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Open thread: Preseason reactions

First, four factors from the Chicago game:

 

Team Pace Eff eFG FT/FG OREB% TOr
WAS 89.0 78.7 39.6% 25.4 11.9 20.2
CHI 104.5 46.7% 28.9 26.8 16.9

 

Okay, that's gross.  Let's move on.

Use this space to discuss any reactions you have to the preseason.  Who has looked good?  Who hasn't?  Who has looked better than expected?  Worse than expected?  Which five-man combinations do you like the best?  The worst?  How do you think Gilbert Arenas has looked?  Who do you think should start at shooting guard?

I'll try to sum everything up in a post tomorrow night (I'm out of town), but until then, this is your platform.

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Mike Miller when he’s shooting, also his work off the ball and keeping the offense humming with him and Randy Foye on the ball.

Liked seeing Gilbert jumping over the sideline in Richmond. It seems the fear is gone, but maybe not all the rust.

I liked the way Andray Blatche has approached the preseason. I am buying 7-day Dray although there is still a lot of questions with his decisionmaking.

"Would you like to shoot me now or wait till you get home." --- Daffy Duck

by George Templeton on Oct 24, 2009 3:37 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I really hope that Miller WILL shoot as a Wolves fan.

And I have big hopes for Randy as a Wizard. I’m just disappointed he left to a team that won’t start him too often, he can be a very quality starter.

by KGMN on Oct 24, 2009 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Start Mike Miller

His offense helps compensate for Antawn’s absence, obviously. Less obviously, his rebounding makes the starters a better defensive unit. Our starters’ biggest problem may be the inability to secure the ball after forcing a miss. Haywood is a very, very good help defender, but when he helps out, we give up offensive rebounds. Even when Brendan forces the initial miss, we often end up giving up put backs and other easy opportunities. Miller’s rebounding will act synergistically with Brendan’s help D— we can force the miss and secure the rebound. (Yes, Miller will allow penetration, which is bad. But every time his man drives past him is one less time for Gilbert’s or Caron’s man to drive on them after they gamble for the steal.)

Foye, DeShawn, and McGuire can be our primary perimeter reserves. All good defenders. With a solid perimeter D, maybe we can get some good play out of Andray and maybe even JaVale. They can concentrate on playing solid, basic D without having to worry too much about switching and helping all the time.

by yop32 on Oct 24, 2009 5:33 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Sorry this is off-topic, but do you guys want to join a sim league?

http://sigsports.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=33674&st=0

Get an account, tell me what team you want and your account name. You won’t be able to post until the Admin approves you, which could be a couple hours, but it should be fine.

You will be the GM of an NBA team and you can make trades, sign free agents, make claims (you will learn about that later), and many other things. Once we get enough GMs, the Admin will approve the sim league and we’ll be able to start.

by KGMN on Oct 24, 2009 5:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Start Mike Miller

I definitely agree with yop32’s position. Miller as starter – bringing good mix of offence and rebounding – with perimeter reserves who bring good energy on defense (D-Steve, Foye, D-Mac). I’m not sure Flip sees it that way though, especially with respect to D-Mac. Can’t understand why he got so little run during the pre-season, especially in the games when Antawn and Miller were both not available…

by pk24 on Oct 24, 2009 10:56 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

A few thoughts....

Obviously, that game sucked. I’m not reading too much into it.

Overall, the team looks like a team running a new system with players either shaking off rust or playing together for the first time. I remain quite optimistic about what will happen when they gel and get a feel for the offense. Team defense looks MUCH improved and that alone is a reason for optimism.

Mike Miller is a very, very good NBA player and a great fit for this squad. I think it’s a given he starts in Jamison’s absence and probably would have anyway. Randy Foye looks a little lost both as a PG and trying to run the offense, but he is also a very, very talented player with remaining upside.

I have always been a Dray Blatche fan, and the patience is going to pay off this year. He has looked not just good, but great, at times even though he is still learning how to harness his considerable talent. That the Wizards will be able to bring Dray, Foye, Stevenson and Oberto off the bench (the 4 that I assume will be in the rotation at this point) makes the Wizards a ridiculously deep team. Not many teams in the NBA could not find time for Young, McGuire and McGee.

by JonathanJoseph on Oct 25, 2009 12:58 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

yeah

>>Not many teams in the NBA could not find time for Young, McGuire and McGee.

only the teams with 50+ losses.

by DarrellWalkerFan on Oct 25, 2009 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

You mean like the Wizards last year

And yet McGee didn’t get a lot (or enough) time.

"Would you like to shoot me now or wait till you get home." --- Daffy Duck

by George Templeton on Oct 25, 2009 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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