Wizards / This Has Come to an End

[Martti.]

Wall haven't had a very bright start, but Arenas has been great.

[kibaxx7]

Yep great week by Gilbert!

[Bucket]

Wow Howard 30 points Nice week for Agent nine

[Bomb Diggity]

Oh wow, Arenas looking like his old self with that 38 Point, 8 Assist night against the Knicks.

Good wins!

[newc]

[newc]

Wall haven't had a very bright start, but Arenas has been great.

Wall started slow, but now he's a bit better But Arenas truly is great.

Yep great week by Gilbert!

He is awesome

Wow Howard 30 points Nice week for Agent nine

Agent nine btw, maybe I should make a contest to find a new nickname for Gil.

Oh wow, Arenas looking like his old self with that 38 Point, 8 Assist night against the Knicks.

Good wins!

Yeah, he has a great first month

[kibaxx7]

Blatche had huge games, nice job man!

[newc]

Month Recap: November

Wizards Stats


Standings

Western Conference

Dallas *14-5
LA Lakers 12-5
LA Clippers* 12-5
Utah* 10-7
San Antonio 11-5
New Orleans 11-6
Phoenix 10-7
Oklahoma City 10-9
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Houston 9-8
Sacramento 6-9
Golden State 6-10
Denver 6-11
Portland 5-10
Minnesota 4-12
Memphis 4-14

Eastern Conference

Indiana* 10-4
Orlando* 12-6
Boston* 13-7
Miami 10-6
Detroit 9-7
Washington 9-7
New York 10-9
Charlotte 8-10
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Cleveland 8-10
Chicago 8-11
New Jersey 7-11
Philadelphia 7-11
Milwaukee 5-9
Atlanta 6-12
Toronto 5-14

Leaders

Points per Game

1) K. Bryant 34,0
2) G. Arenas 32,0
3) T. Duncan 29,4
4) K. Durant 28,4
5) C. Anthony 27,8
6) M. Redd 26,6
7) B. Davis 26,4
8) D. Nowitzki 26,1
9) S. Nash
10) D. Williams 24,4

Rebounds per Game

1) T. Duncan 13,3
2) R. Hibbert 12,2
3) J. O’Neal 11,4
4) B. Wallace 11,3
5) A. Jefferson 11,1
6) C. Kaman 10,9
6) R. Lopez 10,9
6) D. Howard 10,9
9) Y. Ming 10,8
9) D. Favors 10,8
- H. Armstrong 10,5

Assists per Game

1) V. Carter 10,7
2) C. Paul 9,9
3) K. Bryant 9,8
4) B. Davis 9,6
5) D. Harris 9,4
6) R. Rondo 9,1
7) B. Roy 8,8
8) T. Parker
9) L. James
10) K. Durant 8,3
- G. Arenas 7,9

Blocks per Game

1) R. Hibbert 4,50
2) K. Bryant 2,82
3) T. Duncan 2,69
4) K. Durant 2,42
4) S. Marion 2,42
6) T. Outlaw 2,33
6) J. Smith 2,33
8) J. O’Neal 2,30
9) L. James 2,25
10) S. Battier 2,24
- J. McGee 1,38

Steals per Game

1) T. Ariza 2,53
2) J. Wall 2,50
3) J. Calderon 2,47
4) D. Wade 2,44
5) T. Evans 2,36
6) D. Fisher 2,35
7) A. Kirilenko 2,29
8) T. McGrady 2,25
9) K. Martin 2,24
10) L. James 2,19

Transactions

The Kings sign K. Weaver
The Hawks trade J. Crawford to the Wizards for T. Booker
The Kings sign J. Giddens
The Bulls sign J. Boone
The 76ers trade M. Speights to the Jazz for R. Price
The Thunder trade T. Sefolosha to the Bucks for E. Ilyasova
The Pistons trade J. Jerebko to the Nuggets for S. Williams

[newc]

Blatche had huge games, nice job man!

Thanks, Blatche is good, but he'll have to fight for his starting PF spot

[newc]

Wizards lose to Lakers in LA.



