verbal8 wrote:hands11 wrote:Nash to LAL ... very interesting.
Should be interesting to see how this affects the Howard and Bynum situation.
I could argue it from either side. He could make Bynum even better.
hands11 wrote:At least he is not traded into our conference. Not to Miami. Not to New York.
I don't think Nash matters too much to the Wizards. I think even the most optimistic think we are a couple years away from being a contender. We need Wall and at least one of Beal or Serpahin to develop into elite players. At that point Nash will probably be retired.
I think playing more often against one of the all time great PGs would help rather than hinder Wall's development.
Sure it matters. What the Wizards need this year is wins so they can get playoff experience. If Nash landed on a Eastern team that was a lower to middle playoff team that makes it harder for the Wizards to sneak in. At this stage of the rebuild, getting these younger players some playoff experience is a key goal. They need to get tested at that level of play because it is totally different then the regular season. Getting Beal that experience in year one would be huge. Kevin has some international experience which helps but he need to taste some NBA playoff experience now.
Wall has plenty of good PGs to go against regardless.
So Miami will be there. So will Boston. After that, I'm not counting any of the other teams that made it last year as solidly in until I see the final rosters. With the Wizards, we mostly know what their roster is. As of today, with Wall stepping up, they are in striking range.
Chicago will not have Rose. Indy lost Hibbert. Atlanta lost Joe Johnson. Orlando is a mess. New York was also a mess last year. Philly was border line and could lose Iggy. Look at MIL's roster and record last year.
The East is far from a establish conference. There is room for the Wizards to step up into the lower to mid playoff picture. But the Wiz are still very young so it is hard to project. But at least their young talent are solid character players that you can project with some confidence what they will do. We aren't talking Nick and McGee projections. We are talking Wall, Beal, Kevin, Booker, Ves. I thrust they will all produce in a solid reliable way more then young players we had in the past.