Hersh

1 hour ago, TradeTheBeal! said:

Jordan Poole unstoppable.

Until the 4th quarter which was awful basketball to watch. 

The NBA doesn’t care so they won’t do anything to change it. Knicks are in that media market, Pistons are not. 

Down in Florida right now and we rented a Tesla from Hertz..  Enjoy driving  it, as I have before, but not gonna buy one primarily because of dip**** Musk. 

Is Jackson Holliday gonna break camp with the O's or they gonna wait until May? He's ready.

1 hour ago, ixcuincle said:

I was at the game but I had like 7 beers so I slep through the first two periods lol

 

Was shocked to see it 3-3, remember very little

 

Do not drink

I don't think it was ever 3-3 so you probably don't remember anything. 

On 10/19/2023 at 12:29 PM, Hersh said:

I'm firmly in the camp that they could've retooled over the last few years and still remained competitive but they allowed their emotions to dictate too many moves. The Caps went all in on getting older despite the results in the playoffs after the Cup. When was the last time the Caps didn't have a legitimate goalie prospect? They certainly do not at the moment. 

 

Anyway, this team is headed for a bottom 5 finish in the league. It's likely to be a very painful two seasons as far as on ice play. 

If not for the one 9-1-1 stretch early in this season, Caps would be on track for a top-5 pick right now. Currently 10th, with room to fall to maybe 6th. Desperately need top-10 or higher draft talent. 

Wiz not trying Tyus was a big fail by the front office. I get why not Delon cause they didn't have a deal that would've returned an expiring, but Tyus should've been moved. 

Just hoping for a bunch of Wiz trades over the next 15+ hours. 

1 minute ago, PokerPacker said:

I understand your position on Mantha, but I thought he played better than he was given credit for before this season.  Lavs dumped him in the dog house and put him in poor position to perform, but I thought he still looked pretty good even when the numbers on the scoresheet weren't there.

I guess the main question would be, what's the point of bringing him back? He will be 30 to start next season and, to me, the Caps need to get young and not worry about winning at all next season.

1 hour ago, PokerPacker said:

I don't agree with Firesale, but certainly open to offers on a lot of players.  I would consider a few vets untouchable; mostly Ovechkin and Oshie.  Guys like Strome, Wilson, McMike, Protas, and Sandin have to be considered as part of our future core, and thus not on the block.  I think Milano and Bear should probably be retained, too.

I like Mantha; I think Lavs did him dirty, and he's a bright spot in the darkness that is our scoring this season.  It's also a contract year, though, so if we got a decent offer for him, we could trade him and talk to him about returning in free agency.

Rumor-mill has it that Nic Dowd is a highly-coveted deadline acquisition, and could command as high as a 1st round pick given how effective he is while making only $1.3 mil with another year on his contract.  I think we'd have to take an offer like that.

Everyone not named Ovechkin and Wilson should be available for the right offer. Please do not bring Mantha back. Never trust a player that hasn't produced in a while then suddenly has a good season in a contract year. 

As @capcrunch98 rightly points out, there aren't many with trade value so there really won't be a fire sale. I wonder what they'd be able to get for Carlson. 

1 hour ago, capcrunch98 said:

 

I like your insight on this thread and it's not often I disagree with you. But I've got a better chance of having a 3-way with Taylor Swift and Margot Robbie than GMBM does of convincing anyone to give up a 1st rounder for Nic Dowd.

He's just reporting what the NHL trade rumors and reporters have been saying the last few days so there is an outside chance of that given the market. 

Fire sale forth coming. Hopefully. 

8 hours ago, Fergasun said:

I don't disagree with the Beal contract, but what in the draft record was really horrible?  Picking outside of the Top 5 consistently is not good for getting NBA talent. 

 

Johnny Davis was a horrible pick -- but even he was picked at 10.  Everyone else has been meh, but not really horrible.  

