Building a Winner Update, pt. iv: Free Agency and Wrapping Things Up
Canis Hoopus — ... The Wolves currently have $17.7 mil locked up in 2010 salaries (if you include this year's 3 1st round draft picks).  They have somewhere in the neighborhood of $22-25 mil in expiring 2010 deals, with 2 or 3 of these guys (Mike Miller, ...

Who is Gilbert Arenas' ideal backcourt mate?
Bullets Forever — ... +4.11 APM, -6.11 def on/off 13 OJ Mayo 49.5 15.5 +1.21 APM, -10.54 def on/off 14 Mike Miller 52.3 21.6 -0.14 APM, -2.5 def ...

Golden State Warriors 1st Round Draft History and Just My Imagination
Golden State Of Mind — ... . The Magic ended up taking Mike Miller with the 5th overall pick. It must be noted that with the 55th pick the Golden State Warriors selected the incomparable...  ...

Another Rumor, Another Denial
CelticsBlog — ... There’s another trade rumor floating out there seemingly even more far-fetched than the Al and No. 6 to Phoenix for Amare: This one says the Wolves send Mike Miller, ...

NBA Draft Rumors: A Round Up
Ridiculous Upside — ... Mike Miller: The T-Wolves are making him available. There was the rumor of Foye/Miller/Cardinal/Madsen/late 1st rounder for #5... They offered Miller for ...

Here's a thought: How about actually using the fifth pick?
Bullets Forever — ... ) fall through, using the pick is far better than accepting a mediocre package for someone like Mike Miller or Larry Hughes.  Sometimes, it pays not to get cute and try to make a simple decision overly complex.  Zillions of rumors later, this strikes me as a "don't get cute" situation. ...

Random shots while continuing the community draft board
Canis Hoopus — ... Staying put at 6 will leave the Wolves in a better situation going forward than using assets to move up to #2. If the Wolves can find a way to turn their extraneous assets into an additional pick while keeping their own, fine.  If they turn Mike Miller, ...

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 ...

2 for 2?
Canis Hoopus — ... How many of you believe that Mike Miller would have been with the Wolves in 2010?  How many of you believe that ...

The Wizards-Timberwolves trade is what happens when you try to have it both ways
Bullets Forever — ... works if you have TIm Duncan or a similar top-six superstar on your team, but the Wizards didn't.  Instead, they had a payroll right up against the old luxury tax line (before the recession) without a bona fide superstar player to take you to the top.  If winning a championship truly was the goal, the only way to do that with the Wizards' type of payroll was to shove the luxury tax aside and trade for a major upgrade no matter the long-term cost.  Trading for Mike Miller and Randy Foye doesn't do that.  Both players are ...

No Your Links: Mike Miller and Randy Foye Are Headed to Washington
Bullets Forever — ... , but it left us with guards who know their way around the NBA.  Washington will be the 4th team for both Mike Miller and ...

Projecting the 09-10 Wizards Using the Current Roster and Win Shares
Bullets Forever — ... I'll use 06-07 stats for players lost and 08-09 for new players, except for a couple of small adjustments. (I think it is fair to give Mike Miller the benefit of the doubt on his production last season and give more significance to 07-08.)  Stats are from basketball-reference.com or directly derived from their stats. ...

Final Draft Boards
Canis Hoopus — ... outside threat...which is something the Wolves are in a sore need of at this point in time.  He doesn't need to start for the Wolves to be effective if he can hit the 3. For long-time readers of the site, it should come as no surprise that I am a big Stephen Curry fan and I would like nothing more than to see Curry line up in a Wolves uniform in November.  With a current starting back court of Sebastian Telfair and Bobby Brown, and with Mike Miller, Randy Foye, and Rashad McCants no longer ...

Bullets Forever Poll: I would have liked the Minny trade better if ...
Bullets Forever — Most who fall from mildly content to absolutely enthused about the Mike Miller/Randy Foye trade can agree that they would have like the move better if one of two things had happened (both 'things' being reasonable scenarios which we know Ernie Grunfeld and Co. sought): One being the desire to maintain better team balance by shipping DeShawn Stevenson to the T-Wolves instead of Darius Songaila (as some have pointed out, Stevenson likely would not have passed a physical, although those can always be waived ... ...

Here We Go - Draft Day Begins
CelticsBlog — ... us has heard about yet.  Probably involving Ray Allen.  With that said, I hope nothing happens.  I just can't envision a major trade that accomplishes the goal of making us better for this year and for the future.  Maybe Ainge can.  Or maybe he's thinking the same way but will get a phone call with an offer that he just can't refuse tonight.  That's what can happen on draft night. Even before today, we've seen Shaq, Richard Jefferson, Mike Miller, Jamal Crawford, and the 5th pick in the draft trade ...

If You Think This Draft Is Bad...
CelticsBlog - NBA Section — ... is the creme of the crop and he took years to develop to what he is now (one of the top free agents on the market).  He lasted until pick 16 and there wasn't much ahead of him.  Another decent guy out of that draft, Mike Miller, just got traded (he was pick 5).  Other than that, you've got ...

Draft Day in Clips Nation
Clips Nation — ... see why you'd want Shaq over Z-Bo.  (On the other hand, I'm not sure why Phoenix would do this deal other than for Steve Kerr to help out his old Spurs teammate Danny Ferry.  The only thing that makes sense would be if they have some sort of assurance that Big Ben is going to retire and save them some money.  Other than that, what are they getting for a guy who made the all star team last season?  Sasha Pavlovic?) Likewise there was a Mike Miller for Chris Kaman rumor floating around which can now be ...

Draft Wrap-Up
Canis Hoopus — ... ?  OK, good.  Now, who here thinks that Jonny Flynn is an upgrade over Sebastian Telfair or Bobby Brown?  OK, good.  Keep in mind that David Kahn just traded Mike Miller and Randy Foye--two players who would have been gone after the season--for Ricky Rubio.  Keep in mind that had the ...

Part II- Flip's Toolbox - Backcourt Offense
Bullets Forever — ... The Wiz are getting something of a wildcard here.  Mike Miller is coming off a mediocre season, but has done some good things in the past.  That 05-06 sixth-man award winning season on a 49-win ...

Bullets Forever Poll: Ricky Rubio vs. "The Trade"
Bullets Forever — ... Yes, Wizards Insider as this exact same poll up right now ... and as of 3,486 votes, 56% think that the Wizards are better off with Mike Miller and Randy Foye over Spanish phenom, Ricky Rubio. So, out of curiosity, and because the niche Bullets Forever community can be of a different nature in comparison to those who visit the WaPost's Wizards Insider ... (personally, I stopped reading the Wizards Insider comments long ago .... I occasionally skim, but it seems a fair percentage of said commenters resort to ...

Pre-post: Randy Foye's role on the team
Bullets Forever — ... 's potential role with this team and what he brings to the table.  I feel like we have a pretty good handle on Mike Miller, but Foye's presence remains a bit of a mystery, at least to me.  I was going to run it last night, but Rook beat me to the punch with his ...

The Case for Rasho Nesterovic
Bullets Forever — ... and Mike Miller.  It's a trade that makes the team better, but it lacks the buzz that landing one of those players would have brought.  But if we were truly honest with ourselves, I think that we would admit that those trades were more pipe dream than anything else. ...

