Is John Wall a Max Player?

At this point of time, John Wall has been assumed to be a player worthy of a max deal when his contract will expire in 2014. However, this may not be the best course of action for the Wizards going forward. Of course, Wall could progress into a much better player in two years but the Wizards could consider signing Wall to a more reasonable deal less than the max. Or the Wizards could move Wall for other pieces including high draft picks. Right now, the Wizards can afford to wait and see if Wall will live up to his potential since he still has a few years remaining on his rookie contract.

John Wall has proven himself to be a player with incredible athleticism and an ability to run the team as an effective point guard. However as it stands right now, Wall still has limitations in his game which include the lack of a consistent perimeter jumper both from 3 point range and the mid range. His decision making could also stand to improve.

It is too early to jump to conclusion that John Wall will not address his weaknesses given it is only his second year in the league. However, as it stands right now, Wall appears to be a great #2 option but not necessarily even an average #1 option.

Perhaps Wall can augment his value with the Wizards' new acquisition of Nene. The Wizards should improve its pick and roll offense. Wall should also make less boneheaded plays as players like McGee and Young have left. Still, one has to question if Wall is worth max especially with the new structure of the collective bargaining agreement.

McNabb a Viking

McNabb's Tenure in Washington Ends

It looks like McNabb is heading to Minnesota at least according to a tweet by one of the QBs of the Minnesota Vikings

cponder7: Excited to have McNabb join. Will learn a lot from a Pro Bowler. But that doesn't mean I'm not still fighting to start week 1!

Original Tweet: http://twitter.com/cponder7/statuses/96200633518014464

This is the classic case of the Redskins acquiring assets at a high price as they traded a 2nd round pick for him at around this time last year. While McNabb did an adequate job considering the Redskins offensive line was terrible, his play was not stellar and his attention to detail was seen to be lacking by Mike Shanahan.

Let's hope that the Redskins have learned not to trade hig draft picks when they are rebuilding for the future as the offseason progresses.

In the meantime, the Redskins will enter the season with Rex Grossman and Jon Beck. The latter was turned away by Redskins security at Redskins Park since they did not know he played QB for the Redskins.

If You Haven't Had Enough Caffeine

It keeps getting bigger and bigger and bigger...

The new Starbucks trenta coffee has been unleashed. It's 31 ounce size serving is bigger than the average stomach. And if you were already getting a venti coffee, it only costs an additional 50 cents to supersize it a bigger portion.

I already know one person who has had two servings in one day. For you math majors out there, that calculates to a grand total 62 ounces of coffee. An average person is supposed to consume 64 ounces of water a day. And theoretically, you are supposed to drink twice as much water to stream the coffee out of your body. So that's a grand total of 188 ounces of water that my friend should consume to remain hydrated.

Will this lead to success for Starbucks? I guess people may try out the new size portions, especially those who cannot phantom rising from their beds without the aroma of coffee. It could also make for some rapid conversations to follow at your local coffee shop.

John Wall and Sports Science

Do the John Wall!


ESPN has a new feature called "Sports Science" where it examines unique strengths of extraordinary athletes. The one feautred recently is John Wall out of Kentucky, likely to be the the #1 pick by the Washington Wizards. The video claims that Wall is faster than point guards like Deron Williams and Chris Paul and has a vertical higher than Kobe Bryant. Wall also shows his court vision in an exercise although it would be interesting to see how well other point guards could complete a similar challenge. Of course, sports science doesn't bring the light of John Wall's biggest weakness, a consistent jumper, which he has been practicing all summer long.

Here is a link to the video.
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=5311494

Miss Cleo Predicts Where LeBron will End Up

Miss Cleo is asked to pick between the Knicks and the Bulls, and picks a third team.

When Facing Elimination, Butler is Clutch

Butler Hits a Game Winner in the 2008 Postseason in Game 5
against the Cleveland Cavaliers

Caron Butler performance in game 5 is surprising to some a few nights ago especially since he struggled so much before the series. He entered the game shooting below 40% from the field. He ended up finishing with 35 points and 11 rebounds in a 103-81 win against the San Antonio Spurs to help the Dallas Mavericks avoid elimination. While Butler's performance is impressive, it isn't the first time that he's performed well in the clutch in the postseason.

The last time Butler performed this well in the playoffs was also a game 5 victory for the Wizards against none other than LeBron James- the Wizards won 88-87. Entering the game, the Wizards were also facing elimination, trailing the Cavs 3 to 1. Butler put in 32 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists and served up the game winner against King James with 3.9 seconds left in the game. The Washington Wizards ended up losing game 6 and the series against the Cavaliers against the Cleavland Cavaliers.


Caron Butler Serves Up 32 Points & The Game Winner Back in 2008

Sports Guy Bill Simmons goes 0-4 in Playoff Picks

Bill Simmons calls his podcast the BS report after his initials,
although his picks last week could be called bullshit

Bill Simmons is the face of ESPN.com and is a entertaining writing. But let's not assume that entertainment is synonymous with knowledgeable.


Let's review Bill Simmon's picks against the spread for the Wild Card

BENGALS (-2.5) over Jets
Eagles (+4) over COWBOYS
PATRIOTS (-3) over Ravens
Packers (PK) over CARDINALS

And let's review what really happened

Jets 24 @ BENGALS 14
COWBOYS 34, Eagles 14
Ravens 33, Patriots 14
CARDINALS 51, Green Bay 45

Assuming you that you followed any of Bill Simmon's picks when gambled this past weekend, you lost money. Yes I understand that no one is perfect and everyone has a bad week. But when you write an article that's 5,227 Words long, one would think you would get one right by accident.

The moral of the story: don't gamble, even if you are Bill Simmons.