Links: JaVale McGee In Sports Science, More Wizards-Suns Sadness
by Mike Prada on Feb 21, 2012 5:07 PM EST
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- JaVale McGee was featured in a Sports Science video where he dunked a cookie in a bowl of milk lofted 11 feet above the ground. This was presumably released in time for him to defend his Slam Dunk Contest title*. Oops! [SB Nation D.C. | DC Sports Bog]
- In case you missed the post below, Andray Blatche and Ronny Turiaf are expected to return from injury after the All-Star Break. [Wizards Insider]
- Recaps of last night's loss to the Phoenix Suns. [Us (rapid, full) | SB Nation D.C. | CSN Washington (Hanrahan | Lamar) | Washington Post (blog, gamer) | AP | Truth About It | Wiz of Awes | District Sports Page | Ted's Take | Arizona Republic | FOX Sports Arizona | Suns.com | Valley of the Suns | Bright Side of the Sun | SB Nation Arizona | Popcorn Machine | HoopData Box Score]
- Michael Lee's lede (linked above) was glorious. [SB Nation D.C.]
- Charles Barkley says something off-color about the Wizards' struggles again. [DC Sports Bog]
- Interviews from last night: [Randy Wittman | Jordan Crawford | Trevor Booker | John Wall]
- Why the Wizards need more veterans to succeed. [Carla Peay, Washington Times]
- Lessons learned from a 2-3 road trip. [WUSA9]
- Hey, it's Wolf Blitzer and Ernie Grunfeld, discussing strategy! [DC Sports Bog | SB Nation D.C.]
- Nick Young gets very few assists, put in a historical context. [Wiz of Awes]
- This is a very weird column about Young going to Los Angeles to play for the Clippers or Lakers. [Press-Telegram]
- Good stuff from Britt Robson in his midseason grades. [SI.com]
- This was outstanding and well worth your 15 minutes.
- Me, on SB Nation, imagining an alternate universe where Greg Oden and Brandon Roy stayed healthy.
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I still say (regarding Chuck and etc)
When they dont have us to pick on anymore, they’re heads are really gonna explode and a lil piece of them is gonna die inside.
Barkley has hated us
Since we showed MJ the door.
Where do they teach you to talk like this? In some Panama City "Sailor wanna hump-hump" bar, or is it getaway day and your last shot at his whiskey? Sell crazy someplace else, we're all stocked up here.
lol worthy
Wizards Coach Randy Wittman was shouting to the referees, hoping to get a response, but he kept being ignored. Suddenly, a fan seated nearby shouted, "Randy, nobody listens to you!"
Wittman looked over his shoulder and shouted back, "You got that right!"
by ReturnofBillyJOe on Feb 21, 2012 5:47 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
This is a very weird column about Young going to Los Angeles to play for the Clippers or Lakers
I agree with the premise of the article – that Nick Young will be gone this Summer, and the most likely landing spots for him are the two LA teams… but
Nick Young almost single-handedly beat the Portland Trail Blazers last week
Completely ignoring the fact that John Wall (29 points, 9 assists) and Jordan Crawford (21 points, 4 assists, 3 steals) had a little bit to do with the Wizards winning that game.
He’s also a 6-foot-7, 26-year-old guard/forward enjoying a solid year in averaging 17 points a game while showing considerable improvement as a defender, creator and leader.
Well, I’d dispute that Young is enjoying a “solid year” – since his shooting percentages are down considerably from last year… if you think a True Shooting Percentage of 51.8% is solid….then I disagree….
But then the writer goes on to say that Nick Young is a “creator and leader” ??!!! …. PLEASE (And I thought I was the biggest Nick Young fan ever)…
I used to have super powers until my psychiatrist took them away.
by Rook6980 on Feb 21, 2012 5:52 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
My immediate reaction was.........TRADE?!?!?!?!?
We could definitely trade Young, who will be gone anyway next year, to either LA team for their first round pick, and it would not be that much of a unfair bargain. Young loves LA, he’d definitely agree to the trade. but which one is going to exit the playoffs soonest? I’m reckoning on the Lakers personally.
Nick for LAL or LAC first? Yes please! He's gone in 2 months anyway
It will be painful to watch the Wiz offense without Nick as nobody would be forcing the opponents D to guard the perimeter, making things that much harder for Wall to penetrate but man, we can use all the help we can get from this deep draft coming up.
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by Dutch Hoopfan on Feb 21, 2012 6:43 PM EST up reply actions
More than a first pick I would hope...
Although this is a deep draft, Nick was after all a 16 pick himself. I would sign and swap him to the Lakers for Goudeluck and a first or to the Clippers for Bledsoe and a first. It is too soon to hold a fire sale IMO.
the fact that he'll walk for nothing is pushing his price downwards though
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by Dutch Hoopfan on Feb 22, 2012 8:06 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah, reading that
Made me wanna see us go out and sign this Nick Young guy. Definitely looks like an All Star caliber player.
Where do they teach you to talk like this? In some Panama City "Sailor wanna hump-hump" bar, or is it getaway day and your last shot at his whiskey? Sell crazy someplace else, we're all stocked up here.
I think one of the headlines should say "Lessons learned from a 2-3 road trip"
Not 2-5.
Don’t take a near .500 road trip away from us! haha…..
Anyone else contemplating giving up the Wiz for lent???
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by CougheeMonster on Feb 22, 2012 10:06 AM EST reply actions
Can NY get an extension once hes traded?
Like how Melo got an extension when he went to the Knicks.
Just wondering, because if he can, wouldn’t he be a lot more appealing to teams who are in need of a SG?
Doesn’t seem like we’ve had a SF do that in forever.
Yes, we did. We waived Gee just last year.
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by Dutch Hoopfan on Feb 22, 2012 1:57 PM EST up reply actions
did we waive him or did he choose to go to SA?
or was there some snafu where Ernie didnt extend him by Sunday midnight and the Spurs got him? I recall Flip saying Gee would be retained then he was gone 2 days later
We called him up from the Spurs D league team in 2009 when he was D League ROY
then we waived him and he went back to the spurs, they put him in the d league again, he was called up by us and waived again in 2010. Then the cavs picked him up and signed him for this year (and the next I believe but im not sure)
If Channing Frye goes off again, I’m going to drive my car off an overpass. Via offramp, having used my turn signal in a safe and legal fashion - Bullet Nation in Exile
by Dutch Hoopfan on Feb 23, 2012 11:16 AM EST up reply actions
Alonzo Gee had 16 pts 10 reb in 24 minutes
k leonard 24 and 10 last night . Doesn’t seem like we’ve had a SF do that in forever.
I really liked Gee when he was playing for the wiz
Glad he is doing well with Cleveland but I wish we could have kept him. I don’t think his defense is too shabby either and has the athleticism Ernie loves.
I've been thinking all season
What does Chris Singleton do that Gee doesn’t?
I'm a Wizards fan. We've been trying to tell you about Lebron for years. Hated the man before it was cool.
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by returnofswagger on Feb 22, 2012 1:04 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Gee played behind Lewis, Howard, Thornton, Martin and even Mo Evans last year
He barely played last year and didn’t do much either. I think they let him go so he could have a better opportunity.
That airballed free thow thing... lol
Jan Vesely is actually on a list with Lebrick. And he’s higher on the list!
I'm a Wizards fan. We've been trying to tell you about Lebron for years. Hated the man before it was cool.
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by returnofswagger on Feb 22, 2012 1:09 PM EST via Android app reply actions 1 recs
Bottom line is: another Wiz on a laughingstock list....sigh
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by Dutch Hoopfan on Feb 22, 2012 1:58 PM EST up reply actions
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