Official : OKC / Washington

[jayjaysee]

Any chance Presti is genuinely interested in getting a look at Colby Jones? He’s a pretty interesting swing for them based on his predraft profile. Definitely surprised he’d give up on Jones that quickly, feels like they could have given him one more year to try and figure it out before absolutely needing to open up another roster spot

He was already waived

[Saints14]

Any chance Presti is genuinely interested in getting a look at Colby Jones? He’s a pretty interesting swing for them based on his predraft profile. Definitely surprised he’d give up on Jones that quickly, feels like they could have given him one more year to try and figure it out before absolutely needing to open up another roster spot

He was already waived

Oh whoops lol

[chrbal]

Winners
OKC- you have an abundance of draft picks, one second round pick to remove a contract isn’t anything to them

Was- get paid a second round pick to take a look at a young player when you’re in full rebuild is a win regardless of what Jones does

Dillon- get experience with a great franchise, win a championship ring, and then go join a team that wants to at least attempt to develop you while they rebuild is a full win (and even if this ages poorly and he’s traded, still a ring and still probably to a team that at least wants to attempt to develop him).

Ehh idk that I'd call Dillon a winner here. Washington isn't going to be as invested in developing him (he wasn't their first-round pick, after all) and they've got a lot of guards ahead of him in the rotation (Tre, Bub, AJ Johnson for young guys and CJ, Smart as the vets). Sometimes finding a spot in the league is as much about getting the right opportunity as it is having the talent, and Dillon's had a pretty rough go on that front.

He’s 6’5, 240 lbs. I don’t feel like they’d play him at guard much

[gswhoops]

Winners
OKC- you have an abundance of draft picks, one second round pick to remove a contract isn’t anything to them

Was- get paid a second round pick to take a look at a young player when you’re in full rebuild is a win regardless of what Jones does

Dillon- get experience with a great franchise, win a championship ring, and then go join a team that wants to at least attempt to develop you while they rebuild is a full win (and even if this ages poorly and he’s traded, still a ring and still probably to a team that at least wants to attempt to develop him).

Ehh idk that I'd call Dillon a winner here. Washington isn't going to be as invested in developing him (he wasn't their first-round pick, after all) and they've got a lot of guards ahead of him in the rotation (Tre, Bub, AJ Johnson for young guys and CJ, Smart as the vets). Sometimes finding a spot in the league is as much about getting the right opportunity as it is having the talent, and Dillon's had a pretty rough go on that front.

He’s 6’5, 240 lbs. I don’t feel like they’d play him at guard much

Oh yeah fair enough - for some reason I thought he was a combo guard type.

[penbeast0]

Thought the Wiz had given up a 2nd for him, couldn't see why. And at a position where we are overloaded. Getting paid a 2nd to take him, fine.

Yeah, if this trade never happened, Washington would have almost surely retained Colby Jones anyhow. So this trade doesn't even cost the Wizards a roster spot or very much cap room. If one views Dillon Jones as roughly equivalent to Colby Jones as a prospect, then this trade is basically a free SRP to Washington.

Well a second for a bit of cap room if Dillon Jones is the player he showed in OKC last year. Remember, they gave up on him quickly but, on the other hand, they are in a roster crunch.

[chrbal]

Ehh idk that I'd call Dillon a winner here. Washington isn't going to be as invested in developing him (he wasn't their first-round pick, after all) and they've got a lot of guards ahead of him in the rotation (Tre, Bub, AJ Johnson for young guys and CJ, Smart as the vets). Sometimes finding a spot in the league is as much about getting the right opportunity as it is having the talent, and Dillon's had a pretty rough go on that front.

He’s 6’5, 240 lbs. I don’t feel like they’d play him at guard much

Oh yeah fair enough - for some reason I thought he was a combo guard type.

I literally only knew he had a Dort type build, the Wizards technically drafted him, and that he got sent to the Wizards with an asset. I kind of googled the rest.

Missed this part, I feel like he wins because he’s going to a team that actually (very mildly) wanted to acquire him.