Thanks to a 26-11 third quarter Los Angeles Lakers managed to beat well playing Washington Wizards at home, 85-68. “Lakers is one of the best teams in the NBA right now, and they have the best player in Kobe Bryant”, before the game said Flip Saunders, “But we can beat them if we manage to secure our basket and don’t let them score much from the paint”. Unfortunately, Wizards couldn’t accomplish this task, because of Pau Gasol, who had a great game with 28 points and 11 rebounds. “He was great,” after the game said Kobe Bryant, “He really was the reason why we won this game”. Kobe himself had 12 points in this ball game, which is quite far from his 30 points per game; this is because of the great Wizards defense on him. On the other side, Gilbert Arenas once again showed his qualities at the offense, having 30 points, sadly for Wizards he didn’t find much help. “Gil had another good game, but we have to involve more players on our offense” After this game the Wizards are still in the play-off spot, while Lakers fights for the first place in the West with the Mavericks.

Player of the Game

Pau Gasol

28 Points

11 Rebounds

2 Assists

Notable Performers

Wizards [14-13]

Arenas 30pts, 4ast, 3reb
Wall 13pts, 4ast, 3reb
Thornton 9pts, 3blk

Lakers [23-6]

Bynum 12pts, 8reb, 2blk
Bryant 12pts, 2ast, 2reb
Fisher 10pts, 9ast

[newc]

Team Focus: INDIANA PACERS


Roy Hibbert is having a great season so far

Record: 15-11

Conference: 4th
Division: 1st

Starting Five: C R. Hibbert(73), PF T. Hansbrough(75), SF D. Granger (85), SG B. Rush(70), PG D. Collison(72)

Key Bench Players: SF P. George(70), SG D. Jones(74), SG M. Dunleavy(72)

Leaders:
PPG – D. Granger 22,2
RPG – R. Hibbert 11,7
APG – D. Granger 6,5
SPG – D. Granger 1,85
BPG – R. Hibbert 4,00

Indiana Pacers is the biggest surprise of this NBA Season, having the fourth best record in the competitive Eastern Conference. The teams leader still is Danny Granger, who not only averages 22,2 points per game, but also has 5,3 rebounds and 6,5 assist per match. “He is a real leader of this team,” says Mike Dunleavy, “He does everything on the court, he passes, he rebounds, he steals the ball and when it’s needed the most, he scores”. We all knew that Granger is a great scorer from the previous seasons, but this year he has added some playmaking skills and has become a true leader for this team. However, he is not the difference, what made Indiana a top 4 team in the East, it is Roy Hibbert, who has become a double-double machine averaging 10,4 points and 11,7 rebounds per game. “Roy is one of the best centers in the NBA,” Granger praises his teammate “He has become a defensive monster”. He truly is, Hibbert is the 3rd best rebounder in the NBA and the best shot blocker with 4 (!) blocks per game. “Other teams are finally starting to take us serious” says Danny Granger. And they should be, with Granger, Hibbertand young point guard Collison (16,1 ppg) Indiana has a pretty solid core, plus they have a young and developing power forward in Tyler Hansbrough, who nearly averages a double-double with 9,8 points and 9 rebounds per game. The Pacers have been surprisingly good this season, but will they succeed to continue this run? “We are young and we are continuing to develop” says Darren Collison “So we can only get better and better”. Indiana fans are surely hoping so, because they haven’t seen play-off basketball since season 05/06, but this year they have a great chance to see it again.

[Cleveland wins]

Its good to see Tyler improving he's always been one of my favorite pacers, its nice to know that Roy is playing well, he could actually be a double double guy.

[newc]

Its good to see Tyler improving he's always been one of my favorite pacers, its nice to know that Roy is playing well, he could actually be a double double guy.

