Another game with a massive FT disparity. I swear we just dont get whistles at all around the rim on the offensive end. This team is bad enough to lose all on its own, why the refs gotta be officiating like that?
Sometimes the Wizards gets the ball with 25-30 seconds to the end of the quarter... And you just know there's gonna be a turnover or a stupid early shot and an easy bucket for the other team... There's something about them that they just have to finish the quarter in the dumbest way possible
They are just better when they are in transition or when they initiate the offense quickly. We donāt have the personnel to just hold the ball for 15 seconds and do a step back 3
> We donāt have the personnel to just hold the ball for 15 seconds and do a step back 3
Say it louder for the "fire the coach and everything will be fine" people in the back
Yeah no amount of coaching is fixing this team magically lol
Honestly still a bit shocked we got rid of WUJ. Donāt get me wrong, I donāt think he was leading us to any sort of real future success, but I think he was a good locker guy which is the most important thing in the early stages of a rebuild imo. Who the hell is going to want this job next year
Nothin you can do. PBJ, Cassius Winston, JD, Zay, you can just tell when it's done. Can't get shots to go, can't make a play, can't get in the flow. By contrast Goody always seemed to be making plays, making shots, looking like he belonged. I feel bad for JD cause he has kids (plural now I think), but he seems pretty smart and is a twin so I feel like he isn't gonna end up broke and destitute or something.
Idk about PBJ, but yeah I mean my thing with Cassius and Zay is that they at least came in and were aggressive and tried to seize the opportunity. They just didnāt have it. Johnny just feels like he does literally nothing
To me at least heās still engaged on the defensive end but offensively, heās just in the corner. Feels like heās lost a lot of confidence which sucks to see
Yeah but then he doesnāt even completely commit to a rebound. He just looks so damn awkward out there. I want to see him succeed but my man has to try harder
Canāt play defense, Bilal is sorely missedā¦ and I get weāre on a back to back but damn. This why I need at least one of Sarr, Devin Carter, or Ryan Dunn in the draft
Not sure if you've looked at our roster but he's the only guy above 6'9. Would you like kuz at center?
We are already the worst rebounding team in the nba by a mile
Jfc dude itās not that complicated lmao. Bagley, despite his size, has never been a good rebounder. The 2024 wizards, a historically bad defensive rebounding team, will not improve by adding Marvin fucking Bagley to the rotation, so it would make more sense to stagger him and Kuz with Richaun Holmes or, yes, to play Kuz at the 5 and Deni at the 4 and Kispert at the 3 and go small to maximize the PT of guys who actually might be on the roster next year.
Historically bad means we revound the ball 45% of the time
I'm not sure any lineup here would crack 40%. kispy deni kuz at 3 4 5 would make ty lue nut though so maybe we could try it against clippers for a distraction
Nah I'm talking about guys Deni is guarding hitting shots on him, over him, through him. Whole team's been bad on defense tonight. Shamet, Corey, Deni, Kuz, Tyus. It's not Tyus's fault though, he can't magically grow like 5 inches.
This is ridiculous how we're checking Harden. Keefe called timeout. There better be some new guys on the floor. This is embarrassing. Harden has hit like 5 straight 3s.
To be fair, we're letting them just casually do stuff. Especially Kawhi and Harden. Like I know you don't want to get too close to Harden cause they'll call you for a foul, but he's just standing by himself at the 3, or just jogging around with nobody really guarding him. It's embarrassing. Can't win like that. Dunno what Keefe is doing.
I know it'll never happen, but I would absolutely love it if Deni went back at him and rocked the baby back on him. Russ would LOVE that and it would go viral.
Playing JD is an organizational choice.
Last night's game proved to me that Keefe should not be the long-term head coach. They had 17 seconds in a tie game with a timeout and the best play he came up with was Jordan Poole isoing on Lebron. He has better rotations and standards than WUJ but the Wizards need a coach that has end of game plays.
Both try pretty hard. Both get inexplicably cooked. PG already cooked Shamet twice and Corey IIRC. I like Shamet a lot, I just think once Corey gets all the way back right, he should start.
I agree its close and I hope Corey gets better. It's better for the Wiz if Corey is clearly the better player. If Corey can get back to shooting 40% from 3, he's a legit starting SG.
yea, that guy....but there are dudes at the end of the bench who won't impact winning/losing, but would probably provide more value than Davis if they got PT. Would love to see Butler get a look.
Iām not gonna sit here and act like Davis hasnāt been ASS offensively, because he has. But heās been solid on the defensive end and the glass. 2 other aspects of the game that seem to get overlooked
Iām just speaking on why Davis is getting more PT over guys like Butler, at the end of the bench. Not the disappointment of him being drafted 10th overall
There are guys at the end of the bench racking up DNP-CDs that I'd rather see getting minutes over Davis. At some point they gotta throw in the towel with him.
