Their GM is tap dancing on EGs head..toes...etc.Ruzious wrote:Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:Other teams' moves: I'm thoroughly IMPRESSED(!) with the moves Atlanta made this offseason. I like the Hawks talent BETTER than the Wizards.
A picture is worth a thousand words: Three GREAT draft picks
This box score
The Hawks have John Collins, who's very solid. Alex Len, who I'd MUCH RATHER HAVE THAN DWIGHT HOWARD at this point in their respective careers. Taurean Prince lights the Wizards up like it's Christmas tree decoration time. They have competence in their front office and are making way better moves than the Wizards.
Box score is from Game 2 over the Cavaliers (who, like the Wizards are a treadmill team hoping to make the playoffs). TEAM FULL OF YOUNG GUYS (pun intended) wins by over 20. WINNING and doing it the right way. I gave a PICTURE SO THE IDIOTS IN THE WIZARDS FRONT OFFICE WHO DO KNOW ME BY NOW WILL SEE. MAYBE they can see one picture and one box score and figure that I KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT.
GRUNFELD AND BROOKS: Note the stats of non-veterans. Young, 35 and 11. Huerter 9/10/4/2 in limited minutes coming off an injury, in his third game. Spellman (another guy I touted preseason who EG didn't draft IMO because he's a DOOFUS) had 17 points in 25 minutes. As many as Kevin Love in far less minutes. SPELLMAN HAS MADE 5 of his first 7 NBA threes. VERY EVIDENT BEFORE THE DRAFT was the kid had range like a Draymond Green and he played for Villanova, which like Green's Michigan State was a championship program. Huerter's like DONCIC. Good. You thought I'd say white? Irrelevant. Baller who can START at SG already.
The Wizards have no chance moving forward when other teams like the Hawks, Suns, Kings, Nets, and others are smart enough to emulate the Celtics. Draft well. Manage assets in a way that you acquire DEVELOPING, YOUNG, VETERANS who cost less than the bums the Wizards acquire and who are as good already PLUS improving (Len).
Might post 10K times today. This board used to have passionate people. Grunfeld and Dunderhead have extinguished that.
NOTE: I haven't dissed John Wall. Neither he, nor Beal, nor Porter are the problem. This organization lucked the hell out with their lottery picks from 2010, 2012, and 2013. They blew it in 2011 on Vesely, but they had the chance THEN to draft Kawhi, Klay, or Vesely.
TO THIS DAY THE WIZARDS ARE STILL MAKING THE SAME MISTAKES. The picture above is what they COULD HAVE DONE. Too late.
I think Spellman was the under-valued player of those 3, and he's off to a hot shooting start - making 5 of his first 7 3's - though he'll need to hit the boards a bit harder - which I expect he will.
And even Alex Len is shooting 3's - he's tried 4 in their first 3 games. Everyone's shooting 3's!
One GM is the exemplar.
One is the antithesis of proactive in making good roster moves.
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