Best young players who aren't Superstars?

[Dunc n Dave]

But Blair didn't. Blatche did it, he could have failed to put up those stats, but he did. Your point really doesn't mean anything. he still has to do it. Blatche did it. Lopez didn't do it. Blatche did it. I have Blatche as part of my top 3. You can have Lopez. Right now, Blatche is better than Lopez.

I have yet to see anyone agree with you that Blatche is better than Lopez. Lopez didn't get the shots Blatche did so the fact that "Lopez didn't do it, Blatche did" is a weak argument because of the different situations for each player. ESpecially since Blatche "did it" while shooting 43% his last month on 19 shot attempts.

You are in the EXTREME minority in believing Blatche to be better than Lopez, so maybe your point really doesn't mean anything, or wait... let me guess.... you are just THAT MUCH SMARTER than all the NBA experts and analysts out there who have Lopez ranked higher than Blatche?

[Chieflion]

I have yet to see anyone agree with you that Blatche is better than Lopez. Lopez didn't get the shots Blatche did so the fact that "Lopez didn't do it, Blatche did" is a weak argument because of the different situations for each player. ESpecially since Blatche "did it" while shooting 43% his last month on 19 shot attempts.

You are in the EXTREME minority in believing Blatche to be better than Lopez, so maybe your point really doesn't mean anything, or wait... let me guess.... you are just THAT MUCH SMARTER than all the NBA experts and analysts out there who have Lopez ranked higher than Blatche?

You dragged out Andray Blatche's stats in the final month of the regular season and argued he shot 43% and called it weak and Jermaine O'Neal territory while taking 19 shots. That was one of the most hypocritical statements ever.

Ya, because taking the shots Lopez took was so difficult while taking an outstanding 12.6 shots a game that he shot 39.8% in the month of April. That is Allen Iverson territory while taking so little shots. For a big, that is absolutely horrible while recording 3.1 turnovers. I can play this stupid game too. Could it be that people started to guard Lopez more seriously after they started to win a game or two? Wait, that can't be it. Only Andray Blatche gets the attention cause he is just that good. Seeing as how ineffective he was in the last month of the season he was, he can't be any good.

Thanks for giving me the credit I did not claim that I am smarter than all the NBA analysts. Why don't you bring up a valid point about their games instead of throwing out lame insults? The stats and results make Blatche look like the better player.

[Smooth Criminal]

Okay, so this is going to be a pretty subjective definition of the word, but outside of Durant, LeBron, Duncan, Kobe, Wade, Melo, Paul, Deron, Dirk, Howard, and Gasol, who are the best young players in the NBA right now?

Among players under 30...

Who do you have in your top 3 for guards?

Who do you have in your top 3 for big men?

I'm curious to know if anyone thinks a player will make a dark horse run to get into the top 5 in MVP voting this year outside of the usual suspects.

Side questions: How will John Wall do this year? Are there any players in college right now in your opinion that are ready to move to the pros and be a big time starter?

Gasol a superstar?

[Dunc n Dave]

You dragged out Andray Blatche's stats in the final month of the regular season and argued he shot 43% and called it weak and Jermaine O'Neal territory while taking 19 shots. That was one of the most hypocritical statements ever.

Ya, because taking the shots Lopez took was so difficult while taking an outstanding 12.6 shots a game that he shot 39.8% in the month of April. That is Allen Iverson territory while taking so little shots. For a big, that is absolutely horrible while recording 3.1 turnovers. I can play this stupid game too. Could it be that people started to guard Lopez more seriously after they started to win a game or two? Wait, that can't be it. Only Andray Blatche gets the attention cause he is just that good. Seeing as how ineffective he was in the last month of the season he was, he can't be any good.

Thanks for giving me the credit I did not claim that I am smarter than all the NBA analysts. Why don't you bring up a valid point about their games instead of throwing out lame insults? The stats and results make Blatche look like the better player.

Which is worse for your team: 43% on 19 shots a game or 39% on 12 shots a game?

If I take 3 shots a game and shot 33% (1 of 3) am I hurting my team's offense more than the guy who goes 9 of 24 from the field?

And you must be smarter than the analysts if just because you say Blatche is better than Lopez makes it the truth, despite the fact no one has backed up your claim.

[Dunc n Dave]

The stats and results make Blatche look like the better player.

