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Game 1

http://www.nba.com/wizards/news/summ..._vegas_06.html

We lost our first game 93=85. Cornelius Mcfadgon led the way in scoring with 17. Blatch had 15 and 12 and the rookie Pecker had 15 and 8 boards on 6/11 shooting.

[cpawfan]

Here is what DraftExpress had to say about Game 1

Andray Blatche

Blatche is still the position-defying athletic marvel that got our attention last year. But, Blatche still seems to be inconsistent with his decision making, often diving head first into traffic without a definitive game plan. Still, 19 year old 6’11” players with handles are a rare commodity and Blatche didn’t shy away from his showdown with top pick Andrea Bargnani. Blatche handled coast-to-coast on a few possessions and had a couple of rebounds in traffic to go along with his one emphatic block.

Blatche continued to slip away during the 2nd half, forcing drives and turning the ball over. There was nothing positive of note to report other than the same tantalizing raw package.

Peter John Ramos

Ramos had a quality 1st half of play, scoring on a number of post plays including one particularly nice drop-step for the soft reverse lay-up. Ramos doesn’t show a great aptitude for anticipation plays or rebounding out of his area, but his height and touch are clearly a cut above the other mammoth players in the summer league, such as Podzolkine and Ha.

Oleksiy Pecherov

Pecherov is a player caught playing a style of ball that just isn’t conducive to summer league success. Pecherov has been the consummate teammate, passing up a number of opportunities to shoot for the benefit of passing to others. However, without a high degree of defensive intensity or rebounding prowess, this approach has left Pecherov with little impact thus far.

Pecherov came alive offensively in the 4th quarter, hitting a series of different shots from the field including a 15 foot jumper, a running hang-shot in the lane, and an emphatic slam over Bargnani after receiving one on the previous play. Pecherov also fought a bit more on the boards, grabbing several over the rebound-phobic Bargnani on a number of occasions. Still hasn’t shown any post game, failing to make a decisively strong move on any of his small portion of attempts in the paint. Pecherov has very strong legs, despite his slight upper-body, so he may be able to defend effectively in the future if he is so inclined.

[cpawfan]

From Game 2

Andray Blatche

Blatche came out of the gates absolutely on fire, scoring 7 points in the first minutes of the half. As he seems to do all too often in the half dozen times we’ve seen him in this setting, he faded afterwards and struggled to find his niche in the game. When he was on, though, he was really on, knocking down NBA and college 3’s, running the floor and dunking effortlessly in transition, and running a bit of a point forward role on the perimeter to find the open man. He also came up with a couple of very nice blocks in the first, one on Blalock and another on Maxiell. In terms of weaknesses we have to talk about his lack of a real position on the defensive end, as he doesn’t have the strength or toughness to guard big guys and certainly doesn’t have the lateral quickness to guard wings. His aforementioned inconsistency would be the other main thing holding him back from becoming a consistent part of Washington’s rotation, but with Pecherov staying another season in France we would expect him to get more minutes next year because of the mismatches he creates and the all-around phenomenal talent that he is, even if he is extremely unpolished.

Blatche showed some great glimpses of potential here and there, and overall had another solid, but streaky 2nd half. He’s going to have to concentrate his efforts on finding a specific role in the NBA and stick to that, because right now he is just too reliant on his talent to get him by rather than on some real fundamentals that he can consistently go-to in order to contribute. Some flashes he showed included, but not limited to; a pretty coast to coast drive off a rebound that ended up in a miss but really highlighted his ball-handling skills, a nice ball-fake hesitation move and drive to the basket for a floater in the paint plus the foul, and an offensive rebound and quick scoop put-back before the defense could react. Watching him play, it’s tough not to get excited about his upside. He’s got great talent that just needs to be harnessed by a coach that appreciates his extremely unique skill-set.

Oleksiy Pecherov

Pecherov continues to make fans at DraftExpress with the skill-level he shows and the excellent attitude he brings for every minute he is on the floor. He came away with a number of very strong rebounds out of his area and drew a few over the back calls with the excellent job he does boxing out. Pecherov is a lot tougher than he looks, and you can tell that his teammates already respect him for the intensity he brings. He calls out screens on the defensive end, talks some trash as he gets up and down the court and doesn’t back down when being challenged by stronger players. Offensively he was mostly used as a pick and pop threat, where he was fairly effective. His size and high arching shot allows him to get his shot off almost whenever he pleases, and he does a good job picking his spots in regards to when to get it off. Pecherov will need to add some upper body strength to be able to translate his hustle and rebounding skills to the NBA, as well as add something resembling a post-up game even if he is perimeter oriented. His lower body strength is already very good, but his shoulders tells us that he is far from reaching his full potential as far as his body goes.

Pecherov didn’t play all that much in the 2nd half, and when he did, seemed to just blend into the Wizards’ stagnant offense. He still crashed the glass hard and gave good effort, but just wasn’t as noticeable as he was in the 1st half.

Peter John Ramos

A massive disappointment is all we can really say. His hands are awful, he can’t hit free throws, he won’t or can’t pass out of the double team, he gets frustrated very easy and his footwork is still far from being NBA caliber. On top of that he shows a bad attitude and was called for a technical foul for yapping off to the much smaller Jason Maxiell. 6 personal fouls in the first half tell the story perfectly here.

Ramos was slightly better in the 2nd, picking up a strong rebound or two, spinning on the baseline and going glass on a post-up move, and showing slightly better body language. Still, the overall impression from this game can’t be a very positive one.