Roy is a monster, if he continues like this he could get the defensive player of the year trophy

[newc]

Race 2 MVP

1) Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers

Stats: 32,3ppg; 5,3rpg; 9,8apg; 2,20spg; 2,87bpg

Team record: 23-7

Kobe is certainly the best player in the NBA right now, he is in the top 6 in the NBA in four different categories. He is number one in the league in scoring, third in assists, second in blocks and sixth in steals. His team shares the best record in Western Conference and Kobe is the main reason why.

2) Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs

Stats: 28,8ppg; 12,6rpg; 2,1apg; 1,76spg; 2,76bpg

Team record: 18-11

Who said, that Tim Duncan can’t play anymore? The big guy still has it in him and his team is doing pretty good too. He is the best rebounder in the league, the third best scorer and fourth best shot blocker. If Duncan continues like this, San Antonio can go far this year.

3) Amare Stoudemire, New York Knicks

Stats: 21,3ppg; 10,3rpg; 10,7apg; 1,57spg; 1,67bpg

Team record: 16-16

If you average a triple-double in the NBA you are something special, and so is Amare Stoudemire. Many said that he will do much worse in New York without Steve Nash, than he did in Phoenix with him. But he proved the critics wrong, though Knicks aren’t showing the game, that the fans are waiting for them to show.

4) LeBron James, Miami Heat

Stats: 24,8ppg; 5,6rpg; 9,5apg; 2,36spg; 2,82bpg

Team record: 20-8

James maybe lost some reputation this summer, but he certainly hasn’t lost his game. And now he doesn’t have to make all the baskets for his team, now he can do some passing to Wade, Bosh and other teammates. The big three started slow, but now they are running fast and hard.

5) Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks

Stats: 27,4ppg; 10,9rpg; 0,7apg; 1,35spg; 1,76bpg

Team record: 25-9

Dallas has a much stronger roster this year, but Dirk is still their best man, he is in top eight in scoring and rebounding in the League and he has lead his team to the best record in the NBA (shared with Lakers and Celtics)

6) Chris Paul, New Orleans Hornets

Stats: 22,3ppg; 3,7rpg; 9,8apg; 1,90spg; 1,21bpg

Team record: 18-11

Chris Paul is back! After the not so successful last season Paul is motivated to show, that he still is the best point guard in the NBA right now and he is doing great proving that. Hornets are two completely different teams with and without Chris Paul, because with Paul they are back into top four of the Western Conference.

7) Deron Williams, Utah Jazz

Stats: 23,6ppg; 4,0rpg; 7,7apg; 1,70spg; 1,50bpg

Team record: 19-11

Williams had a great year last season and he continues to play like that this year too. The conversation of who is the best point guard is still open, right now Paul is ahead, because of his big impact on the team, but Williams has all the power to prove he is better.

8) Dwight Howard, Orlando Magic

Stats: 20,4ppg; 11,1rpg; 1,7apg; 1,23spg; 2,13bpg

Team record: 18-12

Howard is only 6th in rebounding and 10th in shot blocking this season, but he has improved his offensive game, which has made him into a much bigger threat to other teams. Orlando is still a top tier team, but Howard has to get his defense to last seasons level, so that they could battle with Miami and Boston.

9) Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City Thunder

Stats: 28,2ppg; 4,4rpg; 7,6apg; 1,71spg; 2,35bpg

Team record: 15-16

Many thought that Kevin Durant will be this years MVP and OKC will be a top tier team, but it hasn’t materialized yet. Durant is great, being in top 15 in points, assists and blocks, but the Thunder are desperately fighting for a play-off spot. Plus KD has changed his position this year – with the acquisition of Ilyasova, who is Thunders starting SF now, Durant has to play Shooting Guard and it is obvious that he hasn’t used to it yet.

10) Danny Granger, Indiana Pacers

Stats: 22,5ppg; 5,3rpg; 6,4apg; 1,81spg; 1,31bpg

Team record: 15-11

Indiana Pacers have a winning record and the biggest props for this goes to Danny Granger, who didn’t saw much playing time with team USA, but has shown a great play at the start of this season. He has lead his team to the fourth best record in the talent stacked Eastern Conference.

