Deep Team

[billt chamberlain]

Well yesterday i made up a thread about how deep a team we really have that had a lot of thought put into it, that take a bit of time, but when i hit the post new topic button my computer acted crazy and i lost all of it. now i'll just have to give a shortened version of what i wrote.

 

basically the wizards have the potential to be one of the deepest teams in the league with players such as crittenton, foye, miller, young, blatche, mcguire, and mcgee all playing as backups. some might say who the hell is nick young, crittenton, blatche, mcguire, or mcgee, but if you are a wiz fan you know what they can bring to the table. nick brings a poor man kobe's scoring game to this team. when he's hot there's no stopping him with his mix of speed, strength, size, athleticism, and offensive capabilities. of course he also has cons to his game like lack of defense(although its improving), iq, and shot selection that got revealed last season when he got playing time, but he won't be a starter this season, so that shouldn't hold him back too much. crittenton is a highly athletic pg that hustles and looks to make the play for his teammates instead of shooting(nice opposite to gil to have as backup)i would say he is a better version of antonio daniels, but doesn't have his savvy yet. daniels was a horrible defender, and crittenton has made strides on defense. he won't kill you with his jumpshot, but he has the handles and speed of other young dynamic pg's like rondo and rose. i don't know much about foye, but the guy averaged 16 and 4 last season, so that obviously means he can score and create for his teammates. miller is a guy that led the league in three pointers for a season just like gilbert has. he is a proven veteran that knows how to play the game. mcguire can play the sg-pf spots. his jumpshot is shaky, but he is a really solid player that rarely makes costly mistakes. last season he played the bulk of his time at sg on offense, and defending the other teams best players and also defending sf's and pf's. he is strong, has a crazy work ethic, and very versatile. im hoping he has a breakout season like trevor ariza did with the lakers. blatche is still blatche. mister inconsistent, but now he doesn't have to battle with minutes and now he has a coach that isn't an idiot. if you look at the numbers from blatche's career closely, you will see that when given the time on the court he can produce solidly. he plays more like a guard than a pf which frustrates me most of the time, but he is 7 feet, and i think can be molded to play more like a pf under flip. mcgee and oberto are still question marks to me as backups at the center spot, but hey its better having them as backups than a combo of etan thomas, micheal ruffin, and calvin booth.

 

in conclusion, we may not have the most well known bench in the nba, but its definitely filled with players taht can make an impact on the game. our last season was horrible but at least some of our backup players got to see what it took to be a starter in this league and that will help them next season.

 

if you put crittenton, nick young, mcguire, blatche, and mcgee on the hornets, the hornets would probably seriously compete for a championship. this is just a little representation of how strong i think our bench possibly is. a team like the hornets with chris paul is great, but they lack enough depth to go far in the playoffs, and with the right backups they would compete. now im not saying the hornets are bad, but their starting five isn't all that impressive after cp. we got gil, caron, and tawn to work with.

 

 

what do you all think about our bench?(hopefully some non wiz fans will respond also)

Edited August 2, 2009 by billt chamberlain

[Built Ford Tough]

First off, just wanted to say that this was a good post.

 

They have a lot of talent on the bench, that is for sure, but the thing that makes me hesitant on annointing them one of the best benches in the NBA is that they are relatively inexperienced and unproven. I like what players like Nick Young and Javaris Crittenton bring to the table but they really haven't proven to be able to consistently bring it night in and night out. They will have games in which they play very well but then they will be non-existent out there. The same thing can be said about players like Andray Blatche and Javal McGee as well (I can't really comment on McGuire as I don't know much about his game). These two are two young big men that have a lot of potential, but neither of them have really shown that they can be relied on to bring a consistent game to the table. I am a very big fan of Randy Foye though, I think that if he is given the minutes he could really do some damage under Flip this season and has the potential to be one of the best sixth man in the league.

 

As far as I know, the rotation will look something like this:

 

PG: Arenas/Foye/Crittenton/James

SG: Miller/Young/Foye/Stevenson

SF: Butler/McGuire/Stevenson

PF: Jamison/Blatche/McGee

C: Haywood/Oberto/McGee

 

and that is definitely has the potential to be one of the better benches in the league, but I am going to have to see what kinds of progress all of the young players like Blatche, McGee, Young and Crittenton have made over the course of the summer before I can get a firm grasp on how good of a bench this will really be.

 

I am going to take the chicken's way out here and I am not going to call them one of the best benches in the NBA but say that they have the potential to be one of the better benches in the league.

[billt chamberlain]

^^^basically mcguire is our james posey. the only amazing stat from him you will see consistently on a box score is his rebounds. a few seasons ago i thought out of our young three(blatche, young, and mcguire), dmac would be the first one sent packing. he lacked handles and a jumper, but he does so many other things on the court and his hustle simply made him better than the natural talent nick young and blatche put out on the court. in college he averaged like 3.5 blocks a game( i think), and defense is his most strong aspect. i know summer league is nothing compared to the regular season, but from the summer league of 08 his jumpshot really stood out as a part of his game, but during the regular season it wasn't consistent at all. he isn't ben wallace on offense though, and is learning how to cut and shoot better. in order for you to really get a grip of him, you would have to watch a wizards game(no torture), and you would see how he impacts the game without showing up on the score sheet. him and singleton from the mavs remind me of each other and had a nice little battle when we played the mavs last season. both are limited offensively, but athletic as hell and can rebound the ball like madmen. his confidence is rising, and with that he should be able to bring other things to the table. he is a sf, but multiple times last season he would play sg, or even a bit of poing guard. i currently see him lasting longer on the team than blatche or young.