So much for putting that money acquired from selling the draft pick to good use...
Bullets Forever — ... /Mike Miller trade.  That number would have risen to 79 million after accounting for the salary of the fifth pick in the draft.  Executing the Foye/Miller trade saved us ...

Six reasons why Nick Young's probably a goner
Bullets Forever — ... ).  It was Foye's ill-conceived tenure at point guard that dragged down his production.  If we break down Foye into "Foye the PG" and "Foye the SG," "Foye the SG" is much better than Nick Young.  If the Wizards realize this (which they should, since there are more minutes behind Mike Miller than behind ...

Reevaluating the Phoenix Suns off season options
Fanster.com — ... There aren't too many teams I can think of that would really benefit from Richardson. The Timberwolves keep coming to mind as the best destination. They have inside presence with Jefferson and Love but are lacking any kind of reliable outside threat that can shoot and create. Foye is decent but young and inconsistent and now gone Adding Richardson makes the Wolves better and with 3 first round picks and a couple of contracts like Mike Miller ...

Flexibility for later
Bullets Forever — ... and Mike Miller.  It's enough to make me be the first kind of cynic even though I've spent the past year shooting down the second kind of cynics.  The fair question to ask here is, what does the "flexibility" gained from the Foye/Miller trade (as well as selling the second-round pick for 2.5 million) actually do to help us long-term?  It's true, we now have more money to re-sign ...

How the Wizards can use the lower-than-expected 2010 cap projection to their advantage
Bullets Forever — ... and even one of Foye/Mike Miller.  As weird as it sounds, it probably will be much harder to stay competitive and be under the tax in 2010/11 than it will be to eliminating the ...

Pre-Summer League open thread
Bullets Forever — ... and Mike Miller.  I'm very curious to see how each of them is dealing with their different situations, what each has done in the offseason and what the team may think about their future with the Wizards.  ...

Bullets Forever talks to Antawn Jamison
Bullets Forever — ... .  Flip Saunders was in the building doing an interview with NBATV, while Ernie Grunfeld and new addition Mike Miller were spotted chatting with each other during the ...

Ernie Grunfeld likes his roster and loves its "versatility"
Bullets Forever — ... You'd never know it, since he always stands among other basketball players, but Ernie Grunfeld is a pretty towering figure.  Of course, this shouldn't be that surprising, since he carved out a pretty solid [YEAR] NBA career, but the height is pretty striking when you are a sub-6' foot blogger standing next to him.  Regardless, I caught up with Ernie outside the Cox Pavilion earlier today.  We talked about his thoughts on the team's frontcourt, the Mike Miller/ ...

First reaction to the Richardson/Madsen-Telfair-Smith trade
Canis Hoopus — ... For some reason it seems like David Kahn has been here a lot longer than he really has.  After all, it now appears that he has done away with 5 rotation players from last year's squad: Mike Miller, ...

Six conclusions from the Wizards' Summer League
Bullets Forever — ... and Mike Miller?  Why not keep one assistant coach around to do drills with Blatche?  Why not hire a big man's coach (the one thing this coaching staff still needs)?  ...

One Simple Rule for Andray Blatche
Bullets Forever — ... Mr. McGee managed a truly horrifying 26.4%.  Somehow, Vale even managed to get 14% of his Js blocked.  Maybe part of why the two don't seem to function together (as per Prada's summer league anlaysis) is that having two 7-footers looking to take jumpshots at a very bad percentage is an excellent way to quickly kill your offense and shoot yourself out of a game.  What makes things even worse is that (1) both of these guys sometimes have good form-I mean, they aren't Mike Miller but they also aren't Mike Ruffin-so it isn't clear from ...

Randy Foye is a worthwhile reclamation project, just like a guy we got four years ago
Bullets Forever — ... shoots too many midrange shots, still doesn't catch-and-shoot and still bogs down the offense.  Foye, at least, has shown that he doesn't need to do that.  Yes, Foye is up for a new contract after next year, but Young will be up for one the season after that, and both will command similar salaries.  Long-term, I'd like to see the Wizards keep Foye and either trade Young or develop Young to be a long-term role-playing starting shooting guard, which will allow us to move Mike Miller for something better or let him walk to re-sign Foye and ...

Is Mike Miller a long-term keeper?
Bullets Forever — ... I'm at work, so this post won't have the ordinary depth that most of the front-page posts have on here, but a nagging question has been bugging me all day. Did we acquire Mike Miller to trade him, or does he have a long-term future with this team? I'm pretty confident that Ernie Grunfeld traded for Randy Foye to keep him.  Obviously, that's contingent on whether he wins the shooting guard death match (copyright 2009) with Nick Young, or whether there's even a death match between the two in the first place, but ...

Competing with the status quo
Canis Hoopus — ... and is scoring nearly 20 ppg while Mike Miller has magically returned to his three-point-shooting ways, leading the ...

Catching up on Wizards reading
Bullets Forever — ... looked around the locker room come October there wouldn’t have been any name plates above cubicles that you honestly could have said would make the young bigs better. They needed someone to challenge them every day by punishing them on the practice court and demonstrating healthy habits on game days. (So many Etan misperceptions ... wow). Overrated/underrated Wages of Wins Journal: The Underrated in 2008-09.  (Mike Miller and Dominic McGuire rank highly.  I'm not a fan of ...

What can depth do for you?
Bullets Forever — ... year's Wizards' team is very deep.  Ernie Grunfeld went well out of his way to opine that the Wizards are three-deep at every position.  Just three days ago, Michael Lee suggested that the 2009/10 version of the Wizards is the deepest Wizards team this decade. And they're right.  If everyone is healthy, the Wizards have ten guys (Gilbert Arenas, DeShawn Stevenson, Mike James, Dominic McGuire, Randy Foye, Mike Miller, Caron Butler, Antawn Jamison, Brendan ...

2008/09 Player Evaluation: DeShawn Stevenson
Bullets Forever — ... threes decently for a few minutes off the bench.  Hell, Denver started a worse player in Dahntay Jones and got to the Western Conference Finals, and the move gave their team more balance.  But Stevenson must now be seen as the fifth horse in a five-horse race for minutes at shooting guard.  Dominic McGuire should be ahead of him right now after the strong 08/09 season he had, and Nick Young should be propped up for his Summer League play.  Mike Miller and Randy Foye were acquired to play, not to ...

Pollin': Coach of the Year?
Bullets Forever — ... to take a woebegone team and turn them into a playoff-calibur team, if not a contender.  Flip Saunders finds himself with a great opportunity to make a drastic turnaround from last year and thrust himself into Coach of the Year discussions. As far as improvement goes, the bar has been set pretty low.  Flip should have no problems eclipsing last year's 19-63 mark, but of course some of the credit for any turnaround will be given to the addition of Randy Foye and Mike Miller, as well as the return of Gilbert Arenas and ...