Outside Looking In: K. Garnett(BOS), P. Pierce(BOS), G. Arenas(WAS), C. Anthony(DEN), D. Wade(MIA), B. Davis(LAC)


Rookie Rankings

1) John Wall, Washington Wizards
Stats: 16,4ppg; 3,8rpg; 4,3apg; 2,10spg; 1,14bpg*
Team record: 14-15

2) Evan Turner, Philadelphia 76ers
Stats: 16,8ppg; 3,4rpg; 0,8apg; 1,17spg; 1,10bpg
Team record: 13-16

3) Wesley Johnson, Minnesota Timberwolves
Stats: 15,8ppg; 3,8rpg; 0,6apg; 1,69spg; 0,83bpg
Team record: 7-22

4) Blake Griffin, Los Angeles Clippers
Stats: 11,5ppg; 9,0rpg; 1,5apg; 0,97spg; 1,87bpg
Team record: 18-12

5) Derrick Favors, New Jersey Nets
Stats: 9,6ppg; 10,1rpg; 2,0apg; 0,77spg; 1,77bpg
Team record: 13-13

6) DeMarcus Cousins, Sacramento Kings
Stats: 6,3ppg; 6,1rpg; 1,2apg; 0,39spg; 0,82bpg
Team record: 10-18

7) Xavier Henry, Memphis Grizzlies
Stats: 7,4ppg; 3,2rpg; 0,4apg; 0,52spg; 0,45bpg
Team record: 10-21

8) Paul George, Indiana Pacers
Stats: 6,8ppg; 2,7rpg; 0,3apg; 0,69spg; 1,23bpg
Team record: 15-11

9) Gordon Hayward, Utah Jazz
Stats: 6,2ppg; 2,4rpg; 0,3apg; 0,63spg; 0,57bpg
Team record: 19-11

10) Ed Davis, Toronto Raptors
Stats: 5,2ppg; 4,7rpg; 1,5apg; 0,55spg; 0,87bpg
Team record: 8-23

* Rookie leaders in bold

[.PorkyJoker.o6]

Wall's Stats are similar to his College Stats during the 09-10 season.

[newc]

Wall's Stats are similar to his College Stats during the 09-10 season.

yeah, they are quite similar

[newc]

Chapter 1

„Washington Wizards are proud to announce the new General Manager of the team – Janis Kalnins, please welcome.” After these words Janis came into the room, where the press conference was held, he was really nervous, because this was his first publicē appearance as the General Manager of Wizards and he wanted to look good.

„Mr. Kalnins, tell us something about yourself,” said one of the reporters
„Well, there isn’t much to tell, I am a regular guy from a Eastern European country Latvia, I’ve played basketball in the Latvian Basketball League, but now my career is over, because of an injury and I’ve started my career as a GM”

„What is your previous experience in basketball management?”
„I’ve worked for two best Latvian basketball teams Ventspils and VEF Riga, as the President of basketball operations and for Lithuanian team Kaunas Zalgiris as teams vice-president. These jobs gave me a bit of experience in European basketball. The basketball you play here, is a bit different, but I think I’ll do great here.”

***

Janis Kalnins arrived at the Verizon centre for his first day of work. He wanted to see how do his team look after the first months of the season by visiting their training session. He entered the court and was really surprised to see only 8 players practising.

„What’s the matter, where are others” Janis asked to Sam Casell, the assistant coach.

„Well McGee has a minor injury and Ndiaye had some family problems, but others didn’t show up because they think that Nick has to play more” Janis quickly looked at the court and saw that the other missing players were Arenas, Young, Yi and Thornton.

„This doesn’t look good,” Kalnins started, but Casell interrupted him

„Meh, maybe this is even better, when there is no arguing and cursing between the players, especially John and Gilbert, man we could be much better if those two got along.”

Janis nodded and left the court, thinking how to solve his first problem as general manager.

***

„I want him out” coach Saunders visited Kalnin’s Office after the practice.

„You want who out?”

„And what do you think who? Arenas of course”

„But he is our second best player…”

„I WANT HIM OUT!”

