Wright is starting to show a little promise, but the first thing on his to do list should be to bulk up.

Azubuike needs to pass the ball a little more, but IMO Kelenna is a very solid player, and would be a starter on most teams when 100% healthy.

Hard to know what to make of Wright’s jumper, as most of his points come from dunks, layups and baby hooks. It seems decent, but he doesn’t bust it out often, which makes you think it’s probably not great. Wright’s an extremely efficient scorer. Does provide a lot of help D and is pretty athletic, with crazy reach and good speed up and down the floor. It seems to me like he grasps the NBA game quite well already… all the stat systems you can find rate him as a very good player. Nellie has seemed less sold on him than most other observers, but from recent interviews, it sounds like Nellie may give the guy more run in the near future.

‘Buike is not a very good perimeter defender… not nightmarishly bad, but kinda bad. Smart young player. He plays within himself, to dust off a cliche… doesn’t try a lot of stuff which he can’t pull off, which keeps his turnovers low, and doesn’t try to shoot himself hot on cold nights, which keeps his field goal percentage decent. He seems like he should be a good rebounder for his size, and seemed to be trending that way last year, but that improvement hasn’t been in evidence this year so far. Add up rock-solid offense, below-average defense and middling rebounding, and you have a decent player… pretty a solid sixth man, a great seventh man. Azubuike’s PERs over his first three years: 13.44, 13.41 and 13.47. You know exactly what you’re getting with this guy. He’s likeable as hell, so we Dubs fans are perhaps more attached to him than his production merits.

I’m not sure how you can be a fan and think Buike “sucks”. I don’t think he’s a true starter on most teams, but he’s a very good 6th, 7th, 8th man. He has a good shooting percentage – and last btw he shot around 40% from the 3. He’s 3point shot is starting to come around this season. He’s like a smaller Maggette in that he can get to the hoop and finish/get fouled. AND, most importantly, he’s a fierce rebounding guard. I think he may be the only guy on the team that knows how to block out.

Not saying he’s current OR future all-star material, but he’s solid.

Don’t be a hater, man! They’ll come around 2nd half.

Then this team is screwed. These guys have as much “upside” on the W’s as anyone other than Randolph and Beans maybe. We have seen the best of Jackson and Crawford in their NBA careers – it is not enough in the NBA. Lets pray this critics are wrong.

On Wright, do we need him to develop into another jump shooter? I thought we had enough guys that settle for the jumpshot.