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nate33 wrote:
I'm not so sure about that.
Very few teams have money left, and the Wizards have Bird Rights to pay him more than the $3M they have left of the MLE. I don't think the Wizard are enthusiastic about resigning Jabari, but if the price is low enough they might have interest.
payitforward wrote:Rainwater wrote:payitforward wrote:What actual value has been removed from this team? None.
Who is not here from last year's season-ending roster? Dwight Howard, Devin Robinson, Chasson Randle, Bobby Portis, Jeff Green, Trevor Ariza, Sam Dekker, Wes Johnson, Jabari Parker, & Tomas Satoransky. The only guy worth mentioning in that group is Satoransky.
You are missing my point. No one is talking about value. If the plan is that they are not trying to win, going young and are rebuilding what is the point of keeping Beal? The writing was on the wall once they traded Otto. And I understand. All the players you have listed above if they had stayed together with Beal would have won more games than the current roster; however, to what end? Just to be a borderline playoff to crappy basketball team??? So they decided to rebuild and go young which is completely understandable.
So if the end is to rebuild and not win why keep and resign Beal? Why hurt your flexibility? If they did keep Beal, it would make the Otto deal a bit confusing.
Right, if last year's team had stayed together, the team would likely have won 29 or 30 games this season. That was the pace of the team after trading Porter (10 wins in 28 games).
I suppose you could argue that the team should trade Beal & simply start over. That's what OKC is doing by having traded Paul George.
But, Paul George let management know that he didn't want to stay with the team. Beal has said that he wants to stay. &, I imagine Brad has had full & frank discussions with Sheppard & Leonsis, so he knows what's going on.
OTOH, if we were offered a deal for Brad that approached what OKC is getting for PG, it would be hard not to go for it! Thing is, if Brad signs an extension, & especially if he improves his play further, there'll be time to trade him later if necessary. If he doesn't sign an extension, I'd say that puts the team in a different position.
payitforward wrote:So, we did waive Simmons. We are at 16; one of the non-guaranteed guys will have to go. If I were GM (hah!), it would be Jordan McRae, but I think that's unlikely. Has to be one of Tariq Phillip or Jemerrio Jones.
Actually, come to think of it, it doesn't have to be anybody at all for some months. A good thing; we'll find out if my positive view of Jemerrio Jones will hold up -- even in Summer League.
payitforward wrote:So, we did waive Simmons. We are at 16; one of the non-guaranteed guys will have to go. If I were GM (hah!), it would be Jordan McRae, but I think that's unlikely. Has to be one of Tariq Phillip or Jemerrio Jones.
Actually, come to think of it, it doesn't have to be anybody at all for some months. A good thing; we'll find out if my positive view of Jemerrio Jones will hold up -- even in Summer League.
Kanyewest wrote:payitforward wrote:So, we did waive Simmons. We are at 16; one of the non-guaranteed guys will have to go. If I were GM (hah!), it would be Jordan McRae, but I think that's unlikely. Has to be one of Tariq Phillip or Jemerrio Jones.
Actually, come to think of it, it doesn't have to be anybody at all for some months. A good thing; we'll find out if my positive view of Jemerrio Jones will hold up -- even in Summer League.
Honestly I hadn't seen anything until you mentioned it so I googled it.
long suffrin' boulez fan wrote:When do we find out about the exemption for a Wall?
Would that provide us enough room under the cap to sign Parker? Does Wall count against our 15 man roster if we get the exemption?
If I could, I’d find any way to unload Ian, cut Phillips, keep McCrae and resign Jabari.
IT/ISH/Robinson/Wall
Beal/Admiral/McCrae/Bonga
Brown/Miles
Parker/Rui/Jones
Bryant/Bertrans/Wagner
MDStar wrote:In this league, especially with how things are playing out this offseason, a team needs at least two star players in order to be competitive. With Brad, we already have one. Is it that far fetched that one of Wall, Rui, Brown Jr. or T. Bryant, become that second star over the next two seasons that we need to compete? If we look through that lens, I actually have a bit of hope. All we need is one to take the leap.
