Assuming Jared Jeffries goes to play with the Knicks, who starts for us? We may sign DeShawn Stevenson, he's a possibility. But we have so many options: Jarvis HayesAntonio DanielsDarius SongailaDeShawn StevensonOleisky PecherovAndray BlatcheI'm very reluctant to have Hayes starting at the 2, because he may get injured again. That was our plan last year, 'till he got injured. I dont want him to be out for another 60 games, he has talent, and I want to see it. I feel more comfortable if he comes off the bench. Daniels is probably the best choice. We need a ball-handling SG next to Arenas like we had with Hughes in '04-05. Arenas gets really tired of having to handle the ball a lot, and with Daniels on the court helping him is where we're most successful. Songaila should come off the bench imo, but he is also another possibility. Stevenson was my first choice, but I had doubts about his ball-handling skills. I only put him on the list because it seems we're the only team to have a lot of interest in him. Pecherov may go back to Europe, and Blatche will be ready in one more year, imo.
Hmm, Daniels looks like the best option there even though he's very productive. All the rest are very shaky choices. Hayes is the only other one I would consider, but like you said he's very injury prone, so letting him work his way back off the bench is probably the best option.
Hayes is used to how we play and should be able to effectively execute his part, so for at least the beggining Hayes needs to start, later on we could move it to DeShawn Stevenson or another possibility is Antonio Daniels however he did a great job being a 6th man htis year and I want him to have another year at least of being a 6th man before moving up to a starter. Blatche showed a stunning performance during the Summer League however he is too young and too un-experienced for us to start him. Darius Songaila is a great shooter however I want him to be the core of our bench. As for the C position, I want to see Pecherov in the league he could start over Haywood if he can produce effectively for us, which he hopefully can assuming that he doesn't go to europe.
No way would Antonio Daniels be able to start along with Gilbert Arenas. That is exactly like the Steve Francis and Stephon Marbury combo up in New York. You notice during most of the season when Antonio Daniels came into the game, they didn't swing the ball as much as when he was off. It was basically whoever took the ball up the court runs it. He is a lot better off the bench. He's been a role player most of his career with the Spurs, Sonics and for us, so he's better off coming off a bench. Putting Jarvis Hayes in doesn't sound too bad, it's just that he's injured proned, so that's why Ernie Grunfeld is looking to bring in DeShawn Stevenson to replace Jarvis Hayes when it occurs. The starting lineup for me looks a little like...G: Gilbert ArenasG: Caron ButlerF: Antawn JamisonF: Darius SongaliaC: Brendan HaywoodFrom what I see, this would be able to put Antawn Jamison to his natural spot at Small Forward and Caron Butler to fill in Jared Jeffries' spot, since they both have the same defensive tangibilities. It's just that this time, Caron Butler will be able to work better and at the 2 guard. It's time that Darius Songalia broke out this season and giving him the start will do that, we're gonna need his inside presence, leaving Brendan Haywood the dirty work of getting the boards and guarding the centers.Another thing about this season is that with Jeffries out, this is going to give Andray Blatche a lot more playing time. He's ready to take a bigger role off the bench for the Wizards and it's shown in the Summer League. As for Oleksiy Pecherov (Yes, I got name right ), I suggest he should go back to Europe and play another year until we need him. It's too soon to take him in with all the big men we have.
We should send Oleksiy back? Why? There is so many other players we can put in IR/Send to DL, such as Micheal Ruffin or John Paul Ramos, Pecherov shows more promise than alot of our big men. As for you saying that Songaila starts this year? I would keep Jarvis in and if he or DeShawn gell's well quickly they will take over his spot.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GArenas @ Jul 30 2006, 09:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>We should send Oleksiy back? Why? There is so many other players we can put in IR/Send to DL, such as Micheal Ruffin or John Paul Ramos, Pecherov shows more promise than alot of our big men. As for you saying that Songaila starts this year? I would keep Jarvis in and if he or DeShawn gell's well quickly they will take over his spot.</div>Michael Ruffin? Are you joking? Michael Ruffin was a big factor coming off the bench. He was able to give the Wizards important second chance opportunites and he just had great strength to go up and get the boards. That's also why he got resigned for another year with the Wizards. Peter John Ramos is already in the D-League, and Pecherov hasn't shown any promise whatsoever. European basketball is different than NBA basketball like the big men can actually shoot the 3's. Michael Ruffin is staying, he fits Eddie Jordan's offense, he likes it there, he doesn't act up, and Eddie Jordan likes him too.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Ming637 @ Jul 30 2006, 10:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Michael Ruffin? Are you joking? Michael Ruffin was a big factor coming off the bench. He was able to give the Wizards important second chance opportunites and he just had great strength to go up and get the boards. That's also why he got resigned for another year with the Wizards. Peter John Ramos is already in the D-League, and Pecherov hasn't shown any promise whatsoever. European basketball is different than NBA basketball like the big men can actually shoot the 3's. Michael Ruffin is staying, he fits Eddie Jordan's offense, he likes it there, he doesn't act up, and Eddie Jordan likes him too.</div> I would rather send older Ruffin away, Ruffin defensively minded coming off the bench is useful however we can fix up Pecherov to be better than him, younger Pecherov although I wouldn't want him to leave specifically. Peter John Ramos, could be put away and that would leave an open space for Pecherov he also shows more promise easily than Billy Thomas and Awvee Storey along with the fact we also have Veremeenko, we could send him away. Pecherov was backing up Blatche nicely in the summer league he could stay.
I would think Hayes would start. He is a decent role player and pretty good defender for the Wizards.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GArenas @ Jul 30 2006, 10:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I would rather send older Ruffin away, Ruffin defensively minded coming off the bench is useful however we can fix up Pecherov to be better than him, younger Pecherov although I wouldn't want him to leave specifically. Peter John Ramos, could be put away and that would leave an open space for Pecherov he also shows more promise easily than Billy Thomas and Awvee Storey along with the fact we also have Veremeenko, we could send him away. Pecherov was backing up Blatche nicely in the summer league he could stay.</div>Why would you want develop pecherov when you haven't even seen him play, while throwing away a guy that brings in inside defense? It's like you're saying throw Gilbert Arenas away if we drafted Brandan Roy. Peter John Ramos is in the D-League, no sign of him improving, throw him away.
Well, we saw him play in the Summer, and he wasn't bad at all, I never said we should throw away Ruffin, I said if we had to keep pecherov, due to age however giving of Ramos for Pecherov is a good idea.
Pg-arenas(30ppg) sg-stevenson(10) sf-butler(20)pf-jamison(20) c- haywood(5)6th man- daniels(15)7th man- songalia(10)total scored- 110total let up- 109 :boogie:
