Renegade7

Hope you're right.

Does that mean Toronto broke Leonard's request for no leaks?

I'm not, Bulls drafted Coby White to be their starting PG of the future, it doesnt make sense for him to go there and think he has a chance to start. How is that cap flexibility going to help us if players dont want to come here? We waited for Sato, watched him become a serviceable player, and now hes gone, there really isnt much positive I can take from that.

Saw this on BR from Miami Hearld, thoughts?: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/barry-jackson/article231882358.html Can Miami actually do that? I feel like I understand nothing about the way the NBA cap works if they can.

Given we dont know what Wall we're getting back, if he can stay healthy, and our overall lack of talent while Sato can play multiple positions, yes I'd bring him back for 3 years, $30 million.

Steve is right, that contract is too toxic to expect it to better trading him then keeping him. Hes still going to be a pass first pg, that'll make us look better then we are versus complete and total chaos on offense until get someone better. My concern is either IT will suck and we let him go or he does great and we cant keep him, sure fire way to sinking straight to bottom of the ocean is not having a pg.

If it's so obvious, you pretty much are saying it out loud. Ticket sales are already bad for this team, we're typically bottom half of the league even when we are good. Something like this from the Atlanta GM would be perfectly fine with me, encouraging, but who'd be the one to say it?: It's hard to say the plan is obvious when they haven't clarified if they are going to still bring someone else in or stick with Shep. It's not obvious he even has the go ahead for a franchise altering trade like Beal, last I checked they wanted to give him max and still find a way to stay under the luxury tax, but then get rid of Sato that would've been a big part of trying to be competitive. The actions they are taking only make sense to me if they are going to trade Beal, which this point I support because we are going to suck anyway at this rate even if hes here, hed jus be wasted.

"For next season" is not the rebuild this team needs. And not clarifying what's going on with the front office makes me question whatever their plan actually is. As a fan the plan looks like trying to get out the luxury tax, I want to hear why they let Sato go if they were planning for a quick turnaround.

Damn this team is going to be bad. I'd like to hear the plan, jus come out and admit it's a rebuild or something so I can better deal with it. This isnt even purgatory anymore, this is hell.

Lol, it's not that bad...or not worse then what we doing. That sounds more like Howard, cant even be mad about it anymore, he came as advertised.

Wizards should reach out and try to buyout Howard or something. We've praying for a Wall/Cousins reunion for years, now's our chance, eve if it's not what it coulda been with both healthy.

For real, the Redskins have literally made me cry before as a kid (Portis catch and run against Green Bay that got called back for illegal motion then we lost for example) and re-re-re-evaluate what it means to be a fan in an attempt to not turn on them. Sometimes I wonder if the Wizards cant break me or both of them already have and I just dont want to admit it. But it's far easier to cuss them both out in person and move on with my life then it used to be versus letting it linger for days or a whole week. Maybe you right and I shouldnt have this side me that's knows I might not see either of them win another ring until I'm on my death bed like some Red Sox or Cubs fan. Enjoying the much needed distraction for now, but theres no moral victories.

I agree, this is a large enough market that winning rings would absolutely make a difference. Just look at how the Nats built their fan base basically from scratch here and people wanted to called DC a hockey town because of the caps. As a basketball fan, I woulda felt dirty if we had a super team like what we've seen lately, that's all I'm saying.

Man, I'm convinced I dont have to worry about testing this theory, but I'd feel the same way if it was us trying to do what the Warriors just did or Lakers are trying to do.

That is like...the polar opposite of what I was shooting for. I'm going to watch them play regardless, we'll see...

I'll be that optimist that hopes IT can at least be a solid bench player when Wall comes back. Not only is he a PG but can create his own shot, our second u it has needed that for so long it's not even funny.

Baseball world is already getting tired of overrating us, let's not prove them right.

Idk, man, Toronto and San Antonio basically caught superteams at the end of their run. You say anyone could do what LA did, it was very clear from get-go not everyone had the same chance to sign LeBron. This isn't true it could happen anywhere, ask the Knicks.

I'm sorry, I'm gonna be that guy, if I see multiple dogs run into the water after the shark, I'm not recording it, I'm trying to get those dogs out the water. At no point is trying to bounce on top of the sharks head a good idea, anyone one of them could been bit in half even after the shark changed its mind on eating one.

That's really underselling him, but the basketball coverage in DC leaves a lot to be desired, another reason. I'm pissed Kara is leaving. Honestly, this looks like a roster screaming a Beal trade. You absolutely right it won't work with him by himself, to point I don't think that's the plan.

His speed is what made him a borderline elite player despite being a below average 3 point shooter. But that's not his best asset, his passing ability is, imo. We've seen fast PGs before, but his passing ability will keep him in the league without that speed. And it's not like he won't be fast, he just won't be as fast, will miss a handful of games every year, and everyone will be begging him to chill out with throwing his body around now more the ever. Once upon a time he had two speeds: stop and go. Third stage of his career will be interesting.

I agree if they don't even want to keep Sato. If you end up with the plan of Ish starting at PG next, Beal could average 40 a game and wed still be a lottery team. Just do it Shep, get it over with. I will say it's we finally have someone that gets the true value of having our own league team. We could end up with players getting called up out of nowhere and contributing like the Nats machine farm system machine. They don't have to be all stars, but this has to improve our depth at some point.

Maybe I should've phrased it as getting that cap space back, but the point was to get rid of the max co tract for someone that wasn't worth it. That was worth it.

We got the cap space back, that's better them nothing, imo.

Jesus H, I didn't even know they had that much cap space. Nets doing to Knicks what many joked Clippers would do to the Lakers. Wow.