Who Should Be the Next GM??

[gambitx777]

Wow…so this will be in addition to hiring the new GM. It appears Turd is opening his wallet!

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Looks like Ted is doing the same thing he eventually did with the capitals. Hiring and letting go.

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[Jay81]

It’s will Dawkins

[Frichuela]

It’s will Dawkins

Looks like it Jay81! Good hire IMO.

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[NatP4]

Let’s gooooooooooo

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Wiz news coming out and it's all happy stuff. Now just draft whoever the Thunder were going to draft!

Leonsis did good this time. You've earned an hour of yard time, Terd. Don't mess this up. If this crew wants to trade your buddy Beal, let it happen.

[badinage]

That sonic boom you heard? It’s the Wizards front office. HOT DAMN!!!!!!!!!!

[TGW]

Finally, we got adults in the room. Doesn’t guarantee success, but at least Leonsis is removing himself from decision making completely, which is a great thing because he doesn’t know shxt about basketball.

[80sballboy]

Ted must have had a lobotomy or a re-awakening. Good for him. Now, the only question is who will make the final decision on the draft picks. It sounds like Winger on the deals and the fiscal stuff and that Dawkins is the main guy to select players over Schlenk.

[TGW]

Ted must have had a lobotomy or a re-awakening. Good for him. Now, the only question is who will make the final decision on the draft picks. It sounds like Winger on the deals and the fiscal stuff and that Dawkins is the main guy to select players over Schlenk.

Winger was handling legal and administrative in his previous stops. I don’t really see him being involved too much with personnel.

[Wizardspride]

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[80sballboy]

Ted must have had a lobotomy or a re-awakening. Good for him. Now, the only question is who will make the final decision on the draft picks. It sounds like Winger on the deals and the fiscal stuff and that Dawkins is the main guy to select players over Schlenk.

Winger was handling legal and administrative in his previous stops. I don’t really see him being involved too much with personnel.

I heard he had control over everything so if they were going to trade Beal or do something drastic, I'm sure it goes through him first.

And all that stuff about Winger being very aggressive in the offseason? I can't imagine he's just lawyering up and calculating things.

[80sballboy]

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[Halcyon]

The most optimism I've had since we won the #1 pick.

[PaulinVA]

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[WallToWall]

We have reason to be optimistic!!!

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Wiz news coming out and it's all happy stuff. Now just draft whoever the Thunder were going to draft!

Leonsis did good this time. You've earned an hour of yard time, Terd. Don't mess this up. If this crew wants to trade your buddy Beal, let it happen.

Winger and Dawkins were part of the OKC team that traded Russ one year into his supermax deal. Handled it delicately. And pivoted to the strategy of hoarding all draft picks. Players say OKC is a class organization. All looks good to me.

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Ted must have had a lobotomy or a re-awakening. Good for him. Now, the only question is who will make the final decision on the draft picks. It sounds like Winger on the deals and the fiscal stuff and that Dawkins is the main guy to select players over Schlenk.

Winger was handling legal and administrative in his previous stops. I don’t really see him being involved too much with personnel.

He was involved in personnel in the sense of being a driver of deals -- but seemingly not in the sense of talent decisions.

As to Dawkins making the draft decisions... IMO, OKC has been up & down in the draft over the last 5 years

2018: up -- with the #11 pick they took SGA, one of the best guards in the league, then got Diallo from Charlotte in R2 (in return for a late R2 pick i 2019).

2019: I didn't like this draft much for the Thunder. They had the #21 pick & traded it to Memphis, who picked Brandon Clarke, in return for the #23, with which they took Darius Bazley, plus & a R2 pick in 2024. They did sign Luguentz Dort undrafted.

2020: OKC took Immanuel Quickley at 25. They had the #28 from the Lakers. They traded both picks to get 17, which they used on Pokusevski -- a swing for the fences! I would have rather seen them keep the picks & draft Quickley & either Desmond Bane or Xavier Tillman.

2021: OKC had an excellent draft! At 6 they nabbed Josh Giddy. They traded the #16 pick to Houston for 2 future R1 picks (1 of them being the protected pick we'd sent to Houston in the Wall trade), then at 18 they picked Tre Mann. So far, he hasn't worked out. They traded #s 34 & 36 to the Knicks for #32 & took Jeremiah Robinson-Earl. So far not all that great except for Giddy. But, then, at 55 they took Aaron Wiggins, who has turned to be a terrific player.

In 2022, of course, we know they took Jalen Williams with #12 -- an outstanding move! Then, just to confuse everybody, they took Jaylin Williams at 34.

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As to Dawkins making the draft decisions... IMO, OKC has been up & down in the draft over the last 5 years

2018: up -- with the #11 pick they took SGA, one of the best guards in the league, then got Diallo from Charlotte in R2 (in return for a late R2 pick i 2019)

IIRC they got SGA from the Clippers in the Paul George deal. Still a smart trade though.

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What's the structure between Schlenk & Dawkins, I wonder?

I.e. if Schlenk is Senior VP of Player Personnel, while Dawkins is expected "to focus his attention specifically on the Wizards’ roster

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[doclinkin]

What's the structure between Schlenk & Dawkins, I wonder?

I.e. if Schlenk is Senior VP of Player Personnel, while Dawkins is charged with rebuilding the Wizards roster....

Schlenk is in charge of scouting and evaluations. College, pro, and international. Player assessment.