„Calm down Flip, no one will take his huge contract, maybe you should let Nick play a bit more and then Gilbert won’t be so intolerable”

„And what next? Give Yi and Thornton a starting spot, cause that’s what they’ll want.”

„Well, maybe it’s not such a bad idea, they have shown some good performance lately.”

„Oh, I see, you’re on the Arenas bandwagon too, but hear me out, last manager liked him to much too, but you know he isn’t working here any more”

„Is that a threat?”

„Take it as a tip from me” after these word Flip Saunders left the room, leaving Janis with some though decision to make.

[newc]

December

Wizards Stats


Standings

Eastern Conference

Boston* 24-8
Miami* 20-8
Orlando 18-12
Indiana* 15-11
New York 16-16
Milwaukee 13-13
New Jersey 13-13
Washington 14-15
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Detroit 13-15
Philadelphia 13-16
Chicago 14-18
Charlotte 13-19
Atlanta 12-18
Cleveland 8-21
Toronto 8-23

Western Conference

LA Lakers* 23-7
Dallas* 25-9
Utah* 19-11
New Orleans 18-11
San Antonio 18-11
LA Clippers 18-12
Phoenix 17-13
Oklahoma City 15-16
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Golden State 14-15
Houston 14-15
Denver 13-17
Sacramento 10-18
Memphis 10-21
Portland 9-20
Minnesota 7-22

* Division leaders

League Leaders

Points per Game

1) K. Bryant 32,3
2) G. Arenas 29,2
3) T. Duncan 28,8
4) K. Durant 28,2
5) D. Nowitzki 27,4
6) C. Anthony 27,0
7) B. Davis 25,7
8) S. Nash 25,1
9) L. James 24,8
10) M. Redd 24,7

Rebounds per Game

1) T. Duncan 12,6
2) A. Jefferson 11,6
3) R. Hibbert 11,5
4) J. O’Neal 11,3
- C. Kaman 11,3
6) D. Howard 11,1
7) B. Wallace 11,0
8) D. Nowitzki 10,9
9) A. Bogut 10,6
10) T. Chandler 10,5
.. J. McGee 9,2

Assists per Game

1) V. Carter 11,1
2) A. Stoudemire 10,7
3) K. Bryant 9,8
- C. Paul 9,8
5) L. James 9,5
6) B. Davis 9,1
- D. Harris 9,1
8) R. Rondo 8,7
- T. Parker 8,7
10) B. Roy 8,6
.. G. Arenas 7,3
Blocks per Game

1) R. Hibbert 4,00
2) K. Bryant 2,87
3) L. James 2,82
4) T. Duncan 2,76
5) S. Marion 2,50
6) K. Durant 2,35
7) T. Outlaw 2,27
8) D. Wade 2,21
9) A. Bynum 2,13
- D. Howard 2,13
.. J. Howard 1,69

Steals per Game

1) D. Fisher 2,47
2) D. Wade 2,43
3) L. James 2,36
4) B. Davis 2,33
5) T. Evans 2,29
6) K. Bryant 2,20
7) A. Miller 2,17
8) R. Rondo 2,16
9) T. Ariza 2,14
10) T. McGrady 2,11
.. J. Wall 2,10

Transactions

The Raptors trade S. Alabi to the Lakers for D. Ebanks

The Raptors trade R. Evans to the 76ers for J. Kapono

The Bucks trade K. Dooling to the Rockets for J. Hill

The Bucks trade C. Delfino to the Bulls for C. Watson

[lefisto]

I always notice they always trade Kapono to Evans. Good to see Arenas is next to Kobe yet still need to climb up the Race to the MVP.

[kibaxx7]

Don't trade Gil. F*ck Saunders

[newc]

I always notice they always trade Kapono to Evans. Good to see Arenas is next to Kobe yet still need to climb up the Race to the MVP.

Arenas is great on the court, but, as always, he has some problem off the court

Don't trade Gil. F*ck Saunders

We'll see, we'll see...

