Going Commando Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 20 minutes ago, Destino said: Parker is an excellent option off the bench. If he accepted a contract that made sense for that role, I don't think he's a bad fit. He's never going to be even an average defender but he is a gunner and there's room for that on every teams bench. You can always find 6'8 bench gunners who don't play defense in free agency for cheap. It's one of the most replaceable positions. Ernie needs to be fired ASAP. A good GM needs to be hired. No good GM would be fooled into paying anything for Parker, and a new GM wouldn't feel any pressure to save face over the awful Porter trade by overpaying for a couple of replacement level guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonArtest15 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 On 3/12/2019 at 7:49 PM, BRAVEONAWARPATH said: Working on a family tree (ancestry.com) and there's a strong possibility Dwight may be my cousin. Who knew.... With as many kids as he has, there's a good chance you could be his son. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Ian Mahinmi entering the game for the first time since early February Buck sounded like he legit forgot that man existed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Mitchell badly put Troy Brown on his ass with a crossover, but missed the 3pt shot basketball gods got love for the rookie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Drives me nuts that the team didn't tank for Zion. They dumped salary and jettisoned young talent and still didn't tank even though Wall is going to be out for well over a year. This was a terrible way to handle this abortion of a season. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hersh Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 21 minutes ago, stevemcqueen1 said: Drives me nuts that the team didn't tank for Zion. They dumped salary and jettisoned young talent and still didn't tank even though Wall is going to be out for well over a year. This was a terrible way to handle this abortion of a season. Did you really expect competence? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 6 hours ago, stevemcqueen1 said: Drives me nuts that the team didn't tank for Zion. They dumped salary and jettisoned young talent and still didn't tank even though Wall is going to be out for well over a year. This was a terrible way to handle this abortion of a season. Teds fault. He's made it clear that they had goals and that failing to meet them could trigger changes. Brooks and Ernie have no choice but to try to win under those directives. The only upside now is that Ted reacts to this failure by firing Ernie. I won't believe that until it happens. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 It's to the point where I can't even watch Zion Williamson's games. It is painful to think of him ending up on the Knicks. Or worse... Cleveland. I am going to give up on basketball if they win the lottery again. Who am I kidding, the Wizards would have ruined and/or wasted Zion. But unfortunately for him, Cleveland, New York, and Phoenix are all just as bad as us, if not worse. He better hope Chicago, Atlanta, or Memphis wins. I need something big and very positive to happen this offseason to get me to reinvest in the NBA. I need the Warriors to be broken up and I need the Wizards to fire Grunfeld and hit an unlikely home run with the draft pick. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Zion will be a mediocre talent in the NBA. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 16 hours ago, Destino said: Teds fault. He's made it clear that they had goals and that failing to meet them could trigger changes. Brooks and Ernie have no choice but to try to win under those directives. The only upside now is that Ted reacts to this failure by firing Ernie. I won't believe that until it happens. Ernie will probably try firing Brooks if Ted doesn't finally make the move before that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 12 hours ago, Kosher Ham said: Zion will be a mediocre talent in the NBA. I’m not saying he’s a bust, but undersized (in terms of height) power forwards largely relying on strength in college aren’t usually safe bets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozo the kKklown Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Zion is an athletic Draymond Green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 2 hours ago, Destino said: I’m not saying he’s a bust, but undersized (in terms of height) power forwards largely relying on strength in college aren’t usually safe bets. Zion will walk onto an NBA court and immediately be one of the strongest players in the league. In a game of lanky athletes, he has NFL 3-4 base end size and strength and he's only 18. He's pretty much a combination of Charles Barkley and Andre Drummond but with a 40 inch vertical. Guys like LeBron and Harden dominate the NBA with a similar combination of agility, explosiveness, and strength as Zion. The game is easy for them. It's important not to overthink him. He's the biggest no-brainer #1 since Anthony Davis. He's a transcendent talent and future top five player if he stays healthy. He would have been incredible if paired with even a diminished John Wall. We ****ed the dog. