with the schedule getting really soft coming up, i'm concerned about whether they will win the winnable games. i'm also concerned that the short rotation might end up burning some guys out. all in all, the eternal optimist in me thinks they will improve. if all goes right for them, we could be close to .500 overall before the month is over.

however this turns out, i'm gonna enjoy it while it lasts. hopefully the rest of the season

Runs happen. Yet this does feel a bit different, but again so did those. So we will see.

They look good but, again, while looking good, they also look very shaky as well, so I just don't know.

They're a fragile bunch, so, if they lost 2 or 3 in a row again? Much like those other teams? Eh, it's a likely death sentence.

Again, where was this when we were 1-9? I don't want to hear the Al Harrington private team meetings....forcing the entire team to read Lou Holtz's book on winning. I mean, if that is what it took, then... they will just as quickly tank when things go wrong again.

Tonights game was a microcosm of their season. Start like crap, fight back, fall back behind, win in the end. So, maybe...this year, for a CHANGE, we win in the end (meaning, that 39 win total, get the 8th seed, etc)

You could bring up thos small winning streak stats, this looks exactly like the larry brown 6 game win streak. Remember steph was playing really good at that point b4 he went down for the season.

I keep saying duhon sucks we suck, duhon plays well were going to win 9 out of 10.

Thanks Isiah!

kam77 wrote:Jeffries is the glue!

Thanks Isiah!

He was right. Jeffries has been the defensive glue that has turned our defense into something solid. IN fact, dare I say it, he might be our most irreplaceable player. (Nah, I think Lee, Harrington, and Duhon are more important, but Jeffries is an important cog on the team).

TheGame wrote:

kam77 wrote:Jeffries is the glue!

Thanks Isiah!

He was right. Jeffries has been the defensive glue that has turned our defense into something solid. IN fact, dare I say it, he might be our most irreplaceable player. (Nah, I think Lee, Harrington, and Duhon are more important, but Jeffries is an important cog on the team).

i think the both of u have been sniffing too much glue

franco12 wrote:

TMS wrote:i've seen Fishlips play well before... but in the end he's a marginally productive basketball player, the stats don't lie... yeah i know he brings intangibles like drawing charges & i do like his defense on the perimeter, but that's pretty much all he does well... he can't even make a layup at point blank range to save his life half the time & when he attempts a perimeter J you can literally hear the crash of the brick before the ball leaves his fingertips... he's also a horrible free throw shooter, one of the worst i've seen, & has zero post up game whatsoever... offensively he is a minus & we're at a 4-5 disadvantage every time he's on the floor on that end... yes, he adds some things defensively but there are plenty of other players that can bring those intangibles & still provide some positive things on the offensive end as well, especially at the type of money he's due to make next season... don't let this recent stretch of games fool u bros, the guy has been here for several years now & not once have i ever felt he was anything but a LLE money player at best... other than Big Turd i'd say Fishlips has been the worst MLE signing we've ever made.

JJ was a team high +28 last night.

I agree that we're probably not as good as we've shown- still so many flaws and holes.

But, I'm not sure I would want to trade JJ at this point. Just like you want to keep Hughes (at the right price), I think we need to keep some players around if we add talent. And I'm not sure we're going to end up getting any big names in 2010.

Not all five of your guys can be scorers. You need guys to do the little things, and to fit in with the team.

I think in Jefferies case, and this is why Washington almost paid as much as we did, the whole is greater than the sum of the parts - that JJ contributes more to the team winning than his individual stat sheet shows.

That's when you have to trade him. His trade value is never so high as when you start doubting your own desire to do it.

Ira wrote:

franco12 wrote:

TMS wrote:i've seen Fishlips play well before... but in the end he's a marginally productive basketball player, the stats don't lie... yeah i know he brings intangibles like drawing charges & i do like his defense on the perimeter, but that's pretty much all he does well... he can't even make a layup at point blank range to save his life half the time & when he attempts a perimeter J you can literally hear the crash of the brick before the ball leaves his fingertips... he's also a horrible free throw shooter, one of the worst i've seen, & has zero post up game whatsoever... offensively he is a minus & we're at a 4-5 disadvantage every time he's on the floor on that end... yes, he adds some things defensively but there are plenty of other players that can bring those intangibles & still provide some positive things on the offensive end as well, especially at the type of money he's due to make next season... don't let this recent stretch of games fool u bros, the guy has been here for several years now & not once have i ever felt he was anything but a LLE money player at best... other than Big Turd i'd say Fishlips has been the worst MLE signing we've ever made.

JJ was a team high +28 last night.

I agree that we're probably not as good as we've shown- still so many flaws and holes.

But, I'm not sure I would want to trade JJ at this point. Just like you want to keep Hughes (at the right price), I think we need to keep some players around if we add talent. And I'm not sure we're going to end up getting any big names in 2010.

Not all five of your guys can be scorers. You need guys to do the little things, and to fit in with the team.

I think in Jefferies case, and this is why Washington almost paid as much as we did, the whole is greater than the sum of the parts - that JJ contributes more to the team winning than his individual stat sheet shows.

That's when you have to trade him. His trade value is never so high as when you start doubting your own desire to do it.

Papabear Says
Yea and get what back? some draft pick that may or may not work? One thing for sure Jefferies is not a trouble maker and he will do what is ever asked of him. I think maybe because Zeke brought him here?

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