What can depth do for you, Part Two: Flip Saunders' "eight-man rotation"
Bullets Forever — ... comes back healthy, the Arenas-Caron Butler-Antawn Jamison trio doesn't compare to Paul Pierce-Kevin Garnett-Ray Allen-Rajon Rondo, Dwight Howard-Vince Carter-Rashard Lewis-Jameer Nelson or even LeBron himself.  Brendan Haywood is underrated as hell, but he's not Dwight Howard, is about as good as Kendrick Perkins and can't beat Cleveland's Ilgauskas-Shaq-Varejao threesome by himself.  Mike Miller and Randy Foye are good complimentary guys, but they can't ...

Create Your Own Franchise
Canis Hoopus — ... (4) Eric Gordon (4) Jason Terry (4) Deloente West (4) John Salmons (4) Leandro Barbosa (4) Roger Mason (3) Von Wafer (3) Courtney Lee (3) Ronnie Brewer (3) Rudy Ferdenanz (3) Reja Bell (3) Marquise Daniels (3) Kellena Azuabiki (3) Mike Miller (2) Nick Young (2) ...

My Team Is Better Than Yours: Minnesota Timberwolves Edition
Pounding The Rock — ... edition (O.J. Mayo), and now I get to look at one I like even better (Kevin Love).  I like Al Jefferson a lot too and think that Minnesota has him in a Spursian type contract of great value for the right price.  I've actually always had a preference for Corey Brewer as he was touted as a long armed, 3 point shooting, defensive specialist when he was drafted.  I've read his progress is sketchy though.  I know Randy Foye and Mike Miller are gone, but I'm not too sure who is new.  I'm really ...

Two opinions of the Wizards' offseason
Bullets Forever — ... David Aldridge, NBA.com: DA's Offseason Rank: No. 6 Last season: 19-63, fifth place, Southeast; Did not make Playoffs. Added: G Randy Foye (trade with Minnesota), F/G Mike Miller (trade with Minnesota), F/C Fabricio Oberto (free agent, San Antonio; one year, $1.9 million), hired coach Flip Saunders Lost: F/C Darius Songalia (traded to Minnesota), F/C Alexiy Pecherov (traded to Minnesota), C Etan Thomas (traded to Minnesota), reassigned interim head coach ...

The significance of Mike Miller's strange 2008/09 season
Bullets Forever — ... Webster's dictionary defines an "outlier" as "a statistical observation that is markedly different in value from the others of the sample."  In layman's terms, an outlier is a subject's data point or moment that is very different than the general trend. Webster's provides no example sentence to place the word in its proper context.  If it was taking nominations, this would be my entry. Mike Miller's shooting touch during the 2008/09 season was an outlier relative to the rest of his career. The above ...

2008/09 Player Evaluation: Nick Young
Bullets Forever — ... can do all the same things better, and he's also more experienced.  Meanwhile, Mike Miller is also offense-first, but with a far better all-around game.  At a certain point, room has to be made for defense-first guys like ...

Another opinion on Mike Miller
Bullets Forever — I got an e-mail today from a South Dakota resident who read this post on Mike Miller and wanted to throw in his two cents.  Miller grew up in South Dakota and this e-mailer said he has watched Miller play since high school, so he has a very good idea of what Miller was like throughout his career.  The full e-mail is below the jump:     From:    (redacted)     Subject:     Your article on Mike Miller     Date:     August 15, 2009 ...

A whole bunch of links
Bullets Forever — ... With Gilbert Arenas looking spry in workouts and pro-am action and added depth with Randy Foye and Mike Miller, the ...

Shots, Part Deux
Bullets Forever — ... chart: Jamison's Career, By Season Small sample size, etc., etc., and there is a big cluster in the middle, but even so.  This had the strongest relationship of any chart I've done.  And Jamison's low and high FGA seasons did not have any time relationship.  He's just shot for higher %s when carrying a lighter load.  _____________ Now, onto Arenas's teammates.  First, the three big shot-taking G/Fs-Caron, Antawn, and Mike Miller. Jamison-Butler-Miller Next, the ...

The super mega ultimate post. Part 1...yes, there's more.
Canis Hoopus — ... it?).   LAST YEAR: Our depth chart for the 2008-2009 season plus a rough estimate of player rating out of 100 rounded to the nearest 5 with a +, -, or = (or a combination) if they are trending upward or downward (please don't look too into this unless you think I am just that far off): PG: Randy Foye (75+)/Sebastian Telfair (70+=)/Kevin Ollie (55=-)/Bobby Brown* (55=) SG: Mike Miller (75-)/Rashad McCants* (65=)/Randy Foye (75+) ...

RU's Movie Quote Offseason Roundup Spectacular Part 2
Ridiculous Upside — ... and Mike Miller were there, for instance,and there were others that I can't find references to right now.  But the bottom line is, those guys didn't have to be there.  Sure it was Las Vegas, but it was also the middle of summer when Nevada gets really hot.  Any of those players could've been at home in the pool, or I don't know, somewhere else that wasn't sweltering.  But they showed up to Summer League anyway, and that was nice to see. ...

Finding substance in the "Flip Saunders and Company Positive Thinking Media Campaign"
Bullets Forever — ... one of the major problems with the Wizards' defense was Eddie Jordan's "protect the paint at all costs" scheme, so any improvement is going to be pretty significant provided Flip really drills the club on sound defensive principles.  At the same time, we have to keep in mind that our defensive personnel still stinks.  Gilbert Arenas and Antawn Jamison will never be great defenders, and Caron Butler historically hasn't been a good defender either.  Mike Miller and Randy Foye also aren't known for their defense. ...

Why the Wizards need an in-season trade to upgrade the frontcourt
Bullets Forever — ... Assuming Ernie Grunfeld is indeed tinkering from the healthy edition of the Eddie Jordan Wizards rather than Ed Tapscott's Palace of Pretty Crappy Play crew, we can probably agree that the squad had two big weaknesses. A below-average shooting guard group A third big man who can play big, rebound and defend Weakness one was addressed already with the trade for Mike Miller and Randy Foye.  We can argue that perhaps there were better ways to go about solving weakness one, but the off guard ...

GM of JV Celtics Messed up Big Time
CelticsBlog — ... basis to a degree he has never experienced. In order for Ricky to meet this challenge fully, I believe it is important that his family and other people important to him were comfortable with the move to the NBA and fully supportive. I also agreed with Ricky´s position that two more years of competition in Spain and the Euroleague will only aid his development and that he will be much more ready for the NBA when he joins us.   Kahn traded Mike Miller and Randy Foye to the Wizards for Etan ...

Ricky Rubio staying in Europe doesn't automatically vindicate the Wizards
Bullets Forever — ... and Mike Miller.  Is there an element of truth to this?  Certainly.  If we assume that there would have been some sort of difficulty in bringing Rubio on board and/or trading his rights for something of value, then yes, with the roster currently in the state that it's in, it would have been a very risky move ...

Sticky Ricky
Canis Hoopus — ... and Mike Miller into Rubio. Nice work. An orgasmic Fraschilla says Rubio is "the best passer in the last decade of drafts" and he's "got a Gretzky-like feel, he sees the game two and three plays ahead." Totally agree. ...

2008/09 Player Evaluation/Projection: Andray Blatche
Bullets Forever — ... , a pretty good rebounding PG (career 4.2 rpg), the return of Haywood (7.2 rpg in 2007-08), the addition of Mike Miller (6.2 rpg last year) will make the Wizards a much better rebounding team - and help to hide Andray's shortcomings in that area. ...

