DEFENSE: Wizards’ Tenacious Effort REVEALED | Will Dawkins’ Vision FINALLY Coming to Life?
Washington Wizards stun fans with unexpected defensive improvements. Is a playoff push possible in a year or so with a defensive identity?
Ben Strober and Abdullah Ayubi break down the Wizards’ impressive preseason performance with Bullets Forever’s Greg Finberg, highlighting Cam Whitmore’s clutch plays and Alex Sar’s evolving role. The discussion covers Will Dawkins’ roster strategy and how the Wizards might fare defensively. Greg Finberg from Bullets Forever offers insider perspectives on veteran additions CJ McCollum and Chris Middleton, while analyzing rookie Will Riley’s potential.
Don’t miss this in-depth analysis of the Wizards’ path to success. Will their defensive resurgence translate to regular-season wins?
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22 Comments
What's the most encouraging thing you've seen this preseason?
Alex, Cam, Will Riley and TV have made the biggest impression on me so far. Hype for the last preseason game.
How are we watching the games now that they aren’t on YouTube TV anymore?
Dillon jones has been impressive defensively
🫡Sup, the most encouraging thing is that both Wil Riley and Cam have clearly made Kispert obsolete on this team. He should not be getting minutes over anyone now. GM Will can trade him for a 2nd rd pick and give Tristan a real contract 👍
There is absolutely no reason this team can't be top 10 Defense this season. Expect and strive for the best.
BEST STARTERS; CJ, Sarr, Kyshawn, Middleton, Tre (ROY contender).
BENCH; Cam, Tristan, Will, Bagley, Bilal, Malaki, Jamir, Bub/Kispert, etc. Start Jamir if defense is weak. Wins don't matter this year.
Bilal will lose his starting job, not because he won’t be ready to play for weeks. Cam will replace him unless Bilal gets MUCH stronger. Will Riley could be the needed PF. As far as coaching imho Sarr should have been in the lineup for the final 5 seconds!
Marvin is 26, cheap, and fills a long term backup center need. Why speculate on moving him? Just to make conversation? Doesn't make sense; and yes I understand he's fragile. But he's young and effective on the court. Move Bub and Kispert if we can.
MAN IM TELLING YALL YOUNG GUYS….CAM WHITMORE IS ALREADY THE BEST OUT OF ALL OUR KIDS💯💯🫡🤷♂️GIVE HIM THE MINS AN FEATURE HIM AN WATCH HIM GO TO WORK…SARR AN BIAL WILL NEVER HAVE CAM TYPE OF GAME OR IMPACT🤷♂️FRENCH FINNESS GUYS
AN STOP ❤ THE PLAYERS WE DRAFTED WITH BIAS GLASSES COMPARE TO OTHER YOUNG PLAYERS..CAM WON A SL MVP BEFORE..NONE OF OUR KIDS COULD NEVER😮PROVING FACTS💯💯🚨🚨🚨
YALL KIDS😂😂😂 HE LOOK LIKE A CENTER😂😂😂NO TF HE DIDNT😮SARR WILL NEVER NOT BE FINNESS😮HE IS A STRECH 4 LKKE…AD..ANTHONY DAVIS🤷♂️
The three amigos
Bub is the reason why any player can grab an offensive rebound and bring it past half court per Brian Keefe 😂
I saw the first preseason game with my family and was really impressed with Will Riley
Tre Johnson and Cam Whitmore. I think Bub Carrington was fouled repeatedly by the Raptors in the first half and
Kept his cool, why they deliberately ignored the fouling is interesting to me
, why? Sarr and Vucevic looked pretty good and Keshon George will be good too
Growing as a team is the point of this year, hopefully the growth will be evident early
Marvin Bagley just looked ok, somehow, he just doesn’t look or play interested enough in the game
Against much tougher competition, Ace Bailey scored 45 points, on 29 shots, on 28 dribbles. That's setting your player up for success! Our coaching staff isn't even thinking about that trying to shoehorn Bub into the lineup.
All star lineup
CAM better get a fair shake to start. I dont like this narrative thar minites beling to tje original 3 draft pick of Dawkins. Tjey had their chance to shibe and 2/3 are mid af. Tjeres room on the roster for betterbpkayers. CAM is that GUY. Starting SF for the Wizards. If he cant start for the Wiz then he should quit badketball. Bilal is a joke but i get it, you're probably gettung pressure to lowkey support Dawkins first 3 p8cks. Thats why i want you guys to do a live at MGM with segements whete you dont brosdcast on air so we can hear your real opinions. Sometimes it feels likw you guys are reafung off a script,. espcually Jew boy Greg. Hes so unauthentic. Typical Jew rat. Always talking out the side of his neck.
Starting 5:
Riley (he was pg in hs and was supposed yo play pg in college, think of him as a Shawn Livingston
archtype)
Trey
CAM
Sarr (Sarr needs a big bf for him to play ar his best, he also wants to play the 4
Bagley
Trey
George 6th man (George as a atarrting 4 in this league is a joke. There are big monsters at that position tjat will eat his redbone ass up)
Trade CJ & Midfleton b4 the deadline and fake injuries for CAM & Sarr by Feb. or else we're making the play-in ans losing our draftbpick to the Knicks.
Greg is so anti Jaekast.
From the river to the sea, Greg…..
3 years ago many fans and NBA league observers were very high on Cam and were sure he would be drafted by Washington if he fell. He fell and they picked a complete surprise. Bilal might be a modern Bobby Jones(top league defender for career). Bilal shoots like I would (74) and is scary thin. I.e. doubtful he’ll ever play 82.
Man Its Gotta Really Suck Being A Wizards Fan Throughout The Decades…. Just A Trash 🗑 Organization… Red Nation Here Just Came To Say Cam Whitmore Cant Even Get Real Mins On A Sorry Team 😆 🤣 😂 😹