2008/09 Player Evaluation: Javaris Crittenton
Bullets Forever — ... Mike Prada: The good news about Javaris Crittenton is that he is resilient, coachable and hyper-aggressive in creating plays. In other words, despite being only 21 years old, you never have to question his effort. Unfortunately, his on-court production still leaves a lot to be desired. There’s hope, sure, but let’s not kid ourselves into thinking that Crittenton secured a long-term rotation spot and hence became a significant asset. ...

Breaking It Down - The Latest Reed and Write
Ridiculous Upside — ... on their roster for a few seasons now, and he hasn't really shown any development. Earlier this season an article was written quoting a team official as saying that Pecherov probably should've gotten some D-League time, but because of the team's injury situation, the coaches were afraid that sending players to Dakota would mean they wouldn't have enough guys to run practice. However, Memphis kept Javaris Crittenton on their NBA bench without giving him any playing time while they tried to decide between ...

Six reasons why the Wizards aren't looking to cut salary when they put the fifth pick on the market
Bullets Forever — ... ) and Javaris Crittenton (1.5 million dollars in 09/10).  To review, the Wizards sent out 6.6 million dollars in salary and added 8 million dollars in salary.  That's a net gain of 1.4 million dollars in 2009/10.  ...

Pondering Antawn Jamison's trade value
Bullets Forever — ... roster to replace Jamison.  But if this deal is made in tandem with another to bring a decent power forward, then it makes a whole lot of sense once you consider what is out there.  There are a lot of wings with similar contracts to Jamison that can be a big help.  Our backcourt sans Gilbert Arenas was one of the worst in basketball last season, after all.  DeShawn Stevenson is an unknown because of the back problems, and Nick Young and Javaris Crittenton are not ready to be full-time starters in this ...

Yay Guards?
Bullets Forever — ... That's basically all I've got with this trade right now.  The following players are now in contention for the starting shooting guard spot. Mike Miller Randy Foye DeShawn Stevenson Nick Young Dominic McGuire Mike James Javaris Crittenton Good luck finding 100 or so minutes for all seven of those guys.  Meanwhile, Antawn Jamison and Brendan Haywood are currently being backed up exclusively by ...

The Wizards-Timberwolves trade is what happens when you try to have it both ways
Bullets Forever — ... cutting further into Foye and Miller's minutes, in addition to maybe even Javaris Crittenton.  The point is, I don't really know how many minutes Miller and Foye will actually be able to get to show they are upgrades over who we've employed at the starting two, backup one and backup three positions in the past.  ...

No Your Links: Mike Miller and Randy Foye Are Headed to Washington
Bullets Forever — ... Welcome to Washington, where journeyman guards come to congregate. Not only did yesterday's trade leave us with oodles and oodles of guards, but it left us with guards who know their way around the NBA.  Washington will be the 4th team for both Mike Miller and Randy Foye (remember, he was traded twice on draft night).  In addition, you've got Caron Butler, DeShawn Stevenson and Javaris Crittenton, who have each played for three teams, Gilbert Arenas who has played for two, Juan ...

Precedence for Tyreke Evans at the Point
Sactown Royalty — ... Javaris Crittenton, already twice-traded, currently a bench player for Washington. He primarily played point guard for the Wizards last season, but more two-guard in Memphis. He didn't play much at all in L.A. Most analysts would call him a point guard right now. Critt has been a disappointment, but he hasn't gotten any sort of real opportunity to prove himself. ...

So much for putting that money acquired from selling the draft pick to good use...
Bullets Forever — ... 's option, which made sense when you consider how little he actually played since being drafted.  They didn't have to make the trade for Javaris Crittenton, who has been pushed even further down the depth chart with the trade for Foye and Miller.  They could have dumped one of their young guys on a team for a non-guaranteed contract (e.g. James and Critt/Young for Stackhouse).  All these could have helped alleviate the existing problem better than selling a high second-round pick for cash. ...

