here
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by little stevie colter on Oct 13, 2009 9:25 PM EDT reply actions
or hear it, i guess
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by little stevie colter on Oct 13, 2009 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Jesus
Why isn’t Mike Miller looking to score?
He’s driving and kicking it out to Dom McGuire at the 3 pt. line (of all people)
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And he hits a timely trey to put the Wiz up 95-91
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mcgee
my goodness
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by little stevie colter on Oct 13, 2009 9:37 PM EDT reply actions
Only part that sucked was not getting to watch it. I’m trying so hard not to get excited about this year…
Just Give In
The blissful and biased hope is so worth the emotional disappointment in the end.
My swag was phenomenal.
dont get me wrong i love our team but if the young guys excect for MCGEE dont get it soon we need to make a move if we really are in a win now mode
Randy Foye
Andray Blatche
Nick Young
Mike James expiring
future 1st
for
Richard Hamilton
Jason Maxiell
Will Bynum
giving up too much potental right lol yeah we still got a long way to go im just saying if our young guys play like young guys then we might need to bite the bullet and make a trade before they lose there trade value
Cmon man you have to know that's a bad trade.
Detroit would piss themselves if they got offered that…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laydODN6xVk
What's up with the 6 TO for Gil?
I didn’t get to watch the game but isn’t his ridiculously high TO rate scaring anyone?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laydODN6xVk
no foye?
i got the feeling that less foye today means a lot less of gil tomorrow.
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