Guarding against no Rubio
Canis Hoopus — ... Current starting off-guard Mike Miller is complete disinterested in playing anything remotely approaching defense and he is averaging career or 5-year lows in FGA, 3P%, 3PA, and ppg.  He doesn't have a good enough handle to get his own and he requires a labyrinth of screens to get his shot off on a team with zero threat of guard penetration.  ...

Brendan Haywood, Flip Saunders and Ben Wallace: A cautionary tale, or nothing to worry about?
Bullets Forever — ... fine with his role on the team, he did grouse in mid-December, telling reporters, "I don't even know what my role is.... I am sick of this." Saunders has called more plays for Wallace since that outburst, but they usually come when Wallace is on the floor with the reserves. That bolded part stood out to me, because couldn't you see Flip and company using the same justification for cutting Haywood's shot attempts in DC?  We have Gilbert Arenas, and Mike Miller, and Randy Foye, and Antawn Jamison, and ...

Pollin': Contract Renewal
Bullets Forever — ... McGuire is entering a pivotal time in his NBA career.  His contract runs up at the end of the year and he'll be entering a free agency class chock-full of dynamic talent.  McGuire's athletic capabilities and defensive potential make him an interesting asset, especially to the Wizards, but it remains to be seen what role he'll play in Flip Saunders' rotation.  Complicating the issue further is that the Wizards also have to deal with Brendan Haywood, Mike Miller and Randy Foye who will be looking for new contracts next ...

Around the Association: 2009-2010 Minnesota Timberwolves - Donde esta Senor Rubio?
Golden State Of Mind — ...   But let's look at what this organization did for you without even signing you!  Key additions: Ramon Sessions,Antonio Daniels, Jonny Flynn, Wayne Ellington, Oleksiy Pecherov, Chucky Atkins, Damien Wilkins, Ryan Hollins, Mark Blount, Sasha Pavlovic Key subtractions: Randy Foye, Mike Miller, Sebastian Telfair, Craig Smith, Mark Madsen, Kevin Ollie, ...

Recapping Flip Saunders' pre-training camp press conference
Bullets Forever — ... Flip considers defense a major part of doing a "little bit of everything." "When you say shooting guard, the number one thing is, you got to be able to defend your position," he said.  "If you can't defend your position, it really puts your team behind the eight ball." As far as specific players, Flip mentioned everyone at some point, but did mention that Nick Young had a good summer in particular.  He was also asked later about the Minnesota guys -- Mike Miller and Randy Foye -- and had a lot to say about Miller. ...

Randy Foye and Mike Miller are thrilled to be in a winning situation
Bullets Forever — ... and Mike Miller both echoed the same message.  Both are overjoyed to be out of Minnesota and on a team that has aspirations to contend next season. ...

Around the Association: 2009-2010 Washington Wizards-Guess Who's Bizzack?
Golden State Of Mind — ... in DC. It IS a joke- 25 points (11-18 FG, 1-1 3pt, 2-2 FT), 12 rodmans, 5 dimes, 5 rejections, and 2 interceptions. Milk Carton: Andris Biedrins' defense. Randy Foye proves to be a nice complement to Agent Zero in the Wizards' backcourt. Think the Timberwolves wish they just kept him instead of being embarrassed by Ricky Rubio? 3pt assassin and 921/0083">documented Warrior Killer Mike Miller gets out-dueled by Warrior sharpshooter Anthony Morrow ...

No Your Links: Wizards Media Day
Bullets Forever — ... perspective on that, and any adversity he may face this upcoming season. "If you [the media] were in my shoes, and you got beat up in this league the last few years, you’d forget all about that stuff, I just want a fun year..I wanna come in here and know every time we lace them up we have a pretty good chance of winning." Wizards are trying to silence their doubters - Washington Times DeShawn Stevenson and offseason acquisitions Mike Miller and Randy Foye will compete for the starting spot at ...

The Hawk Set - Pick and Roll
Bullets Forever — ... assists this year. As you can see, the pick-and-roll play requires that the ball handler make instantaneous decisions with the ball as he comes off the screens. Should he pull up? Should he pass to the cutter? Should he drive the lane? Should he back it out and start over? I have a ton of confidence that Arenas can make the right decisions. I also think that other ball handlers like Caron Butler, Mike Miller and Randy Foye should good running off screens. It ...

14 players in a new system: Nick Young
Bullets Forever — ... Also see: An introduction to the series | Mike James | Javaris Crittenton | DeShawn Stevenson | Fabricio Oberto He'll never admit it, but Nick Young had to have felt pretty crappy the day the Wizards traded for Mike Miller and Randy Foye.  Young had just been through a year where his playing time went up and down like a yo-yo.  His commitment to anything other than scoring was questioned, as was his seriousness about the game.  He had ...

So far, so good for Andray Blatche and Nick Young
Bullets Forever — ... and Mike Miller, two guys who play his position (at least it didn't seem like it, his first two words were "no, definitely.").  He says he's happy to play with talented players, but confident he will still fill a niche on this team. ...

Competition Discussion: Indiana Pacers
Bullets Forever — ... The good news for Indiana is that Mike Dunleavy is probably coming back and Danny Granger is likely to improve.  I've always been a fan of Dunleavy's game.  He reminds me of Mike Miller, in fact, with his underrated ability to pass and rebound in addition to shooting.  Dunleavy only played 18 games last year and should play much more this time around.  However, ...

Training camp day 7 notes
Bullets Forever — ... a lot of you tuned in to the NBA.com Real Training Camp stream of today's practice.  For those who didn't, you will be able to check it out on NBA.com after it airs on NBATV tonight at 10 p.m.  I didn't get to watch any of it, but from what it seemed, they were actually showing some hoops, as opposed to just having two people talk for an hour.  Some quick notes on today: Today was the first time we saw a semblance of a first unit.  At one point, Mike Miller and DeShawn Stevenson were rotating in at shooting ...

DeShawn Stevenson is healthy and back to normal ... but is he in the picture?
Bullets Forever — ... starting does not matter to him.  His happiest responses, though, are when he was asked about what it felt like to be back out there playing with Arenas, Butler and Jamison again.  He speaks clearly and manages a smile, saying "it felt good for me, because I haven't played basketball for like a year."  He says his body feels great -- better than he expected, even -- and his anti-LeBron James mindset looks like it's back to normal after he tells reporters that he asked Mike Miller to stop wearing LeBron James sneakers.  ...

Open Thread: Memphis Grizzlies vs. Washington Wizards from Richmond
Bullets Forever — ... and Mike Miller have both said it doesn't matter to them, but Young has been publicly gunning for more playing time.  It's easier for Stevenson and Miller to take a benching than it likely will be for Young.  So, with a ton of preseason still left, Saunders might be throwing Young a bone for his offseason work in an attempt to keep his confidence and motivation up.  ...

Washington Wizards 101, Memphis Grizzlies 92
Bullets Forever — ... Mike Miller just knows how to play.  He did a great job creating offense in the fourth quarter, and if he could only be that assertive the entire game, he could be a huge asset.  This isn't Minnesota, when he's passing out to ...

