”Wiz Truth Juice” with Jake Whitacre of Bullets Forever - Part 1 - 4/20/2016

Editor of Bullets Forever, Jake Whitacre, joins Adam McGinnis of Truth About It.net to jam about the Washington Wizards. In this episode, the duo provides analysis of all the current postmortem talking points on why the Wizards failed in the 2015-16 season. This is part 1 of a two part discussion. 

Show timeline: 

Intros 

5:00 - When did Jake realize the Wizards were going to miss the playoffs

7:50 - Was this the least fun season following the team? 

10:40 - Talking Point Obits of Disappointment 

11:40 - Poor Defense 

15:55 - Transition to new offensive style 

17:25 - Gortat & Nene still a bad mix

19:10 - Small Ball style was correct but limited by roster make up 

21:40 - More Pace than Space 

24 - Validity of Injury Excuses 

27 - Too many one year contract complaints

30:20 - Players complaining about Wittman’s easy treatment of Nene

35:15 - Missing Leadership, Missing Paul Pierce & his TRUTH JUICE

38:30 - Sam Cassell 

40:50 - Possible rift between Wall & Beal, struggles playing together

45 - Dismal home record, bad free throw shooting team 

48:30 - Poor drafting and punting on picks finally caught up with Wiz (Warning: McGinnis Rant)

54: 40 - Lack of young depth led to struggles on back-to-back games

56 - Results of 2015-16 really matter because summer plan is still intact

58 - Evaluating the 3-year plan

1:00 - Due to shaky drafting, KD2DC might be only option forward to be a title contender. 

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• Wiz Truth Juice Part Two
• The Wizards can't use injury woes as an excuse for their disappointing season
• Wizards' next coach can't play favorites, alienate Wall
• Below-average free throw shooting has cost the Wizards several games this season