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adamwolff11
07-21-2009, 03:45 PM
This is brief, but worth noting IMO.

Nick Young

Averaged 23.8 PPG, while shooting 50% from the field, 40% from 3, and 88% for the foul line.

His most impressive game was in the opener against Cleveland, where he dropped 36 points, on 13-19 shooting, including 5 three balls.

I think a lot of the competition was probably a bit below Nick's level, but still very nice totals for the 4 games.


Javale McGee

Averaged 17.3 PPG to go with 6.3 RPG and 4 BPG. Encouraging to me was that he shot 77% from the line, significantly better than his 66% he shot for the season in his Rookie year.

Also, if you subract out Javale's first game, which he seemed to really struggle in, his line becomes significantly more impressive. 20.67 PPG 6.67 RPG 5.33 BPG, and a 94% (16/17) mark from the foul line.

Javale's most impressive game was in the finale, where he posted 31 and 8 against the Knicks. He also added 4 blocks.


Andray Blatche

Andray averaged a double double in the 3 games he played, with 19.7 and 11. He nearly had a double double in each game, missing it by 2 rebounds in his final game.

His best performance came against Denver, where he had 27 and 15, with 8 of those rebounds being on the offensive end.



So obviously the Summer League is an insanely small sample size, and the skill level is significantly lower than in the regular season, but I thought it was nice to see a few of our young guys put up very solid lines. In addition, each player had a game in which they were basically dominant.

Once again, take it for what it's worth, but I'm just attempting to put a positive spin on the upcoming season. Go Wizards!

isestrex
07-21-2009, 03:54 PM
It really is optimistic to think these three players can make a significant leap forward this season (I mean, they had the ENTIRETY of last season to step up) but this is very good to hear.

With Blatche and Young the issue is purely mental/heart. They definitely have the skills to push the Wizards into "Championship contending team" status, the only question is will they ever show up when it counts?

With McGee, all he needs is experience and he'll be fine. I don't predict Shaq or Howard, but he'll be a solid center for years to come once he gets some more playing time with peers.

PaulBako
07-21-2009, 04:31 PM
Wizards are a solid team with 0% chance to win it all.

Yup. I see second round playoff exit.

Three RBI Homer
08-02-2009, 07:23 PM
Yup. I see second round playoff exit.

If they get that far I consider this season a success. I for one, forsee them being the 8 seed in the East, and a first round loss to the Cavs...again

MikeAD
08-03-2009, 08:05 PM
If they get that far I consider this season a success. I for one, forsee them being the 8 seed in the East, and a first round loss to the Cavs...again

Yeah, I think we get the 8 or 7 seed, but either way we get knocked out by Cleveland in the first round. That sounds like terrible logic, but hell thats the way it goes.

If we make it to the second round, I will be ecstatic and consider the season a huge success.