Defense
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When Brendan Haywood and Antawn Jamison Argued About Defense in Cleveland
►Kyle Weidie | Jan 8, 2010
Ok, maybe “argue” is a strong word. Perhaps it was a disagreement … a contention … a discussion … a conversation. Whatever it was, Brendan Haywood and Antawn Jamison certainly weren’t...
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Nick Young, Getting Defensive Out Of The Box
►Kyle Weidie | Jan 6, 2010
After Saturday’s Spurs game, reader Joe Sill emailed me some praise about Nick Young. And with perfect timing, Young put together a very solid 21 point effort on 9-14 FGs last...
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Which Wizard Let Michael Redd Get Off?
►Kyle Weidie | Dec 26, 2009
The Milwaukee Bucks game seems like it was ages ago. And when deciding which aspect of the game to break down, I was conflicted at first. Should it be what happened...
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Chronicling Bad Wizards Defense vs. Phoenix
►Kyle Weidie | Dec 21, 2009
Why is Gilbert Arenas always so ready to give up a foul after he or his team commits a turnover? Why is Caron Butler always shuffling/switching his pivot foot when he...
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Washington Wizards: Inventing Ways To Lose or A Bad Team Doing Bad Things?
►Kyle Weidie | Dec 14, 2009
NOTE: I’ll be chatting about tonight’s Wizards-Clippers game on www.CSNWashington.com at 10:15 pm. Come by and hang out if you’re up … and by “up” I mean both awake and down...
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Numbers Behind The Wizards’ Defense
►Kyle Weidie | Dec 1, 2009
The Wizards aren’t particularly bad at defense, but are much further from being particularly good. They rank 20th in the league at Defensive Efficiency (points allowed per 100 possessions). At least they don’t seem...
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Observations & Screen Shot Lessons In Defensive Fundamentals From Philly
►Kyle Weidie | Oct 22, 2009
Overall, I was impressed by the Wizards’ performance in Philadelphia on Tuesday night (aside from the ending), especially in response to Flip Saunders openly calling the team out on a disappointing...
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Andray Blatche Continues Down The Development Path
►Kyle Weidie | Oct 4, 2009
Everyone’s heard past talk from Andray Blatche about improving with results showing very little. Last Wednesday on Bullets Forever, Mike Prada reported that the 2009 development of Blatche was...
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With Youth, Wizards Defensive Struggles Are To Be Expected
►Kyle Weidie | Oct 20, 2008
NBAE/Getty Images – from nba.com/wizards Preseason statistics and results should never be a reason to punch the panic button. Coaches are just tinkering in the lab, trying different lineups, offensive sets,...
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Improving The Defense of the Washington Wizards
►Kyle Weidie | Oct 3, 2008
photo from washingtonwizards.com I certainly have my thoughts about John Hollinger’s latest outlook for the Wizards, they’ll come later. For a good read on fairly assessing Hollinger from the perspective of...
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Washington Wizards Defense: is there any good news?
►Kyle Weidie | May 20, 2008
Avidly watching (and blogging) the Wizards this past season, I came to the conclusion that while meaningfully improved, team defense still had a long way to go, especially in terms of...