Morning Briefing: Washington Wins Preseason Opener 101-92
Bullets Forever — ... up high for a 17-footer and Jamison for another three-pointer. His best assist came when he zipped a no-look pass to a cutting Jamison for a one-handed dunk. Jamison said having Arenas back provides him much easier looks. "It was unbelievable, having a guy like him," Jamison said after scoring a game-high 20 points with eight rebounds. "On one, I was so wide open I didn't know what to do." Wizards 101, Grizzlies 92 - Wizards Insider Mike Miller didn't shoot the ball particularly well (1 of 7), but he had six ...

Wizards beat Grizzlies in Richmond: Final wrap
Bullets Forever — ... and Mike Miller later, because I think Flip may have stumbled on a good solution to mask their weaknesses.  Otherwise, make the jump for some post-game quotes. ...

Randy Foye gets "in the flow" when paired with another ball-handler
Bullets Forever — ... So how'd he grade out in his first preseason game?  Well, there was that one possession in the second quarter where he missed a wide-open Mike Miller spotting up at the three-point line, instead flinging an off-balanced runner against three defenders.  There was that other possession where he got to the basket, but had everyone collapse on him and eventually committed a turnover.  ...

Mavs vs. Wizards pre-season game thread
Mavs Moneyball — ... Mike Miller has blonde hair and a headband.  Deshawn Stevenson has a tattoo of Abe Lincoln on his neck.  Stevenson is mad that Miller wears ...

Morning Briefing: Mavericks Outgun Wizards 123-115
Bullets Forever — ... points and 19 assists this preseason. I think he gets 20 points before 30 assists. You? Twitter / Truth_About_It Haywood getting offensive rebound then fouled by Gooden then crumbling 2 floor holding his ankle sends moans & cuss words through crowd. Twitter / Mike Jones so THAT's the aggressiveness Flip was looking for out of Zero. 10 points on 5-for-5 shooting. Twitter / Michael Lee This game is a dud, but who is going to win the Mike Miller vs. Dirk Nowitzki long hair-off? Twitter / ...

Open Thread: Washington Wizards vs. Toronto Raptors, Preseason Game 3
Bullets Forever — ... Gilbert Arenas PG Jose Calderon Randy Foye SG Sonny Weems Mike Miller SF DeMar DeRozan ...

Toronto Raptors 100, Washington Wizards 93
Bullets Forever — ... In that third quarter, people were rotating extremely well and cutting off the lane very nicely.  That includes Arenas and Antawn Jamison. Jamison had another solid, productive game. Randy Foye looked a bit more comfortable, particularly on defense, in that third quarter playing next to Arenas. Fabricio Oberto looked like he was moving better than he has in any preseason game thus far. The negatives?  Mike Miller looked a bit passive, and he clearly struggles on off-ball ...

Morning Briefing: Raptors Claw Out Win Against the Wizards 100-93
Bullets Forever — ... I was impressed when I arrived at the arena nearly three hours before the opening tip and saw Gilbert Arenas and Mike Miller working with the Wizards assistant coaches. It’s rare to see vets putting in that kind of work but it’s the kind of example the Wizards younger players need to see. ...

Open Thread: Washington Wizards vs. Detroit Pistons, Preseason Game 4
Bullets Forever — ... vs. Pistons Gilbert Arenas ?? PG Rodney Stuckey Mike Miller SG Richard Hamilton ...

Preseason Game 4: Washington Wizards @ Detroit Pistons
Motown String Music — ... Gilbert Arenas PG Rodney Stuckey Mike Miller SG Richard Hamilton Caron Butler SF ...

Wizards 101, Pistons 98
Bullets Forever — ... looked breathtaking and Mike Miller continued to display the same outstanding role player/overly-reluctant shooter duality that makes him so interesting/frustrating.  ...

Morning Briefing: Wizards Squeak Out a Win 101-98
Bullets Forever — ... Unlike the last time Washington and Detroit had a get together, I don't think last night's match-up will blow up the talk radio lines, but it did lead to some nice reactions from the media. Game Hub | Boxscore Wizards challenge new-look Pistons results - George Pangakos, Washington Wizards Examiner With 2:21 to go in the game the tide would change, as McGuire blocked a Jonas Jerebko jumper which led to a Mike Miller three point dagger, the score 95-91, Wizards.  The ...

Pre-Season Game #4 - Washington Wizards at Cleveland Cavaliers
Fear The Sword — ... Probable starters: Gilbert Arenas PG Daniel Gibson Mike Miller SG Anthony Parker Caron Butler ...

GameThread -5: vs. Bulls
Canis Hoopus — ... and Mike Miller combined for .087 attempts per minute last season. Foye alone was was .109 attempts per minute. This isn't a great stat and the sample size for Flynn and Sessions is small, but I think it's safe to say our backcourt will be much better at getting to the line this year. ...

Washington Wizards 109, Cleveland CrabDribbles 104
Bullets Forever — ... Hey, Mike Miller, look what happens when you shoot the damn ball!  Do it more often.  THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU! ...

Quick shots
Canis Hoopus — ... Corey Brewer is 6-25 from the floor and 18-23 from the line.  He needs to take a page from the Jonny Flynn playbook and cut down on his FGAs.  Al Jefferson has only 6 FTAs.  The guy definitely has finesse on the inside. The Bulls announcers are right: Pecherov really does look like Stewie Griffin: Stewie can probably defend better than Pecherov. Mike Miller actually shot the ball for the Wiz last night.  Maybe it's the ...

Morning Briefing: We've Seen This Script Before
Bullets Forever — ... game and we have our first injury to one of the Wizards' Big 3.  Understandably, this set the Wizards blogosphere into a bit of a panic.  We'll get to some of those reactions after the jump, but first I wanted to highlight this passage from Brian Windhorst's recap: Playing against a rather deep Washington Wizards team expected to contend this season, the Cavs couldn't keep up. Getting 18 points from Gilbert Arenas, 24 from Mike Miller and 21 from Randy Foye, the Wizards left town with a 109-104 ...

14 players in a new system: Randy Foye
Bullets Forever — ... being Mike James (WHO?).  He's also displayed his skills better when paired with former teammate Mike Miller. ...

2009 Season Preview
Canis Hoopus — ... Team Name: Minnesota Timberwolves Last Year's Record: 24-58 Key Losses Additions By Subtraction: Calvin Booth, Bobby Brown, Rodney Carney, Jason Collins, Randy Foye, Mark Madsen, Rashad McCants, Mike Miller, Kevin Ollie, Craig Smith, Sebastian Telfair, Shelden Williams, Kevin McHale. Honorary Member of the Addition By Subtraction club: Mark Blount. Key Additions: Wayne Ellington ...

Open Thread: Preseason Game 6 vs. Atlanta Hawks
Bullets Forever — ... Wizards vs. Hawks Randy Foye PG Mike Bibby Mike Miller DeShawn Stevenson ...

