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doclinkin, on Tue May 17, 2011at 6:48 am wrote:Since it's moot later today. Might as well post the state of the doc as of right now. I'm fine with our options with a top 3 pick, but beyond that, I'd be happiest to open up the bidding for teams trying to move up, get a proven commodity (or more than one) lower down and a future pick in a deeper year.

1. Williams
2. Williams
3. Kanter
4. Trade. Kemba Walker if nothing decent. I'd have no problem selecting the star PG from a championship team as a solid back-up. I suspect the team says otherwise, but it just seems to me it only helps push John Wall to improve to add a savvy cunning alternate on the bench. And depth is a very good thing, when you look at our injury record.

5. Trade. Kawhi Leonard if nothing good.

6. Trade. Bismack, I suppose. If you reach on upside, then at least take the physical freak with a defensive mindset. Just don't expect much early and don't get too excited about the physiometrics, Obinna Ekeze and Benjamin Eze (who? exactly...) had similar wingspan for the height.

I only put him this high because, much as the skeptic in me wants to dislike the hype, I like his panache in the clips I see. Mostly in his body language, vocal leadership, aggrieved determination. (The Loopy wingnut says I like his mental assay as well as his physical, will post the metas at some point, but the thumbnail sketch: same as wifeydoc, Day Of Language, technical skills, can learn anything if they put their mind to it).

But mostly because he's fun to watch. He doesn't move like anyone I've ever seen. This is a Gheorghe Muresan pick for me. Every minute he's on the court I'll be watching him regardless of his +/- or win/loss. So for entertainment value any highlight plays he makes will count triple in my emotional box score. Even though I suspect he'll kinda suck for a while.

7. Trade. Reach on Chris Singleton. Hope Faried is still there at 18. I suspect other teams will take the 3 and D guy before the rebounding dynamo.

This year especially you can't get too fussy about value for draft position. If you get a player who earns minutes for you and succeeds then who cares where he was drafted. No need to overthink it. Where I'm at today.

Dat2U wrote:

Nivek wrote:I still don't think giving Arenas that contract was the wrong move. It turned out bad, but I think it was the right decision. Yes he was hurt, but thousands of athletes have had similar injuries and returned at 100%. Gil's surgery and recovery and reinjuries sucked, but them's the breaks. (Now, I'll grant you that maybe the Wizards should have taken their medical staff into account, but I think that's a separate issue.)
The Wizards offered Arenas the max in part to make sure Gil knew they were willing to pay to keep him -- remember that Golden State offered him max money. Then Arenas "gave back" something like $20 million over the life of the deal. So yeah, Gil's contract could have been even worse.

The Arenas thing reminds me of when I played poker. Sometimes you make the right decision and lose. But, if you make the right decision enough, the odds will be in your favor over the long run.

I agreed with re-signing Gilbert too for the same reasons you stated. The problem is you, me or no one else on this board knew the existant of Gilbert's injury problems. At the time of the deal, we all assumed he was well on his way to recovery.

But then a year or two ago, Gilbert admitted in an interview that he still having serious issues with the knee during that offseason and that the Wizards knew of these issues and still decided to pay him.

That shocked me. I don't know how you could pay someone that much money knowing that he was still having major issues. Or how he even passed a physical. Or how his contract could be even insured considering his problems.

If he was healthy, then the move made total sense. But apparently he wasn't so I think it's fair to wonder WTF was someone thinking in offering him a max deal.

Dat2U wrote:Sniffed bust status in the likes of Adam Morrison, Hasheem Thabeet, Oleksiy Pecherov, Cole Aldrich, Luke Babbitt long before they were ever called such.

Severn Hoos wrote:

Dat2U wrote:Sniffed bust status in the likes of Adam Morrison, Hasheem Thabeet, Oleksiy Pecherov, Cole Aldrich, Luke Babbitt long before they were ever called such.

There goes Dat, hatin' on the white boys again. We need more crackers like CCJ to spread the love to the Novaks, McDermotts, and Ryan Andersons of the league!

well actually he used his brain because he waited for the ball to hit the rim the second time so that he wouldn't get the offensive interference. Gr8 play by McGee.
TheDezert

this dude has so much talent.Im glad he is out of Washington.#Good luck nuggets fans
mars8254

redemption time for mcgee!!!
NBAMixerMan 2 hours ago

McGee’s follow dunk helps Nuggets overcome Gordon’s 45, beat Pistons 116-115

“I didn’t think Arron was going to miss the free throw, but if he did, as long as I went hard, I figured I’d maybe get the tip-in or at least the tip out,” said McGee, playing in his first game since being acquired by Denver a week ago in the trade that sent Nene to Washington.

“I just went hard and pushed (Greg) Monroe under the rim and I was wide open. It bounced and bounced and I was trying not to goaltend it and I just dunked it. It was definitely exciting, my first game winner. I’m definitely excited to be in Denver, my new home.”

Nuggets landed the NBA's most entertaining tweeter

Think the Denver Nuggets were crazy to take a chance on trading for flaky man-child JaVale McGee? Wrong. Not only did he come up with the game-winning putback in his first Nuggets appearance, but he's just about the best thing the NBA has going for it on Twitter, as Jack Moore of BuzzFeed discovered. Whether as himself or his alter-ego Pierre, McGee is inquisitive ("how do u make the drum sound with words?"), he's philosophical ("@the is the coolest twitter name on twitter.... So simple... I wonder if @a or @j is taken!") and he reads "The Lorax" to kids! Now, if he could only make his peace with autocorrect.

closg00 wrote:Pretty-much the entire board knew not to draft Vesely. Take a bow.

Ruzious wrote:

fishercob wrote:

nate33 wrote:I can't understand why Mo Evans signed. Why sign here for the vet minimum when he can get more minutes and more money in New York?

