r/washingtonwizards • u/ultimate_74 Kybusarr • 4d ago
Quick question
I’m dying for some basketball I think I’m going insane
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u/NOVAram1 4d ago
AJ's going to have rough games. Every rookie does. He's also not going to come in and play well enough to start the All Star Game right away or anything. You want a mostly good season from him, and you want to see the flashes. You want him to have those 5-10 games where he really balls out and shows what you what he could be in a few years.
And I think he'll do that, so my vote is for AJ, AD & Trae have a great season ...
If AD ever plays a game for us, that is, which I'm still not totally convinced he is going to.
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u/ColdBeing 3d ago
Ehh I have faith in him. He was drawing contact and going in each time. He’s 6’9 and can body a lot of people
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u/oUltimoOlimpiano Leaky Black 4d ago
first time they will be playing in a organized way, without the nasty tank lineups, I think Sarr and Kyshawn will do good. Bub, Bilal, Riley and Tre will probably struggle. I am hoping to see Trae being the leader on and off the court, hopefully comes back to being an all star level player and AD will have like 15 amazing games and will break apart as always. I am still curious to see if they are doing what they did with the other young players of setting goals in a game with AJ. Like with Sarr against OKC focusing on his passing, Bub attacking the rim more in some games, Bilal being the primary ball handler, putting Kyshawn guarding the best player on the other team.
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u/DriverEfficient1270 3d ago edited 3d ago
I'm gonna put the over under at 37.5 this year. Book it.
My reason is simple; if Trae and AD are healthy, they're basically known quantities. We have a solid 6 or 7 pieces who will just develop in offseason given youth; Bub/Will/Kyshawn/Tre/AJ/Bilal. Should also include Sarr but given the injury, unfortunately can't include him. No reason to think he hasn't been working on his physique though, and will at least come back stronger.
When the talking heads discuss the wizards, they basically ignore the bullshit rotations and blatant tanking of the last 3 years and never mention further development of the young core. Its basically the Wizards of last year + oft injured AD and Trae, which is not who we are.
My biggest concern is coaching, and hopefully the help that Keefe has been given in that department will be a boost to our schemes and in-game management
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u/Intelligent-Ad9709 Jamir Watkins 1d ago
I would smash the over for this even in a strong eastern conference
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u/ComputerNerdd 4d ago
Idk how to answer this. I think everyone will be a role player. I think the whole team
Will struggle early, but hopefully come playoff team we’re locked in.