Atlanta Hawks 115, Washington Wizards 93
Bullets Forever — ... I listened to parts of this, but 1067 got cut out at times, so I can't say I followed this one too closely.  Rather than make any kind of specific generalizations about how everyone played, let's just keep this thing brief.  I didn't expect a win with Atlanta starting their entire club and us playing without Gilbert Arenas, Antawn Jamison and Mike Miller, but I certainly expected better than this. Four factors below the jump: Four Factors: ...

Preview Review
Blazersedge — ... Shooting Guard Mike Miller Nick Young Small Forward Caron Butler Dominic McGuire ...

Morning Briefing: We've Seen This Before Too
Bullets Forever — ... and Mike Miller were both in their hotel rooms sick, but that didn't mean that the rest of the team didn't have to show up. The ...

The Hawk Set - Isolation Plays
Bullets Forever — ... This next one is an play designed to get the Shooting Guard isolated in the corner with an option to drive to the basket, pull up for a shot, or pass to a teammate.  In watching this play, I was aware that Nick Young would NOT be my first choice as SG in this play - as it requires too many decisions.  On the other hand, it would be perfect for Mike Miller or ...

Open Thread: Washington Wizards vs. Philadelphia 76ers, Preseason Game 7
Bullets Forever — ... Randy Foye PG Louis Williams DeShawn Stevenson SG Andre Iguodala Caron Butler ...

Washington Wizards "beat" Philadelphia 76ers in preseason: Final wrap
Bullets Forever — ... He also just doesn't have great PG instincts right now.  There was one play where the Wizards would have had a fast break off a long rebound, but Foye just kept running upcourt with everyone instead of getting the ball from the big guy.  It's little stuff like this that hurts the team and makes it feel like Foye's a misfit as a point guard.  I still contend that he's best suited to play a lot with Mike Miller, with Miller running the point in the halfcourt and Foye coming off screens ready to shoot without dribbling. ...

Preseason by the numbers
Bullets Forever — ... DRating is slightly better than the team average.  Right now, I'd start him at SG next to Arenas, though not with starter minutes. Caron Butler He is doing his Tough Juice things.  Hopefully the 1-11 from 3 and the 15-21 from the line are just preseason blips, while his 50% FG shooting while leading the team in attempts is sustainable.  No wonder he is the leader of the dish-first Arenas fanclub. Mike Miller Lots to like here, especially as his shooting has ...

14 players in a new system: Mike Miller
Bullets Forever — ... We all know Mike Miller is going to play this year.  He's proven this preseason that he's an efficient, if reluctant (at times) scorer, an excellent rebounder for a guard and a very underrated passer.  ...

Thursday's Practice Report: Andray Blatche's progress, Caron Butler's fit into the offense and the defense, and Fabricio Oberto tells me I should try alfajores
Bullets Forever — ... Mike Miller shoots while Flip Saunders looks on at the end of practice today.  Photo from ... my IPhone, which explains the poor quality. ...

Open Thread: Washington Wizards vs. Chicago Bulls, Preseason Game 9
Bullets Forever — ... Wizards vs. Bulls Gilbert Arenas PG Kirk Hinrich Mike Miller SG John Salmons ...

2009/10 NBA Blog Preview: Washington Wizards
Bullets Forever — ... series, sponsored by Celtics Blog and SB Nation.  The project  asks prominent NBA team bloggers to write a season preview for their respective squads.  You can find links to all the other previews here.  Today is the date for all the Wizards previews, so here is ours.  Make the jump to read the whole thing. Team Name: Washington Wizards Last Year's Record: 19-63 Key Additions: Randy Foye, Mike Miller, Fabricio Oberto, Flip Saunders.  If you want to ...

Award Time
Canis Hoopus — ... Most Underrated: Mike Miller (Yep, this one is going to sting a bit when he's finally placed on a team where his attempts to blend in actually work.) ...

Six lessons from the Wizards' preseason
Bullets Forever — ... Real quick, because the season starts tomorrow and there's so much season preview goodness to get to: 1.  Mike Miller needs to be put in a position to succeed: I can't even begin to imagine the type of wear and tear that an athlete gets from carrying some pretty awful teams through some pretty awful seasons, so Mike Miller certainly has every reason to be a passive, complimentary player.  But when that means he stops shooting and instead is content to stand around on the wing, then it starts to get to the point ...

Dallas Mavericks vs Washington Wizards : Game 1 Preview
Mavs Moneyball — ... cut out for him tonight Agent Zero can put the ball in the basket from anywhere on the floor. Kidd must make him work on both ends of the floor tonight. These two are at complete opposite ends of the spectrum as pertains to skill set. Kidd must find a way to slow down the much quicker Arenas, at the same time Kidd has the opportunity to make Arenas pay for his lack of defensive prowess. Edge: Wizards   Shooting Guard: Quinton Ross vs Mike Miller Mike Miller is a jump shooting machine that should ...

Open Thread: Washington Wizards vs. Dallas Mavericks, Regular Season Game 1
Bullets Forever — ... Wizards vs. Mavericks Gilbert Arenas PG Jason Kidd Mike Miller SG Quinton Ross ...

Happy Small Sample Size Day!
Bullets Forever — ... Mike Miller will be the Most Efficient Player Ever:  an offensive rating of 158 and a defensive rating of 86. ...

Britt Robson's 2009-10 Timberwolves Thumbnail Season Preview
Canis Hoopus — ... off the bench, and the value of no-shoot Mike Miller on a squad that doesn’t have enough touches to go around. Or maybe they saw Bassy and the Rhino provide a non-embarrassing element to the ...

Wizards beat Mavericks in regular-season opener: Final wrap
Bullets Forever — ... details, via Popcorn Machine: Highest individual plus/minus, total: Randy Foye (+16 in 30:18) Highest individual plus/minus, rate: Fabricio Oberto (+15 in 17:24 Lowest individual plus/minus, total: DeShawn Stevenson (-1 in 17:54) Lowest individual plus/minus, rate: Dominic McGuire (-6 in 2:24) Best lineup (one stretch): Gilbert Arenas, Randy Foye, Mike Miller, Andray Blatche, Brendan Haywood (+8 for a ...

Competition Discussion: Rest of the League
Bullets Forever — ... (Pythagorean Record: 27-55) Biggest team strength: Defensive rebounding (tied for sixth-best in the league) Biggest team weakness: Shooting (27th in the league) In: Kurt Rambis, Ramon Sessions, Jonny Flynn, Sasha Pavlovic, Ryan Hollins, Oleksiy Pecherov, Wayne Ellington, Damien Wilkins, Jason Hart, Nathan Jawai, rights to Ricky Rubio and Nick Cathales Out: Mike Miller, Randy Foye, Sebastian Telfair, Craig Smith, Rodney ...

Preview and Game Thread #2: Washington Wizards @ Atlanta Hawks
Peachtree Hoops — ... Probable starters: Gilbert Arenas PG Mike Bibby Mike Miller SG Joe Johnson ...

Open Thread: Washington Wizards vs. Atlanta Hawks, Regular Season Game 2
Bullets Forever — ... vs. Hawks Gilbert Arenas PG Mike Bibby Mike Miller SG Joe Johnson Caron Butler ...

Wizards lose to Hawks in Atlanta: Final wrap. Tempo, tempo, tempo
Bullets Forever — ... on offense.  We saw too many guys go for offensive rebounds, allowing Atlanta to run off misses and use their superior athleticism to finish plays.  FInally, we saw foul difficulties -- Mike Miller had two, ...

