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    Lack of ball movement continues to plague the Wizards
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    As good as Gilbert is and Caron is, if we give them the ball every play, we're not going to win." "Team basketball is what wins in the NBA and that's what coach Saunders has been used to ... We have to get back to trying to mimic that atmosphere." For their part, when asked about the low number of assists as compared to the high number of turnovers, Arenas and Butler both expressed concern, even though both continue to struggle with maintaining that balance on the court. Full Article at Bullets Forever
    Team basketball is what wins in the NBA and that's what coach Saunders has been used to ... We have to get back to trying to mimic that atmosphere.
    Brendan Haywood – Brendan Haywood SOURCE: Bullets Forever 1 month ago
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Lack of ball movement continues to plague the Wizards
  1. It can't be [a situation where] their team makes a run and we just say 'Ok, it's [isolation] time.' That's where you have to execute the most ... That's when you have to swing the ball around, set good screens, roll, have everybody on the floor touch the ball. Then, you end up with a wide open shot.
    SOURCE: Bullets Forever 1 month ago
  2. we still have offensive players
    SOURCE: Bullets Forever 1 month ago
  3. Sometimes, when you fall behind, and you got players like myself and Gilbert on the court, we kind of take it upon ourselves to do something ... But we got to continue to believe in our teammates, move the ball, gets it from side to side and trust that they'll make plays.
    Caron Butler – Caron Butler SOURCE: Bullets Forever 1 month ago
  4. I feel, and everyone else feels, that we got to pass the ball ... If we don't pass the ball, we aren't going to win. As good as Gilbert is and Caron is, if we give them the ball every play, we're not going to win.
    DeShawn Stevenson – DeShawn Stevenson SOURCE: Bullets Forever 1 month ago
  5. Then, at the end of the day, it's 'Throw it to Gilbert' or 'Throw it to Caron.'
    SOURCE: Bullets Forever 1 month ago
  6. If we're a hockey team, we'd have no hockey assists
    Flip Saunders – Flip Saunders SOURCE: Bullets Forever 1 month ago
  7. They feel like 'Okay, get out the way, I'm going to do this myself.'
    SOURCE: Bullets Forever 1 month ago
  8. We're not there as far as moving the ball ... We're just not there. The ball comes and we don't make that one extra pass.
    Flip Saunders – Flip Saunders SOURCE: Bullets Forever 1 month ago
  9. There's no magic wand with anything in sports ... It's one of those things you have to grind, you have to pound away.
    Flip Saunders – Flip Saunders SOURCE: Bullets Forever 1 month ago
  10. Once we swing it to the weakside, we got to drive the ball and shoot our open shots ... When your four man [Oberto] has five assists, it kind of tells you something that he's making plays. We have to get that from the rest of the guys.
    SOURCE: Bullets Forever 1 month ago

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