Since it's all about stats with you, here's one for ya:

Lopez was 27th in the league in PER last year with a PER of 20.11 (league average was a PER of 15). Where was Blatche on the list? I see guys like Garnett, Horford, Rondo, Al Jefferson, Derrick Rose, Lemarcus Aldridge and Paul Pierce all BELOW Brook Lopez in PER, but I don't see Blatche in the Top 50?

He must be such a stat machine that he's too good for the Top 50.

Don't like PER? How about True Shooting %?
Lopez 57%,
Blatche 51.9%

Maybe a stat that would skew the results in Blatche's favor is more your liking? Lets try Effective FG% since it gives more weight to guys who can hit 3ptrs which "Blatche did it" and "Lopez didn't," as you said. Since Lopez doesn't really shoot 3's and Blatches does, this one should show that Blatche is better than Lopez.

Lopez:.499 eFG%
Blatche: .485% eFG%

Damn... what next? NBA Live online winning percentages maybe?

[Basketballgirl25]

The Nets looked terrible even with their young talent, which speaks volumes about the way Lopez and Blatche carried their squads respectively.

The Nets looked terrible, because they had a ty coach.

[Basketballgirl25]

lol Devin Harris was complete last year.. Are you serious.

Come on.. For a "numbers means everything" guy you seem to bend that rule when it doesn't go in your favor.

Again.. 12-70 says that he didn't have a better team around him.

lol he sure as didn't have a better coach

being a Nets fan I have to tell you Devin Harris being wasn't the worse last year, the whole team was bad and injured most of the season and we had a ty coach, and players prob didn't buy into that

[Chieflion]

Since it's all about stats with you, here's one for ya:

Lopez was 27th in the league in PER last year with a PER of 20.11 (league average was a PER of 15). Where was Blatche on the list? I see guys like Garnett, Horford, Rondo, Al Jefferson, Derrick Rose, Lemarcus Aldridge and Paul Pierce all BELOW Brook Lopez in PER, but I don't see Blatche in the Top 50?

He must be such a stat machine that he's too good for the Top 50.

Don't like PER? How about True Shooting %?
Lopez 57%,
Blatche 51.9%

Maybe a stat that would skew the results in Blatche's favor is more your liking? Lets try Effective FG% since it gives more weight to guys who can hit 3ptrs which "Blatche did it" and "Lopez didn't," as you said. Since Lopez doesn't really shoot 3's and Blatches does, this one should show that Blatche is better than Lopez.

Lopez:.499 eFG%
Blatche: .485% eFG%

Damn... what next? NBA Live online winning percentages maybe?

How about you take the stats when they started, which happened to be my premise.

[Chieflion]

Which is worse for your team: 43% on 19 shots a game or 39% on 12 shots a game?

If I take 3 shots a game and shot 33% (1 of 3) am I hurting my team's offense more than the guy who goes 9 of 24 from the field?

And you must be smarter than the analysts if just because you say Blatche is better than Lopez makes it the truth, despite the fact no one has backed up your claim.

Ya, Lopez took 12.6 shots, not 3. Keep it up with your hypothetical situations about Blatche taking less shots next season like Brook Lopez would take more. You are doing great.

[Dunc n Dave]

How about you take the stats when they started, which happened to be my premise.

There you go again... doing what you do best. Deflect, deflect, deflect...

No stats to prove me wrong (unless they back up your point), just deflection, when they don't....

[Dunc n Dave]

Ya, Lopez took 12.6 shots, not 3. Keep it up with your hypothetical situations about Blatche taking less shots next season like Brook Lopez would take more. You are doing great.

More deflection from you. Way to completely ignore the first part of that post. Maybe you have ADD or something. So I'll repost it for you....




Which is worse for your team offensively: 43% on 19 shots a game or 39% on 12 shots a game?

Hint: Remember that only 6 guys in the NBA shot more than 19 shots a game last year....

[Chieflion]

More deflection from you. Way to completely ignore the first part of that post. Maybe you have ADD or something. So I'll repost it for you....




Which is worse for your team offensively: 43% on 19 shots a game or 39% on 12 shots a game?

Hint: Remember that only 6 guys in the NBA shot more than 19 shots a game last year....

39% on 12 shots is worse. And yes, because other people on the Wizards are supposed to take those shots? There isn't a deflection. He took 12.6 shots, not 3. The one deflecting anything is you. You twisted a worse percentage into something better than a higher percentage. 12 shots is very meaningful. You do a good job posting insults when you can't even figure out 43% > 39% on a good amount of shot attempts.

