It's pretty safe to assume it is Wright who believes he should be playing ahead of CJ/Barton/Freeland/Crabbe. While I tend to agree on paper.. His play on the court has said otherwise... Vets are supposed to be efficient and reliable. At the moment he's been anything but. I also believe Kaman has the ear of T-Rob/Wright/Barton in regards to what Jabari said. For every good play he's had three bad plays where I say to my TV. Really Wright?... To stay on topic. I'd be afraid AK-47 would have an injury putting shoes on. So I'd rather keep Wright.
Well if it's like have some suggested in here, that he put his business venture first and put no personal time towards his game in the off season. There is no other spot that he should be than the 12 seat on the bench. You reap what you sow. He's been terrible. I feel he should be hitting that three ball more often than what he is. If there is one area of his game he should make good along with defense, it's that But he doesn't
I believe Wright isn't playing, not because of his shooting, but because his defense in games I saw was some of the worst I've ever seen.
We have seen him be outstanding in this one area. He was at times last year. He has really regressed.
I wouldn't be surprised if Victor Claver was another one that wasn't happy in his role with the team.
Kirlenko has played about half an hour this season and has an expiring contract worth about 3mil. Seeing as how his Jazz teammate is the point guard and he can't crack the rotation raises a red flag for me. Maybe 5 years ago he'd have been a great pickup. DWright has put up better numbers this season and Kirlenko has a lot of miles on that frame. I'd rather have DWright on the bench than AK47. He might fool somebody in Kaman fashion but I'll bet Cuban has already called his agent. He was a very good player. Kind of an unnecessary risk for Portland though. I think it'd be a Sasha Pavlovic move.
Andre Kirilenko can steal the ball with his hand and prevent the other team from scoring.[video=youtube;lEf4LCLqe3g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEf4LCLqe3g[/video]
If I knew how I'd post DWright's steal this season where he had a sweet no look over the shoulder pass on the break to Will Barton for the dunk.
I agree with Riverman. AK47 is washed up. I'm happy having Wright in reserve. Maybe he'll decide to get his shit together if called on.