Wizards Summer League Team
Bullets Forever — ... I'm not sure if this has been officially-officially announced yet, but in tracking down Summer League info for RU I came across a full list of the players on the Wizards' Summer League team.  Remember James Lang?  Also, NY was listed as a G/F for some reason.  Sadly (for me anyway), no D-Leaguers who could've actually helped the team. Alade Aminu 6'10" F, Georgia Tech Ryan Ayers, 6'7" G/F, Notre Dame Jimmy Baron, 6'3" G, Rhode Island Javaris Crittenton, 6'5" G, Georgia Tech Jon Edwards, 7'0" C, Kent ...

Fun Facts About the Summer League Roster
Bullets Forever — ... of some of the younger players on the squad and what unsigned players might have a shot at cracking the roster.  We're less than two weeks away from seeing this crew in action so there's no time to waste in learning about what the team.  Ridiculous Upside will have a more extensive breakdown of the Summer League roster in the coming days, but until then, here's a little bit of info on every player on the squad. The Guys With Contracts Javaris Crittenton: Has a Twitter. JaVale ...

Is there a plan?
Bullets Forever — ... trade involving Mike James' expiring contract and a combination of other "assets" (Stevenson, Nick Young, Critt); but considering the fact that they'll need to re-sign Haywood and either Miller or Foye next year, Ernie may want to keep that expiring contract to help with Cap and Tax issues. Total committed salaries for next season are $56.6 Million for 9 players; that's assuming they tender a qualifying offer to Dominic McGuire and exercise team options on Javaris Crittenton and JaVale McGee (those are good assumptions). ...

2008/09 Player Evaluation: JaVale McGee
Bullets Forever — ... and Javaris Crittenton.  Without any other reserves in the frontcourt, we're probably going to have to see those two play together again.  I'm worried because, for all the talk about how Blatche belongs as a power forward because his size and skill set is prototypical for that position, Blatche has historically been pretty bad as a power forward.  This season, ...

How the Wizards can use the lower-than-expected 2010 cap projection to their advantage
Bullets Forever — ... Detroit: About $53 million for 10 players Memphis: About $47 million for 10 players with the Zach Randolph trade Oklahoma City: About 48 million for 14 players Portland: About 47 million for 10 players Sacramento: About 50 million for 10 players, not including Ike Diogu's qualifying offer Those are all options to pawn off DeShawn Stevenson (if we're really lucky), for example, or someone like Javaris Crittenton or Nick Young.  For example, Stevenson to ...

Summer League Game 1 - Observations
Bullets Forever — ... I assume he'll get his chance in later games. Offense - The things I noticed were more screen-and-roll plays and running the guards off of baseline screens. Also, the hot shooter (Nick Young), got the ball - that frequently didn't happen under Eddie Jordan's "democratic" Princeton System. I'll try to upload some video by tomorrow ; especially of Nick Young coming off screens and playing defense (a couple of things that this community is not used to seeing).

Open Thread: Summer League game 2 vs. Denver Nuggets
Bullets Forever — ... is in tonight and Javaris Crittenton is out.  I assume that means Tyrese Rice will start at the point, but I'm not sure.  ...

Wizards lose to Denver 77-70 in second Summer League game
Bullets Forever — ... eliminated a lot of what we could do in the halfcourt set," Randy Wittman said after the game. "They just made it a run-and-trap game. In a situation where you only have two or three days to bring 12 or 13 guys together, it's hard to cover everything, but that's where you have to be disciplined." "You should really [be able] to get layups and easy shots everytime when they're running and jumping in the backcourt." To put it bluntly, it was probably the wrong day to rest Javaris Crittenton. Steinberg had the game covered pretty well ...

Wizards lose to Minnesota 89-82
Bullets Forever — ... six-point lead. The Wizards actually had a chance to tie the game at 85 after Oleksiy Pecherov launched an ill-advised three early in the shot clock for Minnesota (stop me where you've heard that before).  The Wizards slowed the pace and set up a staggered screen to give Nick Young a look at a three, but he missed it off the front rim. "I should have knocked that down," Young said. "I thought it was good." Young still had a pretty good day, and Javaris Crittenton played very well, going 5 for 9.  Problem is, ...