[Chieflion]

There you go again... doing what you do best. Deflect, deflect, deflect...

No stats to prove me wrong (unless they back up your point), just deflection, when they don't....

I don't have the PER, the TS% and eFG% of Blatche when he started. There is no deflection here. When I find it, I will get back to you.

Blatche actually has a better field goal percentage when he plays a bigger role with 48.1 FG% as opposed to 47.4% when he isn't starting.

[Dunc n Dave]

39% on 12 shots is worse. And yes, because other people on the Wizards are supposed to take those shots? There isn't a deflection. He took 12.6 shots, not 3. The one deflecting anything is you. You twisted a worse percentage into something better than a higher percentage. 12 shots is very meaningful. You do a good job posting insults when you can't even figure out 43% > 39% on a good amount of shot attempts.

Thanks for proving you are clueless about player efficiency.

When you take more shots than everyone in the NBA except 8 guys AND YOU ARE A POST PLAYER, you better shoot better than 43% or you are CRIPPLING your team's chances of ever winning.

Besides that, the guys who are ahead of him in shot attempts are all perimeter players. Everyone in the Top 10 in shot attempts are perimeter players except Blatche who has no real mid range game, so he effectively shot 43% on post up plays.

Every post up player who took 14 shots or more per game in that same time period shot 50% or better with the exception Zach Randolph who shot 44.7% during that time.


Another trivia question for you:
Which is better: shooting 33% on 3 pointers or 40% on 2 pt field goals? Really think BEYOND the %'s this time...

[Chieflion]

Thanks for proving you are clueless about player efficiency.

When you take more shots than everyone in the NBA except 8 guys AND YOU ARE A POST PLAYER, you better shoot better than 43% or you are CRIPPLING your team's chances of ever winning.

Besides that, the guys who are ahead of him in shot attempts are all perimeter players. Everyone in the Top 10 in shot attempts are perimeter players except Blatche who has no real mid range game, so he effectively shot 43% on post up plays.

Every post up player who took 14 shots or more per game in that same time period shot 50% or better with the exception Zach Randolph who shot 44.7% during that time.


Another trivia question for you:
Which is better: shooting 33% on 3 pointers or 40% on 2 pt field goals? Really think BEYOND the %'s this time...

Because Brook Lopez is not a low post scorer and he doesn't shoot 39% from the field and he takes 3 point shots like Dirk, then your point would be legit. Still think 43% is not better than 39%? Blatche has a mid range game. I wish to point you out to www.nba.com/hotspots and search for Andray Blatche to look at his percentages outside the paint from all the way till inside the 3 point line. You clearly have no idea what you are talking about.


On that stupid trivia question: Of course shooting 33% on 3 pointers is better than 40% from 2. But that has nothing to do with the damn premise because Brook Lopez doesn't take 3s. That's okay. You are still a dumbass.

[Dunc n Dave]

Because Brook Lopez is not a low post scorer and he doesn't shoot 39% from the field and he takes 3 point shots like Dirk, then your point would be legit.

Again, you deflect. Lopez averaged fewer shots per game than Blatche as a starter and was more efficient than Blatche in fewer attempts. Blatche was Top 10 in shot attempts in April and had the worst FG% of all post players with 14 shots or more per game. Obviuously that list doesn't include Lopez since he only took 12 per game, or did your ADD kick in again?

Still think 43% is not better than 39%?

43% on 19 shots is NOT better than 39% on 12 shots. There is a 7 shot difference and those 7 shots COULD HAVE gone to a teammate who is a better shooter or at least had a better look at an open shot than the forced shots that Blatche was throwing up as "the man." You might have a case if there was only a difference of 1-2 shots per game but Blatche had 33% MORE shot attempts than Lopez had. That is a huge disparity.

Blatche has a mid range game. I wish to point you out to www.nba.com/hotspots and search for Andray Blatche to look at his percentages outside the paint from all the way till inside the 3 point line. You clearly have no idea what you are talking about.

THAT is your argument??? He has 2 hot spots outside of 5 feet (15-18 feet at top of FT line and corner 3 pter where he was 3 for 6 for the year) He only took 31 shots from the FT area ALL SEASON and THAT cons utes a mid range game?

So you are telling me that 31 shots out of 999 for the season (3.1% of his attempts) PROVES that Blatche has a mid range game? This is great stuff!

