Hollinger Talks Wizards Fans off the Ledge (sorta)

Today the Wizards agreed to a deal that sends Mike Miller and Randy Foye from Minnesota to Washington for the No. 5 pick and the flotsam otherwise known as Etan Thomas, Darius Songaila and Oleksiy Pecherov.

But by adding these two players, the Wizards certainly have made themselves a fearsome offensive team. If Arenas is healthy, they could very well lead the league in offensive efficiency, and if that happens, new coach Flip Saunders just needs to coax an average defensive effort from them to win a ton of games.

7 months ago Jheiser3 2 comments 0 recs |

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And although we keep harping on how terrible an individual defender Miller is, we forget that we just hired a guy committed to implementing a match-up zone defense that by nature is more dependent upon scheme and knowing your rotations than on individual defensive prowess.

Mike Miller is a clear upgrade over DeShawn at the 2 guard. Now we just need to package a couple of guards for a competent backup center and we are set for our run.

"It's OK for the Bullets to trade baskets, as long as they can score on their end." -- Words of wisdom from Phil Chenier

by cuppettcj on Jun 24, 2009 11:24 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Phoenix of the East, baby, Phoenix of the East!

Hopefully we can just take after the 05-07 Suns instead of the their more recent incarnation, that almost seems like a caricature of itself.

I’m definitely concerned about the defense, too. Other than Haywood and sort of Butler, we won’t have anyone in the starting lineup who can guard their position.

by pantslessyoda1 on Jun 24, 2009 8:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs