Warhead36 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I actually like our 2nd team offense being run through Seraphin, but we need someone on the perimeter who can play at a fairly high level. Miller has really regressed, although I still like him for the playoffs when games tend to slow down some. We need to get more out of Webster or at least play Porter more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.C.O.L.B. Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 At least he didn't go full Baltche to get his triple-double. Remember McGee's? *WARNING: Painful and embarrassing characters, names and memories forthcoming* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 That was brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.C.O.L.B. Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 (edited) And for the sick ****s out there who want a refresher on what the Baltche triple-double SU is referring to... *WARNING: Painful and embarrassing characters, names and memories forthcoming* God we've come so far. Already dibs on the firstborn (RIP) but I might name my secondborn after John Wall or something. Edited January 28, 2015 by G.A.C.O.L.B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Calderon is a fantastic shooter. He'd definitely help us score from the perimeter. He'd also be one of the best back up PGs in the league seeing as he's still starting caliber. But his contract is too big. 7.4 mil average through 2017. It'd be hard to trade for him (we'd need the Knicks to take back Martell Webster, why would they do that?) and his salary would screw up our ability to have max contract room coming off the books for the Durant summer. Getting a third PG for a year where we aren't really legit contenders isn't worth giving up good trade assets or hurting our ability to afford Durant in two summers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 This is the second time in like a month that the Capitals and Wizards are both on national TV at the same time. So much awesomeness. Cannot wait to channel flip tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Actually, doing some crunching, Cap commitments 2016 offseason: Wall - 17 million Gortat - 12 Beal - cap hold of around 11 million Porter - 5.9 (team option) Webster - 5.8 Humphries - 4.6 Blair - 2 (team option) = 58.3 million in commitments. We could renounce our options on Porter and Blair and save 8 million which just might be enough to put a max contract on the table if the cap is a little over 70 million. Hopefully it jumps a lot higher than that, although that would mean Durant's asking price would jump a lot too. I understand there is a provision in Webster's contract that allows a lot of the final year to be unguaranteed if he misses X number of games from injury. If that's true, then he might be on his way to triggering that clause and so maybe we can take his salary off our commitments for the key summer. But if not, in regards to Calderon, just swapping Webster's salary for Calderon's would put us at over 60 million in commitments. Forcing ourselves into a situation where we'd have to renounce Porter's rights to get in the neighborhood of a max deal isn't good. Especially if we then proceed to strike out on Durant. And again, there is no real reason for New York to replace one long term salary commitment for another of the same length and almost the same money, especially since Webster is an inferior player to Calderon, playing a less important position. Man Humphries's contract that summer is kind of a nuisance. I thought the final year was a team option but apparently it's not. We're going to want to pick up Porter's final option year and we're going to have Humphries at such a fairly low number (we'll need PFs if we're planning on letting Nene walk and adding Durant). What we need to do in order to prepare for that summer is find a way to move Webster's contract without taking on any additional commitments for that offseason. Or else hope the cap jumps up waaay higher than the record 7% increase we got this summer. Getting Beal to sign long term a year early could also help. Potentially. Not if he signs a max deal, but at this point, he couldn't rightfully command anything close to one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRAVEONAWARPATH Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 (edited) Bullets Forever @BulletsForever Wizards have some interest in Will Bynum for their final roster spot, per @ShamsCharania http://sbnation.com/e/7693040 Edited January 28, 2015 by BRAVEONAWARPATH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Looking up some stats, and I had no idea that Wall is actually shooting better than Beal from mid-range so far this season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Looking up some stats, and I had no idea that Wall is actually shooting better than Beal from mid-range so far this season. He's more selective with the shots he takes from this part of the floor than Beal is and he gets more space on the shot. If you look at the heat maps and shot charts for each, you see that the vast majority of John's mid range attempts come around the elbows. This is an in rhythm shot where he usually has a good amount of space because defenders have to play off him and go under screens in this part of the floor. It's also a sweet spot of the floor for him, so he's getting very repeatable motions and results with the shot. Beal's map shows his shots are very dispersed with only one small area of concentration around the right elbow. It's also the only spot from which he seems to make mid range shots with consistency. That spot is probably where he's successfully coming off a ball screen at the point and getting an in rhythm pull up attempt off, much as John does. His other attempts are coming off things like handoffs where the defenders are going over screens and working hard to deny him the ball and he gets a lot less space. Other times it'll be from step backs where he has to work towards the baselines, or step in shot against a hard close out where the defender is running him off the 3 pt line. These shots are more reactive, less rhythmic, not as clean. That catch, pump fake, and one or two dribble step in and pull up shot from the 3 pt line is hard not to shoot strong plus you're making a third read in the process instead of just two: 1.) catch and shoot the three against the close out 2.) pump fake and step in and pull up 3.) pump fake and drive the basket as opposed to just pulling up after the screen or driving to the basket. It's important in order for Beal to unlock his potential as a scorer that he master the mid range game like Wall has been doing. Especially since he isn't a deadly slasher that is handling the ball from point a lot. He is always going to get run off the 3 pt line when the defenses are set so he needs to be able to catch and get to sweet spots that he's mastered from mid range. His decision making is going to have to get a lot quicker and cleaner and he's going to have to get a good floater and step back. Once he does, his scoring could explode and it will give him cleaner looks from three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Nene out tonight. Sore right foot. Â Could get ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOSKINS_08 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 I missed it, where is Buck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popeman38 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 I missed it, where is Buck?Family emergency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOSKINS_08 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Family emergency. Ah, hopefully everything is ok with him And his family. Decent start, gotta do better at finishing right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 (edited) Nice to not see the entire PHX team in God mode tonight.. They were ridiculous in the first game. Â Maybe i spoke too soon.. Edited January 29, 2015 by STBonecrusher21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Our spacing is all jacked up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOSKINS_08 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Here it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOSKINS_08 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Looks like I'll be able to go to sleep early tonight. You can already tell it's not our night. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Morris forearm sends Wall flying out of bounds. No call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 (edited) Announcers still not hip to Wall's dribble move. Looks like I'll be able to go to sleep early tonight. You can already tell it's not our night. Â I don't have the energy to make to 1am tonight. I hope to be pleasantly surprised when I check the score in the morning. Edited January 29, 2015 by StillUnknown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 It's going to be one of those nights. When Gerald Green accidentally fumbles the ball into the rim for an And-1, it's not your night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popeman38 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Isaiah Thomas, the JAG version, is eating our lunch again. When he was a King, he stole a couple games singlehandedly. We still have no answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Starters may finally get some rest this road trip. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Offense is an absolute mess tonight. Defense isn't playing well but a lot of that is because we're getting such ****ty possessions it feeds their break. Recipe for a blow out loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Not sure why we aren't just mass resting guys tonight. Pull a Pop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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