 

I was reading what the expected value of draft picks was.  Pretty much pick order is a good predictor of future value with 1 through 5 having really good value, and falling off a bit going through it. I think Kispert, Rui and Deni have pretty good value for what they are.  They could just be average.  Don't look at the redraft... 

 

 

 

 

Haliburton aside, look at some of the picks immediately after the Wiz picks. Guys that are strong two way players or emerging stars or in some cases already stars. The Wiz never hit on these picks. When you are a bad team, meh picks don't help move the needle at all.

Rui wasn't very good here. Had a few nice moments and some flashes but inconsistent and missed a lot of time. Deni is okay and has gotten better this season, but doesn't have a high ceiling despite what Deni-stans think. (the most annoying fanbase in Wiz history) Corey is a one dimensional player, which isn't a recipe for a contending team let alone when a team is bad and needs starting caliber players. If he isn't scoring, he's not contributing. Johnny Davis, enough said cause I don't want to pile on. 

Ultimately, these draft picks didn't improve the team in any meaningful way, hence the terrible draft record. 

3 hours ago, Destino said:

Yup Beal had 43 on 21 shots. He enjoyed his visit to the wizard tank depot.

 

the downside is that the wizards have once again managed to be horrible the year of a very weak draft. 

Tommy Sheppard set this franchise back almost a decade with that Beal contract and his terrible draft record. 

This is the dumbest rich person ever. I cannot wait until Tesla shareholders or the board finally dumps this dip**** and they get a Tim Cook type. 
 

40 minutes ago, Cooked Crack said:

The problem with the rule is for certain top players it incentivizes them to rush back from injury. Haliburton rushing back to play injured cause he might miss out on 40 mill and Embiid possibly thinking about the MVP.

Tying supermax eligibility to all-NBA is a different issue but if a player is rushing back because they want to be MVP vs winning a chip, that's on them. 

1 hour ago, Cooked Crack said:

 

This is a great rule. Zero sympathy for those that miss out on awards cause they miss significant time. 

Lebron trade rumors are happening. Same with AD. They would be smart to move on cause they are a fringe playoff team at this point. 

With new ownership, could be more than a one year rental. They could immediately authorize another $80 million in spending per season. 

48 minutes ago, capcrunch98 said:

 

Honestly, as a fan, I'd rather have Snyder owning my team than the Angelos'. As evil as Dan is, he at least spent money on his club.

 

I'll take a cheap owner over all things Snyder every single day. Snyder is a PoS person. 

Best O's victory in decades

1 minute ago, CommandB11 said:

I would drop him as a client after this.

And give up a big pay day down the road? No way

30 minutes ago, Always A Commander Never A Captain said:

 

Not in the playoffs. All of Jimmy G's stats come from the 49ers with Shanahan. Here's how they've done prior to tonight:

 

Then Purdy put up a 20/31(64.5%) for 267 yards, 1 TD, 1 Int, 2 sacks (9 yards), 5 rushes for 48 yards. (These stats aren't in the above totals yet)

 

Jimmy G may have been fine in the regular season. But he's averaging worse stats so far in his post-season games than Purdy. There's a clear difference showing Purdy is simply a better QB.

Those numbers don't reflect how terrible Purdy was against GB. He was pretty lucky not to have multiple INTs. I think CM helps quite a bit as well. 

2 minutes ago, mac8887 said:

See I disagree, he and maye are a lot alike in my opinion, maye may have a slightly bigger arm, but Purdy gets the ball out quick and optimizes the playmakers open space by doing so. They are similar in size and both run well. If maye could be Purdy, then I'm all for maye. All Purdy has done is won since he's been in the league.

Jimmy G looked really good as a QB with Shanny as well. Not that he isn't good, but it's the system. They are just fortunate it wasn't raining this game. 

They better ask Ben Johnson what he would do in those obvious field goal kicking situations. Also, he called a good game but that running play with a minute left was a real headscratcher and I'm not a fan of trick plays when the offense it rolling.

Having said that, can't go wrong with him or Ravens DC.