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payitforward wrote:dorianwrite wrote:...I would like to officially inaugurate The Jay Huff Bandwagon for the 2023-24 Wizards season....
Sure, & here is the Winger/Dawkins thought process on the subject:
"Why not? He doesn't cost us any draft capital, & if he plays well we can trade him for a R2 pick."
tleikheen wrote:... Wiz are going to take a deep dive in the standings next yr and stay there for a lot of yrs and there's no guarantee when and if they get better ....
tleikheen wrote:...KP and the Celtics and Beal and the Suns ,Rui and the Lakers ,Kuz and the ? Kings?,rise to the top in the Western Conf and Eastern Conf races....
dorianwrite wrote:payitforward wrote:dorianwrite wrote:...I would like to officially inaugurate The Jay Huff Bandwagon for the 2023-24 Wizards season....
Sure, & here is the Winger/Dawkins thought process on the subject:
"Why not? He doesn't cost us any draft capital, & if he plays well we can trade him for a R2 pick."
The Jay Huff Bandwagon rolls right over your party-pooping ways.
Maybe Jones likes him too? I'm hoping we can bring him in. I wanted him so bad. And if he's the drizzling **** so be it.payitforward wrote:gambitx777 wrote:Kennedy Chandler. Would be a big target of mine in the off season. Don't know what happened in Memphis but I loved him in the draft!
Absolutely! Add me to the list!
Given the current project, I'd rather have him than any one of the current 3 PGs.
Washington Wizards
Offseason transactions: Jordan Poole (trade), Tyus Jones (trade), Danilo Gallinari (trade), Mike Muscala (trade), Patrick Baldwin Jr. (trade), Ryan Rollins (trade), Landry Shamet (trade), Bilal Coulibaly (draft) and Tristan Vukcevic (draft)
Who to watch: Michael Winger
At his introductory news conference new team president Michael Winger gave a preview of what the offseason could look like.
"Full authority to reset the team, if that's what we decide to do,'' Winger said. "We just haven't sat down and figured it out yet.''
Five transactions later, Winger and his front office have indeed reset the roster, but the front office still has work to do this offseason.
It starts with the free agency of Kyle Kuzma and determining if the forward fits with the retooling of the roster. If not, is there a sign-and-trade opportunity that would gain the Wizards draft compensation?
Next is a guard-heavy roster that features Poole, Jones, Coulibaly, Shamet, Monte Morris, Delon Wright and Corey Kispert. It is hard to see the Wizards starting training camp with all seven players on the roster.
What else to watch:
Balancing the roster: 16 players under contract
Available exceptions: $12.4 million midlevel, $4.5 million biannual, trade ($12.4 million, $5.4 million , $2.7 million, $1.6 million) and veteran minimum
Below the luxury tax: $43 million
Key dates:
Oct. 23: The deadline to extend the contract of Deni Avdija
Oct. 23: The last day to exercise the third-year team option for Johnny Davis and fourth-year team option for Kispert
Projected Depth Chart
PG SG SF PF C
T. Jones J. Poole D. Avdija D. Gallinari D. Gafford
M. Morris B. Coulibaly C. Kispert A. Gill M. Muscala
D. Wright L. Shamet J. Davis P. Baldwin
R. Rollins X. Cooks
Q. Jackson2
Other: Tristan Vukcevic (C/PF)
2: Two-Way
Players under contract: 16
Two-way players: 1
Team needs:
Frontcourt depth
Extension eligible: Kuzma (through June 30 and next season if player option is exercised), Morris and Avdija (rookie)
Free agent status:
Taj Gibson | Non-Bird
Kyle Kuzma | Player | Bird
Kendrick Nunn | Early Bird
Jay Huff | Restricted | Non-Bird
Bird rights explainer
Bird rights
A team can exceed the cap to sign a free agent who has played three consecutive seasons with his current team. Bird rights transfer to a new team in a trade.
Early Bird rights
Teams can exceed the cap to sign a player who has spent two consecutive seasons with a team (without being waived, carries over in a trade), but they are restricted to 175% of his previous salary or 105% of the average player salary. A team can exceed either limit with available cap space. A contract signed using the early Bird exception must be for a minimum of two years, not including options. It cannot exceed four years.
Non-Bird rights
A free agent who has played one season with a team can sign for 120% of his previous contract or 120% of the minimum salary exception. Teams can exceed either limit but only with cap space or an exception.
Restricted free agent
A free agent either coming off his first-round rookie contract or who has signed a three-year contract and has three or fewer years of service can be given a qualifying offer, making him a restricted free agent. In that case, his current team would have the right to match any offer. If the player is coming off a one-year or two-year deal, the maximum salary in the first year on an offer sheet from another team cannot exceed the full midlevel.
