Open thread: Regular season game 50 vs. Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets at Washington Wizards, Feb 6, 2009 8:00 PM EST
UPDATE: As expected, no Butler or Stevenson. Juan Dixon will be able to play.
The Essentials:
Nuggets (33-16) vs. Wizards (10-39)
8 p.m.
Verizon Center
ESPN
Notable Nuggets numbers this season:
6th in expected winning percentage (.673)
4th in pace factor (97.6 possessions per game)
8th in offensive efficiency/offensive rating (109.9)
9th in defensive efficiency/defensive rating (105.8)
Key Links: (drop any others in the comments)
Pickaxe And Roll
Roundball Mining Company
Nugg Doctor
Denver Stiffs
The Chris Andersen Files
Game Day Denver
| Tonight's Starters | ||
|---|---|---|
| Wizards | vs. | Nuggets |
| Player filling in for injured starter |
PG | Chauncey Billups |
| Player filling in for injured starter | SG | J.R. Smith |
| Player filling in for injured starter | SF | Carmelo Anthony |
| The Last Man Standing |
PF | Renaldo Balkman |
| Player filling in for injured starter | C | Nené |
Last year when these two teams tangled at the Phone Booth on a game televised by ESPN, the Nuggets thumped the Wizards by 26. The team looked awful, the fans booed, and the Wizards found themselves staring at an 0-5 record. That game would prove to be the turning point in the season as the Wizards reeled off six straight wins and after that point never left the playoff discussion.
Except for the whole using-this-game-a-catalyst-to-get-back-in-the-playoff-hunt, thsi game could very well turn out to be a lot like last year's game. People will rightfully be scared of Chauncey Billups because of how he's helped that team this season, and they'll rightfully be scared of Carmelo Anthony because he's an outstanding player, but the one to watch out for tonight is Nené.
Just about every low post player is a threat against us, but the Brazillian can really wreak some havoc against the Wizards' front line. Nené's size negates Songaila's ability use to use his bulk to keep him off the blocks and body him up and JaVale's only hope in stopping him is that maybe he can block some of his shots early and get into his head. If neither of those things happen, the Wizards better hope that they can get him in foul trouble, because that's probably the only way they stand a chance in this one.
This is an open thread, so if you had to cut your hair because you lost a video game, you can talk about it here.
GO WIZARDS!
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Until Jamison goes down
Then it’ll just be a clean sweep.
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by Jake Whitacre on Feb 6, 2009 5:16 PM EST up reply actions
Julius Hodge!?
Ha ha … guy hardly got off the bench when he was in town … now you’re using him as our poster child?! haha!
Hopefully the ESPN coverage will fire up both teams enough for a good performance tonight.
Hubie Brown
YES! Grandpa is awesome….ESPN it is.
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I usually start on ESPN,
and switch to comcast when it becomes a blowout.
Sad to say...Nick Young would defend better.
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A much-needed NBA stat is ppg by the players you guard
that would really help in evaluating a players defensive skill
by morethesamewiz on Feb 6, 2009 8:15 PM EST up reply actions
Glad they have him out there with McGee
I think they work better together
by morethesamewiz on Feb 6, 2009 8:32 PM EST up reply actions
So........
There’s about 2.5 of us here…..cool.
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I mean, I'm not one to talk....
Since I watch the games on DVR a lot……
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But that's even more of a waste of time.....almost.
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I wanted Big Oily and the Bird to fight
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Well, at least we know that Pech is not going to just touch the guy
on his way to a dunk….. That was a good, hard foul
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I swear, McGee ain't never passing that ball.
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Whatever...
They should come in and play hard. Don’t make excuses for them.
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How many dunks do the Nuggets have already?
There’s a difference between being a rookie and not trying. And right now it’s hard to determine which one of those is taking place.
He and John Ritter
The funny die young, I guess its better than becoming the next Eddie Murphy disaster though
by morethesamewiz on Feb 6, 2009 8:45 PM EST up reply actions
Javale's not even trying tonight
his efforts been impressive lately, he looks demoralized and disorganized and out there
Birdman has more effort than all Wiz combined.
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Nick Young ain't passing.....ever....watch.
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Jamison ain't passing....ever...watch.
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Yea, they should have done more than one.
Damn economy.
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He's going to get a tat of a tat on a tat.
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I love the NBA commercials
on NBA League Pass thats all that they show during commercial breaks, and I’m still not sick of them.
