Rafael122 wrote:closg00 wrote:thinker07 wrote:I am not a big "conspiracy theorist" but this doesn't really add up. I think the Wiz definitely needed Seraphin as an emergency backup plan if all their other moves couldn't be executed. But after all the signings, there is no way that the Wiz would still want Seraphin.
So -- Was there a private agreement wherein Seraphin secretly signed the QO and this wasn't publicized so he could still field offers or be traded in a S&T? Because if the Wiz had the option to rescind the QO - SURELY they would have done that after the last of the Blair, Gooden, and Humphries deals.
Is this part of something else (as speculated by CSN?) Seraphin does have the same agent as Lebron and Seraphin was mysteriously clubbing in Cleveland last week. If so it would have been planned for awhile. That makes sense to me since the Wiz clearly desire another bench PG or combo scorer and seem to be intrigued by the return of Harrington if he is healthy enough. And it would have had to have been pre-arranged because trading guys with QO's is problematic because it requires their permission AND their Bird Rights don't convey. Recall this scenario back a bit when Nick Young signed his QO and then was traded. So they wouldn't have signed him trying to add a chip to trade at the deadline.
Finally, if Seraphin has true aspirations to be a NBA player, I don't see how he gets another contract next year if he sits on the bench all year in DC. Now $3.9 mil is a lot to walk away from if he's only getting minimum contract offers. But again if he has Lebron's agent then presumably the agent believes that Seraphin is an NBA player and he'd want Kevin on a team where he was going to get to play. And last point, guys that sign the QO almost NEVER resign with that team so the team has very little incentive to showcase the player and have to be concerned with floor disruption by a player who's only agenda is getting stats so he can sign elsewhere.
To me this points to something still being in the works.
Excellent points Thinker, I think you covered all of the angles except the Wizards knowing about some Nene injury that we do not know about. What a mystery. Perhaps it is less mysterious if you just accept that EG is a bumbler who sometimes gets it right.
Say Nene goes down....Humphries becomes the starter and Gooden becomes the immediate backup. But Blair is probably better off at center than power forward and you don't want to give Gooden too many minutes. So you put Blair at the back up 4 spot, and Seraphin becomes the back up center by default.
I don't think there's anything wrong with Nene, Ernie would rather have options and interchangeable parts. Do remember, Nene is playing for Brazil this summer, I can already see an article in the fall about Nene nursing an injury he suffered playing for Brazil.
But the question is would we rather have another middling big man there or use that spot instead for a third PG? To me, the third PG seems like a real need whereas another big seems like a nice to have.
