alfdogg 0 Report post Posted October 10, 2003 The Rockets also beat them 3 out of 4 games, and the only one they lost was on a buzzer-beater. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ripper 0 Report post Posted October 10, 2003 The Rockets also beat them 3 out of 4 games, and the only one they lost was on a buzzer-beater. But the Suns had a better record against all the other playoff teams. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shanghai Kid 0 Report post Posted October 10, 2003 Ripper, I understand your rebuttle, but I'm not understanding your point. Chris Whitney hasn't gotten many minutes in the last year, so when he comes off the bench it's usually probably just to shoot a 3-pointer. I'm judging him from the 00-01 season where Whitney was a full time starter for the Wizards. That year he was 4th in assists to turnover ratio and did a good job of running the team. On Steve Blake, no he wasn't shy shooting the ball in Maryland, he loved taking the clutch shots. But in the first 3 quarters of the game, he almost ALWAYS looks to distribute the ball to his teammates. Hey maybe I'm wrong, but I think any Maryland fan would tell you that Blake is pass first, think about shooting later. Certainly theirs no evidence of him being more of a scoring point than a pure point. Jared Jeffries, we'll have to see what happens. How many Wizards games did you see last year? Juan Dixon can do nothing except shoot. Even then, he's streaky, very streaky. But so is Arenas right? Well, what I'm getting from your post is that you seem to think Juan is a better player than Arenas? Juan couldn't even get off the bench last year, Arenas is a top 10 PG in the league. And maybe Arenas had more turnovers because he averaged 25 more minutes per game? Hmm.... How is Steve Francis the only player out there that can be considered a point? He's just as big a ballhog as the others, and doesn't even get Yao the ball. Nick Van Exel has never ran a team...hmm how about when he was in Denver and averaged 9 assists a game? Gilbert is a 2 guard converted to point. No, it doesn't just take 18 points to be considered a great player. But 18 points, 6 assists, and 4 rebounds at the age of 21 in his first year as a starter is impressive is it not? Nobody is saying he's an all-star right now, but he has a great work ethic and is likely to improve a hell of a lot during the next few years. And yes, Larry Hughes will share the ball handling duties at the 2, sort of like how Malbury and Penny do in Pheonix. And yes, of course preseason does determine just how good of a player is. Iverson shooting 2-10, Vince Carter shooting 4-15, Tmac 2-11, Stackhouse 1-9.....ya those are all horrible players judging from their preseason performance. But J.R Bremer, with the numbers he put up he's going to lead the league in scoring one of these days... I never said everyone has amazing abilities on the team. What I said is that they can make the playoffs as an 8th seed. They have a new coach, a new offensive system, and they've gotten rid of Old Man Jordan which is addition by subtraction. I'm not a homer saying that their going to win the East, but they can compete for and make the playoffs. Yes Jerry Stackhouse is the only player to have made the playoffs, but you don't acknowledge the fact that most the players on the team are very young and in their 1rst, 2nd, or 3rd year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