Actually - Nick Young had 4 assists in the last game
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"No timetable for his return"
Do we really have to hear it on ESPN, come on, we are trying to watch the game you jerks
Maybe they're talking about that empty spot on the Wizard's roster
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They just don't care about winning anymore....
They’re out to get theirs.
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I mean....at last the Thunder play hard......
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Its too different teams
the young guys and veterans hate eachother, a lot of group loyalty. Which is why I would rather see them rotated in as groups.
Dixon James McGuire Songaila Jamison
Critt Young McGuire/Jamison Pech McGee
by morethesamewiz on Feb 6, 2009 8:54 PM EST up reply actions
Block out first...
Then hit that shit.
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Anyone see AJ push McGee after Kleiza drove it down AJ's throat.
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Kanye says...Jamison hates young people
by morethesamewiz on Feb 6, 2009 8:57 PM EST up reply actions
He sure doesn't do anything to dispell that theory
All of his quotes talk about not playing the young guys much. He always plays hard, but he barely ever seems to acknowledge guys like McGee or Young. It’s weird.
Always talks about
How they are immature and unprofessional
by morethesamewiz on Feb 6, 2009 8:59 PM EST up reply actions
They shut off media access to that prayer session
Must have scared to death about the crazy soundbites that could have come out of that.
Up next on ESPN…Mike James speaks in tongues
by morethesamewiz on Feb 6, 2009 8:58 PM EST up reply actions
I'm glad Hubie is calling out McGee
for being soft like goo.
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And not let some dude named "NeNe" own you.
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Ha!.....but I'd be saying the same thing.
He need to chop LeBron in the neck again though.
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Four shot attempts, three of them from behind the arc
Pech, after we said all those positive things about you, this is how you repay us.
I'll forgive him if he undercuts K-Mart.
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Naw, I don't really want that to happen.
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In all seriousness
The Wiz need to explore trading Jamison or Butler. Has any team ever won a championship with its three best players being terrible defensive players?
They owe us that much
If I’m going to follow a losing team, at least give the team a better name
by morethesamewiz on Feb 6, 2009 9:08 PM EST up reply actions
We need Leonsis to become owner first.
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Maybe both
Butler can’t guard shooting guards or small forwards.
Jamisons getting olddd, I bet Bobcats would pay tooth and nail for him
by morethesamewiz on Feb 6, 2009 9:10 PM EST up reply actions
You also have no idea what JR Smith is going to do...
In a car.
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Well, this is comment 150
250 is easily attainable.
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Good I raise my mental filter a little
from pure stream of consciousness to not quite saying whatever the hell i want
by morethesamewiz on Feb 6, 2009 9:13 PM EST up reply actions
Its the new coach
Lets see what Avery thinks about his future team, unless watching this horror show tonight scares him away. I know he turned down the Grizzlies, but come on there is no way we are that hopeless.
I'm skeptical of Avery...
But I’d rather have him than Flip or Mark Jackson.
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I would prefer a young coach
Not somebody who’s bounced around between three or four different NBA teams
by morethesamewiz on Feb 6, 2009 9:14 PM EST up reply actions
Does Avery even want to coach again?
He seems to be having way too much fun being extremely annoying as an analyst.
He took over the Mavs
with 18 games left and led the team on a 16-2 run, thats 89% winning percentage.
If we signed him after tonights game and he pulled off a similar feat, we could finish 38-44. That might be good for an 8th seed
by morethesamewiz on Feb 6, 2009 9:24 PM EST up reply actions
32 games left
89% winning would be 28-4, so add that to our record after tonight of 10-40. Do you believe in miracles?
by morethesamewiz on Feb 6, 2009 9:25 PM EST up reply actions
Naw....he's a competitor....
guys like him can’t NOT be apart of the game.
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Johnson is young....only one team, right?
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Took a knee to the back
It’ll just be a bruise……eff him.
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I hope we don't sign any 10-days
No offense Mike Wilks
by morethesamewiz on Feb 6, 2009 9:19 PM EST up reply actions
Can't cut anyone either
Deadline passed… All the Wizards contracts are now guaranteed…. All Roster spots are guaranteed for the rest of the year…
The Wizards have 15 players under contract, the maximum allowed…
They can’t sign anyone else; unless they do a 2 for 1 trade… (ie; trade two players for one in return)
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Well you can...you'd just have to pay them.
