Tippin' On Four Fours: Rockets @ Wizards

Chamillionaire, Paul Wall, Lil' Flip, Mike Jones

Houston Rockets @ Washington Wizards

Monday, January 16th (2pm) CSN

Sittin Sidewayz...Boys in a daze...

The Wizards are 1-11.  They are probably going to end up the worst team in the league by the end of the season.  This past weekend the 76ers crushed the Wizards twice in two days and basically embarrassed the Wizards.  Is anyone gonna watch this game.  I may not.  Instead as John's brother Paul says, I'm gonna bang me some Maze...well maybe not, that music is as boring as the Zards.

They see me rollin', they hatin'...

Yeah I'm hating on the Rockets.  Who do they even have on their roster?  Yao Ming is gone.  Tracy McGrady is gone.  Aaron Brooks is trapped in China.  So who exactly is on the team?  Kyle Lowery & Kevin Martin.  Are those NBA players or two guys that work in cubicles at the office?  I think the Wiz have a shot.  Plus JaVale McGee is ridin' dirty after a 23 point, 18 rebound, 5 block night.

Lil' Flip Saunders...Game Over

Flip Saunders continues to be employed.  Flip.  It took him about 5 games before he finally changed up the lineup and he continues to let the players do whatever they want.  Flip.  Jog down the court.  Flip.  Don't get back on D.  Flip.  Jack up a terrible three.  Flip.  This guy needs to go.  Game Over.

Back then hoez didn't want me, now I'm hot hoez all on me crap I'm still not hot

The Wizards are bad.  Who?  Mike Jones?  No...The Wizards...The fans don't even want the Wizards.  With Yao Ming gone, and a non-big named Rockets roster, combined with the fact that this game is at 2pm on a Monday, there may be 500 fans at the arena.  I may go just to be part of history for the lowest attended NBA game in history.

Wizards Loaf, Whine, & Lose

The Wizards continue to do things that are unacceptable probably on each of the other 29 NBA teams, and Flip Saunders doesn't seem to care.  Guys like McGee, Crawford, and Nick Young get frustrated when things don't go their way and they take plays off.  There was at least one instance against the Sixers for each of those players where I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

McGee got hit and a no call so he decided to just stand in the paint with his hands on his knees and not guard his guy.  Crawford didn't get an assist because his teammate missed, then turned the ball over on the next play and so instead of chasing down the ball he just didn't feel like it and jogged down the court.  Nick Young tried to draw a foul and it wasn't called so he basically didn't even go down the court on D, choosing to instead make pouty faces while the Sixers ran the 5 on 4.

Honestly how do you think you deserve a foul call?  You don't deserve anything, especially not the millions you are making.

How those 3 guys aren't disciplined is incredible.  This even seems to rub off on the other players who work hard like Booker and Singleton.  If I was a teammate of the slacker guys I would fight them in practice.  Instead the whole aura of the Wizards is this entitled, slacking off attitude, and nobody seems to be accountable for anything.

You can see this at the end of games when the Wizards are down.  They just stop playing defense and start playing street ball offense.  They give up and they should be embarrassed and ashamed of themselves.

So I hope fans enjoy all this losing because it will never go away with the operation they have going on here in DC...oh and Andray Blatche is injured.  Can't wait to see him come back and join the big 3.

The Wizards Played Last Night, So You Know They Lost

76ers 103, Wizards 90

The Wizards lost to the Sixers for the 2nd straight day to fall to a 1-11 record.  It was another pretty bad game with lots of turnovers, mistakes, and one on one play.

The team continues to play a one on one game and the entitled players slack off when they get frustrated.  They kept it close for a while but again in the 4th quarter the game turned into which Wizard will take a jumper.  Fans actually clap when they make these terrible shots.  What is wrong with our fan base?  Jordan Crawford getting cheered for pulling up at the 3 point line and making it?  Do you not realize that the next 10 times he does that he will miss?  Do you realize that is not part of what the coach told him to do?  Stop clapping.

The Verizon Center was empty as everyone was home watching Tim Tebow get destroyed and whoever runs the in game entertainment decided that instead of having the arena sound like a library, they would just constantly play music.  On offense random songs played all night and on Defense they played the Star Wars Storm Trooper song and the Psycho stabbing song.  Didn't seem to help.  But it did make the game even more annoying to watch.

