Wizards Got You Down?

by Kyle Weidie on Feb 13, 2009 6:05 PM EST in Off Topic

Here we are, taking a break. And instead of talking about playoff runs and possible trades that may help, we're discussing how to shed salary and the draft. Yuck.

Yep, the Wiz are down and out at the break. The last time the team only had 11 wins at All-Star weekend was in '94-'95 (when they were still called the Bullets), and those 11 wins were only against 34 losses. This time, we have 42 losses.

The lowest win% (and wins) the franchise has "achieved" was back in '61-'62 when the team was known as the Chicago Packers (18-62, .225) -- the very first season ever.

But if the Wiz only went 7-22 the rest of the way, they'd be the worst in franchise history (only played 80 games back in the day).

So, I'd say the goal is to go at least 9-20 to beat out that '00-'01 team that went 19-63.

But surely, many of you will be rooting for as few wins as possible in order to get more lottery balls (or computerized "chances" -- or whatever they do now) on that fateful day in late May.

Fugettabout it.....you're only setting yourself up for disappointment.

Unless.....the question is, who will the Wizards be sending to the draft "lottery" as a good luck charm? Hopefully the team will have a vote, and if they do, I'd like to nominate JaVale McGee's mom.

Yep, Woe is us.

Well, then let's just go back to that great shot Caron Butler hit last Sunday.

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This is just a frame-by-frame account, you can head over to Truth About It for the entire game slide show.

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I'd send G-Man

Krem's Sports Blog

by Matt K. on Feb 14, 2009 10:27 AM EST reply actions

Check it out

“The No-Stats All-Star” introduces alternative methods of evaluating NBA Players. The article’s quite long but its very interesting and it’s from a great mind, Michael Lewis who brought baseball fan’s “Moneyball.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/magazine/15Battier-t.html?pagewanted=3&_r=1&hp

by morethesamewiz on Feb 14, 2009 12:52 PM EST reply actions

That link might not work, this one does

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/magazine/15Battier-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp

fans’ not fan’s

by morethesamewiz on Feb 14, 2009 1:12 PM EST up reply actions

This belongs in a FanShot

You know you'll get devoured by Cheaney, Wallace, and Juwan Howard.

by Mike Prada on Feb 14, 2009 1:19 PM EST up reply actions

Great article...

I respect Battier a bit more….

And this read would obviously be highly recommended for Dom McGuire.

Sometimes I think this applies to Songaila:

Another example: if you want to know a player’s value as a rebounder, you need to know not whether he got a rebound but the likelihood of the team getting the rebound when a missed shot enters that player’s zone.

Representing DC with Wizards & Stuff - Truth About It Dot Net

by Kyle Weidie on Feb 14, 2009 3:13 PM EST up reply actions

Except

Songaila has a pretty negligible effect on team rebounding.

Link.

You know you'll get devoured by Cheaney, Wallace, and Juwan Howard.

by Mike Prada on Feb 14, 2009 3:16 PM EST up reply actions

Whereas Andray Blatche's effect is much greater

Link.

The point of the article is to say that Houston actually tracks this stuff so they are getting guys that actually make those type of hidden differences, not people who seem like they do.

You know you'll get devoured by Cheaney, Wallace, and Juwan Howard.

by Mike Prada on Feb 14, 2009 3:17 PM EST up reply actions