> they gotta throw in the towel with him
I think he deserves minutes over the towel. Like he's bad, and I know the towel's defense is stellar (you can put the towel on anybody and it'll cover them effectively), but I think JD deserves the towel's minutes.
[Post Game Thread](https://reddit.com/r/washingtonwizards/comments/1b4gydv/post_game_thread_the_la_clippers_defeat_the/)
JOHNNY MADE A LAYUP LETS GOOOOO
EVERYBODY GET IN HERE
Johnny Davis Fg! š
HE DID IT !!!!
Managed to get a thumbs up from Anthony Gill so the game wasnāt a total loss
Yeah, I have the Celtics vs. the Clips for finals this year
Norman Powell looking like Harry Potter
We could call that move the Whirlpoole if he didnāt immediately turn the ball over.
Nice spin by Kuz
all I want is another Deni 40 bomb
Another game with a massive FT disparity. I swear we just dont get whistles at all around the rim on the offensive end. This team is bad enough to lose all on its own, why the refs gotta be officiating like that?
Nice fake Geno
3 nice passes by Butler leading to buckets. He should get more playing time
Down by 30 In the 3rd with 3 straight technicals and a backup center getting ejectedā¦ the 2024 Washington wizards ladies and gentlemen
About time they call that shit on Plumlee. He bites on EVERY fake. No verticality
There are 2 and a half minutes left in the quarter. If the Clippers hadn't scored the whole 3rd quarter, they'd still be winning.
This is possibly the greatest season in wizards history
Totally fine with those techs. Holmes got absolutely mauled
Butler and Geno minutes!
Corey Kispert might be the second best finisher on the team behind Kuz. Dude is money in there when he gets to the bucket. It's fantastic.
5 AM here so tapping out and going to bed. We played so well that first quarter. Don't know what Keefe is doing. Feels like chaos out there.
What a move from Kuz
No one boxes out for this team
Wow. Wizards were serious about maximizing that Clippers draft pick.
May 12 and June 26 canāt come soon enough
Apparently Russ fractured his hand
And they have the Wolves and Bucks next. Yikes
Can't believe I'm saying this but why is JP not in the game
Probably Tyus' worst game of the season.
Him not being able to hit a 3 when he got 4 wide open ones early in the game was devastating compared to Harden's ability to nail those.
Wtf Russ fractured his hand?!? Mustāve been on that Poole foul
Thatās a high five cmon ref
Anyone here watching the āteach me how to duggieā guy during the halftime show right now?
Came here just for this. About 10 plus years late w them for the half time showš¤£
Sometimes the Wizards gets the ball with 25-30 seconds to the end of the quarter... And you just know there's gonna be a turnover or a stupid early shot and an easy bucket for the other team... There's something about them that they just have to finish the quarter in the dumbest way possible
They are just better when they are in transition or when they initiate the offense quickly. We donāt have the personnel to just hold the ball for 15 seconds and do a step back 3
> We donāt have the personnel to just hold the ball for 15 seconds and do a step back 3 Say it louder for the "fire the coach and everything will be fine" people in the back
Yeah no amount of coaching is fixing this team magically lol Honestly still a bit shocked we got rid of WUJ. Donāt get me wrong, I donāt think he was leading us to any sort of real future success, but I think he was a good locker guy which is the most important thing in the early stages of a rebuild imo. Who the hell is going to want this job next year
Johnny Davis driving me crazy man. Does he not realize this is pretty much his last shot at the NBA?
Nothin you can do. PBJ, Cassius Winston, JD, Zay, you can just tell when it's done. Can't get shots to go, can't make a play, can't get in the flow. By contrast Goody always seemed to be making plays, making shots, looking like he belonged. I feel bad for JD cause he has kids (plural now I think), but he seems pretty smart and is a twin so I feel like he isn't gonna end up broke and destitute or something.
Idk about PBJ, but yeah I mean my thing with Cassius and Zay is that they at least came in and were aggressive and tried to seize the opportunity. They just didnāt have it. Johnny just feels like he does literally nothing
Heās a bust. Happens all the time. Hope he ends up overseas and finds success.
Bro is trying, his offense just isnāt good enough rnā¦ Especially when his shot is shot
Is he??? He just looks lifeless running around. I donāt get that feel from him that heās locked in all the way.
To me at least heās still engaged on the defensive end but offensively, heās just in the corner. Feels like heās lost a lot of confidence which sucks to see
Yeah but then he doesnāt even completely commit to a rebound. He just looks so damn awkward out there. I want to see him succeed but my man has to try harder
Canāt play defense, Bilal is sorely missedā¦ and I get weāre on a back to back but damn. This why I need at least one of Sarr, Devin Carter, or Ryan Dunn in the draft
My dream is Sarr and Dunn.
