Renegade7 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 (edited) I now it's hard to separate 40 years of suck from simply the frustrations of the Wall era, but we seriously need to just go ahead and do what we should've done 3 years ago (build around Wall and stop sacrificing his prime and our roster on pipe dreams). If we cannot even get Durant to even talk to us, the odds of us being able to just sign another star are slim to none. Edited July 1, 2016 by Renegade7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 The Lakers...haha. That's hilarious. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skin'emAlive Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Signing Beal to a super max was a forgone conclusion 3 years ago. Seemed to be anointed his rookie season. But without any injury provisions? smh.  Anyways, everything is going just about as expected. The fact that Portland has offered Parsons a 4 year max leads me to believe one of either Crabbe or Leonard could be snagged. Thats something positive to look at, I guess. Im rooting for Crabbe, personally. I think we can still land a strong roster roster though. Our surprise move will be a trade for McBob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Hassan Whiteside is staying in Miami. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Y'all know Durant is gonna be a FA again next year right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Y'all know Durant is gonna be a FA again next year right? And we'll have a zero percent chance again next year. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 The Lakers...haha. That's hilarious. The Lakers just shelled out 16 million a year for four years to a little used player off Cleveland's bench who was just about the only center in the league that had a worse season than Hibbert last year. Nick Young is the voice of leadership and maturity in their locker room. They're pinning their hopes on two kids: one whose most notable achievement as a rookie was snitching on his teammate and getting shunned by the locker room, and another who is a real life Jack Skellington. And this doesn't even cover the debacle that was the end of the Kobe Bryant era. These teams will be remembered as the ****-show-time Lakers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky21 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Hornets and Nicolas Batum agree to a five-year, $120 million deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Y'all know Durant is gonna be a FA again next year right? You can put your eggs in that basket if you want, but I'm done. I don't expect to see him in a Wizards uniform until he has a ring or two and well past his prime (sort of a last couple years close to home) at best. I suggested he move out to Loudoun County if he really didn't want his past drapped all over him living in DC, but Ernie and Ted are acting buckets of green slime right now. Time to focus on the House of Guards again and building around that to see how far we can get. It's not perfect, but I'm done with this "Grass is Greener" nonsense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Excuses Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Durants gonna be washed up in like 10 years and will probably come here like MJ. Teds gonna go on Twitter and declare that the plan worked. That's the kind of bush league stuff that should be expected from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skin'emAlive Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 No he wont. Ted made certain of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 I was just pointing out that all this hand-wringing about Durant's visit and whatnot was pointless. He was never gonna do anything this year but sign a two-year/opt-out and hit the market again next year. We've got three pages of dudes jumping off a ledge about something that was absolutely never gonna happen. Furthermore, Bron has the East on lock for the next 1-2 years anyway...time to take a more reasoned approach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 How much money is Ryan Anderson going to get? I am having anxiety about this. In this market 14-15 million would be a huge bargain. We need to step back from the frenzy and see the top 20-30 free agents are going for ruinous amounts of money. Everyone is buying at the absolute highest point and our risk profile is already huge from the Beal contract. Just get the hell out of the marketplace, focus on trades, and wait for everyone to run out of money so that you can sign a Cole Aldrich or a Zaza Pachulia for a sane dollar amount. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 How much money is Ryan Anderson going to get? I am having anxiety about this. In this market 14-15 million would be a huge bargain. We need to step back from the frenzy and see the top 20-30 free agents are going for ruinous amounts of money. Everyone is buying at the absolute highest point and our risk profile is already huge from the Beal contract. Just get the hell out of the marketplace, focus on trades, and wait for everyone to run out of money so that you can sign a Cole Aldrich or a Zaza Pachulia for a sane dollar amount. Reasoned approach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 (edited) I was just pointing out that all this hand-wringing about Durant's visit and whatnot was pointless. He was never gonna do anything this year but sign a two-year/opt-out and hit the market again next year. We've got three pages of dudes jumping off a ledge about something that was absolutely never gonna happen. Furthermore, Bron has the East on lock for the next 1-2 years anyway...time to take a more reasoned approach.  our ****ing GM spent 2 years preparing for it to happen. literally kept the team in stasis and he couldn't even get a pity meeting. you stay reasonable when we roll into next season with the same starting 5.  **** reason  **** ted leonsis  **** ernie grunfeld  **** the king  **** this franchise Edited July 1, 2016 by StillUnknown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Also the one thing we absolutely can't do is commit a ton of money to bench guards. That is the only position in this free agency period that has enough competent back up caliber players to go around for the entire league. If we do have to overpay for a bench position, make sure it's a PF or C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skin'emAlive Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 (edited) The only C's worth overpaying were Whiteside or Howard. Anderson is not worth overpaying for. Edited July 1, 2016 by Skin'emAlive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justice98 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 And we'll have a zero percent chance again next year. Even IF the Wiz managed to pull it together some kinda way and look like a legit basketball team and won 55 games and got to the conference finals, we STILL have our owner burning bridges and taking shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Excuses Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 I was just pointing out that all this hand-wringing about Durant's visit and whatnot was pointless. He was never gonna do anything this year but sign a two-year/opt-out and hit the market again next year. We've got three pages of dudes jumping off a ledge about something that was absolutely never gonna happen. Furthermore, Bron has the East on lock for the next 1-2 years anyway...time to take a more reasoned approach. Found the Ernie and Ted plant. Bruh take this ish somewhere else. No one is buying "reasoned approach". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Even IF the Wiz managed to pull it together some kinda way and look like a legit basketball team and won 55 games and got to the conference finals, we STILL have our owner burning bridges and taking shots. I honestly think that even if Westbrook left next summer, the Warriors were destroyed in an earthquake, and RC Buford and Greg Popovich inexplicably take over the Wizards such that we were left standing as his only good choice for pure basketball reasons, he wouldn't sign here. I think it's clear he doesn't like our ownership and management and does not want to play in DC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dont Taze Me Bro Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 I honestly think that even if Westbrook left next summer, the Warriors were destroyed in an earthquake, and RC Buford and Greg Popovich inexplicably take over the Wizards such that we were left standing as his only good choice for pure basketball reasons, he wouldn't sign here. I think it's clear he doesn't like our ownership and management and does not want to play in DC. Â Did you read the article a few months ago about KD not wanting to play in DC? Â Â It wasn't out of his mouth, but someone from his inner circle said that said DC is home for him and he enjoys playing in front of the hometown crowd when he comes through once a year, but that he does not want to play for the Wizards. Â That he didn't want the pressure and expectations that playing in DC would happen if he signed there. Â Â I'd think that if you had better pieces in place to make a legit run to make the finals and your front office handled it differently, there would have been a shot, even if he truly feels that way about playing there. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skins199021 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 I don't understand why people thought contracts would stay the same after the cap went way up. These are just inflated contracts keeping up with the cap. These contracts probably won't even look bad in the near future as the cap is expected to make a big jump again 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 5 years $130M completed for Beal. No justice in a world where Wall makes $40M less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBash Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 And Mosgov will make more than Curry this year, it's just timing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justice98 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 5 years $130M completed for Beal. No justice in a world where Wall makes $40M less. Timing is everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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