TheItalianStallion Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Please be healthy, Wall.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky21 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 I know this goes without saying but **** Boston. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonArtest15 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Some good news: X-rays on John Wall’s wrist and pinkie both come back negative He can use the 76ers game, which he'll most likely be suspended for, to rest up. Also, 76ers shouldn't be taken lightly...they've been playing a lot better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 A poster on RealGM just proposed this trade of Mahinmi + Nicholson + Burke for Derrick Rose + Hernangomez + Justin Holiday: http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=h2s2tcd I've got to say... I actually like it. But I'm not sure New York says yes. But take out Hernangomez and they might. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonArtest15 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 2 hours ago, stevemcqueen1 said: A poster on RealGM just proposed this trade of Mahinmi + Nicholson + Burke for Derrick Rose + Hernangomez + Justin Holiday: http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=h2s2tcd I've got to say... I actually like it. But I'm not sure New York says yes. But take out Hernangomez and they might. I wouldn't even think twice about doing this....the trade is a no-brainer, IMO. However, who's coming off the bench? Rose ain't taking Wall/Beal's minutes...so, what would give? He's playing for a max contract, and I think he'd really balk at the notion of being the 6th man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 4 hours ago, stevemcqueen1 said: A poster on RealGM just proposed this trade of Mahinmi + Nicholson + Burke for Derrick Rose + Hernangomez + Justin Holiday: http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=h2s2tcd I've got to say... I actually like it. But I'm not sure New York says yes. But take out Hernangomez and they might. Other than shedding a few bad contracts that trade doesn't really do anything for the team beyond this season... and I'm not convinced it helps us this season because Rose might go crazy. Remember that he is all too aware that he's in a contract year. He wants a max deal and seems to be crumbling beneath the weight of his own expectations. His sudden and unspecific need to be with family followed being benched in the 4th quarter. How will he react to limited minutes and a limited role as a reserve? Poorly, would be my guess. Why would the knicks do this? The trade doesn't make them better and ties up a great deal of money or a center with two bad knees and a history of back injuries. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RonArtest15 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 I just hope that the bad blood continues and we can develop a TRUE rivalry. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBass1724 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 I wish Wall had knocked out Crowder, Deebo-style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Teams home dominance makes me happy. This is a playoff team boys. Believe it or not that is the goal. Make the playoffs year after year. Then free agents join. Them you pursue the title. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonArtest15 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 3 hours ago, ixcuincle said: Teams home dominance makes me happy. This is a playoff team boys. Believe it or not that is the goal. Make the playoffs year after year. Then free agents join. Them you pursue the title. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 6 hours ago, ixcuincle said: Teams home dominance makes me happy. This is a playoff team boys. Believe it or not that is the goal. Make the playoffs year after year. Then free agents join. Them you pursue the title. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 http://www.bulletsforever.com/2017/1/13/14266582/washington-wizards-future-team-analysis-nba-free-agency-cap-space-analysis Quote But, the point here isn’t to mock Grunfeld and Leonsis for extravagant spending on crummy players. Anyone who’s watched the team can see that for themselves. Rather, it’s to peer into the future despair that will plague the psyche of Wizards fans. It’s to foresee the feeling that only fans of teams that engage in long-term crapitude can experience — the dawning realization that a meh team hobbled by a heroically awful bench is as good as it’s going to get. No Wizards fans, you don’t even get “next year.” more in the link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 There should be a poll of Wizards fans to see how many think we can win a title with Ernie in charge. I predict loopsidedness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 SU good to see you posting again man. Been a little bit. You take a little break? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 All star voting update: Wall 7th and Beal isn't on the list. http://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-all-star-game-voting-update-pachulia-still-getting-more-votes-than-cousins-davis/ New York fans are making a great argument for fan voting being thrown out entirely. Admittedly, not as good as the one Golden State is making with Zaza, but Rose and Lin being on the list at all is ridiculous. