Re: Shams: Wizards trade Howard to Memphis for CJ Miles
Posted: Sat Jul 6, 2019 8:43 am
He's still a capable 3 point shooter he be fine.
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80sballboy wrote:If they really wanted RHJ then they should have just waived Howard. Shep obviously didn't want him. And let's face it. If Brown is (hopefully) the future at the 3, then Miles is not a bad guy to mentor him. They aren't adding another young wing who may take his minutes.
queridiculo wrote:Perhaps if Miles come in and manages to get his shooting back on track he might net Washington another 2nd rounder at the deadline, but aside from that unrealistic scenario I'm having a really hard time understanding why the Wizards ate those $3 million when they stood a chance to save themselves some money negotiating a buy out with Howard of sorts.
truwizfan4evr wrote:Not sure why people complaining about these moves and how bad our roster looks. Has everyone forgotten that we're tanking? So who cares how bad we look.
nate33 wrote:truwizfan4evr wrote:Not sure why people complaining about these moves and how bad our roster looks. Has everyone forgotten that we're tanking? So who cares how bad we look.
That's exactly my point in complaining. If we don't care about how the roster looks, why sacrifice $3.1M to turn Howard into Miles? Why not just cut Howard? It saves $3.1M, and if someone signs Howard for the vet minimum, we save another $2.1M
Dark Faze wrote:FAH1223 wrote:Miles was awful with Toronto last year. He was replacement level with Memphis.
(According to PPA)
Dwight was solid to me via the eye test and at least average via PPA as well.
I don't see how this move makes us better. Handing Dwight's minutes over to Mahinmi is a big loss.
closg00 wrote:
Anyone else cringe when they read this? "wanting someone for years" is channeling Ernie
Dat2U wrote:closg00 wrote:
Anyone else cringe when they read this? "wanting someone for years" is channeling Ernie
Yes. This is the same group of guys, just Ernie is not around. Shepp just seems to be a youthful Ernie who's plugged in and ready to work. This group, Ernie included had wanted C.J. Miles for years, Eric Maynor for years, Austin Rivers for years, Dwight Howard for years, Isaiah Thomas & Ish Smith for years, etc etc...
Dat2U wrote:nate33 wrote:Miles is a 14-year vet whose production declined significantly 2 years ago and then fell off a cliff last year. He's done as a useful NBA player.
As far as on-the-court contribution, this trade is kinda meaningless. We traded an overpaid big man who can no longer play for an overpaid swing man who can no longer play.
We made this trade for off-the-court reasons. We wanted Howard out of the locker room and Miles in it. I can't say whether Miles' "leadership" and the absence of Howard's is worth the $3.1M in extra salary. I'm not in a position to know.
But typically, teams pay to get $3.1M off of their cap. They either pay cash or a 2nd round pick. It's kind of disappointing that we absorbed that $3.1M differential and got nothing for it. Just a few months ago, didn't we pay a 2nd round pick to turn Morris' $8.6M contract into Wesley Johnson's $6.1M deal?
I'm starting to wonder about Sheppard. At first, he looked great - trying to squeeze value out of every asset we had. Now, he's just giving away value.
He was going to trade Howard for any expiring he can get. He probably didn't have any better options.
They would have been better off just releasing Howard but that may not have been an option under Ted.
payitforward wrote:Dat2U wrote:nate33 wrote:Miles is a 14-year vet whose production declined significantly 2 years ago and then fell off a cliff last year. He's done as a useful NBA player.
As far as on-the-court contribution, this trade is kinda meaningless. We traded an overpaid big man who can no longer play for an overpaid swing man who can no longer play.
We made this trade for off-the-court reasons. We wanted Howard out of the locker room and Miles in it. I can't say whether Miles' "leadership" and the absence of Howard's is worth the $3.1M in extra salary. I'm not in a position to know.
But typically, teams pay to get $3.1M off of their cap. They either pay cash or a 2nd round pick. It's kind of disappointing that we absorbed that $3.1M differential and got nothing for it. Just a few months ago, didn't we pay a 2nd round pick to turn Morris' $8.6M contract into Wesley Johnson's $6.1M deal?
I'm starting to wonder about Sheppard. At first, he looked great - trying to squeeze value out of every asset we had. Now, he's just giving away value.
He was going to trade Howard for any expiring he can get. He probably didn't have any better options.
They would have been better off just releasing Howard but that may not have been an option under Ted.
Lets not expect Tommy Sheppard to produce miracles! We were going to get nothing for Dwight Howard. In fact, given that it's been common knowledge that we didn't intend to open the season with Dwight on the roster, I'm sure Tommy talked to every GM about getting something for him.
Suppose we'd just done nothing. Kept Howard & simply made it clear that it was just an unavoidable cost of one of Ernie's mistakes. You do have to pay for every mistake you make. No exceptions. No one would blame Tommy -- we'd place the blame on Ernie, where it belongs. & if we'd simply cut him & eaten the salary, the response would have been the same. No blame on Tommy; all the responsibility remains where it should -- on the head of Ernie Grunfeld.
Instead, in effect, we got Miles for the $3.1m salary delta. Miles wasn't worth his $8.7m salary, but he might be worth $3.1m. & if he plays as well as he did for Indiana in 2017-18 he'll be a huge bargain at that price.
In short, Ernie is still responsible for the bad part of this deal -- the sunk cost of Dwight. Tommy made a move to recoup some of that sunk cost.
Now, nate... I love the idea of getting a R2 pick back along w/ Miles. But, R2 picks seem to sell for @ $3m these days. That deal would have been equivalent to paying Memphis $3m for a R2 pick, & then getting Miles straight up for Howard with Memphis sending $3m in cash to pay the salary delta. If you or I were the Memphis GM, neither of us would do that deal!
Put another way, we could have eaten Dwight's contract & signed a wing for $3.1m. The result would be equivalent to the move we did make.
But... where do we find that $3.1m wing. If we trade something for him, then by definition the deal is worse than the one we made. If we sign him as an unrestricted FA, it's the equivalent of this deal. I can't name a UFA wing better than Miles who is available for $3m/1 year; am I missing someone?
WallToWall wrote:As a trade asset Miles > Howard. As the season goes, Howard will be back on injured reserve and worthless to us. Miles, on the other hand, has a better chance of being healthy, and could become part of a trade asset. Additionally, if he isn't traded, then he will be able to provide spot minutes in a position of need.
I dont think Shep is done with offseasons moves yet. I will wait to judge, but overall it is a positive step.
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closg00 wrote:
Anyone else cringe when they read this? "wanting someone for years" is channeling Ernie
Dat2U wrote:G I. Smith ... I. Thomas ... Ju. Robinson .. J. Wall
G B. Beal ... J. McRae ... T. Phillip
F T. Brown Jr ... C.J. Miles ... Je. Jones ... I. Bonga
F R. Hachimura ... A. Schofield
C T. Bryant ... M. Wagner ... I. Mahinmi
I assume they'll add at least another PF.
But this roster looks non-competitive to me.
The PG situation is a total mess. Arguably worst in the league. We got an NDBL roster on the bench. Hachimura probably isn't ready for starter minutes at PF. Wagner is toast at backup C.