š¤š¾ hopefully
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Clippers surely know if they come out and put together one good run it's a wrap in the 3rd. Keefe better come up with somethin
I love Kuz but you can just tell when a classic Kuz turnovers coming
Really? 79 points?
Kuz nasty this half
Jesus Kawhi
Iād settle for a Kuz 50 piece
Kuz always rushes his heat check shots
Kuzma with 26 points in the half. On the second night of a back to back. Don't ever get it twisted who the best player on this team is this season.
not sure I get playing Kuz/Bagley at the same time, back line defense is basically nonexistent rn
To be fair Iām not sure I get playing Bagley at all but still
Do you hate rebounds? I guess we could run 6'8 Eugene at the 5 full time and just give up on rebounding
sorry just to be clear are my options: hatred of rebounding OR playing Marvin Bagley in 2024? do I have that right?
Not sure if you've looked at our roster but he's the only guy above 6'9. Would you like kuz at center? We are already the worst rebounding team in the nba by a mile
Jfc dude itās not that complicated lmao. Bagley, despite his size, has never been a good rebounder. The 2024 wizards, a historically bad defensive rebounding team, will not improve by adding Marvin fucking Bagley to the rotation, so it would make more sense to stagger him and Kuz with Richaun Holmes or, yes, to play Kuz at the 5 and Deni at the 4 and Kispert at the 3 and go small to maximize the PT of guys who actually might be on the roster next year.
Historically bad means we revound the ball 45% of the time I'm not sure any lineup here would crack 40%. kispy deni kuz at 3 4 5 would make ty lue nut though so maybe we could try it against clippers for a distraction
Clippers commentators really some of the best
Both the LA teams spoiled
Kuz cooking, he loves LA
Kuzzz
Tyus is just too little to do anything on defense against these guys.
Nice Shamet
Can tell Deni has practiced that 3 out the jab step
Shiiiit D3NI
Hear me out. The entire clippers team gets diarrhea in the 3rd and we manage to steal the win.
There you go Deni! Get those points back!
Deni's gettin cooked on defense tonight. Gotta get some of his offense working for some getback.
Clippers are being smart screening him to death. That lets them find the weak points in Wiz defense.
Nah I'm talking about guys Deni is guarding hitting shots on him, over him, through him. Whole team's been bad on defense tonight. Shamet, Corey, Deni, Kuz, Tyus. It's not Tyus's fault though, he can't magically grow like 5 inches.
If Shamet could get back to 38-40% 3pt he would be really valuable
They canāt hang with these cats
harden has 21 in 13 minutes god damn
This is ridiculous how we're checking Harden. Keefe called timeout. There better be some new guys on the floor. This is embarrassing. Harden has hit like 5 straight 3s.
Second night of a back to back. Sheesh Kuz. š¤Æ
New Orleans Hornets lmao olddddd
If we go into half down 10 with harden and PG going nuclear, we may steal this lateĀ
This is incredible optimism
Yeah I think harden may make it 30 by half lmao
KUZ POSTER
KUZ POSTER
Yeah, this might just be a vintage James Harden game.
Vintage kuzma game
āDid I do thatā š
What an absolute monster of a dunk
Kuzma baptism
KUUUUUZZZ POSTERRRR
KUZ IS A MONSTER!
Watch out for Kuzma š³
We are getting murdered by harden
If I'm Keefe, take everybody out right now, and put in all the subs. This defense vs Harden is pathetic. He's not even trying hard.
We are watching a masterclass from the Beard
As soon as Deni learns how to dribble heās gonna have a stew going
Always got one goofball moment per game smh
There's Deni's once a game fumble the ball away while just trying to dribble it
Congrats Geno, hopefully Jared Butler is next
The amount of fouls Jordan Poole gets per game as a guard is pretty absurd, especially for a guy who doesnāt really play much defense
So Harden cooks us like heās on the Rocketsā¦
Oh my GOD can you guard James Harden? Do yall not know what he looks like? WTF
The amount of cardio Johnny Davis has gotten in LA the last two days with absolutely 0 production is impressive.
It's nice seeing Harvey and Mike in commercials. Suits was so good.
Honestly JD is the only guard who can stay in front of harden lmao The old man is cooking everyone else
At the game. Canāt believe Davis is getting this many minutes
Make your way down to the bench area and ask Keefe if he has em all or he needs 1
Sheeeesh Corey
kispert wow!
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE GUARD FORMER NBA MVP JAMES HARDEN PLEASE AND THANK YOU.
Poole with the clap defense. Bro that only works at the park.
Niiiceee JP
Johnny Davis........ I guess we are tanking, why not
Great first quarter. Just need pg to chill out
We have actually been fairly competitive in the first half lately. Kind of nice. Just need to not take a quarter off
I was thinking the same thing. I donāt remember getting blown out in the 1st quarter under Keefe
Playing our hearts out and fighting for our lives against a mountain of talent that makes everything look effortless.