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 1 hour ago, STBonecrusher21 said: SU good to see you posting again man. Been a little bit. You take a little break? yeah it was needed 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long n Left Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Well, isn't that "Bullets Forever" article all sunshine, rainbows, and puppies! I love it when someone tells those of us that follow the team, and already are aware of the facts, how badly this team is managed, and how dim the future is. Also, they do it in such a way as to make us feel even worse. The only ways out of this mess that I see is for Ernie to make a trade or two, and jettison some of the costly dead wood, or for Ted to take it up the chute for a year or two in luxury tax. I might enjoy that scenario more, because it's Ted's ineptitude that has kept Ernie around well beyond his shelf life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMP Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 How about the Sixers take one of your bad contracts and get the 2017 1st round pick and a 2nd the year after, and the Wizards get Okafor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skin'emAlive Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 I actually like that trade idea. Nicholson might have to be that bad contract that has to go. I can't see anyone trading for Mahinmi right now. I gues okafor is more of a 4 anyways though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 2 hours ago, PeterMP said: How about the Sixers take one of your bad contracts and get the 2017 1st round pick and a 2nd the year after, and the Wizards get Okafor? Deal if the bad contract is Mahinmi. I would also consider making the move if it were for Noel, but I'd want protection on the pick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 1 hour ago, Skin'emAlive said: I actually like that trade idea. Nicholson might have to be that bad contract that has to go. I can't see anyone trading for Mahinmi right now. I gues okafor is more of a 4 anyways though. Nicholson makes 6.5 million a year, which is less than the MLE. It's not a bad enough contract to where we need to give up assets to get out of it. We could eat the cost for the next three years and be fine. Mahinmi is the only bad contract on the team. He's an absolute anchor if he can't play. But there might actually be a light at the end of that tunnel if his knees are so done that he retires. Then I believe the deal comes off our cap and insurance pays out the deal, but I could be wrong. There is also the possibility that Mahinmi comes back. And if that happens, then he'll become tradeable again, or hell, we may even actually want to keep him. Okafor is a C IMO. He is a big, lumbering low post player. He is too defensively limited to play the PF spot. I can't see him ever becoming a good PnR defender, for example. What you're getting is a space eater in the lane who can single guard bigs. His primary value comes from being a really nice low post scoring option for Wall and Beal to hit. He can move bodies down low, run iso post ups and finish pick and rolls. Right now we've got that with Gortat, but for how much longer? And Gortat isn't the most authoritative finisher... And the other big advantage with Okafor is that he's young and cheap (for now). He could presumably grow up with the Wall/Beal/Porter/Oubre core. In the meantime we could groom him behind Gortat and get March's minutes back down to 30 per game where they belong. One of our biggest long term needs is a quality young big. This would get us out of the Mahinmi situation and give us one in return for just our draft picks. This is a strong draft class, so, admittedly, that gives you pause. But I think the upside of the deal outweighs the risk of being able to get a better, cheaper player with a pick in the teens. 3 hours ago, Long n Left said: I love it when someone tells those of us that follow the team, and already are aware of the facts, how badly this team is managed, and how dim the future is. Also, they do it in such a way as to make us feel even worse. It's not that bad. And I actually think RealGM is more positive about the team and less stressed about it's future than it has been in years. And that board is a salty bunch of pessimists. And the reason being is that Wall, Beal, and Porter have all made impressive leaps and Scott Brooks is doing a good job. There is hope for the future because that core trio is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long n Left Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 1 hour ago, stevemcqueen1 said: It's not that bad. And I actually think RealGM is more positive about the team and less stressed about it's future than it has been in years. And that board is a salty bunch of pessimists. And the reason being is that Wall, Beal, and Porter have all made impressive leaps and Scott Brooks is doing a good job. There is hope for the future because that core trio is good. You may be a little more optimistic than I am, but the lack of young bigs is going to be hard to overcome in their cap situation, I believe. It looks like Otto is in line for a max deal to go along with Beal, and when Wall is up, that's even more money, without any assurance that he'd stay, unless there were a couple younger bigs in the pipeline to make this team a contender. Oubre and Sato are the only young players with futures in the league, IMO, and one may have to be sacrificed to make a deal for a young big. Morris has a nice contract, but I'm guessing that he'll have to be signed for a big raise when he is up. I love the the development of the big 3, but I'm afraid that Ernie's failures to bring in young bigs is going to be this team's downfall in the near future, unless it gets addressed without tearing up their core. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Watching the VCU game CBSS and Todd Haywood is doing color. Not too shabby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 1 hour ago, TryTheBeal! said: Watching the VCU game CBSS and Todd Haywood is doing color. Not too shabby. You mean Brendan Haywood? I remember him on the radio when he played for the wizards and thinking he was certain to have a career in sports media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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