JaVale Mcgee played well but he is so out of shape.  With Blatche out, the Wiz need McGee in the game, but at times he is so tired he can't play offense or defense.  I'm pretty sure that 300 pound NFL linemen are in better shape.  Despite being exhausted, McGee played a good game.  McGee finished with 23 points 18 boards and 5 blocks.

Nick Young led the Wizards with 27 playground points.  I think 0 of those points were in the flow of the offense.  They were all Nick firing up jumpers.  ZERO assists for NY.  The crowd likes him making these shots though as they cheer when he makes them.  Stop encouraging this.

Vesely is back to not playing, and that's great for his rookie development.  The team sucks, put him out there, let him get dunked on and pushed around, it will make him stronger.

While Singleton & Booker give lots of energy and play hard, they don't really add anything to the offense.  However there are no better options on this team, so they will have to be in the game a lot.  Good role players having to start due to being on an incompetent team.

Wall drives to the hoop well, but that's all he can do.  He misses jumpers, and throws bad passes.  8 TOs.

Next up is a Monday afternoon game at 2pm.  I would expect a crowd smaller than a WNBA game.

New Traditions: Stop Watching

Sixers 120, Wizards 89

The Wizards got Blowed Out by the 76ers in Philly on Friday night.  (Meanwhile the hockey team won again).  In the 2nd quarter Philly couldn't buy a bucket.  Instead of taking advantage to take the lead, the Wiz just matched each Sixers miss with one of their own.  So in the 3rd when the Sixers stepped up their game and shot like 78%, the Wizards were left in the dust.

The highlight of the game was when the Sixers fans got on their feet to cheer for Free Big Macs with 7 minutes left in the game.  The Wizards obviously didn't play D and Jodie Meeks hit a 3 to which the crowd erupted like it was the game winner.  Embarrassing for the Wiz.  Later in the 4th a point guard dunked on Jan Vesely.

Flip Saunders decided that the key to beating the Sixers was establishing JaVale McGee in the post.  Why?  I have no idea.  Maybe he was on drugs.  JaVale has no post game.  He shoots layups that don't even go near the rim, and takes jump shots.  If you foul him, he makes no free throws.  (4 for 13)

Nick Young continued his season-long quest to have a heart attack.  While he was making some shots, his entire offense consists of catching the ball, holding it for a few seconds, dribbling, then doing a predetermined spinning fadeaway.  Terrible.  This isn't the playground.  This is the NBA.

John Wall continues to struggle.  He played under more control but he still can't make a jumper and takes them anyway.  I feel for Wall who drives to the hoop and kicks it out to the open 3 point shooters who can't make a 12 footer let alone a 3. (5 Turnovers)

Jan Vesely...OMG...he has an uglier jumper than Wall.  His shots almost hit the freaking ceiling in the arena.  Why would you draft a guy who can't shoot?  He looked OK before, but he has 0 offense.

Who is Mo Evans.  He looks like an OLD version of Derick Fisher.

Jeb Crawford...what can I say.  The Wiz go on a little 5 point run and on the next possession Crawford decides he will go coast to coast and try to score on 3 defenders.  I saw it in his eyes when he got the ball.  This is not a joke.  I would have bet $500 he was going to shoot it.  Phil Chenier put Jeb as the StarTrack before the game.  Terrible decision Phil.  You get an F.

In the 4th quarter with the Wiz down by 30ish points, Crawford crossed-over 2x & fired up a made 3 pointer, then made a crazy layup and the foul a minute later.  He decided that was good enough playing to do some mean muggin.  Your move Flip.

Rashard Lewis picked up some easy buckets in scrub time as did Seraphin.  Please strike those stats from the record.

Thankfully Tim Tebow will be on TV and I won't have to deal with the disaster that is the Washington Wizards.

Have a nice day...

I Would Name Her Rock & Roll: Wizards & Sixers

The Roots Edition

Washington Wizards @ Philadelphia 76ers

Friday, January 13th (7pm) CSN

Philadelphia 76ers @ Washington Wizards

Saturday, January 14th (7pm) CSN

Break you off...

This weekend is a Wizards & Sixers home & home starting on Friday night in Philly.  There is also a game on Saturday, but it kind of conflicts with #TebowTime and #WizardsTime is much less intriguing.  I'm sure Verizon will be more crowded than last Tuesday, but not by much.

What they do...

...is lose basketball games...If you are talking about the Wizards.

