Kevin Seraphin

Loney T · Post #41 » by **Loney T** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 7:08 am

yungal07 wrote:Get him here. Start him out in the d-league.

It will be better for him to play for a good team europe for a few years than to play in the d-league

willbcocks · Post #42 » by **willbcocks** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 7:18 am

We're going to be filling out our roster with undrafted and d league players. I say get him over hear now and let him play.

likwitdesi · Post #43 » by **likwitdesi** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 7:28 am

I'm not sure he will get a lot of playing time here off the bat though. He'd be stuck behind Blatche, McGee, and Booker at the minimum unless he can get the backup center minutes.

closg00 · Post #44 » by **closg00** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 10:40 am

likwitdesi wrote:I'm not sure he will get a lot of playing time here off the bat though. He'd be stuck behind Blatche, McGee, and Booker at the minimum unless he can get the backup center minutes.

I imagine we'll play him as an undersized C next to Blatche.

Induveca · Post #45 » by **Induveca** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 11:09 am

News straight from France, Seraphin WILL NOT be going to the NBA this year. Watched FR1 TV this morning, couldn't understand it all but in the news it said 2 to 3 years and he would be staying on in Europe, possibly with his original team or moving on to Barcelona or a larger Euro squad before jumping to the NBA.

Post #46 » by **Ruzious** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 11:57 am

Induveca wrote:News straight from France, Seraphin WILL NOT be going to the NBA this year. Watched FR1 TV this morning, couldn't understand it all but in the news it said 2 to 3 years and he would be staying on in Europe, possibly with his original team or moving on to Barcelona or a larger Euro squad before jumping to the NBA.

News straight from Wilbon - he's playing here in DC this coming season.

Soup's Uncle · Post #47 » by **Soup's Uncle** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 12:58 pm

Ruzious wrote:
Induveca wrote:News straight from France, Seraphin WILL NOT be going to the NBA this year. Watched FR1 TV this morning, couldn't understand it all but in the news it said 2 to 3 years and he would be staying on in Europe, possibly with his original team or moving on to Barcelona or a larger Euro squad before jumping to the NBA.

News straight from Wilbon - he's playing here in DC this coming season.

Yeah I heard he was coming here to play. Sounds good to me. Can he be any worse than McGee? I'm kidding of course....or maybe I'm not.

closg00 · Post #48 » by **closg00** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 1:09 pm

Induveca wrote:News straight from France, Seraphin WILL NOT be going to the NBA this year. Watched FR1 TV this morning, couldn't understand it all but in the news it said 2 to 3 years and he would be staying on in Europe, possibly with his original team or moving on to Barcelona or a larger Euro squad before jumping to the NBA.

I will take this report over anything Woebon has to say until I read otherwise.

Hoopalotta · Post #49 » by **Hoopalotta** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 2:35 pm

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/wizard ... zards.html

Mike Lee

During the interview with reporters, Seriphan was wearing a Bulls cap, but talking about how excited he was to be in Washington. And from what I hear, he really, really wanted to play for the Wizards. Tommy Sheppard and Milt Newton went to see Seriphan in Treviso, Italy a few weeks ago and came away impressed. Seriphan came away thinking that the Wizards really wanted him.

Unable to workout because of a minor knee injury, he visited five teams in six days last week, including Washington, Oklahoma City and Cleveland (which I heard was looking to get the 20th pick in order to take him). But I heard that when he visited Washington, Seriphan told Grunfeld, "You have to take me! You have to take me." From witnesses in the room, Grunfeld apparently smiled and told him he might be able to work something out.

Seriously, I bet OKC was going to grab him. They traded up to 18th and then dumped the pick to the Clippers. If they needed anything, it was another big and they already did well with Ibaka (you know they didn't need a guard or a wing).

closg00 · Post #50 » by **closg00** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 3:01 pm

Hoopalotta wrote:http://voices.washingtonpost.com/wizardsinsider/2010/06/wild-night-for-wall-wizards.html

Mike Lee

During the interview with reporters, Seriphan was wearing a Bulls cap, but talking about how excited he was to be in Washington. And from what I hear, he really, really wanted to play for the Wizards. Tommy Sheppard and Milt Newton went to see Seriphan in Treviso, Italy a few weeks ago and came away impressed. Seriphan came away thinking that the Wizards really wanted him.

Unable to workout because of a minor knee injury, he visited five teams in six days last week, including Washington, Oklahoma City and Cleveland (which I heard was looking to get the 20th pick in order to take him). But I heard that when he visited Washington, Seriphan told Grunfeld, "You have to take me! You have to take me." From witnesses in the room, Grunfeld apparently smiled and told him he might be able to work something out.

Seriously, I bet OKC was going to grab him. They traded up to 18th and then dumped the pick to the Clippers. If they needed anything, it was another big and they already did well with Ibaka (you know they didn't need a guard or a wing).

An interesting item from the Lee piece, Seriphan doesn't really speak English, he had to have a translator. We will have to hire a translator, this should make the work-outs and coaching interesting.

verbal8 · Post #51 » by **verbal8** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 3:38 pm

closg00 wrote:An interesting item from the Lee piece, Seriphan doesn't really speak English, he had to have a translator. We will have to hire a translator, this should make the work-outs and coaching interesting.

