local_sportsfan

On the subject of Courtney...I wanted the Wiz to trade him since the deadline. What a freakin bust! He was totally ineffective in Collins'system, and he played absolutely NO defense. Courtney couldn't lock down a good college player, let alone a real NBA talent. He couldn't finish around the basket, and he took horrible shots. Juan is twice the player CA is right now...at least he plays d.

However, I have mixed feelings on the Juan drafting. He's not a pg, and doesn't have the instincts to become one. But he plays solid defense, he shoots the gaps, and he can shoot. That in itself makes him better than Whitney and Lue, and in some aspects, Hughes.

I also have mixed feelings on the Hughes signing. He has tons of potential...as a shooting guard. He can create his own shot, and at times he can get others involved. However, he can't shoot past 20 ft which is pathetic, and he's undisciplined on defense. Maybe Collins and MJ can help his shooting woes this offseason.

NorthEast Wiz

I'm not a CA fan but if it was one that that he could do that was finish around the basket.

WizardsKev

local is absolutely correct about Courtney not finishing well around the basket. He could dunk nicely on a fast break -- basically an uncontested dunk, but he didn't finish well in traffic. Here's an article on CA that helps illuminate what happened last season with the Wizards: http://wizards.realgm.com/showarticle.php?artid=103

jazzy1

Courtney is a scorer nothing else, didn't finish real well in traffic and wasn't real tough , defense was horrible, but he can score ,is a streak shooter that can put up 20 on any given night, just doesn't handle the ball all that well and doesn't have great timing on his drives to the basket.

Now Dixon won't be a bust he may not be a star but won't be a bust he'll be solid, everyone seems to think you have to go one way or the other ,either star or bust but he'll be solid, My choice possibly at 17 would have been DICKAU , after seeing him in summer league he's got natural pg instincts,Sort of like a MARK PRICE kinda player ,uses pick and roll to either look inside for passes or comes of the screen pulling up from deep , maybe a touch slower than Price but has that same feel, I know you can't really use Summer League as a gauge but it does show some of the players ability, I think Dickau might have fit what we do better than Dixon but I like Dixon and think his competitiveness will help the team at both ends.

GB

Jeffries is a tweener, but that might not be a bad thing.

He has some refined skills, and some mojo coursing through his system.

I think we'll find that night in and night out he'll do lots of different things to score depending on whose guarding him.