...is win basketball games...If you are talking about the Sixers.

I shall...proceed...

The Wizards are 1-9 and are the worst team in the NBA.  They have played 2 decent games this season, but other than those outliers, they have been playing terribly.  On the other end you have Michael Jordan Phil Collins coaching the Sixers who currently have a surprising 7-3 record and will continue to rock the mic.

Essaywhuman?!!!??!

Last game the Wizards scored 64 points.  No I didn't leave off "in the first 3 quarters".  That was 64 points in the game.  An entire NBA basketball game.  I was kind of wishing for the lockout to come back.

If you were worried 'bout where I been or who I saw or what club I went to with my homies, baby don't worry you know that I'm on the Wizards, and nobody cares.

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Andray Blatche is going to miss the game and that is a dagger to the team.  Sure he "sucks" but he shakes up the game a bit when he comes in at center.  It is bad when he plays major minutes, but it is also bad when he is out.  

Illadelphia Halflife

The Sixers are a pretty decent team.  Sweet Lou Williams is leading the team in scoring and while Andre Iguodala is in somewhat of a slump he could still break out against the Wiz.  Jrue Holiday > John Wall, at least for now.  Last year 2 Wizards wins came against the Sixers in OT, so this game could potentially be a close one.  We'll see who shows up.

Also Jimmy Fallon sucks...

Rose-less Bulls Beat The Wiz

The Wizards are now 1-9 after a loss to a Bulls team without their best player Derrick Rose.  The Bulls didn't really know what to do without DR who had played in something like 90 straight games, but luckily for them they were playing the Wizards.  I thought the Zards played well and I wouldn't have been upset that they lost, but in the final 8 or so minutes they really let down and then gave up.

Raise your hand if you knew who John Lucas was...No he didn't make the Star Wars movies.  However, he did torch the Wizards for 25 points, 8 assists, and 8 rebounds.  That wasn't Derrick Rose.  That was John Lucas.

Booker, Singleton, & McGee were the Wizards good players in this game, but those guys didn't have much help.  You already know what they do.  Continue to do it...

John Wall played awful.  If he doesn't slow down he is 1) never going to make a layup 2) never going to get back on defense when he misses the layup, and 3) is going to get hurt.  He can't make a 3 pointer, he can't make a jump shot, he can't make a foul shot, and he can't make a layup.  A non-quadruple threat.

Vesely, who was exciting last game, played well off the ball but he is very small.  His rebounds and steals come from poking with his long arms, hustling, and playing sneaky.  It doesn't come from size or power.  I still like him in the lineup.

Missing Blatche hurt the Wizards too.  Yeah I actually just typed that.  McGee played almost 40 minutes.  That is too much.  He actually needed to play 48 minutes because when he was out the Bulls owned the inside.  Seraphin is not an answer.  So yes Andray, I'll admit the Wizards need you

And now the bad...

In the 4th quarter the Wizards just got manhandled by the Bulls on the boards.  It was embarrassing.  One possession the Bulls picked up 3 or 4 offensive rebounds in a row and killed about 4x24 seconds.  The Bulls big men also scored at will on the inside.

What didn't help was Flip Saunders insistence that Jordan Crawford is a talented player.  Saunders seemed pissed at Nick Young (as he should be) but he gave Crawford who is worse, lots of key minutes.  This guy will never stick with an NBA team ever.  He is not an NBA player.  An example.

With a little over 8 minutes left, Kyle Korver ran Crawford off a screen to hit a 2 pointer.  Crawford decided he would be the point guard on the next possession and he went down the floor, didn't pass to anyone, and air balled a layup.  Down on the other end, Korver hit another jumper with Crawford on him.  Crawford went down on offense, caught a John Wall pass, and fired up a brick.  After a Wizards play on the other end that led to a fast break, Crawford picked up a technical foul by pushing Korver who fouled him on the open layup.

From now on he is not Jordan Crawford.  He will now be known as Jud Crawford. 

The sad part is that Nick Young isn't too much better, and on top of that Flip doesn't like Young it seems.  Roger Mason gets 0 minutes, so I don't know what the answer is.  I do know that Young would have kept the game closer than Jud.

Despite all the negatives, the Wiz didn't really regress.  They are gonna be outplayed often this year but they put in another solid effort until they gave up.  Flip needs to keep the hard workers in the game, and the players who don't work hard out of the game.  If they do that the team will be respectable.