[newc]

Dallas beats Wizards in Wahington


Josh Howard soars in for a dunk

Thanks to a great game from Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks easily got past the Wizards, 85-76. Dallas took control from he very start of the game, having a 10-3 run. Nowitzki terrorized the Wizards defence, so Flip Saunders took a time out and substituted Yi for Blatche. Unfortunately for Wizards he could match up with Dirk only occasionally.

„Dirk was unstoppable,” Andray Blatche admitted after the game. Nowitzki with a help from Butler, continued to the great run in the second quarter, only one from Wizards roster, which could keep it up was Gilbert Arenas, who had a pretty good night with 34 points and 6 assists. „Gil played great as always,” said his team mate Nick Young, „But the others should step up on the offensive end.”

Offense really has been a problem for Wizards this season, they just can’t find any other legitimate scorer who could help Arenas. After Young was asked, what should coaches do to make Wizards offence better, he simply replied: „Let me play.” After the first half, the scoreboard showed a 43-29 score, it really looked decided after this. In the third quarter Mavericks continued to increase their advantage and in the last quarter Dirk and others could relax, while the bench players were on the court, losing the last quarter 15-25.

„This was a good game for us,” said Dirk after the game, „We are continuing to gain our best form, but the real games for us will start in spring” Nowitzki had 34 points and 15 rebounds in this game, Butler helped with 16 points and 8 assists. On the other side Yi Jianlian had 16 points, Andray Blatche added 15 boards.

Player of the game

Dirk Nowitzki

34 points

15 rebounds

3 blocks

17-26 fgm-a

Other notable performers

G. Arenas 34pts, 6ast, 5reb, 3stl
J. Yi 16pts, 2blk
J. Wall 12pts, 5ast

C. Butler 16pts, 8ast, 3reb, 3stl
J. Kidd 15pts, 7ast
S. Marion 8pts, 4reb


Arenas has 40, Wizards wins at Boston Garden.


Team mates help Yi to get off the court

Thanks to a great first and third quarters, Washington Wizards managed to get a win from Boston Garden, 101-94. Gilbert Arenas had an excellent game with 40 points and 5 assists, on the Boston’s side Paul Pierce scored 24.

„This was a great game for us” Arenas stated after the game „”Tonight we showed, that we can play against the bigs of the East like equal.” This was done without one of the Wizards most important bench players Yi Jianlian, who got injured early in the game. „It doesn’t look very good” said the Wizards doctor right after the first half „It looks like he has a bone spur in his foot, it could mean month or two with out basketball”

These are good news for Kevin Seraphin, who could see more playing time now. He actually did play more this game and had 4 points in 7 minutes. Andray Blatche stepped up after his colleague at power forward position got hurt, he had 20 points. Al Thornton had a pretty decent game from the bench, he had 9 points and 5 boards. „Al helps us so much on the court” said Arenas „I think, he should play more and maybe take the starting spot too.”

This is for the coach to decide, but Josh Howard, who starts games for Wizards at SF position, didn’t look very good tonight, not able to unlock the basket and ending the game with disappointing 0 points. After this game Wizards are 18-20 and are still fighting for a play-off spot in the East.


Player of the game

Gilbert Arenas

40 points

5 assists

4 steals


Other notable performers

A. Blatche 20pts, 5reb, 2stl
J. Wall 16pts, 6ast, 3stl
J. McGee 10pts, 5reb, 4ast, 2blk

P. Pierce 24pts, 3ast
R. Rondo 23pts, 11ast, 4reb
R. Allen 20pts, 3reb, 3ast, 3stl

[kibaxx7]

Three C's over 20 points, a Wizard injured, but even with all that, you earned a huge win

[newc]

Three C's over 20 points, a Wizard injured, but even with all that, you earned a huge win

yeah, this was really huge, it could give us some confidence if we meet them at play-offs

[Lamrock]

Haven't checked this in a while, but aside of the Blazers bring 9-20, it looks great. Great to see Gil back to his prolific scoring ways.