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I'd say it was more of Flip Saunders blowing this game. He could have benched Blatche and brought in Booker. We needed a guy down low to get rebounds and play defense, two things which Dray doesn't know exists.. And it doesn't help when the refs are consistently making bad calls. They were terrible. Regardless, I want Blatche off the team. I don't care how good he can be on offense, I cannot handle having another chucker on this team that plays no defense.

Blatche is terrible. He frustrates me so much. But it was a solid effort from the team overall, Bulls are just the better team.

I really hate these advanced stats. PER seems to be the most popular one, but I think it fails in just as many ways as it succeeds. I believe the problem is that people are trying to create broad formulas that can boil a player down into one number, and it's really not possible because basketball depends so much on how a player coexists with others. I think sites like 82games.com and hoopdata.com are definitely helping, but I think that there's more we could be doing. As for all these advanced stats, I personally think +/- is the best, but I like the adjusted +/- stats from 82games, stuff like the On/Off stats and the Roland Rating (which combines PER with +/-).

I don't normally complain about refs, but they have been awful tonight.

The good: Nick Young, Kirk Hinrich The bad: Andray Blatche The ugly: Andray Blatche Story of the game for the Wiz thus far. I'm loving the chemistry Nick and Kirk have developed over the last few games.

Thanks. Weather has been around the 30's and 40's for the most part, supposed to snow on Saturday I believe.

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Rashard making his debut tonight, but he will be coming off the bench. I'm interested in seeing how effective he is in our offense. Apparently Flip wants to use him more in the paint posting up smaller forwards, just like how he played in Seattle. Let's see if it works out.

About time, now they will probably have a firesale. And it's a good move for Larry, especially if it is indeed true that the team stopped listening to him.

Lmao wow, Chicago nearly doubling Philly's point total...

Sucks to be sick I hate this weather so much.

The Magic aren't a finished product yet, they wanted to make sure they had time between now and the trade deadline to make additional trades. They will have almost 2 months to scour the league looking for depth up front and they have a lot more pieces to float. They need time to gel with eachother. And while Hedo probably won't be what he was like in the '09 playoffs, I expect him to go back to his regular season form that season, maybe a bit lower. He will do better than what Shard was doing the past few years.

JRich...wow. Dude can't miss right now.

JRich with a huge three. Mavs need to pull it together, they have looked terrible the last 4 or so minutes.

Thursday, December 23rd San Antonio @ Orlando (TNT) Winner: Orlando Leading scorer: Dwight Howard Miami @ Phoenix (TNT) Winner: Miami Leading passer: LeBron Saturday, December 25th Chicago @ New York (ESPN) Winner: New York Leading rebounder: Carlos Boozer Boston @ Orlando (ABC) Winner: Boston Player with the most free throws attempted: Pierce Miami @ LA Lakers (ABC) Winner: Lakers Leading scorer: Pau Gasol Denver @ Oklahoma City (ESPN) Winner: Oklahoma City Leading rebounder: Carmelo Anthony Portland @ Golden State (ESPN) Winner: Portland Player with the most turnovers: Monta Ellis

Great defense on that last play by the Jets, closed in on Ben to force him to rush his throw.

9 secs left, would be amazing if Ben gets the TD here.

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/story/14461388/blockbuster-deal-a-bigger-deal-for-magics-howard Very interesting read. It would be quite the scene if Howard ended up joining Bryant in LA. Do you think the situation he's in now is similar to what happened to LeBron in Cleveland last year with Shaq and Jamison? Or do you think it would work out for Dwight and the Magic and they are able to become a legit powerhouse and a threat to the Lakers (or whatever team comes out of the west) in the finals?

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In my mind

Yeah I know, but it seems like every year there's enough hype around both teams (Wizards and Redskins) that makes me believe we have a legit shot at the playoffs. I know I shouldn't buy into the hype, and I never expected the Wiz this season to be good, but it's hard not to look into what the media is saying. Or maybe I'm just venting a little too much.. And with Wall being out for possibly a few more weeks, I'm not too excited in watching these Wizards games. I just hope Wall gets 100% healthy and isn't bothered by injuries any more.

Lmao Lmao Lmao I called it.

LMAO TD on an onside kick, wow.

Lmao Mike Sellers

Wtf Skins need to stop trying... We need to keep on losing, even if we are playing the Cowgirls..