Comments on: The Wizards Could Win The Championship This Year

By: Kenneth

Kenneth — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:17:49 +0000

The Wizards won’t win the championship and I don’t think there’s much possibility. They can get to the second round and possibly beyond.

Folks are sleeping on Arenas not being back, but being better than ever. Tim Grover in Chicago says so and so do all the pros who’ve worked against him.

The thing that will make this the best Wizards team ever are a better coach, much better bigs, and much better perimeter shooting. Saunders will coach the defense up without taking away from the offense. Haywood’s in a contract year. Oberto is a savvy flopper. Blatche has a new number, has had a terrific summer, and is going to have his best season. McGee is a 7 foot 1 player with freakish athleticism. His dunks will come frequently because of three point shooters who can pass in Foye and Miller.

The Wizards are a balanced team that will probably win 30-35 games more than they won last season. (19)

I think they could get to the second round and maybe come out of the east if they are healthy because Boston is old and Shaq will throw off Cleveland’s chemistry.

Don’t sleep on the Wizards. (But don’t bank on a championship, either, until the defense is better at the PF position).

By: Skywalker

Skywalker — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:54:00 +0000

Foye, Young, Miller, and Caron playing the 2 with Gil running point….Wiz have the best rotation of SGs in the league. It’s easily their strongest and most reliable position.

Foye is not a PG.

on paper, Wiz are deep

By: BQ

BQ — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:42:37 +0000

don’t sleep on Foye. He had to work too hard for his shots last year cuz Al J never kicked it out when double teamed. Randy had to create too much for himself…he’s gonna get more open shots now…dont sleep on what he can bring to the offense

By: IVO

IVO — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:56:00 +0000

DID EVERYBODY SEE MIAMI WADE BRING BACK THE HEAT TO THE PLAYOFFS LAST YEAR ALONE OKAY 1ST ROUND BUT THEY ONLY HAVE ONE PLAYER WHO DID EVERYTHING.
THE WIZARDS WILL PLAY MORE DEFENSE AND A BETTER DEFENSE BECAUSE FLIP SAUNDERS IS A DEFENSE ADICT LOL.
WILL BE COMPLICATED I HAVE 80% SURE THEY CAN’T WIN A CHIP BUT WHO KNOWS… THEY ARE A GOOD OFFENSE TEAM ARENAS, BUTLER, JAMISON, FOYE AND MILLER… WE EXPECT DEFENSE

By: Whatever

Whatever — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:23:54 +0000

If they are able to play defense as a unit, in which I haven’t seen them do that IN A WHILE. Also, Arenas has to be Arenas again, and everyone else has to play up to the hype. All of this has to happen before you EVEN CONSIDER them contenders. After that, they still have to play the Celtics, Cavs and or the Magic in the playoffs before they even get to the NBA Finals. I’ll admit that they could go as far as the 2nd Round, depending on who they meet in the 1st Round, but to say that they’ll get as far as the NBA Finals, let alone the West Finals, is just ludicrous.

By: cp3

cp3 — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:23:45 +0000

i dont think theyll be contenders, i think they will make the playoffs though.
and why is everyone sleeping on nick young?

By: ab_40

ab_40 — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:31:45 +0000

it’s a chemistry thing… they can go for 50 to 53 this year if everything is clicking if not they’re a middle of the pack team in the east. and at the end of the season their record wouldn’t be good enough to get to the playoffs in the west.

i was just checkin and the east has no exciting young teams loaded with talent. so I have to get leauge pass to see the exciting young teams play I can’t stay up till 3 in the moring for a game to start hehe.

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:59:51 +0000

As a fan of the team, it’s a stretch for them to win it all, but some comments in here are plain dumb.

First, Dominic McGuire, Stevenson, Butler, and Haywood are all above average defenders with potential in McGee turning into a great defender once he fills out and gets more experience. Oh, let’s not forget Oberto who can bang and flop as well as Varaj in Cleveland. I might add Foye in the mix too.

Second, you guys talk about past failures like losing to the Cavs in the playoffs as if this is the same team. It’s not and those teams were not completely healthy either nor as deep as this year’s team will be.

Third, Flip is the perfect coach for this team and he did employ zone schemes in Minnesota that made the sum better than the parts defensively. Eddie Jordan was the coach who virtually dismissed defense altogether. And, with all the scoring on this team, they only need to be average defensively to win 50 games or perhaps slightly more.

I got them finishing 4th in the conference with a chance at 3rd if someone slips a little and possibly making the CF in the playoffs. This upcoming season’s version of the Nuggets.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:01:55 +0000

DeShawn Stevenson is wack…the dude took himself out of the starting lineup last year because he knew he was wack. Nick Young isnt much better…and i dont know what people see in blatche, he is lazy out of shape, has no moves and is butt ugly. Its gonna be the same d.c. story, gilbert chucks up ugly shots and butler and jamison clean up his mess. They’ll be weak.

By: M Intellect

M Intellect — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:20:38 +0000

I love the fear the comments section has garnered and as a regular commenter, I am proud. We’re like the crowd at MSG.

If Javale McGee outplays Haywood, he’ll punch his lights out ala Evan Thomas.