Donell Taylor

Taylor hasn’t been nearly as productive as he was last year, looking for his shot way more than he should have and not showing anywhere near the point guard skills he did in Vegas this time last year. He forced the issue time after time even if it did fall for him on occasion.

The 2nd half wasn’ t much better than the first for Taylor. The Wizards played him at the point, and all they got out of it was more questionable decision making from their shooting guard. Taylor continued to drive to the basket with his head down regardless of what was standing in his way, being able to knock down some shots, but completely depriving Washington’s offense of any kind of rhythm. Taylor’s perimeter shooting skills don’t seem to have progressed much, if any, from last year, as evidenced by the air-ball pull-up jumper he shot in the 3rd quarter and his refusal to take anything more than that from outside.

[knickstorm]

anyone see the end of hte knick-wiz game?

note to blatche, you are not LeBron James

[afireinside]

Since cpawfan seems to be busy I'll post the comments.

From Game 3:

Originally Posted by DraftExpress

Andray Blatche
Andray frustrated many of the Washington fans on hand for the game. There were a couple of occasions where he brought the ball up the floor due to the PG being tied up, but then after crossing the midcourt line, instead of passing back to the PG, he would wave everyone else off, and try to run the play himself. On two occasions in the first half, this lead directly to a turnover, and then fans screaming, “you’re not a point Blatche!” As far as potential goes though, the sky is the limit if he can put everything together. Very few players in the summer league can boast his height combined with his ball handling, speed, athleticism, and shooting. He is still a streaky shooter, but his only made field goes of the day were all NBA three pointers, showing he does posses the range. More than anything he needs to work on his decision making. There were those aforementioned turnovers when he was trying to do too much, and then him challenging Aldridge for that dunk, and paying for it.

Peter John Ramos
In a matter of two hours, the fans at Vegas were treated to three of the largest centers in the world. Pavel Podkolzine in the Dallas game, and Ha Seung Jin/PJ Ramos in this game. Ramos continues to improve his coordination, and low post game, and hit almost all of his shots (5/6). The biggest holes in his game today were 1. Rebounding. When you’re the largest guy on the court by 5 inches, you need to be able to grab more than 3 rebounds in 30 minutes. And 2. Turnovers. He continuously got ripped and had a couple of bad passes to the tune of 5 turnovers at our count. He would be best served with another year of the NBDL if eligible. He does not get as tired as Pavel, he’s more coordinated than Ha, but still has a ways to go to be NBA ready.

Oleksiy Pecherov
Oleksiy might have been the second leading scorer for the Wizards today, but he was by no means efficient. His shot was way off today, (3/12), and included an air ball three pointer, and an air ball seven footer in the lane. The positives for him was, despite the missed shots, he never turned the ball over, and was the only one on the Wizards going after the rebounds it seemed. His form on his shot looks good, as was mentioned his high arching shot coupled with his good size makes it very difficult to block. But they just weren’t falling for him today.

[MikeDC]

I think Pecherov can play. It's always hard to get excited about a Euro guy because you don't get to see much of him, but he's been a consistently good rebounder and he doesn't seem to make a lot of mistakes. Anytime you get a guy who can play with a later pick, you've done pretty good. I hope we can get him over here this year.

I'm guessing the PJ Ramos experiment is about over though.

I still don't quite know what to make of Blatche.

[cpawfan]

The biggest question to me about Blatche is what position is he going to play? It seems like he could become a tall SF if he wants, but is he going to put in the work to be able to defend the position?

[afireinside]

In wake of shooting, Wiz kid becoming a man

Talks about Blatche's evolution since his shooting and his summer league play.

[afireinside]

First Team All-TVSL
(MVP) Randy Foye - MIN
John Lucas - HOU
Brandon Roy - POR
Kevin Martin - SAC
Amare Stoudamire - PHO
Ryan Gomes - BOS
Maurice Ager - DAL

Second Team All-TVSL
David Lee - NYK
Ronnie Price - SAC
Martell Webster - POR
Sebastion Telfair - BOS
Shannon Brown - CLE
Andrea Bargnani - TOR
Nate Robinson - NYK

Blatche didn't make it with averages of 16PPG, 6.2RPG, 1.2APG, 1.2SPG, and 1.6BPG. His stats were more impressive than most of those players. Although the Wizards were 0-5. I guess that had to do with the voting.

[afireinside]

Game 1 of SPL:

Originally Posted by DraftExpress

Andray Blatche
Listed at 6’11” Blatche doesn’t play a “big man” game at all, in fact he doesn’t even appear to be 6’11” – although that might be more a function of his style of play than anything. He’s much more comfortable handling the ball, driving to the hoop and shooting outside jumpers. Blatche posses a wide variety of skills you wouldn’t expect in a player of his size and looks to be more of a 3 than a 4/5. He scored 26 points on 50% shooting and went 1 for 4 from behind the arc showing that he does possess that kind of range. His 6 turnovers are a bit worrying, however with a guy that size and that young handling the ball it’s not too much of a concern.

Will Solomon
Will didn’t score until the final minutes of the game, and was picked several times by Lakers guard Doron Perkins. He did a decent job distributing, picking up 5 assists, but had troubles bringing the ball up the court with the pressure D.

Rashad Anderson
Rashad showed a very solid midrange game, but had trouble handling the ball and distributing. He started out hot in the first half, but cooled off significantly in the second.

[Tersk]

Andrey Blatche with 38 points, impressive.

[afireinside]

Originally Posted by Tersk

Andrey Blatche with 38 points, impressive.

What game was that from, Tersk?