Washington Wizards 2007 NBA Preview

The Washington Wizards emerged as the Phoenix Suns of the East last season with their big three of Gilbert Arenas, Caron Butler, and Antawn Jamison piling up the points. Find out if this offensive minded approach will be the right recipe to compete in the East in our 2007-08 Washington Wizards predictions and season preview for Point-Spreads.com. Online sportsbook SportsBetting.com has the Washington Wizards as 100 to 1 odds to win the 2007-2008 NBA Championship.

If we base our prediction off the old saying that defense wins championships, the Wizards have no shot. If we look at the fact that the Wizards have three of the best young talents in the Eastern Conference playing together on one team, we may have to give them some consideration.

I’m not going to beat around the bush though. I feel the style of play that Washington and Phoenix play is great for the regular season and can be somewhat effective in the playoffs, but I think it’s a very difficult style to win a championship with. It is an energy consuming style of play. Why does Tim Duncan look so fresh in the fourth quarter for the Spurs? They play a half court games that allows his legs to rest.

The Wizards will look to bounce back after being swept by the Cavaliers in last season’s playoffs. The Wiz were without both Gilbert Arenas and Caron Butler in that series sending a message to the players and fans that it was really over before it started.

While the focus is supposed to be on defense in training camp, I’m not buying it. Rarely do young players love the defensive end of the floor. Kobe Bryant has just started to become a recognized defensive threat the last few seasons. It often takes young guys a while to realize they need to play every area of the game to truly be great.

Brendan Haywood is going to have to continue to improve for this team on the interior if they hope to be able to contend with the Miami’s and the Boston’s among others this season. Teams without a dominant post presence either offensively or defensively just don’t stand a chance.

Ultimately, we feel that the Wizards could challenge for a Southwest Division title, but a NBA Championship is still off in the distance somewhere.

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