The Wizards' offense has been pretty bad recently

“What kind of help does Blatche need?”

He’s a tall, jump-shooting forward. Should we get someone who can score primarily in the post, freeing Blatche up so he can move around? Should we get a shooter and ask Blatche to stay near the paint? Should we focus on a slasher, that way whether he’s in the paint or on the perimeter, he can receive a kickout pass?

The ideal response would be, “Get all three,” but we don’t have enough money (or basketballs) to make that happen.

(Of course the other question after this is, “If Blatche isn’t the #1, than who is?” But that’s for another time).

I’d go so far as saying you can’t build a good offense around AB yet. This team has no other offensive weapons, except for an occasional Thornton or McGee sighting. There are very few players in the league right now that could will this team to a victory. It might be better to hold off on that judgement until next year when Arenas and Howard can help generate some offense. As you mentioned he needs help, but he could still prove to be an effective number one option.

As a side note, it’s been about 2 1/2 months since Gil played and he still leads the team in number of assists by 12 over Foye, who has played twice as many games…which is why this team desperately needs to find out if Livingston(he should be) is the answer or we need to pick up another PG in the draft/offseason.

is showing that the Wizards have had an above average defense
and a below average offense for most of the year?

Wow…. I take that as a good sign….
Have we finally turned the corner?
Have the players finally bought into playing defense?

The chart seems to indicate that.