Maybe he's just as smart guy who knows that New York is ass and DC is where it's at!

Or maybe he knows what we're building here and wants to be a part of it.

Or maybe (and no one is talking about this) he knows that the Knicks are going to be a huge disappointment and wants no part of that soap opera. Chandler is a good defensive anchor, but he is going to under a ton of pressure because of how bad Amare and Melo are on D. Their two best offensive players are super-ball dominant. They have no depth and NO guards. You need guards,s do you not?

Amare and Chandler both have checkered injury histories. They'll start slow. The fans and media will go insane, D'Antoni will be fired. They'll beg Phil Jackson. He'll wisely say "no thanks, that roster is a disaster" and Dolan will hire Isiah. Yeah baby!!!

You chose right, Mo!

Nah, if Mo could have gone to the Knix, he screwed up bad. I think they're going to have a great season. Chandler was the perfect fit for them. And remember, they have Landry Fields at the 2 - a great defender who - as long as he hits open 3's - is a perfect fit. They have a very good 3rd guard in Douglas. They just need an unslefish decent starting PG - and I have a sneaking suspicion they're going to find one.

There are three major parts to this play:

-McGee obliterates Greg Monroe’s attempt at a box out. Piston eyed glasses might point out that McGee seems to be using an arm to pull Monroe outward; while to these eyes it seems more like a cunning chair-pulling play, it’s hard to argue that McGee did a smart thing here. Monroe is not an elite athlete, but he most certainly is an elite defensive rebounder, picking up 24% of all available defensive caroms precisely because he knows where to be and how to prevent his man from getting there first. McGee uses Monroe’s strength against him, sending him toppling while clearing a path to the rim.

-With the ball off the rim but clearly still within the cylinder, McGee waits. This is an incredibly savvy play, one that we’d expect from the Nick Collisons and Shane Battiers of the world, certainly not from He Who Has Made Goaltending An Art. Patience? Awareness? Playing by the rules? Apparently, yes.

-Somehow, McGee is still in the air when the ball finally comes out of the cylinder and within a rebounder’s grasp. Unlike the previous comment, this is a very McGeeian quality. His unique combination of huge, hops and hangtime is what makes this play happen, as well as the reason he was a valid NBA prospect in the first place.

Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:

truwizfan4evr wrote:I don't understand why CCj was upset when we traded Mcgee. I Understand Nene contract but that doesn't matter at this point he still has a few good years left in him. And Mcgee was not going to be a star with wizards he just not a bright kid at all. Regardless of Nene contract we have a good amount of cap space to sign a decent piece to the puzzle. Good deal from wizards. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTvvao1xK7Q

You could be right. Or, it could be I've learned from history.

Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:
What I do is look at the bigger picture. Javale just turned 24. He has played with a MISERABLE organization. Yet, in terms of productivity, he's among league leaders in blocks, field goal percentage, and offensive rebound percentage. (Edited for brevity)

But what has he proven? That he is a low IQ player who can make blooper reels. That he is HORRIBLE at pick and roll defense the way the Wizards played him. He's proven to be a guy who has an alter ego and sense of humor that grates a lot of people. Yet, none of that stops what is in bold print: actual production. Also, what McGee proved was situational. He was with the Wizards under Wittman, who played certain lineups at a time when the team was young and lacking talent. Situations change when a player is traded or new coaching and/or teammates are acquired.

This is what Tyson Chandler had "proven" at age 23-24:

http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CHI/2006.html

In the 2006 playoffs (when Tyson was the age Javale is now) Chandler averaged 1.8 points, 4.5 rebounds and nothing else in 17.3 minutes over 6 games.

Chandler's PER was 12.2

After that, the Bulls traded Tyson Chandler to New Orleans for a proven veteran. PJ Brown (and also, JR Smith)

July 14, 2006: Traded by the Chicago Bulls to the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets for P.J. Brown and J.R. Smith.

MDStar, I bet the Bulls' GM thought like you. The proven commodity, PJ Brown had been in many playoff wars, similar to Nene.

In retrospect, Tyson Chandler for PJ Brown was the very same kind of deal Ernie Grunfeld just did trading Javale McGee for Nene. ONLY, McGee's PER is 19--way higher than Chandler's was. McGee is arguably a better player at the age of 24 than Tyson Chandler was. ALSO, PJ Brown didn't cost nearly as much as Nene.

I don't associate "proven" with "veteran". I prefer to look at advanced metrics.

truwizfan4evr, I was against the Ben Wallace for Ike Austin deal the day it went down. Much like this McGee deal. I was against Rip for Stackhouse--and Jerry is still in the league--the day that deal went down. I knew trading the fifth pick for Foye and Miller was ludicrous. I also felt it was very unwise to resign an injured Gil, and lump Antawn Jamison's contract on to it. Unlike 95% of the folks I was NEVER down with any of those moves. Said so, before they went down. Said draft Faried--the guy who got Nene traded.

What Nene has in a few good years comes with a HEFTY contract.

What Javale has demonstrated at age 23-24 is like Tyson Chandler, he can go somewhere else and totally blow up. (Note: Chandler made $9M that year where he played less than Sweetney in the playoffs, right before he was traded. People foolishly think McGee isn't worth $9M now.)

What emotional fans and a really bad GM show me is the media can make the average fan crucify a player, but they almost always give a coach like Flip or a GM like Ernie a pass when it comes to calling them knuckleheads. I think Grunfeld is an incompetent. I don't like Leonsis as an owner because he allowed this last deal to go down.

I have seen a lot of things go down over the years and I have really strong opinions. I could be wrong, but I doubt it. (Charles Barkley says that a lot.)