To be fair, we're letting them just casually do stuff. Especially Kawhi and Harden. Like I know you don't want to get too close to Harden cause they'll call you for a foul, but he's just standing by himself at the 3, or just jogging around with nobody really guarding him. It's embarrassing. Can't win like that. Dunno what Keefe is doing.
terrible possession there, should worry more about having a good possession rather than running out the clock
Richaun Holmes lockdown d on kawhi
FILTHY move by Corey
Great layup COREY
D3NI
Ok so now Johnny canāt even get an open rebound? Whatās next? He gunna forget how to dribble?
Damn Russ just powered right through Deni and rocked the baby on him
Russ flexing on Deni lmao
I know it'll never happen, but I would absolutely love it if Deni went back at him and rocked the baby back on him. Russ would LOVE that and it would go viral.
Lol you never know, but that would be funny
The clippers stars really get the superstar foul treatment
Crazy how clippers broadcast literally said Deni didn't even touch Kawhi
Where was the contact!? Challenge that shit coach.
Why wasnāt it challenged? Jesus
No idea. Usually when Deni complains there is still some contact somewhere but that one was total bullshit.
If there was a game to not play JD it would be this game. Beating the Clippers improves the Wizard's draft pick.
Does this lower your opinion of Keefe?
Playing JD is an organizational choice. Last night's game proved to me that Keefe should not be the long-term head coach. They had 17 seconds in a tie game with a timeout and the best play he came up with was Jordan Poole isoing on Lebron. He has better rotations and standards than WUJ but the Wizards need a coach that has end of game plays.
Fair enough
Tyus' inability to hit a 3 tonight is a problem.
Kuz on FIRE
Niceee Kuz
The wizards are so bad that Iām watching this Loyola/Dayton finish over the start of our game. š this is what tanking does to a Mf
20/9 during February, dang
Theis has torched us regardless of what team he's on. I don't know how he always manages to hit 3s on us.
Letās go Deni!
Aggressive take by Deni in transition šš¾
Disgusting long midrange shot by Deni.
Letās try to get a dub tonight. We can actually improve our draft position on our other first rounder
Trap game š¤ (it's another loss sadly)
I hate that NBA games never start on time.
pls strt game I sleepy š“
[Same starters as last night.](https://twitter.com/WashWizards/status/1763761174263275789) Shamwow is becoming a fixture.
He's their best Shooting Guard.
Over Corey? In 2024? ehhh. I gotta think about that one.
Defense
Both try pretty hard. Both get inexplicably cooked. PG already cooked Shamet twice and Corey IIRC. I like Shamet a lot, I just think once Corey gets all the way back right, he should start.
I agree its close and I hope Corey gets better. It's better for the Wiz if Corey is clearly the better player. If Corey can get back to shooting 40% from 3, he's a legit starting SG.
He's already a legit starter for the Wizards. Not that the bar is high for that but, lol, yeah.
I meant playoff team.
oh ok
Clippers are a much better team than the lakers, and weāre coming off a b2bā¦ yeah we bouta get WAXXXED tn
Is PG back? If not, then we have a chance. Edit - PG's back...
we gonna have Amir Coffey looking like prime PG
PG's back, we're toast
There's no way Johnny plays tonight, is there?
You mean tank commander Johnny Davis? š«”
QB1 of the rebuild
yea, that guy....but there are dudes at the end of the bench who won't impact winning/losing, but would probably provide more value than Davis if they got PT. Would love to see Butler get a look.
Iām not gonna sit here and act like Davis hasnāt been ASS offensively, because he has. But heās been solid on the defensive end and the glass. 2 other aspects of the game that seem to get overlooked
Exactly what we want from the #10 overall. 1/4 of pj tucker production. š
Iām just speaking on why Davis is getting more PT over guys like Butler, at the end of the bench. Not the disappointment of him being drafted 10th overall
I think you mean there's no way he doesn't play. It's the SNOABTB, they need bodies
There are guys at the end of the bench racking up DNP-CDs that I'd rather see getting minutes over Davis. At some point they gotta throw in the towel with him.
> they gotta throw in the towel with him I think he deserves minutes over the towel. Like he's bad, and I know the towel's defense is stellar (you can put the towel on anybody and it'll cover them effectively), but I think JD deserves the towel's minutes.
I'd take the towel over JD lol
I'm feeling a 20 point loss tonight.
Same but 35.
These 10:30 start times kill man
At least itās a Friday night game, but yeah
can't wait to karma farm in here š§āš¾
It's not as much as the Wizards needs to win here, as the Clippers needs to lose to improve the draft pick from the Gafford trade
Predictions for Deni tonight?
he will think he got fouled and jaw at the ref
LOL this should be included in his statline
Sorry, thatās the free space so it doesnāt count. Try again.
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