The Emergence Of Chris Singleton May Mean Less Minutes For Andray Blatche

Here are some stats to consider. http://espn.go.com/nba/team/stats/_/name/wsh/washington-wizards

Singleton is scoring more per shot than any other Wiz. I’d like to see him get more minutes. I’d also like to see if Vesely brings anything to the party.

As an aside, McGee has the highest PER of any center in the league who has played 3 or more games. Dwight Howard and Spencer Hawes are not far behind. Anyway, it would be hard to argue that McGee isn’t a top 10 center this year, and he is still improving at 23 years of age.

He’s a three, we have an advantage with him posting other three’s down low….it didn’t work in Orlando, why try it here…stop the nonsense. And FREE MACK….he may have been the difference between a win/loss last night. Crawford cracked the door and boston kicked it in. Mack has 4 years of college experience and two championship experiences. are we afraid he may manage the game better than wall? play the kid.

Almost certainly, Mack would have been of more help last night than Crawford as the back-up point.

Clearly, Blatche and Lewis have played too many minutes. We need more Singleton, Booker and Seraphin.

But who will convert Wall’s passes into assists? And what about the Arenas hypothesis regarding putting some experienced hands around Wall, lest he crash and burn. When is Evans coming back?

that was very evident in the closing minutes of last night’s game…truly unraveled……But flip stated the “Chemistry goes through JWall”…..poor kid.

inside sources suggesting that flip and wall have clashed some, and that mcgee, blatche and wall have been identified as selfish players…i havent seen any of this on this site…

people are fooling themselves if they think somehow Blatche is best suited on this team in a go to role it only helps Blatche try and gun for number it kills the team. He doen’t have those attiributes in the way we are using him. He’s not a good scorer he doesn’t have the motor fitness or physical edge to force his will on opponents night in and out and should have been adapted his game around an Odom type model.

I think Mcgee is better suited to carry a heavier scoring burden then Blatche can simply because he has a physical advantage most every night and its starting to show up on the regular now that he has a hook shot to turn to. He’s cat quick in the post and jumps out the gym. He’s taking his time now using good footwork and should be give way more touches.

Blatche can get buckets occasionally but should never be featured. He should and would be on a good team be part of an ensemble as a chip in guy.

Blatche needs his minutes cut beause he’s one of the worst players in the league once fatigue kicks in. Hiss minutes should always be monitored closely

But per as usual Mcgee will get snatched randomly at the drop of the hat Nick and Blatche will force shots and Wall our actual best player will be forced to try and figure out a way to help his inefficient scoring duo get better shots they can mess up.

A garden needs tending and care. In the garden, growth has it seasons. First comes spring and summer, but then we have fall and winter. And then we get spring and summer again.Spring is the time for planting.In a garden, growth has its season as long as the roots are not severed, all is well, and all will be well in the garden.. But all is well and all will be well in the garden. In the spring, everything will be better in the garden. IMHO.

I agree completely that Singleton deserves more minutes. So too do Booker and Seraphin. And Vesely will, almost certainly merit some heavy minutes when he starts playing. But the bigger point I think is, in this compressed season with so many back-to-back games, no player, including Wall, should regularly be logging more than 30-35 minutes a game. The physical toll on the players will be hard enough even if everyone’s minutes are kept within reasonable limits. Last night, for example, it was foolish to play Blatche, Wall and Lewis (!) 38-plus minutes. You would think that with this team’s injury record over the past several seasons, the coaching staff, more than anyone, would understand this.

Moreover, the primary goal this season is player development, even more than wins and losses. We need to know which of our young players has the capacity to become long-term fixtures and which look less likely to be contributors in the seasons ahead. It’s a lot harder to make these projections and for players to develop their skills if they’re only playing a handful of minutes a game. Booker and Singleton should be playing as many, if not more, minutes as Lewis who is clearly not a part of the Wizards’ long-term future. I understand that Ernie & Co. may be trying to showcase Rashard to potential trading partners but they can do that just as well if Rashard were playing 15-20 minutes a game (and they’d serve Rashard and his knees a whole lot better in the bargain).