Even if you look at his last 10 games, all starts, (since you love to throw that in there as an excuse all the time despite the fact he only shot 1 percentage point better as a starter than he did as a reserve), he only took that shot 5 times in his last 10 games. The best he shot from any other spot on the floor other than POINT BLANK range and FT line area was 43%. You REALLY are reaching here.

Let me offer this tidbit:
Blatche, meanwhile, had over 40 percent of his possessions end in either a post-up or an isolation, and he finished 284th in the league in offensive efficiency on spot-up shots.
http://www.bulletsforever.com/2010/8...ng-numbers-may
Still think he has a mid-range game?

On that stupid trivia question: Of course shooting 33% on 3 pointers is better than 40% from 2. But that has nothing to do with the damn premise because Brook Lopez doesn't take 3s. That's okay. You are still a dumbass.

Good, at least now I know you ARE capable of looking past the NUMBERS and seeing there's more to the story than just who has the better percentages. Maybe your ADD is improving (see my explanation above of WHY 43% on 19 shots in worse than 39% on 12 shots), or at least you aren't a TOTAL dumbass.

LOL at you calling me out for throwing around insults then doing it right back. Way to lead by example, Chief. Oh and don't go trying to deflect again by talking about Brook Lopez's lack of hotspots outside the paint. I never claimed that Lopez had a mid-range game. You'll need to find some other way to deflect from the fact that your argument is in an unrecoverable tail spin right now.

[Chieflion]

Apparently, you don't get that only shooting past 50% gets you a hotspot. Almost no nba player shoots over 50% from mid range. Blatche did a good job maintaining around 40% as the first option on his team. He has a mid-range game which he doesn't use often, you can see the percentages, he has it.

Would you mind naming the Wizards players who shoot a higher percentage than Blatche? 43% > 39% and that was Blatche's worst month. You keep saying he shot those shots out of necessity and then you tell me someone else could take the shots (kept asking who, tell me who?), Brook Lopez didn't shoot those 12 shots out of necessity yet had a 39% to account for, which sucks. Blatche shot 48% when he started and here were his teammates. Wonder who has ADD and clinging on to that 43% for his dear life.

Mike Miller: 50.1% (48% from 3) Only guy capable of making shots. How about we give him the ball like Joe Johnson and let him produce, maybe that will work.
Al Thornton: 46.3% (35.3% from 3)
Randy Foye: 41.4% (34.6% from 3)
Nick Young: 41.8% (40.6% from 3)
Earl Boykins: 42.7% (31.7% from 3)
Javale McGee: 50.8% (Maybe Blatche should have passed to a man with no post game at all and let him throw shots up.)
Shaun Livingston: 53.5% (0% from 3) Pass the ball to him and let him run some plays. It would be hilarious when he doesn't have the ability to do that.

Great ing logic. A player shooting 48% taking all the shots and still maintaining a higher FG% than most of these bums with the exception of Mike Miller, whose percentages got bumped up because of early season play and not when Blatche was the best player on the team. Oh dear, who should he have passed the ball to? Keep shooting 3s, Wizards, I mean the percentage isn't going to drop when you just keep on chucking them. Please pass the ball to your teammates next time, Blatche, they could be more efficient if you just passed them the ball.

[JamStone]

Depends what your definitions of "young" and "superstar" are.

But I think Gerald Wallace could be one. He probably will never be a superstar either, but he's a really good player who does a lot of things well, especially things that other star players don't do.

[Dunc n Dave]

Apparently, you don't get that only shooting past 50% gets you a hotspot. Almost no nba player shoots over 50% from mid range. Blatche did a good job maintaining around 40% as the first option on his team. He has a mid-range game which he doesn't use often, you can see the percentages, he has it.

Sure he does, that's why he was 284th is spot up shooting efficiency.... Being worse than 78.8% of the NBA players at spot up shooting DEFINITELY means you have a midrange game. Or do you think he "spots up" for open jumpers from 4 feet away?

Would you mind naming the Wizards players who shoot a higher percentage than Blatche? 43% > 39% and that was Blatche's worst month.

Pot, meet kettle. 39% was Lopez's worst month too. Lopez shot 58% in February on 13 shots a game; his best month. Blatche's best month was also February where he shot 55% on 16 shots a game. See my point, no... of course not.

You keep saying he shot those shots out of necessity and then you tell me someone else could take the shots (kept asking who, tell me who?), Brook Lopez didn't shoot those 12 shots out of necessity yet had a 39% to account for, which sucks. Blatche shot 48% when he started and here were his teammates. Wonder who has ADD and clinging on to that 43% for his dear life.

