Benjammin wrote:Now that's what I call a ringing endorsement: "There's no way OkAriza plays this poorly, when Wall and Nene return.
There's no hindsight here. The vast majority of the board hated the trade at the time, and nothing has changed. It was simply Ted's way to attempt to recoup a sunken cost in Lewis, but ironically enough sunk even more cost into two at best mediocre players.
Plus, I love when people talk about the Wizards being mediocre. Other than a few of the good Gil years, they haven't even been mediocre. They've sucked. Except for a few Webber years, they've sucked. Since the mid 80s they've consistently sucked.
No mediocrity here.
You speak of the Wizards as if they are this one thing. They are not. You have with Abe owning them Wizards and with Ted owning them Wizards. Same name. Same stadium. Different owner, players, and head coach.
Since Ted has owned them, they hit the hard reset button. He said he would and he did. I expected them to suck for a few years. So did they. They even did a planned tank to get high draft picks. Many people here welcomed that approach and excepted the short term pain.
Its not all one big mess of Wizards suck except for a few years.
I like this rebuild way better then what I saw when Abe owned them. ( yes, we all have different picks instead)
This rebuild has some legs. And it has some defense which many of us have wanted for years.
It has a real PG which I have wanted forever.
It has no problem knuckleheads which is refreshing.
Clearly this team is better then other Wizards teams we have seen regarding their defense and their defensive players.
Clearly Randy is a very good defensive coach.
Clearly they have added good young talent.
They are moving in the right direction. We are all anxious to see what the complete product will look like when we add back our two best players.
So two years of tank and now what looks to be a team that when healthy could be a playoff team and it still have a ton of young players and they are not in cap hell.
So what is all the complaining about except to complain. Objectively, things look a ton better then they did when Abe owned them. And its only been two years and 3 games.
Sure they have some current challenges. But its nothing they can't work through. They have been in all three games and doing so while very shorthanded. Its going to get better and its going to happen this year.
Wall and Nene are scheduled for another doctor appointment. Hopefully we get good news on both.