A conversation with Washington Wizards assistant coach Don Zierden about JaVale McGee
Bullets Forever — ... Today unfortunately didn't include a chance to track JaVale McGee any further, because JaVale was sitting on the bench as the ineligible player.  The NBA only allows you to dress four guys that were on an NBA roster last year, and the Wizards have five in Andray Blatche, Javaris Crittenton, Nick Young, Dominic McGuire and JaVale McGee.  Today was JaVale's turn to sit out, so he was on the bench wearing an all-grey ensemble and a raggedy hat.  Even so, we all know JaVale's development ...

Wolves vs. Wizards Recap: They Are Who We Thought They Were
Canis Hoopus — ... tell the other four guys with him what they should be doing if they weren't doing it. When teammates couldn't hold on to Flynn's low-post lasers, he'd be the first to run up to them and slap them on the backside to keep their heads up. Lastly, Flynn's defense is better than most Syracuse alums, who often get protected by the zone. While Summer League competition is obviously not the same as what Flynn will see this season, he stayed with bigger guards like Nick Young and Javaris Crittenton rather well. Ellington, for his part, looked ...

JaVale McGee stars in the Wizards' 74-64 Summer League win over the Clippers
Bullets Forever — ... late in the game that Javaris Crittenton insisted I note.  The myraid times when he stayed on his feet instead of going for pump fakes.   ...

Six conclusions from the Wizards' Summer League
Bullets Forever — ... The one thing that really struck me about the Wizards' Summer League team was how much the key young players on the team were being drilled specifically to play roles in Flip Saunders' system.  Javaris Crittenton probably rubbed off the same side screen and roll to initiate the offense 100 times in five games.  ...

Who Do We Deactivate?
Bullets Forever — ... Javaris Crittenton - Critt is still young and he's got the potential to be a solild contributor for years to come.  But on a team that's committed to winning now, his dazzling, but sometimes erratic play might not be what Flip Saunders is looking for.  He would be the most talented player to end up on the inactive list, but especially on contending teams, stability can be more appealing than talent. ...

What can depth do for you?
Bullets Forever — ... ) who have started at least a third of their games in their careers.  Beyond that, the Wizards have four youngsters in Javaris Crittenton, ...

What can depth do for you, Part Two: Flip Saunders' "eight-man rotation"
Bullets Forever — ... approach is a good thing.  Sure, roles may become inflexible, but consistent rotations breed consistent play.   The interesting part about this is that the Wizards' depth has been highly-touted.  Michael Lee called this team the deepest Wizards club of the decade.  An eight-man rotation means only two of Nick Young, JaVale McGee, Andray Blatche, DeShawn Stevenson, Fabricio Oberto, Dominic McGuire and Javaris Crittenton will play regular minutes this year. So I ask ...

A long overdue discussion of the Washington Wizards' use of their D-League team
Bullets Forever — ... No Summer League team in Las Vegas "promoted their own players" more than the Wizards.  Flip Saunders and company used the Summer League to allow those players to practice the skills needed for Flip's system.  Beyond Javaris Crittenton, ...

Finding substance in the "Flip Saunders and Company Positive Thinking Media Campaign"
Bullets Forever — ... and Javaris Crittenton are probably targeted for spot minutes.  All in all, it really wouldn't shock me if our eight-man rotation down the stretch is Arenas-Stevenson-Butler-Jamison-Haywood, with Foye, Oberto and Miller as the final three.  That'd be an all-vet rotation.   ...

14 players in a new system: Mike James
Bullets Forever — ... as a part of the trade to get Javaris Crittenton.  With all the injuries in the backcourt, James played 29.7 minutes per game last year, as Tapscott elected to play the "veteran" James over the younger Crittenton for most of the season.  This came despite James offering replacement-level production at best, not to mention a gunning attitude that often bogged down the offense.  When the trade first happened, I assumed James was just filler to get Daniels out of DC and onto a better team, and wouldn't play as much as Crittenton, but that ...