58% on 13 shots in Feb is better than 55% on 16 shots in Feb. Try to spin that one...

And you do realize Harris missed a big chunk of the year (as did many Nets players) while Lopez had to carry the team? Maybe not to the extent of Blatche, but he did play all 82 games while Harris, Lee, and Jianlin (his Top 3 scoring teammates) missed a combined 59 games last year.

Mike Miller: 50.1% (48% from 3) Only guy capable of making shots. How about we give him the ball like Joe Johnson and let him produce, maybe that will work.
Al Thornton: 46.3% (35.3% from 3)
Randy Foye: 41.4% (34.6% from 3)
Nick Young: 41.8% (40.6% from 3)
Earl Boykins: 42.7% (31.7% from 3)
Javale McGee: 50.8% (Maybe Blatche should have passed to a man with no post game at all and let him throw shots up.)
Shaun Livingston: 53.5% (0% from 3) Pass the ball to him and let him run some plays. It would be hilarious when he doesn't have the ability to do that.

33% from 3 is the same as 50% from 2. Blatche was being double teamed as the man and STILL throwing up bad shots instead of finding open teammates. And don't try to throw his assist #'s at me. If you look at the splits, he had an abnormally high amount of assists (5.1)over the last 7 games which skewed his season numbers. Before April, he averaged 2.9 in March, 2.4 in February, and 1.1 in January.

Great ing logic. A player shooting 48% taking all the shots and still maintaining a higher FG% than most of these bums with the exception of Mike Miller, whose percentages got bumped up because of early season play and not when Blatche was the best player on the team. Oh dear, who should he have passed the ball to? Keep shooting 3s, Wizards, I mean the percentage isn't going to drop when you just keep on chucking them. Please pass the ball to your teammates next time, Blatche, they could be more efficient if you just passed them the ball.

Passing to open teammates gets you a higher percentage shot. I'll take an open 3 from Miller or Young over a fadeaway from Blatche over a double team ANY DAY. When your percentages keep dropping the longer you start, you are no longer taking good shots, especially as a post player. Normally as a guy gets doubled MORE he shoots LESS (see Duncan as an example). With Blatche it was the opposite, he kept shooting even more. I'll give him credit though, he must have figured something out in April. Seeing how poorly he was shooting then, he realized that he can't keep forcing those shots that were no longer open like they were in February and he needed to trust his teammates to make shots when he's doubled. He started doing that and his assists skyrocketed. Hopefully he'll learn something from that experience. I'm leaning more toward it being a 7 game anomaly.

[Chieflion]

It is not as if Gilbert Arenas missed plenty of games due to suspension, you pinned excuses for Lopez's failures while not mentioning Arenas' suspension, if he played, it would have helped the team and relieve Blatche from such heavy workload. Great open 3s from Miller and Young. Thank goodness they didn't suck when Blatche was passing the ball to them. Oh wait, they did, which explains the low assist stats when Blatche first became the top dog. When Blatche started to find open teammates, he already established himself as a ridiculously good scorer that people have to double team him, so he could have found his teammates for easy looks at the rim when Saunders moved him to the high post. That was when his FG% dipped.

[Dunc n Dave]

It is not as if Gilbert Arenas missed plenty of games due to suspension, you pinned excuses for Lopez's failures while not mentioning Arenas' suspension, if he played, it would have helped the team and relieve Blatche from such heavy workload. Great open 3s from Miller and Young. Thank goodness they didn't suck when Blatche was passing the ball to them. Oh wait, they did, which explains the low assist stats when Blatche first became the top dog. When Blatche started to find open teammates, he already established himself as a ridiculously good scorer that people have to double team him, so he could have found his teammates for easy looks at the rim when Saunders moved him to the high post. That was when his FG% dipped.

If Arenas played, there's no way Blatche would have averaged 20 ppg, even as a starter. The guy was a BLACK HOLE last year. A genuine BALL STOPPER, Allen Iverson style. Sure he averaged 6-7 assists but the guy was also averaging 20 shots a game in December and January.

That's just it, the only reason Blatche had such a good half year was because Option 1 (Arenas) was suspended, Options 2, 3, and 4 (Butler, Jamison, and Haywood) were traded, and Option 2a (Josh Howard) had a season ending injury shortly after joining the Wizards. Blatche will now be the 4th option again, 3rd AT BEST if Wall sacrifices shots for assists.

