Wiz trade Shard and 2nd rounder for Okafor and Ariza-Part II

[hands11]

Context from a post that was made 4 days earlier? LOL

Yes. The conversation that was getting posted.
And who was on the team at the time.
And when they started to play.
And how John looked.

Yes, that is context.

What, are you on God time and 4 days is more then half the time it took to build the world.

LOL Vesely hadn't even played a game yet. How's that for context?

Wall averaged 16/8 as a rookie playing injured most of the season and after 5 games (with no summer league, no training camp or preseason) you dismiss him as a franchise player in favor of a guy who hadn't played regular season game?

Context doesn't do you any favors.

Actually it does but I'm not surprised that you don't see it.

Yeah, well jump on over to the Wall thread and read some Indy and CCJ. They think that today.

[hands11]

Imagine if the Wiz simply bought out Lewis and signed Mayo in FA. It would have allowed Beal time to mature as a 6th man. Moreover, Mayo has enough ball handling skills to be an ideal 3rd guard.

Imagine if people would get over the fact that they didn't and moved forward. Imagine them waiting till Wall and Nene returning to see how the team looks.

[tontoz]

Actually it does but I'm not surprised that you don't see it.

Yeah, well jump on over to the Wall thread and read some Indy and CCJ. They think that today.

They think Vesely will be the franchise player? I doubt it.

[hands11]

Is it possible to trade Hands to another board or give him a DNP-CD?

Not sure we could get much in a trade. We'd probably have to take on a bad contract.

Hey Tonto

The police are coming to your house to band your rights for abuse.

You over use of kind of you think that somehow makes a case.

[hands11]

Actually it does but I'm not surprised that you don't see it.

Yeah, well jump on over to the Wall thread and read some Indy and CCJ. They think that today.

They think Vesely will be the franchise player? I doubt it.

[montestewart]

Great couple of pages!

[tontoz]

I certainly understand why you are trying to change the subject. I would to if i was quoted saying something like that.

[TGW]

Upping this to reiterate how terrible this trade was.

I forgot about the extra pick we gave up too. That was like the sh*t covered cherry on top. Most clueless GM in the league.

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

From the first few pages of the original Okariza Trade thread:

This is a HORRIBLE trade unless we're getting the #10 pick.

Okafor is redundant with Nene and Seraphin. We simply don't need him. Ariza is a decent wing but not any better than what we can find in free agency. Only with this trade, we obliterate any potential cap room in 2013. I just don't understand it.

Did we get #10?

Without it, this is just EG getting fleeced as usual.

LOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

Did we get the bottle of lube at least? Please?

Inexplicable trade

Agreed. Horrible trade. Nene was one thing, risky, but maybe would pay off. Now he's done it to the entire roster. Trading one over the hill expiring for two more years of salary which could well be over the hill by the end. Crazy. I'm glad I decided not to renew my tickets.

This is a horrible, short-sighted move. At this point, I am wondering why Grunfeld still has a freakin' job. He has pissed away a ton of cap money on Nene, Okafor, and Ariza. This is a effin travesty.

I blame Ted. If he had fired Ernie properly, this trade wouldnt of happened

Hey, that extension that EG got wasn't bad, right? I mean, sure, he kinda sorta built a terrible, capped-out team that was (and still is) an NBA bottom-feeder but hey, he kinda sorta cleaned up his mess and built a bottom-feeding team with a dash of potential.

So giving him that extension was a good move, right? Because, hey, a guy with a track record of poor moves probably won't make another one. Right? RIGHT?

Kill me

That's a lot of cap room taken up, and we still haven't improved a lick offensively.

There are the veterans Ted was talking about.

Waiting for the other shoe to drop, we help NO clear-up cap with Shard's expiring contract and WE give-up a pick??? There's got to be something else happening on draft-night for us.

Im pissed if we don't get the number 10 pick if this trade. We blow our cap for a chance to be a treadmill playoff team for the next two seasons. I rather lose and stock pile picks like OKC did.

Scary stat - Okafor averaged less than a block a game in 28.9 minutes a game this season, and he's going to turn 30 before next season starts. And he's one of the highest paid players in the game. Ummm.

Who is going to score next year?

Some who chimed in then either do not post much or stopped all together. If so many people knew the deal was bad why didn't EG?

[hands11]

Starting to see more chatter on the board as to all the options the Wizard have using these two and how all hope is not lost.

Figured this deserved a bump.

Both have been solid veterans that are helping to stabilize the team. Okafor has been a double double machine since the return of Nene.

Trevor A has been a little inconsistent since returning from his leg injury and getting moved to coming off the bench, but man if that dude long. And he is really good at getting in the passing lanes. Hopefully he rounds into good form over the next couple of games.

With everyone healthy, the team should start to settle into better defined roles. That should be good for Trevor since he isn't a lead dog.

[willbcocks]

It's also appropriate that it's bumped because Memphis just gave a first round pick to drop around 5 million in salary. We gave a second round pick to absorb about 30 million.

Go Bullets!

[nate33]

It's also appropriate that it's bumped because Memphis just gave a first round pick to drop around 5 million in salary. We gave a second round pick to absorb about 30 million.

Go Bullets!

Well, to be fair, we also traded Arenas for Lewis (with no pick involved) and saved $30M.

[tontoz]

Last i checked Harden was doing pretty well in Houston.

[TGW]

Last i checked Harden was doing pretty well in Houston.

[AFM]

Naw, he a bust.