Who Fills Mason's Shoes?

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One of the interesting things to follow this season will be how the WIzards go about replacing the steady if often unspectacular production of Roger Mason Jr., who signed a fat free agent deal with the Spurs in July. Roger made open shots, played both guard spots when asked to do it, played solid defense and was a great lockeroom influence. Now that Roger is gone and Gilbert Arenas is once again out, the...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry. [link]

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Washington Wizards Player Personnel: The Point Guard Factor
Published 10/1/2008 by Truth About It (noreply@blogger.com) at Truth About It - Washington Wizards Blog
... Juan Dixon: With so many concerned about the loss of Roger Mason (now that Arenas is out), Ivan Carter might have cited the most important factor in the ...

Training camp link dump
Published 10/1/2008 by Pradamaster at Bullets Forever
... Ivan Carter blogs about the backcourt and how the Wiz will cope with the absence of Roger Mason.  I'll have more on this later, but just to preview, I really hope Eddie isn't serious about playing Nick Young and Juan Dixon at the same time. ...

Antawn Jamison Following The Lead of Caron Butler: Linking The Wizards
Published 10/2/2008 by Truth About It (noreply@blogger.com) at Truth About It - Washington Wizards Blog
... but it's pretty clear that neither of them wants to be known for getting into juvenile fights. Ivan: The main thing that is different this year from my last three camps covering this team is that Eddie has them doing a lot more scrimmaging. The reason is that guys are so familiar now with one another and the schemes, they can have crisp scrimmage situations without having to constantly stop and instruct. They just look smoother.Ivan Carter at Wizards Insider wonders Who Fills (Roger) Mason's Shoes? ...

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