Almost everyday I see the Wizards getting bashed in the Washington Post. It's tough being fans of a rebuilding team, believe me I understand. But the Wiz management have been making the right moves for the first time since maybe the Wes Unseld era.
With a little bit of luck landing John Wall, the Wizards have pieced together a young roster with flashes of brilliance. The flashes also include fighting with coaches and hitting each other in night clubs...(why do you insist on being a thug Andre Blatche?) But they have build a roster around young as well as veteran guys with one-year contracts that they can see how they develop in this system. Sort of like a trial run to find good pieces to build around their future: John Wall (I mean the guy has his own song already)
The deal of the century was getting Gilbert Arenas off the team for a guy that is extremely mild-mannered but also has a mammoth contract (hey you can't have it all right?) in Rashard Lewis. Being honest, Gilbert wasn't going to go anywhere else, even if I thought you might be able to coax the Bucks to take him for Michael Redd's expiring contract and sweeten the pot with one other guy not named John Wall.
Nonetheless, this deal gets a huge distraction off their team and adds a nice guy in the locker-room. So, you add in the trade deadline deal of acquiring Jordan Crawford (everyone thinks Mike Bibby was the reason for this trade it was actually this kid outta Xavier), Mike Bibby, and Maurice Evans plus the always coveted first-round draft pick (too bad this draft class sucks and everyone was making it rain with their draft picks during the trade deadline).
Nonetheless, you get a draft pick and three guys that can score...finally. The Wizards have some nice pieces but they needed someone to put up some points. The reason why they suck so bad away from home is because Nick Young does not show up when he isn't at the Verizon Center. That's why they need a consistent set of scorers along with Young to put up points for them.
Hopefully Crawford can add some points and Bibby will definitely add some points. Evans is another guy who plays solid D but can also put up the points. Evans contract is ending after this year anyways (another trial run) and Bibby's contract may get bought out after this season. Now its a matter of drafting some more young guys and then hitting the free agent market hard.
Unfortunately it is a bad free agent class as well, but you can acquire some deals out there, maybe even bring Caron Butler back to DC (almost definitely not happening, Mark Cuban is not giving him up). Either way, salary cap is useful in trades...look at the Nets getting Sasha Vujacic for nothing. So I think that the future is bright in DC, so columnists please take it easy on these Wiz-kids.
getting rid of arenas was a must, even it was for lewis. the trade made since, they are two way overpriced players playing sub par basketball.
ReplyDeletethe recent trade? shiiiittt, it was a bad move by the wiz, imo. they shoulda got rid of blatche (or baltche http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/baltche2.jpg).
hinirch was solid when he was not injured and mike bibby hasn't done anything productive since he was on the kings.(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3264/2555433274_cb86727517_z.jpg?zz=1).
jordan crawford? really? ernie got the wrong crawford from the hawks. he should check his spelling or something.
btw, nick young not showing up on the road? he lit up the heat with 38 points, but yeah he needs to be way more consistent.
i don't know man, i think that jordan crawford can do something in the future for them...and if the wiz got jamal crawford that would be a huge mistake: an aging ball-hog? no thank you.
ReplyDeletealso, hinrich was not part of their long-term plans, and if they could get another draft pick and a prospect for him why not? he was gonna make another $9 mil next year, which could be used for other things after they buy out Bibby's contract.
as for arenas, i went through every possible option out there and there were definitely a few better possibilities. i wish i could have called some of these general managers and asked them if they would have taken the deal (i mean come on, with the way charlotte trades they would probably have given up dj augustin and gerald wallace for agent zero).
and baltche (i actually saw that live haha) he is a guy they cant part with. he has no trade value (because of his thug-tastic ways) but he is a decently talented big man, which are hard to come by. his plaxico impersonations (you didn't think I would throw that name out there) could really be a problem down the line, but for right now the wiz just have to suck it up and deal with him, because they are getting anything in return.
and i don't like bashing nick young, i really like the kid but he is mr. inconsistent. i wish i could say otherwise.