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Two opinions of the Wizards' offseason
David Aldridge, NBA.com: DA's Offseason Rank: No. 6 Last season: 19-63, fifth place, Southeast; Did not make Playoffs. Added: G Randy Foye (trade with Minnesota), F/G Mike Miller (trade with Minnesota), F/C Fabricio Oberto (free agent, San Antonio; one year, $1.9 million), hired coach Flip...
Hawks 91 Wizards 87
Boxscore Gameflow Team Poss Off Eff eFG% FT Rate OR% TO% WASH 88.7 0.98 45.9 10.6 21.7 13.5 ATL 88.7 1.03 44.0 20.2 42.3 19.2 An ugly win. A precious win. I doubt anyone expected a great basketball game to break out between two teams missing 40% of the...
Hollinger's Kevin Martin Projection Has Befuddled Me
[This post is long and blustery. A shorter, less blustery statement is also available.] I'm a big fan of John Hollinger. I use his terms, his metrics, his philosophies, his analytical style. As close as I'd associate myself to any School of NBA Thought, it's the Hollinger school. Anyone who reads...
Hollinger's Offseason Recap
Just posted today. Here are his takes on the Wolves, with my 2 cents inline (his comments on the Mayo/Love trade are here; suffice to say he liked our side better): Ryan Gomes' five-year, $22 million contract with the Timberwolves seems closer to fair value based on his strong campaign in...
Surprise, surprise: Professor Hollinger doesn't like what we're doing
Sir Hollinger, you know I like you as an analyst, but I need to take issue to this: In three seasons with the trio of Arenas, Antawn Jamison and Caron Butler, the Wizards have won 43, 41 and 42 games and haven't made it past the first round of the playoffs. The three players are 26, 28 and 32,...
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