Wizard a lot Sonics not very much at all points in the game
My mother told me if I nothing nice to say nothing at all. For the first time in my life I will take that advice. I am speechless at what is taking place on the floor.
Wizards 71 Soncis 49 at end of the half
The play to end the half when Arenas got the layup is one of the worst plays I have ever seen by a team. I hate to say this but that looks like a team that quit early on the half.
They allowed Arenas to dribble the length of the floor never turned him or affected him at all. He hesitated at the three point line and then went to the basket for a layup and a foul all with just :6 seconds on the clock.
IT CAN’T HAPPEN.
Wizards 61 Sonics 39 with 2:58 left in the 2nd Quarter
Holy smokes it 61-39 what is going on.
I am surprised now as I was last year at this time
The Sonics are panicking. Instead of setting up for good offensive possessions they are going quicker and quicker and quicker. They are shooting after the first pass too often. They look like they lose confidence and then press.
When you shoot early in possession before the floor balance you give up transition.
Wizards 53 Sonics 33 With 5:35 left in the 2nd Quarter
The Wizards have scored on 8 of their first 10 possessions of the 2nd quarter
This is terrible.
The Sonics have freaked out again. They have no confidence.
They are playing no transition defense.
They have only 3 field goals in the Quarter and only 1 out of the offense.
It is make everyone an all-star week for the Sonics defense.
Sonics are not defensive rebounding at all again.
Wizards 43 Sonics 29 with 8:25 left in the 2nd Quarter
In the last few games when the Sonics have gotten behind they hit the panic button let's see if they do it tongiht.
Mikki Moore makes his first appearance
AD just got Ray on a flop. That has to piss you off when you know what a flopper AD is and the ref falls for it. I used to talk with AD in the lockerroom about the art of flopping and he would get really in to it.
The bad Danny Fortson showed up tonight.
Bob Weiss just got his first T from a rookie official.
Nick and Danny both have three fouls
Wizards 39 Sonics 27 with 9:25 left n the 2nd Quarter
13-2 run by the Wizards
The Sonics can’t have Wilkins and Murray on the floor at the same time.
This has been a disaster all season when it happens.
When on the floor together they were a negative 27 in the last game
This group is playing no transition defense
Wilkins is getting crushed back door in the Princeton offense.
Wizards 29 Sonics 25 after 1 Quarter
Ray Allen left the game with the Sonics trailing by 1 by the time he re-entered with just 2 minutes passed the Sups were down 6.
It might seem like Arenas is killing Luke but if you watch Arenas has gotten his points when Luke is either on the bench or guarding some one else.
Offensively the Sonics looked more in synch in the first quarter.
The Sonics are doing a nice job of taking advantage of the poor defensive rebounding of the Wizards, last in the NBA
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Wow . . .
i second that......*sigh*
Just horrible. Either McMillian was the best coach in the history of the NBA or Weiss is the worst coach in the history of the NBA.
What does Weiss do next? Go harsh?
I might try the absolute shortest rotation possible 7 guys, 8 max. Make them play big minutes regardless what comes. If they ask out, they sit the rest of the game and maybe a few of the next ones too. The bench collectively deserves no minutes. If they get a chance and fail to be at least high effort they get frozen out for 10 games.
What else is there?
A group bowling trip to bond and laugh it off??? No, of course, that was sarcasm.
After next Wednesday, the Sonic get an incredible gift: 15 home games and only 6 road thru the end of December. They can use that to recover. They better. In January and February they go 10 home 19 road. Then a more balanced 14 home 10 road to close the season. Screwy schedule.
this is husky football bad.
yuck.
Weiss talked about using Petro again and maybe more "young gguys (how else did he mean?). That sounds like a deeper rotation. I don't think that is the answer. Maybe cut out some of those in the previous rotation and replace them is what he meant. Dont know yet.
He also suggested a players only meeting. That was appropriate. Lets see what rotation they recommend. Ray wanted 8 or 9 guy rotation. Lots of guys would seem likely to be on the other side of that idea for personal reasons. They may disagree and fall further apart. If they can agree on an approach maybe it helps. High risk situation.
In any event, GM Rick Sund should let Vladimir Radmanovic, Reggie Evans, Ronald Murray, and Mateen Cleaves walk after this season once their one-year qualifying offers are finished.
Again, the guys who need to be moved are Danny Fortson, Vitaly Potapenko, and Mikki Moore, as they'll take up approximately $11 million in salary during the 2006-2007 season; the three of them should be traded for even worse, crappy players with expiring contracts.