I don't think Ovechkin(sp?) spoke much English when he started with the Caps. Maybe the Wizards should pry Peitrus from the Magic to serve as translator

Post #52 » by **nate33** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 3:41 pm

Hoopalotta wrote:http://voices.washingtonpost.com/wizardsinsider/2010/06/wild-night-for-wall-wizards.html

Mike Lee

During the interview with reporters, Seriphan was wearing a Bulls cap, but talking about how excited he was to be in Washington. And from what I hear, he really, really wanted to play for the Wizards. Tommy Sheppard and Milt Newton went to see Seriphan in Treviso, Italy a few weeks ago and came away impressed. Seriphan came away thinking that the Wizards really wanted him.

Unable to workout because of a minor knee injury, he visited five teams in six days last week, including Washington, Oklahoma City and Cleveland (which I heard was looking to get the 20th pick in order to take him). But I heard that when he visited Washington, Seriphan told Grunfeld, "You have to take me! You have to take me." From witnesses in the room, Grunfeld apparently smiled and told him he might be able to work something out.

Seriously, I bet OKC was going to grab him. They traded up to 18th and then dumped the pick to the Clippers. If they needed anything, it was another big and they already did well with Ibaka (you know they didn't need a guard or a wing).

The more we hear, the more it seems like EG knew exactly what he was doing in this draft.

Hoopalotta · Post #53 » by **Hoopalotta** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 3:51 pm

Consider all the incentive for OKC to grab Seraphin:

the first 16 picks were obvious and I don't think anyone was expecting any of those guys to slip aside from maybe Babbit, who's not really what they need.

Seraphin visited them.

Serge Ibaka panned out for them, who's also "sorta French" (African style French); same pattern as Seraphin.

The last thing they needed was a wing and every wing was still on the board.

A 'stash pick" would have been perfect for them as their roster is absolutely jammed up with Rookie contracts. There's just no room right now. Edit to add --> There were rumors that they were going with a Euro-stash big at 21 before they moved up to 11. The rumors were Tibor, I believe, but he was still on the board.

The Kicker: Immediately after our pick, they traded the 18th to the Clippers for a future pick. They had just acquired the 18th that same day.

Who were they expecting to slip, I ask? What were they going to do? Everyone on the board was predictable except Seraphin.

I put the odds as being very high that they were going to take Seraphin 18th.

GetInMyBelly · Post #54 » by **GetInMyBelly** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 3:55 pm

nate33 wrote:The more we hear, the more it seems like EG knew exactly what he was doing in this draft.

i agree. DX article says he's around 6-9 w/o shoes, large wingspan, 268 lbs. sounds like a large, banger, defensive center. wants to come over now. i like the pick. soccer players = good feet. good thing for a big man.

NbdyBeatsTheWiz · Post #55 » by **NbdyBeatsTheWiz** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 5:00 pm

verbal8 wrote:
closg00 wrote:An interesting item from the Lee piece, Seriphan doesn't really speak English, he had to have a translator. We will have to hire a translator, this should make the work-outs and coaching interesting.

I don't think Ovechkin(sp?) spoke much English when he started with the Caps. Maybe the Wizards should pry Peitrus from the Magic to serve as translator

Almost totally unrelated, almost totally irrelevant to this thread, but did you know Cousins doesn't even have a license? That guy would need a chauffeur just to get to practices and games on time.

Post #56 » by **LyricalRico** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 5:19 pm

Hoopalotta wrote:Seriously, I bet OKC was going to grab him. They traded up to 18th and then dumped the pick to the Clippers. If they needed anything, it was another big and they already did well with Ibaka (you know they didn't need a guard or a wing).

Great point. Looks like Ernie snatched him right of Presti's clutches.

Ernie 1
Presti 0

closg00 · Post #57 » by **closg00** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 5:38 pm

LyricalRico wrote:
Hoopalotta wrote:Seriously, I bet OKC was going to grab him. They traded up to 18th and then dumped the pick to the Clippers. If they needed anything, it was another big and they already did well with Ibaka (you know they didn't need a guard or a wing).

Great point. Looks like Ernie snatched him right of Presti's clutches.

Ernie 1
Presti 0

Easy now Rico, Presti was executive of the year and his team will be a serious contender in the West next season, what's Ernie done lately?

verbal8 · Post #58 » by **verbal8** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 5:39 pm

LyricalRico wrote:
Hoopalotta wrote:Seriously, I bet OKC was going to grab him. They traded up to 18th and then dumped the pick to the Clippers. If they needed anything, it was another big and they already did well with Ibaka (you know they didn't need a guard or a wing).

Great point. Looks like Ernie snatched him right of Presti's clutches.

Ernie 1
Presti 0

I don't think Booker was a terrible pick but based on the last 2 drafts it would be:

Kahn 2
Ernie 0

closg00 · Post #59 » by **closg00** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 5:42 pm

^^^^^^

Touche Verbal

Post #60 » by **Ruzious** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 5:52 pm

NbdyBeatsTheWiz wrote:
verbal8 wrote:
closg00 wrote:An interesting item from the Lee piece, Seriphan doesn't really speak English, he had to have a translator. We will have to hire a translator, this should make the work-outs and coaching interesting.

I don't think Ovechkin(sp?) spoke much English when he started with the Caps. Maybe the Wizards should pry Peitrus from the Magic to serve as translator

Almost totally unrelated, almost totally irrelevant to this thread, but did you know Cousins doesn't even have a license? That guy would need a chauffeur just to get to practices and games on time.

It's not necessarily a big deal. A lot of people in DC don't have cars, because the subway gets them where they want. MCI Center is right at the Gallery Place metro station.