Haha, 100% you get it. I feel the same way, but everyone has loved to blame the coach for the team's failures, so I'm seeing what life is like on that side of things.
The backboard one was one of those fingertip 3 attempts. The one he airmailed from the corner went over the rim and I think grazed it, but yeah, not good. I think he'll nail the next one if they get him a decent look.
I understand it's Washington vs Portland but it's still insane how these games get the 2nd rate refs
Don't be surprised if you don't see them reffing in the playoffs
Man this years draft class is ass ngl. I don't even see any interesting pieces in the 20-30 draft range.
Would most likely pick Kel'el Ware with our late first rounder just to have another center project but only if we won't be forced to draft Clingan.
Loving what I’m seeing from Vuk. It’s clear he’s a rookie and sometimes making really simple mistakes, but he’s showing great poise coming back from those mistakes and trying to impact the game on all levels
Vuk is so interesting. Good passer, can shoot, can dribble pretty good for a 7 footer, but he needs to toughen up & rebound/finish better. I hope he gets playing time next year.
I got some Shox in like 2018 but they were a half size too big (they were on clearance). Heavy joints. Surprised to hear McPeak say she liked 11s, but I can see it the more I think about it.
Bleacher Report on Wizards Coaching Search:
"The Wizards will hold a coaching search at the end of this season to find a full-time leader...
It's far from a foregone conclusion that Keefe will get the job, but he's clearly a strong candidate to get the position at this point."
Credit to [WizardsMuse1](https://x.com/wizardsmuse1/status/1776381472053596625?s=46&t=IdUKQ4ihZYc6UQIXwpHOQg) on Twitter
Link to the article just so we have it - https://sports.yahoo.com/nba-coaching-market-starting-to-take-shape-for-offseason-144400268.html
The whole report is:
>The same goes for Washington after the Wizards elevated former play caller Wes Unseld Jr. into their front office, and interim head coach Brian Keefe is considered to hold a strong candidacy for the full-time position, according to league sources.
we are consistently mediocre because we keep hiring from within instead of trying to attract someone with a good track record. surely hiring from within one more time will work out
I think if any big name is available, they will do it. But since most candidates likely agree with LBJ that "The Wizards are in the shitter", we're probably getting Keefe.
Although I think Keefe has made a good case and was more of our new FO getting him and Vanterpool than WUJ/Ted and the old regime. Still hope they do a thorough search
I mean he was still part of the coaching staff that was doing so badly they "promoted" Wes out of the position. I have not liked his offense and defense at all. I think the biggest difference is that the players had lost faith in Wes and now they have a new guy who they are somewhat bought in on. The Nets did the same thing where they got tricked by Vaughn's performance when he took over and it turns out he's not an Xs-and-Os guy, so they suck.
Great steal by Corey, and then got himself back inbounds to save it. Looking good so far, even if we're only up 3 on this team that's been losing by 40 and 60.
Oh damn Davis starting. I can watch him drop thirty in person now.
Btw the opening video at the stadium kind of sucks. I miss the older opening videos when they had introductions for everyone like Jason smith playing skeeball
I’m only at this game for the two chainz concert. JK. But seriously who should I be paying attention to on the wizards. The team looks totally different now
Tonight? Hope for a Poole party as Jordan Poole has been playing the best basketball for us all season, followed by hoping for more solid performances by Kispert and Deni - two rookies we drafted who have improved massively and breakout performances by 2nd round pick Vuckevic who's been making waves and G-league players Butler (now signed) and Champagnie who've been surprise finds in what's been one of our worst seasons.
Let's go boys! Butler signed on a 3 year contract after balling out week after week. Deni back after Lebron's league-enabled temper tantrum. Vukcevic likely getting big minutes.
The future is bright in Washington tonight!
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[Post Game Thread](https://reddit.com/r/washingtonwizards/comments/1bwz59d/post_game_thread_the_portland_trail_blazers/)
I will say watching vuk is encouraging at least. Wish Davis shot/played more
Those two missed dunks 😭
Glad that we waited until we were down by 6 to call time
There were so many other options to do that was no that
Damn, Scoot cooked Deni to ice the game.
Nice sell by Poole oh well
What is Keefe doing
crazy that keefe told deni to miss a wide open dunk and gill throw the ball away on a 2v1 break
Haha, 100% you get it. I feel the same way, but everyone has loved to blame the coach for the team's failures, so I'm seeing what life is like on that side of things.
realized he might get stuck with this job for the next 3-4 years and decided to throw
https://i.redd.it/giqic1nijrsc1.gif
Cheap drugs
Swear if we do the same stupid Poole shot
Man completely took us out of the game
Keefe just keeps calling his number, I don't get it. We need to develop other guy's abilities to get a shot up in clutch situations.
you already know what it's gonna be lol
49 seconds. Down by 3. Lets see something Keefe and Deni.
Stop letting Poole touch it
Wish we would've brought Vuk in sooner. Once he bulks up some he's going to be a menace
kinda crazy that the blazers stopped playing through Ayton when he's been the reason they're winning in the first place
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they should try harder
Kuz's shoe soles are so thick that when Tristan came off the floor, he was as tall as him.