NOTE: A first-round pick who had his third-year or fourth-year option in his rookie-scale contract declined cannot be extended a qualifying offer and becomes an unrestricted free agent. His current team is limited to offering a contract with a first-year salary worth up to the value of the declined option.
80sballboy wrote:ESPN+ Off-season look at your WW
https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/insider/story/_/id/37919086/nba-free-agency-2023-priorities-needs-all-30-teamsWashington Wizards
Offseason transactions: Jordan Poole (trade), Tyus Jones (trade), Danilo Gallinari (trade), Mike Muscala (trade), Patrick Baldwin Jr. (trade), Ryan Rollins (trade), Landry Shamet (trade), Bilal Coulibaly (draft) and Tristan Vukcevic (draft)
Who to watch: Michael Winger
At his introductory news conference new team president Michael Winger gave a preview of what the offseason could look like.
"Full authority to reset the team, if that's what we decide to do,'' Winger said. "We just haven't sat down and figured it out yet.''
Five transactions later, Winger and his front office have indeed reset the roster, but the front office still has work to do this offseason.
It starts with the free agency of Kyle Kuzma and determining if the forward fits with the retooling of the roster. If not, is there a sign-and-trade opportunity that would gain the Wizards draft compensation?
Next is a guard-heavy roster that features Poole, Jones, Coulibaly, Shamet, Monte Morris, Delon Wright and Corey Kispert. It is hard to see the Wizards starting training camp with all seven players on the roster.
What else to watch:
Balancing the roster: 16 players under contract
Available exceptions: $12.4 million midlevel, $4.5 million biannual, trade ($12.4 million, $5.4 million , $2.7 million, $1.6 million) and veteran minimum
Below the luxury tax: $43 million
Key dates:
Oct. 23: The deadline to extend the contract of Deni Avdija
Oct. 23: The last day to exercise the third-year team option for Johnny Davis and fourth-year team option for Kispert
Projected Depth Chart
PG SG SF PF C
T. Jones J. Poole D. Avdija D. Gallinari D. Gafford
M. Morris B. Coulibaly C. Kispert A. Gill M. Muscala
D. Wright L. Shamet J. Davis P. Baldwin
R. Rollins X. Cooks
Q. Jackson2
Other: Tristan Vukcevic (C/PF)
2: Two-Way
Players under contract: 16
Two-way players: 1
Team needs:
Frontcourt depth
Extension eligible: Kuzma (through June 30 and next season if player option is exercised), Morris and Avdija (rookie)
Free agent status:
Taj Gibson | Non-Bird
Kyle Kuzma | Player | Bird
Kendrick Nunn | Early Bird
Jay Huff | Restricted | Non-Bird
Bird rights explainer
Bird rights
A team can exceed the cap to sign a free agent who has played three consecutive seasons with his current team. Bird rights transfer to a new team in a trade.
Early Bird rights
Teams can exceed the cap to sign a player who has spent two consecutive seasons with a team (without being waived, carries over in a trade), but they are restricted to 175% of his previous salary or 105% of the average player salary. A team can exceed either limit with available cap space. A contract signed using the early Bird exception must be for a minimum of two years, not including options. It cannot exceed four years.
Non-Bird rights
A free agent who has played one season with a team can sign for 120% of his previous contract or 120% of the minimum salary exception. Teams can exceed either limit but only with cap space or an exception.
Restricted free agent
A free agent either coming off his first-round rookie contract or who has signed a three-year contract and has three or fewer years of service can be given a qualifying offer, making him a restricted free agent. In that case, his current team would have the right to match any offer. If the player is coming off a one-year or two-year deal, the maximum salary in the first year on an offer sheet from another team cannot exceed the full midlevel.
NOTE: A first-round pick who had his third-year or fourth-year option in his rookie-scale contract declined cannot be extended a qualifying offer and becomes an unrestricted free agent. His current team is limited to offering a contract with a first-year salary worth up to the value of the declined option.
Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:80sballboy wrote:ESPN+ Off-season look at your WW
https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/insider/story/_/id/37919086/nba-free-agency-2023-priorities-needs-all-30-teamsWashington Wizards
Offseason transactions: Jordan Poole (trade), Tyus Jones (trade), Danilo Gallinari (trade), Mike Muscala (trade), Patrick Baldwin Jr. (trade), Ryan Rollins (trade), Landry Shamet (trade), Bilal Coulibaly (draft) and Tristan Vukcevic (draft)
Who to watch: Michael Winger
At his introductory news conference new team president Michael Winger gave a preview of what the offseason could look like.
"Full authority to reset the team, if that's what we decide to do,'' Winger said. "We just haven't sat down and figured it out yet.''
