And now you turn this in to how EG should be fired when there article doesn’t mention him at all. Simply put, you *want* to complain. A negative nancy is what you are, simply put, although i liked sharon’s “negative nelly” too.

Take that for what it’s worth (might not be much).

SZR, John Wall can handle the pressure and all of the attention, because he was groomed for it from HS and on. Majority of Kentucky’s games were played on national television. He knows how to capitalize.

SZR, his stats? John had 24 points yesterday in a his NBA debut. He played less than 40 minutes & he has a tweaked groin. What else do you want from the guy? Sure 8 turnovers isn’t a little bit and that’s something he will continue to work on, but that will be addressed. At the beginning of the game when John wasn’t scoring he was still contributing with assists. One game at Kentucky, John has 16 assists. 16! That is ridiculous. 16.6 pts, 4.3 rebounds, 6.5 assists. That was John’s college stats. 4 turnovers also. Increase those points to 24 & assists to 9 and you have a program saver on your hands.

Go Cats.

Further, I’m extremely nervous of the way Wall was introduced to Washington. He’s a 19 year old kid who was introduced like the next LeBron James. Maybe he will develop into that kind of talent. More likely, he will develop into a middle-of-the-pack NBA guard (which considering the success rate of rookies, would actually be a very good thing). But you can’t undo the introduction of him as the franchise savior. I think its foolish to build up someone to such an extent, especially when their numbers do date don’t point toward a transcendent talent.

I hope I’m wrong, I really do. But Ernie Grunfeld has always had a weakness of players whose contributions primarily come in the form of adjectives like “upside” and “developing” and “leader” and “intangibles”. But come late-season and playoff times, don’t deliver.

Grunfeld describe Yi Jianlian as a player who has had success in the NBA and is only 22. But what is he talking about? Being generous, he was the 5th best player on a Nets team that won 12 games last year.

Let me put it this way:

2004-2005 = 45 – 37
2005-2006 = 42 – 40
2006-2007 = 41 – 41
2007-2008 = 43 – 39
2008-2009 = 19 – 63
2009-2010 = 26 – 56

The Grunfeld legacy in Washington.

At what point do you fire your GM? He’s had many years to build something. The best he’s done is build a mediocre team. He’s traded away the four best players from last year’s 26-56 team. Can anyone really think that Yi and Hinrich are better than what got traded out? The rookies are untested, but in any case, few rookies even make it to become average NBA talents.

On the positive side, McGee had a really good defensive rebounding performance. If he can continue that sort of effort on a regular basis, that will help a ton.

Honestly, this player has me worried because he’s just the kind of seductive talent that people love to watch, but won’t win you games.