Fortson, however, could also be used in a package along with Rashard Lewis as a means to improve the team defense at the swing positions. I've always praised Paul Pierce; yet, it seems as if Boston is hell-bent on keeping him. Anyhow, another possibility would be to go after power forward Keith Van Horn and small forward Josh Howard from Dallas; the Mavericks have tried to obtain Lewis before and would probably not be averse to taking back Fortson in such a deal.
Damien Wilkins should not have been re-signed; Noel Felix could have done as well as Wilkins for $398,762 this season, which is a fraction of what Wilkins' will be earning throughout the next five seasons.
Lastly, rather than allowing Wilkins to take up a huge part of the mid-level exception, Sund should've instead re-signed Antoino Daniels to a five-year, $30 million contract and given the starting role over Luke Ridnour.
Here is what an eight-man rotation might, perhaps, look like were it to be used by Seattle Supersonics Head Coach Bob Weiss:
FIRST QUARTER/THIRD QUARTER
6 Minutes
C: Johan Petro
PF: Reggie Evans
SF: Rashard Lewis
SG: Ray Allen
PG: Luke Ridnour
2 Minutes
C: Nick Collison
PF: Vladimir Radmanovic
SF: Rashard Lewis
SG: Ray Allen
PG: Luke Ridnour
4 Minutes
C: Nick Collison
PF: Vladimir Radmanovic
SF: Rashard Lewis
SG: Ray Allen
PG: Ronald Murray
SECOND QUARTER/FOURTH QUARTER
Four Minutes
C: Johan Petro
PF: Reggie Evans
SF: Vladimir Radmanovic
SG: Ronald Murray
PG: Luke Ridnour
Two Minutes
C: Johan Petro
PF: Reggie Evans
SF: Rashard Lewis
SG: Ray Allen
PG: Luke Ridnour
Six Minutes
C: Nick Collison
PF: Vladimir Radmanovic
SF: Rashard Lewis
SG: Ray Allen
PG: Luke Ridnour
DNP—COACH'S DECISION
C: Vitaly Potapenko
PF: Danny Fortson
SF: Damien Wilkins
PG: Mateen Cleaves
INACTIVES
C: Mikki Moore
C: Robert Swift (NBDL)
PG: Rick Brunson
Anyhow, the two main problems with the abovementioned rotation that I proposed is that it has Radmanovic playing 32 minutes a night and Murray playing 8 minutes a night at point guard.
Instead of watching Damien Wilkins earn $15 million over five years, I'd rather have seen Antonio Daniels earn $30 million over five years; Daniels should, at this point in time, be starting for the Seattle Supersonics and playing 32 minutes a night, while Luke Ridnour would pick up 16 minutes a night as a reserve coming off of the bench.
Guys like Daniels, Chris Duhon, and Breven Knight -- who, mind y'all, I brought up during the off-season as a possible replacement for the departed Daniels -- aren't appreciated enough in the NBA; Duhon, though, is by far and away the best of that bunch.
You are probably right about Danny Fortson and the Dallas Mavericks; however, a deal in which 'sonics GM Rick Sund sends Rashard Lewis ($8,571,429) and Danny Fortson ($6,415,584) to Dallas for Keith Van Horn ($15,694,250) and Josh Howard ($873,880) may, conceivably, cause Mark Cuban to consider allowing Fortson back into the Mavericks organization.
Yet, it is possible to avoid that by getting the Indiana Pacers involved and make it a three-team deal, wherein Scott Pollard ($6,274,937) would go to Dallas and Fortson would go to Indiana; Sund, though, would probably have to send Indiana the draft rights of Peter Fehse, Paccelis Morlende, and Mickael Gelabale, along with some second-round draft picks in 2006 and/or 2007, so as to complete the deal.
Another trade -- which can be done anytime between 12/15/05 and the trade deadline -- that I would attempt to complete is Vitaly Potapenko and Mikki Moore to the Toronto Raptors for Aaron Williams and Pape Sow.
Anyway, if the trades that I proposed were to occur, then this is what the roster would look like at the end of this season and going into the 2006-2007 season:
C
C Johan Petro ($1,006,800)
C Robert Swift ($1,887,600)
PF
PF Nick Collison ($2,501,070)
PF Pape Sow ($744,551)
SF Josh Howard ($1,577,353)
SF Damien Wilkins ($2,750,000)
SF
SG Ray Allen ($14,611,570)
SG
SG
PG
PG Luke Ridnour ($2,425,878)
PG
Okay, if the above situation were to be the case, then that would leave salary cap space, which could, perchance, be used to sign legitimate starters at center, power forward, and point guard. On the other hand, though, if the roster next season is plagued with the likes of Fortson, Potapenko, Moore -- as well as the vastly overrated Lewis -- then things are going to be no better than they are now.
I wouldn't trade Ray Allen.
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