With the talk about Boston/Cleveland/Orlando, do you guys think Washington is being overlooked? I don't really know how they match up just yet, a lot of questions still need to be answered, but look at their roster. PG: Arenas/James/Crittenton SG: Foye/Young/Stevenson SF: Butler/Miller/McGuire PF: Jamison/Blatche C: Haywood/McGee That's a shit load of talent. They have a nice trio of vets, Arenas/Butler/Jamison. The trade for Foye/Miller just added to their fire power. Not to mention they have a great collection of young talent in Javaris Crittenton, Nick Young, Dominic McGuire, Andre Blatche, and JaVale McGee, who had a very promising rookie year. The only question for this team IMO, is how well Arenas will play after his injury. Chemistry could be a problem at first, but I don't see it being much of an issue later on in the season, when everybody familiarizes with each other. The only downfall for this team, I guess is defense. But look at all the fire power they have on that squad. Pretty scary if you think about it, they remind me of the Mavs/Suns a few years back. This team can just pile up points on you, and they're very very deep and talented. I think if all goes according to plan, they can give the Big 3 teams of the east a run for their money.
They have the talent and depth to be a top 4 or 5 seed in the East. It's going to come down to the key players staying healthy, and believing in their new head coach. Flip Saunders is actually one of the better offensive minded coaches in the league so it should be interesting to see what he can get out of this squad.
they remind me of the warriors, you know the 'we believe' team, when they beat the mavs, idk, on paper they look like an underdog that'll take down a big team, but you never know they could go horribly wrong. the wizards havent really done anything ever so yeah, dont expect too much i guess.
If they can stay healthy, this team is a top 5 team in the East IMO. Caron and Gilly are fuckin' money, and Jamison is always solid. The key is getting and keeping Arenas healthy.
41 wins was enough for two teams to get into the playoffs in the East. It all comes down to Gilbert of course, hopefully he stays healthy.
They had three years in a row I believe where they were the 4th seed once, 5th seed twice and got bounced by Cleveland all three times. They'll get back to form if they stay healthy. Also, if Nick Young continues to grow, they'll only be stronger.
Besides Mike James, and possibly Stevenson, I'd take any of those guys on the Lakers in a heartbeat. They have tons of depth.
Still not sold on Arenas as a point guard, but I guess that's where they're headed. Maybe he proves me wrong. FWIW, if Arenas doesn't mesh or doesn't stay fully healthy and they feel the need to trade him for some young prospects/draft picks/cap space, the Wizards turn into one of the more promising teams in the league.
They've got a lot of young talent, so it's going to be a matter of if they can mesh and play enough defense to win games. The offensive talent was already there with their big three, but with the addition of Foye and Miller, they became even more dangerous, and they've got gobs of depth. If they can get some solid chemistry and buy in to Flip's system, as well as play at least SOME defense, they could be really dangerous.
I think that this is a top 5 team out in the east. IMO, the biggest problem they have aside from D would be shot distribution. They don't really have a PG among them aside from maybe Crittenton, but I doubt he gets to play much since he's just 3rd string. And after Arenas, Butler and Jamison gets their load of the shots, there isn't gonna be much shots left for the other players.
