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payitforward wrote:

mariller wrote:I wonder if it's time to revisit OPJ trade. Also so many claims here that he was the Wizards's best player.

Really seems like his body has betrayed him. A sad thing.

What's your point?

mariller wrote:His body betrayed him a loooong time ago, it was clear for 3+ seasons, still many thought that trading his negative value contract for expiring deals was a bad move. Thought maybe some posters would like to eat some tasty crow.

There were some very feisty battles here.

leswizards wrote:https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2861595-trevor-booker-reflects-on-unprofessional-wizards-just-glad-i-got-out-alive

If someone has posted this already, I am sorry for the duplication. If not, Trevor Booker is enlightening us on the unprofessional atmosphere that eg allowed to occur. Some of the stuff is old news (ie **** in the shoe), but some of it is news (to me, at least).

payitforward wrote:

gambitx777 wrote:House Jr is someone I really wish we still had around.

Kudos to Danuel House -- I thought he had no chance whatever, but I was quite wrong. He has turned himself into a valuable NBA journeyman. Good for him!

TheBabyMaker wrote:While we are bumping threads. What is our boy Otto up to these days.What the fanboys have to say?

closg00 wrote:Kelly is having a great season despite the Suns being mediocre

nate33 wrote:

closg00 wrote:Kelly is having a great season despite the Suns being mediocre

He's pretty much playing exactly the same as he did for us except he has the green light to shoot a bit more. His points per minute are therefore up a bit, but so are his turnovers. The one notable improvement is that he is shooting 35% from 3-point range. He shot just 31% for us in his final year here (after shooting 34% the year before).

It's a shame we didn't keep him. If EG was competent, he would have traded Porter for more cap relief instead of for Parker and Portis. That would have generated sufficient breathing room to keep Oubre through the season. This year, we could have generated enough luxtax room to retain Oubre if we bought out Howard (rather than trading for Miles) and refrained from signing Ish. It would have left the team without much PG play, but it would probably be best for the development of Troy Brown to thrust him into that role. Also, without using the MLE on Smith, maybe we could have acquired T.J. McConnell for the $3.5M that Indy paid instead of acquiring IT.

Our roster this year could have been:

PG Brown/McConnell/Payton
SG Beal/McRae/Mathews
SF Oubre/Brown/Schofield
PF Hachimura/Bertans
C Bryant/Wagner/Mahinmi

That's an infinitely better defense - particularly if Mahinmi plays center. And don't get me started on how things would look if we drafted Brandon Clarke instead of Hachimura. It would be a damn good team other than a play-making hole at PG. And we just happen to have an elite playmaking PG waiting to make his return.

nate33 wrote:

closg00 wrote:Kelly is having a great season despite the Suns being mediocre

He's pretty much playing exactly the same as he did for us except he has the green light to shoot a bit more. His points per minute are therefore up a bit, but so are his turnovers. The one notable improvement is that he is shooting 35% from 3-point range. He shot just 31% for us in his final year here (after shooting 34% the year before).

It's a shame we didn't keep him. If EG was competent, he would have traded Porter for more cap relief instead of for Parker and Portis. That would have generated sufficient breathing room to keep Oubre through the season. This year, we could have generated enough luxtax room to retain Oubre if we bought out Howard (rather than trading for Miles) and refrained from signing Ish. It would have left the team without much PG play, but it would probably be best for the development of Troy Brown to thrust him into that role. Also, without using the MLE on Smith, maybe we could have acquired T.J. McConnell for the $3.5M that Indy paid instead of acquiring IT.

Our roster this year could have been:

PG Brown/McConnell/Payton
SG Beal/McRae/Mathews
SF Oubre/Brown/Schofield
PF Hachimura/Bertans
C Bryant/Wagner/Mahinmi

That's an infinitely better defense - particularly if Mahinmi plays center. And don't get me started on how things would look if we drafted Brandon Clarke instead of Hachimura. It would be a damn good team other than a play-making hole at PG. And we just happen to have an elite playmaking PG waiting to make his return.

Jerry Stackhouse Says He Wishes He Never Played With Wizards, Michael Jordan

montestewart wrote:Report: Calvin Booth promoted to General Manager

GM of the Nuggets! Good on Booth!

Fun fact: Booth shot .500 from the three while a Wizard. I still remember him making both those shots.