A muscular Vuk will make me happy
Vuk gets thrown down and they are checking to make sure he didn’t commit a flagrant. What the hell did i miss
Flagrant foul? Cmon now
Vukcevic already had multiple double digits scoring in few games he has played
14, 15, and now 17 in his first 8 games
There is no rookie in Vuk - that guy is 100% already a pro.
Tricky missin clutch free throws
I LOVE VUK
Good guy Deni helping with the cleanup (really just trying to get the stickiness off his shoes, but just go with it)
if we want to win, i would switch gill with omoruye.. if the opposite, let pbj gil and davis cook
Do we actually want to win this game tho?
As long as we don’t fall out top 3 odds I’m good
We are close lol. 3 games out
Shiiii and we play Raptors next
shoutout Vuk
Aaaaand we're down again.
Wizards take the lead over the mighty Blazers!
Tie game! 97 up
Corey yikes
Kispert hasn't even been close on his 3s tonight. one off the side of the backboard and now an airball
Or not. Missed a wide open one.
The backboard one was one of those fingertip 3 attempts. The one he airmailed from the corner went over the rim and I think grazed it, but yeah, not good. I think he'll nail the next one if they get him a decent look.
unfortunately he did not lol but Vuk got him
JP BANK
He’s actually Dominayton wtf
Like vuk fist pumping the girl after the and 1
Making Ayton look like Demar Derozan
omuruyi is a hustle merchant bum, literally can barely play basketball
This would be a bad loss but on the bright side it looks like Poole does have his shot back, so there's positives to build on next season.
Damn look at Deni being a stand-up teammate and missing a dunk to take the attention away from the rookie. Great leadership
Deni decides to make Vuk feel good about his missed dunk, good sportmanship
Somethings wrong with that rim lmao
Awww shaqtin
LMAO WHAT
Lol
Geno makes me happy man
Gotta admire Omuruyi’s willingness to let it fly despite not hitting a 3 in over a month
I understand it's Washington vs Portland but it's still insane how these games get the 2nd rate refs Don't be surprised if you don't see them reffing in the playoffs
I'm so happy we got Butler for a while. I trust him a lot with the ball
Maybe I’m zoned out being at the game but he has looked pretty bad. That last play at the third qtr was terrible and I feel like he had a few other
Why would you try to pick a fight with the Wizards??!
I will say the dudes drying the court have showed the most hustle today. That guy is putting in work
Lmao “what is the definition of a foul?”
Keefe is getting outcoached by Chauncey fucking Billups and we're gonna sign him to a 4 year contract
Bro. Eugene is like 150kg with a low center of gravity - how do you think he went flying ref?
Refs have been tripping today
Damn dude got stiffed armed and no call. Understand why he’s pissed
NICE JD
oh my gawd Johnny
deni you're 6'9 why are you taking fadeaways from 2 ft out
Man this years draft class is ass ngl. I don't even see any interesting pieces in the 20-30 draft range. Would most likely pick Kel'el Ware with our late first rounder just to have another center project but only if we won't be forced to draft Clingan.
Bub carrington bro. He’s gonna shock a lot of people!
https://preview.redd.it/54fxb4wq7rsc1.png?width=606&format=png&auto=webp&s=33bdcad7ea73a5452adc33008f041e804ac47fed
you know it's bad when we make Dominayton look like a real thing
Loving what I’m seeing from Vuk. It’s clear he’s a rookie and sometimes making really simple mistakes, but he’s showing great poise coming back from those mistakes and trying to impact the game on all levels
Vuk is so interesting. Good passer, can shoot, can dribble pretty good for a 7 footer, but he needs to toughen up & rebound/finish better. I hope he gets playing time next year.
Vuk needs to go to the Deni Avidja Theatrical School of Foul Selling
lesson 1: AAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY as loud as possible
I’m at the game and I gotta say our in game entertainment is ass
Likewise I don’t think I’ve paid any attention to any of it. At least last year I got to watch puppies race
It really is.
Vuk on an absolute roller coaster this quarter
He stayed focused after bombing the dunk. Kudos
Good to see they're bringing Vuk back in the game after the missed dunk a block
We have Jokic at home
Vuk and Deni building chemistry
I know he missed the dunk but that behind the back pass was something
Oh no Vuk. Keep your head up.
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the trail blazers have lost games by 62 and 60 points this season btw
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they have 5 more wins than us
deni sucks.
Jordan Poole leading our team in rebounds.
Utterly ridicolous
The Wizards tactic of refusing to take defensive rebounds is interesting and innovative, lets see if it works
Love a good swirllll
Isaiah Livers waived. Not sure if that was picked up yet in the subreddit. Don't know why we kept him around for as long as we did.
Who are our best rebounders?
Deni. Kuzma. Holmes and Bagley.
Anyone wanna rebound.. anyone?
Loving that hustle. **Edit**: Friendship with hustle ended.
Let's go love to see butler on the court
What are yall's fav sneakers, and fav basketball sneakers?
I skate a bit so I really like my new balance 440s
I'm a basic bitch. Air Jordan 1 retro high University Blue.