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 47 minutes ago, stevemcqueen1 said: Zion will walk onto an NBA court and immediately be one of the strongest players in the league. In a game of lanky athletes, he has NFL 3-4 base end size and strength and he's only 18. He's pretty much a combination of Charles Barkley and Andre Drummond but with a 40 inch vertical. Guys like LeBron and Harden dominate the NBA with a similar combination of agility, explosiveness, and strength as Zion. The game is easy for them. It's important not to overthink him. He's the biggest no-brainer #1 since Anthony Davis. He's a transcendent talent and future top five player if he stays healthy. He would have been incredible if paired with even a diminished John Wall. We ****ed the dog. Like I said, I’m not saying he’s a bust. There’s a lot of reason to think he’ll be special, his athleticism is off the charts and there’s no question that he can score the basketball. He’s also aggressive and forces the issue, which is s requirement for players that might go on to be stars in the nba. That being said, the Harden and Lebron comparisons are wayoff. I don’t see anything from Zion that suggests he’ll be capalabe of being a primary ball handler. He’s not that sort of highly skilled well rounded player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Destino said: That being said, the Harden and Lebron comparisons are wayoff. I don’t see anything from Zion that suggests he’ll be capalabe of being a primary ball handler. He’s not that sort of highly skilled well rounded player. There wasn't a lot of reason to think James Harden would become the kind of monster scorer that he is now, until about four years into his NBA career, much less as a college freshman. Zion has the same freight train quality on his drives as Harden and LeBron. And John Wall, for that matter. There is a key difference between them in that he is much more of a traditional big and they're primarily guards/wings, but you will still see Zion eurostepping around the court and finishing below the rim too. But I take the point that you are much more likely to see Zion scoring on putbacks and rim runs than step backs and dribble pull ups. And he's certainly not in their world as a passer. But then they're also not in his world as a rim protector and rebounder. Harden is the SG version of the player, LeBron is the SF version, Zion is the PF version, etc. Having an overwhelming combination of speed and strength allows you to dominate the NBA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Sato saved the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Brooks headshake on Jabari fake shot was priceless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 I still can’t believe the Timberwolves traded Markkanen and LaVine (who I know didn’t play tonight) to rent Jimmy Butler for a year. If Markkanen was on a good team everyone would know about that boy named Lauri within two years time. You don’t trade away seven foot power forwards that can shoot from anywhere and snag more than 8 rebounds a game for nothing. That’s what Thom Thibbs did and that’s why his dumbass is smiling on espn talking nba basketball instead of coaching. He destroyed the Timberwolves future. That team is dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 So we couldnt beat chicago who was without their 2 best players? Kinda embarrassing for a team actively trying to win games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 40 minutes ago, StillUnknown said: So we couldnt beat chicago who was without their 2 best players? Kinda embarrassing for a team actively trying to win games Good. Losing out seems like the only long shot chance that Ted finally cleans out the front office. Again, still a long shot. But anything resembling ok play and he'll grab on it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 6 hours ago, Destino said: I still can’t believe the Timberwolves traded Markkanen and LaVine (who I know didn’t play tonight) to rent Jimmy Butler for a year. If Markkanen was on a good team everyone would know about that boy named Lauri within two years time. You don’t trade away seven foot power forwards that can shoot from anywhere and snag more than 8 rebounds a game for nothing. That’s what Thom Thibbs did and that’s why his dumbass is smiling on espn talking nba basketball instead of coaching. He destroyed the Timberwolves future. That team is dead. That was a disastrous trade and Thibs was a horrible GM. But they're not dead yet. They addressed one of their main problems by firing Thibs. They're going to get a few mulligans due to having one of the premier young talents in the league. All it will take for them is to hang on to KAT and get lucky in free agency by having max cap space when another one of the premier young talents in the NBA hits free agency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 27 minutes ago, @SkinsGoldPants said: Good. Losing out seems like the only long shot chance that Ted finally cleans out the front office. Again, still a long shot. But anything resembling ok play and he'll grab on it. Losing out is literally this franchise's only hope of ever getting better. Ernie will never build a legitimately good team. It just will not happen. He's a god awful GM in a league where the quality of your GM is almost everything. Firing him is the only chance the team has to get better and yet he will never be fired if he can keep stringing together 40 win seasons. Plus the team needs to hit a home run with this draft pick. The higher the better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 3 minutes ago, stevemcqueen1 said: Losing out is literally this franchise's only hope of ever getting better. Ernie will never build a legitimately good team. It just will not happen. He's a god awful GM in a league where the quality of your GM is almost everything. Firing him is the only chance the team has to get better and yet he will never be fired if he can keep stringing together 40 win seasons. Plus the team needs to hit a home run with this draft pick. The higher the better. Right. Now this isn't the Skins FO where you know Snyder has Allen but also people like Larry and Wylie who surround him with what he wants to hear. If Ted finally makes the right move. A new GM should get to keep or replace everything in that front office from the scouts to whoever is posting the fashion show on twitter before games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky21 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 With 10 games left and being 6 1/2 games out of the 8 slot, it's time to tank. And I mean actively tank hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 The Nats and Caps both tanked and bottomed out and became championship contenders. The Wiz and Skins refuse to do so, and are stuck in perpetual mediocrity. Sports isn't hard. If you're not gonna be great, then suck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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