Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:30 am EDT
UPDATE: Dom scored! Late in the third quarter of the Wiz-Bobcats game, after 116 consecutive scoreless minutes, McGuire put back an Andray Blatche miss. That must have felt really, really good ...

And I'm not talking about with the ladies. Hardy har har.
David Arnott of Rufus On Fire — doing his best Kelly Dwyer impersonation — stumbled upon this rather ignominious streak currently held by Wizards forward Dominic McGuire.
Dude scored in the second quarter of the game against Denver on March 20, then didn't score again over the next 20:12 he played in that game. On March 21, he played 22:33 without scoring. Then, on March 23, he played 41:25 without scoring. That's mind-melting. That's 84 minutes and 10 seconds — and counting — without scoring. By a small forward-power forward tweener.
In a way, it's the ultimate in simultaneously selfless and nihilistic play, because it's categorically not helping the team, but it's not necessarily hurting, either, and if McGuire's expected to D up and work the ball around to Antawn or JaVale, then so be it.
For dress socks and giggles, Arnott decided to comb through a couple of Dennis Rodman's game logs with the Bulls to see how McGuire's futility streak stacked up. His box score findings:
[Rodman] had a stretch of three straight games in 1998 in which he scored 0 points in each game and played at least 34 minutes in each. Of course, he was also grabbing double digit rebounds in two of them and didn't even attempt a shot in one.
That, and Nick Young is no Michael Jordan. Not yet, at least.
Go, Dominic, go!
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A Wizards fan here...
Dominic McGuire has the 18th highest Assist Ratio * in the entire League… All 18 players above him are Point Guards…. (Dom is #1 in Assist Ratio for all Shooting Guards, Forwards and Centers – That is an INCREDIBLE stat).
He’s 9th among Forwards (1st in Small Forwards) in Blocks per 48 minutes (1.78)
He has an extremely low Usage rate * (10.2) – In other words, McGuire has one of the lowest Usage Rates in the League ( 314th in the league – out of 326 players ). But the possessions he DOES use, he uses effectively (44% from the field, 70% from the FT line, and all those Assists)..
Combine that with his rebound rate * of 12.2 (( better than other wing players like LeBron James (11.9), Josh Smith (11.9), Carmelo Anthony, (11.6) and Andrei Kirilenko (10.9)) – - – -
AND you can see why Dominic McGuire can affect a game in a positive way, even if he doesn’t score a single point. * Assist Ratio measures the percentage of a player’s possessions that ends in an assist. * Usage Rate measures the number of possessions a player uses per 40 minutes. * Rebound Rate is the percentage of missed shots that a player rebounds.
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If the dude was 0-15 in those games he didnt score in, then there's a problem.
But as long as he's playing tight D, dishinnn the ball, making smart passes, he's straight.
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keep gettin those stls, blocks, and assists dominic. youve got one bball fan that appreciates your style.
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