Five transactions later, Winger and his front office have indeed reset the roster, but the front office still has work to do this offseason.
It starts with the free agency of Kyle Kuzma and determining if the forward fits with the retooling of the roster. If not, is there a sign-and-trade opportunity that would gain the Wizards draft compensation?
Next is a guard-heavy roster that features Poole, Jones, Coulibaly, Shamet, Monte Morris, Delon Wright and Corey Kispert. It is hard to see the Wizards starting training camp with all seven players on the roster.
What else to watch:
Balancing the roster: 16 players under contract
Available exceptions: $12.4 million midlevel, $4.5 million biannual, trade ($12.4 million, $5.4 million , $2.7 million, $1.6 million) and veteran minimum
Below the luxury tax: $43 million
Key dates:
Oct. 23: The deadline to extend the contract of Deni Avdija
Oct. 23: The last day to exercise the third-year team option for Johnny Davis and fourth-year team option for Kispert
Projected Depth Chart
PG SG SF PF C
T. Jones J. Poole D. Avdija D. Gallinari D. Gafford
M. Morris B. Coulibaly C. Kispert A. Gill M. Muscala
D. Wright L. Shamet J. Davis P. Baldwin
R. Rollins X. Cooks
Q. Jackson2
Other: Tristan Vukcevic (C/PF)
2: Two-Way
Players under contract: 16
Two-way players: 1
Team needs:
Frontcourt depth
Extension eligible: Kuzma (through June 30 and next season if player option is exercised), Morris and Avdija (rookie)
Free agent status:
Taj Gibson | Non-Bird
Kyle Kuzma | Player | Bird
Kendrick Nunn | Early Bird
Jay Huff | Restricted | Non-Bird
Bird rights explainer
Bird rights
A team can exceed the cap to sign a free agent who has played three consecutive seasons with his current team. Bird rights transfer to a new team in a trade.
Early Bird rights
Teams can exceed the cap to sign a player who has spent two consecutive seasons with a team (without being waived, carries over in a trade), but they are restricted to 175% of his previous salary or 105% of the average player salary. A team can exceed either limit with available cap space. A contract signed using the early Bird exception must be for a minimum of two years, not including options. It cannot exceed four years.
Non-Bird rights
A free agent who has played one season with a team can sign for 120% of his previous contract or 120% of the minimum salary exception. Teams can exceed either limit but only with cap space or an exception.
Restricted free agent
A free agent either coming off his first-round rookie contract or who has signed a three-year contract and has three or fewer years of service can be given a qualifying offer, making him a restricted free agent. In that case, his current team would have the right to match any offer. If the player is coming off a one-year or two-year deal, the maximum salary in the first year on an offer sheet from another team cannot exceed the full midlevel.
NOTE: A first-round pick who had his third-year or fourth-year option in his rookie-scale contract declined cannot be extended a qualifying offer and becomes an unrestricted free agent. His current team is limited to offering a contract with a first-year salary worth up to the value of the declined option.
Johnny Davis?
SUPERBALLMAN wrote:Here is my Free Agent target for the Wizards...
Moussa Diabate
RFA (Clippers)
Moussa Diabaté is a French professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association, on a two-way contract with the Ontario Clippers of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines. Diabaté was a consensus five-star recruit and one of the top centers in the 2021 class. - Wikipedia
Position: Center ▪ Shoots: Right
6-11, 210lb (211cm, 95kg)
Born: January 21, 2002 (Age: 21-158d) in Paris, France fr
College: Michigan
High Schools: Florida Preparatory Academy in Melbourne, Florida, DME Academy in Daytona Beach, Florida, IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida
Recruiting Rank: 2021 (11)
Draft: Los Angeles Clippers, 2nd round (13th pick, 43rd overall), 2022 NBA Draft
https://gleague.nba.com/player/1631217/moussa-diabate
Some random troll wrote:Not to sound negative, but this team is owned by an arrogant cheapskate, managed by a moron and coached by an idiot. Recipe for disaster.
TGW wrote:Mo Bamba is a FA. Maybe take a flier on him. He’s still pretty young.
payitforward wrote:TGW wrote:Mo Bamba is a FA. Maybe take a flier on him. He’s still pretty young.
I absolutely loved Bamba out of college. Thought he had a shot to be a star. But, if you don't show in 5 years... I don't think so.
pcbothwel wrote:payitforward wrote:TGW wrote:Mo Bamba is a FA. Maybe take a flier on him. He’s still pretty young.
I absolutely loved Bamba out of college. Thought he had a shot to be a star. But, if you don't show in 5 years... I don't think so.
I dont see Bamba as an upgrade over Huff TBH.
I'd love to see us sign Huff & Queta as our backup big rotation, knowing that Gafford will play ~25 MPG.