14 players in a new system: Javaris Crittenton
Bullets Forever — ... Javaris Crittenton is Ernie Grunfeld's latest prospect crush.  The 21-year old point guard was acquired in midseason in a trade that also saw the ...

What to take away from Gilbert Arenas' massive interview
Bullets Forever — ... By contrast, the Wizards have so many youngsters who need structure.  We've been pleading for Blatche to find a couple things he's great at rather than several things he's good at.  Young has been without structure his whole basketball life.  Javaris Crittenton's been on three teams in two years.  ...

Around the Association: 2009-2010 Washington Wizards-Guess Who's Bizzack?
Golden State Of Mind — ... Wiz 7-footer JaVale McGee (rookie per 36: 15.4 ppg, 9.3 rpg, 2.4 blk, 1.0 stl) has a better season than Warriors third year big man Brandan Wright (sophomore per 36: 16.9 ppg, 9.2 rpg, 1.9 blk, 1.2 stl). Brendan Haywood solidifies the soft Wizards center with 9 ppg, 7 rpg, and 2.0 swats. Nick James is a nice scoring and shooting 1st guard off the bench for the Wizards. MIKE JAMES!! Javaris Crittenton has about the same production as Marco Belinelli- ...

The Hawk Set - Pick and Roll
Bullets Forever — ... should good running off screens. It remains to be seen whether the Wizard's youngsters, Javaris Crittenton and especially ...

Mike James tries to make the battle for minutes even more complicated
Bullets Forever — ... has been playing a lot of point guard and has looked quite impressive himself, while Javaris Crittenton remains in the picture.  But James certainly appears to have given himself a fighting chance, something he's not afraid to let the world know about, whether it's loudly declaring that ...

Notes from the last couple days of training camp
Bullets Forever — ... Javaris Crittenton had to sit out the end of practice and emerged later with a boot on his left foot.  He said he's getting an MRI on it this afternoon.  The injury dates back to when he played in a pro-am league earlier this summer.  He's been playing through pain all throughout camp, which should tell you something about his determination.  We'll see. ...

Morning Briefing: Washington Wins Preseason Opener 101-92
Bullets Forever — ... had played well throughout the first week of training camp, but he joined the injured Javaris Crittenton and training camp invitees ...

Competition Discussion: Los Angeles Lakers
Bullets Forever — ... Just to be clear, though, just because the personnel remains the same doesn't mean their performance will be the same.  In a lot of ways, the Lakers were not at their best last season even though they won 65 games.  Their point guard play was pretty crappy all year.  Derek Fisher showed his age, save for a couple big shots in the Finals, and Jordan Farmar went through a stunning regression that saw him produce on a level worse than even Javaris Crittenton.  Shannon Brown arrived in a midseason trade and helped right the ship, and he does ...

14 players in a new system: Randy Foye
Bullets Forever — ... So far, during the preseason, Foye has played a lot of point guard, and, well, he can dribble okay and pass fine, but he isn't exactly creating a ton of efficient offense.  However, even then, Foye is better than any backup point guard option on the roster right now, with Javaris Crittenton injured and ...

Morning Briefing: Finally, A Wacky Ending That Goes Our Way
Bullets Forever — ... Wizards (3-3) at Sixers (5-1) - Michael Lee, Wizards Insider Toronto Raptors forward Chris Bosh became an Internet hero last week when he went to court to win back his online identity. A federal judge in California ordered a cybersquatter to surrender the Internet domain names of Bosh and 800 other athletes and celebrities. Bosh now owns the domain names rights to several Wizards, including Butler, Blatche, Dominic McGuire, Javaris Crittenton and assistant coach Sam Cassell. Blatche and McGuire ...

