fishercob wrote:The NBA funny. The Wizards made a trade that will make them a better team next season, and most of us hate it.
Just because I don't like the trade, it does not mean agree with a lot of the analysis as to why the trade was bad.
Dat, this notion that Okafor is the third best center on the Wizards is silliness. Nene's ideal position is at the 4. Seraphin -- while me made lovely progress last year -- is still far from a finished product. There's plenty Okafor can't do very well, but he can defend and rebound. The Wizards were 26th in Defensive Rebounding last year -- even with the bump that they got from the Nene/Vale trade. Seraphin is thus far crappy on the defensive boards. This in an area that we need help.
Ariza has regressed so much since his Laker days, but from an age standpoint he should be entering his prime. If he was still playing at his 05-08 level he probably would not have been available. I don't like the player he's been in recent years, for sure.
The Wizards may lose a lot of 83-79 games this year. But they're not going to be fun to play against. No one is going to enjoy banging with Nene, Okafor, Seraphin and company for 48 minutes.
But yeah, I can't talk myself into believing that this was a good trade
left off reading at ~page 12 yesterday...had time to think more overnight.
Think I'll jump in here and then go ahead and read the next 20 pages.
Not in love with the trade but I don't totally hate it either.
Still tend to think we might have been better off doing nothing.
Things to like -
We got rid of a guy who was not going to do anything for us. We got
back a couple guys who have a much better chance they could do something
for us. As to whether this stunts the growth/development of our young guys,
I think the one thing Wittman showed was that he was going to operate a
meritocracy and hold people accountable. If these 2 guys play well enough
to get minutes, I doubt it will be because an accountant in the FO told
the coach he had to play them because they had big contracts. Having
no nonsense professionals to go against shouldn't hurt our youngins'. No
one is going to see game minutes without earning them. I don't necessarily
think this means Booker gets traded.
We've lost cap space for 2 years, but the 2 contracts will be expirings
after one year, so it could easily end up not being for 2 years.
Other moves are possible and maybe even likely. How badly
this hurt/helps will be a lot more clear by trade deadline in Mar 2013 or
next year's offseason, assuming nothing changes before then.
Concerns -
If we lose Beal, then I'll be a lot less happy, especially if we end up with
Barnes. I'd have to wonder if drafting Waiters at that point wouldn't be the
better move. That said, we shouldn't discount taking MKG either. It ain't like Ariza
is going to be around forever and MKG is so young that what Fish has said
about Beal and expectations has to apply to MKG as well if he becomes the pick.
Having MKG be exposed to Ariza who has won a ring wouldn't be a awful thing.
Because of that, I have less concern that EG showed his hand. We'll still have
our choice of anyone except AD and one other player. I'm betting CHA does not
take Beal, that they take either TRob (best fit), Drummond (swing for fences) or
Barnes (tarheel). Beal makes the least sense. Who knows what MJ is thinking.
Interesting that Okafor has such a pathetic lifetime winning %. One might also
remember that Nene has the opposite thing going on, a very good lifetime winning %.
Last night on CSN, they reported a poll which said that something like 3-1 in the poll
liked the trade. I trust the board a bit more than a poll that but it's interesting that it's
probably more than 3-1 against the trade here.