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I don't mind him until he's on my TV screen
by morethesamewiz on Feb 6, 2009 9:26 PM EST up reply actions
Bird is the Word!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMLTwq1M2pw
Weird.
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I don't know much about him
So I just read his Wikipedia page. What is the assumption about what drug he was using that led to his suspension?
Low Blow of the night
“I don’t know if even the President could stand to watch what the Wizards have done tonight.”
Well - Wizards down 34
When do you expect we’ll see Nick Young?
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Dunno
Apparently garbage time is time to play Mike James and Juan Dixon
by morethesamewiz on Feb 6, 2009 9:45 PM EST up reply actions
What does calling for the young guys accomplish now?
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What are the veterans
getting out of playing down 34 in the third quarter
by morethesamewiz on Feb 6, 2009 9:48 PM EST up reply actions
Tapscott should chew the young
out and teach them a thing about being professional. If he could motivate the young players to focus and succeed at a goal of say getting the margin of victory within 20, that’d be somewhat of a moral victory and a lesson learned.
by morethesamewiz on Feb 6, 2009 9:49 PM EST up reply actions
I think the point I was trying to make
is that Tapscott DOES have a doghouse…… and Young is in it.
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not saying they should play either.
let’s quit.
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JaVale McGee just made a mistake in trying to be nice.
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I'm disappointed
that we haven’t gotten more of the ESPN Wired experience. Was looking forward to hearing Tapscott.
This is one of the worst performances I've ever seen
I know the team is down. I know lots of guys are hurt. But losing by more than 30 in an NBA game is just a disgrace.
Yeah how do you halfass it on national television
These guys have no pride at all
by morethesamewiz on Feb 6, 2009 9:50 PM EST up reply actions
The least Tapscott could do
Would be to go ballistic and get thrown out of the game
by morethesamewiz on Feb 6, 2009 9:54 PM EST up reply actions
when you're down by 87 points of whatever its at now
coach has got to show some emotion
by morethesamewiz on Feb 6, 2009 9:54 PM EST up reply actions
It's so baffling how
The keep “topping” their bad performances.
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GREAT EFFORT
on the comments thought — we’re doing great.
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How long 'till Jamison...
fakes an injury and is out for the rest of the year?
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Breaks foot
off in Javale McGee’s rearend
by morethesamewiz on Feb 6, 2009 10:01 PM EST up reply actions
This is our curse fav NBA team following.
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Verizon is so empty
that the boo birds are insignificant.
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Pech needs his own NBA Cares commercial
by morethesamewiz on Feb 6, 2009 10:05 PM EST up reply actions
Never mind
He doesn’t have his double-double yet – he’s short 2 rebounds….
Gotta “get his” , I guess
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Now I know why Jamison is back in
a 30 point blowout with 8 minutes left in the 4th Quarter….
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Proof that he cares
http://www.flickr.com/photos/washingtonwizards/1453888172/
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Guy bin the background
Is saying, “Oh my god, I just realized who it is he looks like”
by morethesamewiz on Feb 6, 2009 10:09 PM EST up reply actions
Eh...let me see what I want to do with it first.
Could be a Barbancourt moment.
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I hope it's Ihateitwhenthenuggetsareblowingoutthewizards.net
That’ll come in handy later.
So
The young guys (Crit, McGuire, McGee, Young and Pecherov), play almost the entire 4th quarter…
A quarter in which the Wizards outscore Denver 33-22…
A quarter in which there was much more energy… more sharing the ball (except Young)… and more, dare I say, defense? Yes, I said it… the Wizards second unit actually played some defense.
Caveat all that with the fact that Denver was up by 34 points at one point; but still……….
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Just got back
I take it that I’m going to have fun watching the replay of this one.
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Yeah
I just got through the first half and I think I got what I needed to see out of the game. If I mail in the recap, it’s only because it reflects the game.
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by Jake Whitacre on Feb 7, 2009 12:01 AM EST up reply actions
Gaining experience!
With the injuries that’s about the best you can root for. I did it for years with the Nuggets. Was watching lotto teams and bad drafts … FOR YEARS! Skita!!! haha…gaawd.
Best of luck to Arenas’ recovery. Wanted that guy to sign in Denver way back when. Guy cracks me up with his blogs. Does he still write? I haven’t checked in forever.
Crit looks like a player in this league for sure.

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