Open Thread: Washington Wizards vs. Dallas Mavericks, Regular Season Game 1
Bullets Forever — ...   We've done enough previewing and anticipating for this season, so this game preview is going to be brief.  Just a few things to keep in mind: Josh Howard is out for Dallas with ankle problems, hence Quinton Ross getting the start tonight.  Obviously, Antawn Jamison and Javaris Crittenton are out for the Wizards. Still no word on who starts at shooting guard or power forward for the Wizards.  As soon as we find out, I'll update this post.  Marc Stein says Oberto ...

Thursday Practice Report: Andray Blatche’s late-night workout, Randy Foye says playing with Gilbert Arenas off the ball is "easy," and Javaris Crittenton’s injury isn't getting better
Bullets Forever — ... did not talk to the media, telling NBC's Lindsay Czarniak that he only talks when they make him.  So, once again, nothing new on that front.  However, there's a lot of interesting nuggets to chew on from today.  Make the jump to read about Andray Blatche's late-night workout, an update on Javaris Crittenton's injury, some thoughts about the ...

Preview and Game Thread #2: Washington Wizards @ Atlanta Hawks
Peachtree Hoops — ... Hawks Injury Report: None. Wizards Injury Report: Antawn Jamison and Javaris Crittenton are out. If the first game is any indication, Nick Young might as well be injured. Blogging With the Enemy: Bullets Forever, Truth about It Predicted bane of the Hawks existence: Mike Miller. It would only be fitting on Georgia/Florida weekend. (It should be noted that I would choose JaVale McGee if I thought he was going to play. The man hates ...

Wizards exercise options on Nick Young and JaVale McGee, but not Javaris Crittenton
Bullets Forever — ... But there was one name that was conspicuously absent from the release.  Javaris Crittenton.  (Just to be sure, I checked with a person in the Wizards organization about Crittenton's option once I received the press release.  His response was "Young and McGee, as the release says.") ...

Briefing: Turnover Meltdown in Miami
Bullets Forever — ... and Javaris Crittenton already out, their offense hardly resembled a Flip Saunders production. Helter-skelter was more like it. ...

How does Antawn Jamison help the Washington Wizards? Some stats to consider
Bullets Forever — ... , Jamison's presence gave a significant bump to the following players' FG%: JaVale McGee (+2.5%), Etan Thomas (+2.5%), Andray Blatche (+1.6%), Dominic McGuire (+3.4%) and Javaris Crittenton (+1.8%).  He had basically no effect on ...

Game #15: Washington Wizards (4-9) vs. Miami Heat (9-5)
Peninsula is Mightier — ... New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} GAME NOTES The Heat have won two in a row overall and six in a row against the Wizards Quentin Richardson is listed as doubtful, still dealing with a sore back.  The Wiz will be without Mike Miller, who is dealing with a sore calf, Mike James (hand) and Javaris Crittenton (foot). This is also going to be ...

Briefing: The World's Most Interesting Man Delivers Down the Stretch
Bullets Forever — ... Washington hasn't seen someone as small as Earl Boykins have an impact this big since James Madison was in office. Earl Boykins plays a big part in Wizards' 104-102 win over Milwaukee - Michael Lee, Washington Post Boykins spent last season in Italy -- where his performance in a matchup with Jennings left an indelible mark on President Ernie Grunfeld -- and the Wizards signed him on Nov. 11 only after Javaris Crittenton, Mike James and Randy Foye came down with injuries, leaving the ...

Javaris Crittenton participated in shootaround and is on the comeback trail
Bullets Forever — ... Tonight's game thread is below this post.  Scroll down to participate. -MP WASHINGTON - A giddy Javaris Crittenton was in the middle of a sentence when Antawn Jamison wondered why he was so excited.  "Why you talkin' like that?" Jamison said, while imitating Crittenton's 'Definitely, definitely!' "Man, that's how I talk," Crittenton responded, with a smile on his face. That might actually be how Crittenton normally talks, but he had reason to be excited.  He participated in shootaround today and ...