Open Thread: New Jersey Nets vs. Washington Wizards, Regular Season Game 3 (UPDATE: Caron Butler out, Randy Foye to start, Devin Harris out, Antawn Jamison looking good while shooting around)
Bullets Forever — ... vs. Wizards Rafer Alston PG Gilbert Arenas Courtney Lee SG Randy Foye Chris Douglas ...

Briefing: For a Quarter and a Half, Life Was Beautiful
Bullets Forever — ... Certainly, Foye and Blatche don't deserve all or even most of the blame for last night's loss.  None of the bigs could stay out of foul trouble, Mike Miller was efficient, but efficiency only goes so far when you only take three shots, and ...

Wizards lose to Cavaliers: Final wrap and a word about our half-court offense
Bullets Forever — ...   Lineup stats, via Popcorn Machine Highest individual plus/minus: JaVale McGee (+1 in 11:24) Lowest individual plus/minus: Mike Miller (-16 in 34:36) and Randy Foye (-14 in 19:30) Best lineup: Gilbert Arenas/Mike Miller/Caron Butler/Fabricio Oberto/Brendan Haywood (+6 to start the game) Worst lineup: Gilbert Arenas/Randy Foye/DeShawn Stevenson/Andray Blatche/Brendan Haywood (-9 in the fourth ...

Miami Heat vs. Washington Wizards: Regular Season Game 5 Open Thread
Bullets Forever — ... Mario Chalmers PG Gilbert Arenas Dwyane Wade SG Mike Miller Quentin Richardson SF Caron Butler ...

Dwyane Wade scores 40 and Miami survives Wizards comeback to move to 4-1
Peninsula is Mightier — ... I have gained a ton of respect for Mike Miller after watching him play through what looked like a very painful left shoulder injury.  He finally came out of the game after hitting a sick ‘and 1' that left him on the floor and in serious pain, but not before sinking the free throw to complete the 3-point play.  ...

Wizards lose to Heat: Final wrap, including some questioning of Flip Saunders' in-game strategy
Bullets Forever — ... But the truth is, I don't think I would have felt so good about this game even if we had pulled it out.  The way we started the game was so frustrating and should never happen at a home game.  Even if we had managed to come back, we did it by once again abandoning a lot of our principles.  Gilbert Arenas almost won the game by himself, but with the exception of the brief moments Mike Miller displayed his toughness after the shoulder injury, this was a team reverting back into a one-on-one approach.  Too many players either didn't show up ...

Ballin' with Big, Mav's week one
Mavs Moneyball — ... , he seamed able to stay in front of Mike Miller and Deshawn Stevenson better than most, and when he had open looks, he knocked them down.  He went +7 for the game, but only played 19 min.  ...

Point Guard Battle Royale Continued, pt. i
Canis Hoopus — ... We all know the cost of Rubio: Mike Miller and Randy Foye.  Will he be worth it?  I have no idea. Will Brandon Jennings be to Rubio/Flynn what ...

IC Cold Links: Waiting On Wizards vs. Pacers And Hansbrough's Debut
Indy Cornrows — The Indiana Pacers host the Washington Wizards tonight, hoping to cobble together a two-game winning streak.  The Pacers remain short-handed without the services of Mike Dunleavy, Jeff Foster and Troy Murphy. The Wizards are missing some firepower of their own with Mike Miller and Antawn Jamison on the shelf. If all goes according to plan for the Pacer, rookie Tyler Hansbrough will see the court for his first, live NBA action. I don't expect Hansbrough to play much tonight but it will be nice ...

Love Hurts
Canis Hoopus — ... , league-leading 15.1 oreb%,  top-10 dreb%, and #2 overall reb% hurts.  The team is already in the performance hole with the loss of Mike Miller's minutes at the off-guard, but losing Love's 30+ mpg to ...

Wizards lose badly to Pacers: Final wrap
Bullets Forever — ... to forget about this game for the most part, only because writing about it will aggravate me so much.  We all know why the game was a disaster and why there are so many causes for concern.  Please continue to discuss them civilly as you all have. Instead, I'll try to provide a few reasons for optimism, or at the very least, a few reasons to stave off the "sky is falling" impulse you all have. We are missing two injured players in Antawn Jamison and Mike Miller.  I know, I know, injuries are no excuse when Indiana ...

More on the Jamison outburst, and the teams frustration.
Agent Dagger - A Washington Wizards Blog — ... four assists. You just can't win for losing. You gotta hit shots. That's the only way you can get assists. You can pass the ball 100 times, and if no one makes a shot, and no one shoots the ball, you're not going to get your assists up. You keep having games when we're having more turnovers than assists than we're never going to win." -Mike Jones, Washington times Some opinion on the matter: "We are missing two injured players in Antawn Jamison and Mike Miller.  I know, I know, injuries are no excuse when Indiana was ...

Preview and Game Thread: Suns @ Wizards
Bright Side Of The Sun — ... 0.0 2.5 3.5 71.4 3.7 7.2 10.8 0.2 1.2 0.7 1.7 3.3 11.5 Mike Miller 5 28.6 2.6 4.6 56.5 1.2 ...

Lack of ball movement continues to plague the Wizards
Bullets Forever — ... and Mike Miller in the lineup hasn't helped -- everyone from Saunders to Arenas to Stevenson acknowledged that.  But even if those guys were in there, the difficulty developing on-court trust doesn't surprise Foye, one of the team's new additions. ...

Gameday Preview vs. Orlando Magic
Rufus on Fire — ... were content to let opponents get lots of rebounds as long as they were making lots of threes, too, but now that the three isn't such a potent weapon for them, they can't afford to allow so many boards off their misses and continue to be successful. Detail That May Interest .08% of You: Chris Webber was the Magic's first pick of the 1993 draft, but was immediately traded for Anfernee Hardaway and three first round picks, the last of which ended up being Mike Miller, Rookie of the Year in 2000.

Game #7: Washington Wizards (2-5) vs. Miami Heat (5-1)
Peninsula is Mightier — ... On the other side, the Wiz will be without Mike Miller, who if you remember injured his shoulder during last weeks game between Miami and Washington.  They will also be without forward ...

Washington Wizards vs. Miami Heat: Regular Season Game 8 Open Thread
Bullets Forever — ... -- eight of their first ten games this season are home games, and only three of those games are against playoff teams from last year.  Meanwhile, according to Jeff Sagarin's ratings, the Wizards have played by far the toughest schedule in basketball.  All I'm trying to say is ... Heat fans, tap the breaks.  It's still very early, and the schedule turns for both teams.  That said, a win tonight will be tough.  Miami's a very good home team, and Mike Miller and Antawn Jamison still aren't back.  It'll be ...

Prowling the NBA: People Gettin' Hurt
Canis Hoopus — ... 's foot in a game a few days ago againts Miami. Mike Miller suffered a shoulder injury a few games earlier, again, against Miami. ...

Talent
Canis Hoopus — ... Last year I wrote that this season was going to be rock bottom.  It had to be.  Either they would have kept Mike Miller and ...