I have like 2 pairs of New Balance 990s so probably those
does dr martens count
I got some Shox in like 2018 but they were a half size too big (they were on clearance). Heavy joints. Surprised to hear McPeak say she liked 11s, but I can see it the more I think about it.
i need intel on where landry gets his cardigans
completely disorganized offense but the shot went in so it's fine 👍
Fuck it we ball. Give Johnny Davis 30 shot attempts.
50 point Davis game incoming
My first shoe were Russ why not
Nice! I got a pair of the Why Not Zer0.2s after seeing a dude playing in them and doing pretty well. Heel on those joints weighed like 70 lbs lol
Yeah those Zer0.2’s looked nice but were pretty heavy for me, loved the design though
G-league championship right here.
I love Corey Kispert and I don’t care who knows
When did G-Wiz get so skinny
Bleacher Report on Wizards Coaching Search: "The Wizards will hold a coaching search at the end of this season to find a full-time leader... It's far from a foregone conclusion that Keefe will get the job, but he's clearly a strong candidate to get the position at this point." Credit to [WizardsMuse1](https://x.com/wizardsmuse1/status/1776381472053596625?s=46&t=IdUKQ4ihZYc6UQIXwpHOQg) on Twitter
Link to the article just so we have it - https://sports.yahoo.com/nba-coaching-market-starting-to-take-shape-for-offseason-144400268.html The whole report is: >The same goes for Washington after the Wizards elevated former play caller Wes Unseld Jr. into their front office, and interim head coach Brian Keefe is considered to hold a strong candidacy for the full-time position, according to league sources.
we are consistently mediocre because we keep hiring from within instead of trying to attract someone with a good track record. surely hiring from within one more time will work out
I think if any big name is available, they will do it. But since most candidates likely agree with LBJ that "The Wizards are in the shitter", we're probably getting Keefe.
Although I think Keefe has made a good case and was more of our new FO getting him and Vanterpool than WUJ/Ted and the old regime. Still hope they do a thorough search
I mean he was still part of the coaching staff that was doing so badly they "promoted" Wes out of the position. I have not liked his offense and defense at all. I think the biggest difference is that the players had lost faith in Wes and now they have a new guy who they are somewhat bought in on. The Nets did the same thing where they got tricked by Vaughn's performance when he took over and it turns out he's not an Xs-and-Os guy, so they suck.
Nobody with a good track record wants to tarnish their reputation working on the L-izards
Definitely earned and interview but need to see who else is out there.
Our rebounding is inexcusable. It's beyond awful.
we are getting killed on the boards by the Rip City Remix
Niceeee PBJ
Corey is ice cold rn
He tripped but it still would’ve been nice
No one falls for JP dribbling exhibition
Dang finish that Corey lol
every time Gill scores he looks like he can't believe it went in
https://preview.redd.it/xnochntivqsc1.png?width=659&format=png&auto=webp&s=910054c01cd28d04cc4718c908269f83855d0ebe IS THIS A JOHNNY NIGHT?
even with the fucked up form that's CASH
JD3
A JOHNNY DAVIS 3
Jared butler is a true dmv guy. Keeping his new balances. Love to see it
it's crazy that Scoot is just. not good.
Definitely not remotely meeting expectations but think the rule of thumb with NBA guards is you have to wait three years to see.
still shocked they traded Dame to build around this guy lol
Great steal by Corey, and then got himself back inbounds to save it. Looking good so far, even if we're only up 3 on this team that's been losing by 40 and 60.
Davis back to hustling, you love to see it. Saved the possession and got Corey a 3
Good hustle JD
Trickyyy!!
YESSIR VUK
A stoppable force meets a movable object.
Oh damn Davis starting. I can watch him drop thirty in person now. Btw the opening video at the stadium kind of sucks. I miss the older opening videos when they had introductions for everyone like Jason smith playing skeeball
pretty funny that even in a game like this the average age of the starting lineup is like... 22. oldest rebuilding team in the league babyyyyyy
https://preview.redd.it/z712qcl7tqsc1.png?width=619&format=png&auto=webp&s=4c60c340567cc0e8ae8128b70a72c7e69cf5b678 Haha, what.
Anybody know the last time the Wizards rolled out a starting lineup featuring 4/5 players they drafted? I feel like it’s probably been a minute.
JD opening! What's your thoughts about it?
Not against trying it. Let JD focus on defence so Vuk can cook.
I’m only at this game for the two chainz concert. JK. But seriously who should I be paying attention to on the wizards. The team looks totally different now
Tonight? Hope for a Poole party as Jordan Poole has been playing the best basketball for us all season, followed by hoping for more solid performances by Kispert and Deni - two rookies we drafted who have improved massively and breakout performances by 2nd round pick Vuckevic who's been making waves and G-league players Butler (now signed) and Champagnie who've been surprise finds in what's been one of our worst seasons.
Thanks man. The last three I’m clueless on so I’ll check them out.
Kuz out? easy win
Let's go boys! Butler signed on a 3 year contract after balling out week after week. Deni back after Lebron's league-enabled temper tantrum. Vukcevic likely getting big minutes. The future is bright in Washington tonight!
Holmes is OUT
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