There's no way Josh Howard will sacrifice shots for Blatche since he signed a 1 year deal, he's playing on a bad team for a fat contract next summer from another team. And we already know about Arenas's shot happy ass. Not enough shots to go around for Blatche to get 16-19 shots a game AGAIN.

[Chieflion]

Blatche is option 2 after Arenas. You can keep thinking Josh Howard is going to take more shots than Blatche because that's not happening because he won't be getting those minutes to surpass Blatche. You also called Haywood, another guy who can't create his own shot a 4th option when Blatche outplayed him the entire time he as with the Wizards off the bench.

Plus, if Arenas get the Wizards pissed one more time, he goes straight to the trash can. Again, I don't see Derrick Rose taking away shots from Ben Gordon so I don't see how Blatche won't be the beneficiary of Wall's passing.

All I know is that Blatche took a lot of shots the last half of the season and played very well. I wasn't judging them by gauging their future production. I was doing judging now because I don't know the future.

You keep telling me what you think the future will be. I will stick to Blatche's production last season. All I know is that Blatche is better than Howard.

[Dunc n Dave]

Blatche is option 2 after Arenas. You can keep thinking Josh Howard is going to take more shots than Blatche because that's not happening because he won't be getting those minutes to surpass Blatche. You also called Haywood, another guy who can't create his own shot a 4th option when Blatche outplayed him the entire time he as with the Wizards off the bench.

Plus, if Arenas get the Wizards pissed one more time, he goes straight to the trash can. Again, I don't see Derrick Rose taking away shots from Ben Gordon so I don't see how Blatche won't be the beneficiary of Wall's passing.

All I know is that Blatche took a lot of shots the last half of the season and played very well. I wasn't judging them by gauging their future production. I was doing judging now because I don't know the future.

You keep telling me what you think the future will be. I will stick to Blatche's production last season. All I know is that Blatche is better than Howard.

You can't realistically expect the same production from Blatche this season as he had last season. That's like all the Spurs fans expecting RJ to come in and score 19 ppg for the Spurs just because he did it the previous season on an injury depleted Milwaukee team (Bogut, Redd, etc all out for LONG stretches). It just ain't gonna happen with the upgrade in players around him from one year to the next.

And Blatche may be more talented than Howard at this point in his career, but Howard is in a contract year and looking to impress teams with his numbers. Don't underestimate that little tidbit when it comes to who gets more shots. When guys are looking to get paid, they tend to become more selfish and stat-watch, and if the Wiz start looking like they won't make the playoffs you can expect Howard to start firing away to pad those stats.

And who is gonna take minutes away from Howard? He's the starting SF on that team. Hinrich will take minutes (and shots) from Arenas and Wall, but not Howard. The Wizards also have guys like Al Thornton, Hilton Armstrong, Yi Jianlin, and McGee that will steal a few minutes from Blatche this year in the low block. Only one I can see playing some SF for them is Thornton, but he'll probably mostly play PF.

And you keep bringing up Ben Gordon, yet forgetting he came off the bench mainly for the Bulls. I haven't looked at the #'s but I'd bet a huge chunk of Gordon's points came while Rose was resting on the bench. The Bulls used Gordon the same way the Spurs have used Manu; put your weaker offensive players in the game with him and let him carry the team while the other scorers rest on the bench.

[Chieflion]

Figures you would bring up that useless piece of trash who would not play by the name of Hilton Armstrong. Al Thornton would be the back-up SF. Javale McGee isn't going to take shots away from Blatche, are you kidding me? Yi Jianlian doesn't create his own offense a lot, he relies on others to get it to him. Kevin Seraphin, the Wizards draft pick would be the one getting the minutes at center backing up McGee, and he isn't that skilled and is still quite raw. Blatche's efficiency gets to increase with a playmaker at the perimeter. Even if he gets slightly lesser shots, the efficiency makes up for it.

The only post option for the Wizards is Andray Blatche, so he is going to get his fair share of touches called by the coach to mix things up and get easy baskets. If his efficiency goes up, his production would stay relatively the same.

Your assumption of Josh Howard chucking up shots is again, just your assumption. He may do it, but he will get benched. You keep saying he is option 2a yet not account for his injury concerns.

[ohmwrecker]

Has anybody mentioned James Harden? Fear the beard!