Open Thread: Detroit Pistons vs. Washington Wizards, Regular Season Game 9
Bullets Forever — ... Rodney Stuckey PG Gilbert Arenas Ben Gordon SG Mike Miller Jonas Jerebko SF Caron Butler ...

Briefing: This Probably Isn't Going The Way Flip Saunders Planned It
Bullets Forever — ... Poor Flip.  Do you still think he would've taken the job in Washington if he had known nine games in that he would 2-7 and that Earl Boykins and Mike Miller would be the team's leading scorers in his first game against his former team?  I know he'd point out that Jamison and Foye are injured and the team is still getting used to each other and a new system, but you have to think in the back of his mind if he's wondering if he's become latest victim of this snake-bitten franchise. ...

Wizards drop to 2-7 with loss to Pistons: Final Wrap and the little things that made the difference
Bullets Forever — ... ), particularly in the third quarter, when the Wizards dropped 25 points in about six minutes.  Mike Miller had a truly outstanding game, and Earl Boykins provided an unexpected spark, to say the least.  And yet, even with all of that happening, the Wizards lost to a ...

Gilbert Arenas talks about his struggles learning how to balance scoring and distributing
Bullets Forever — ... No, no.  It's just that you have so many weapons.  You have Mike Miller, you have Caron [Butler], you have Andray [Blatche], you have Earl.  You can relax and let them go.  But then I find myself in the fourth quarter realizing I haven't shot the ball yet, and I get up to the free throw line and boink it.  I just have to find out how to keep my rhythm throughout the whole game. ...

Open Thread: Cleveland CrabDribbles vs. Washington Wizards, Regular Season Game 10
Bullets Forever — ... Mo Williams PG Gilbert Arenas Anthony Parker SG Mike Miller LeBron James SF Caron Butler ...

Game #12 - Cleveland Cavaliers at Washington Wizards
Fear The Sword — ... Probable starters: Gilbert Arenas PG Mo Williams Mike Miller SG Anthony Parker ...

Briefing: Antawn Jamison is Unfamiliar With the Concept of Rust
Bullets Forever — ... a couple of shots or make a run, guys run to the huddle with their heads down and that’s something that I knew that I could come in and change that and just move that ball form one end to the other, another added weapon for them to really key in on. I’ve been sitting down for what seems like forever, so I had a lot of energy. I knew it was going to be different from what we’ve been doing."  Jamison kept shooting, and kept barking at his teammates and eventually Mike Miller responded with back-to-back 3-pointers in the second quarter. ...

Wizards top the Cavaliers in DC: Final wrap and the two turning points
Bullets Forever — ...   Snap Reaction: This game was won in two areas: the free throw line, and on the glass.  Cleveland maybe has a legitimate gripe about the free throws, because the foul disparity was so wide, but they have nobody but themselves to blame for the lack of rebounding.  The Wizards totally outhustled them. Lineup Details, via Popcorn Machine Highest individual plus/minus: Mike Miller (+26 in 38:30) Lowest individual plus/minus: Randy Foye (-4 in 3:42) ...

Game Preview #11: Washington Wizards @ San Antonio Spurs
Pounding The Rock — ... Mike Miller Get a Haircut Richard Jefferson Shoot the frickin' Ball Small Forward Butler shoots ...

Thunder beat Wizards in OKC: Final wrap and the inability to execute basic defensive concepts
Bullets Forever — ... thought we were past this.  I wasn't expecting a good defensive team, but I was expecting one where people were at least in the right spots.  The fundamental breakdowns I saw on defense tonight should be a thing of the past.  Instead, they happened, and I don't think Flip Saunders did enough to compensate.  We didn't see much zone, for example.  We saw only 12 minutes of DeShawn Stevenson and zero (okay, one) of Dominic McGuire.  We saw one-shoulder Mike Miller and ...

Open Thread: Washington Wizards vs. San Antonio Spurs, Regular Season Game 12
Bullets Forever — ... vs. Spurs Gilbert Arenas PG George Hill Mike Miller SG Keith Bogans Caron ...

Wiz @ Spurs: Game Thread #11
Pounding The Rock — ... no sense but should get you up and moving for the game.   Now for the important stuff. Likely Starters San Antonio Spurs Tony Parker Keith Bogans Richard Jefferson Tim Duncan Antonio McDyess Washington Wizards (Fab might be starting) Gilbert Arenas Mike Miller Caron Butler Antawn Jamison ...

Spurs rout Wizards in San Antonio: Final wrap, stats only
Bullets Forever — ... Snap reaction: The Wizards will miss Mike Miller.  Randy Foye has not played well at all since he returned from the ankle injury. ...

If Mike Miller is out for a month, that's a really, really bad thing
Bullets Forever — ... So apparently Mike Miller now has a calf injury in addition to the shoulder problem that clearly hasn't fully healed.  ...

Spurs vs Wizards: Stats of the Game
Pounding The Rock — ... 5. Mike Miller has been having a great season and his 7 minutes were really disappointing.  I mean he wasn't disappointing.  The fact that he got injured and had to leave was really disappointing.  I like the Wizards, mostly because I think they have the talent (if healthy) to challenge one of the Eastern powers in the playoffs.  Many people will throw this game away as beating a bottom dweller fodder team.  The Spurs wanted this game more.  Parker and Duncan's aggression was amazing so if this is your only time watching ...

Practice Quick Report - Caron Butler's injured, Nick Young's starting, Gilbert Arenas is talking
Bullets Forever — ... Nick Young is like a cat - he gets nine lives.  After being inactive against San Antonio, he will start for Mike Miller against the ...

Mike Miller out 3-6 weeks with strained calf
Bullets Forever — ... MRI reveals strained calf for Mike Miller, out three to six weeks. Butler's MRI: no structural damage on right ankle. game-time decision. ...

Briefing: Wizards Hold on to Beat the Sixers
Bullets Forever — ... game going on last night.  Today's briefing will be two-part.  The first part will focus striclty on the game last night and in the second part we'll focus on tributes to Abe Pollin. -Jake] Wizards pull off comeback, hang on for win - Mike Jones, Outlet The unlikely hero of the night, however, was Nick Young. Young had been inactive on Saturday night, and had five DNP's this season. But he came out tonight with the Wizards shorthanded with Mike Miller and Caron Butler out with injuries, he started and ...

Game #15: Washington Wizards (4-9) vs. Miami Heat (9-5)
Peninsula is Mightier — ... mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times 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 ...

Briefing: Down Goes Public Enemy No. 3
Bullets Forever — ... Wade, continuing a recent stretch of erratic shooting, finished with 18 points on 6-for-19 accuracy. Young, starting in injured Mike Miller's absence, scored 22. ``I wasn't getting calls I thought I should get,'' Wade said. ``It's schemes -- lot of double teams, lot of picks and rolls. We've got to find a better way to get me the ball in different positions.'' ...

Gameday Preview at Washington Wizards
Rufus on Fire — ... I'm pretty sure they miss Mike Miller, out with a calf injury, but then again, I'm not totally sure. It's certainly possible that Gilbert Arenas can't co-exist with him, since both so desperately want the ball in their hands. With Miller out, maybe it clears things up for them. After all, ...