Game Thread - Washington Wizards at Los Angeles Lakers.

[dobrojim]

so the thing we have to worry about is someone breaking the bank
to sign him. We can match as long as it's not out of hand $$$

[pineappleheadindc]

I'd actually like to see Booker and Seraphin get minutes early to just throw their bodies at people and wear LA down a bit.

Man, this guy knows his stuff.

Quoting yourself - LOL

[nate33]

so the thing we have to worry about is someone breaking the bank
to sign him. We can match as long as it's not out of hand $$$

I'm not worried, yet. Young has a reputation of being a chucker who doesn't defend. I don't think this 20-game stretch will have done much to change that reputation. Now if he plays this well for 82 games, then maybe people will take a second look. But still, even if his shot continues to fall, I think he'll be perceived as a poor defender - not worthy of being a starter. As such, I can't imagine anyone offering more than the MLE, and it'll probably be less than that.

For comparison:
Kyle Korver got $5M a year.
Ronnie Brewer got $4.6M a year
Wesley Mathews got the MLE
Dorrell Wright got $3.8M a year
The scariest comparison is Travis Outlaw - who got $7M a year.

All those signings took place last summer when a lot of teams had money burning a hole in their pocket. There's less money floating around this year. There's also the issue of Washington being willing and able to match. There's also a couple of other similar players available (Jordan Crawford, J.R. Smith, Azubuike, Corey Brewer, Belinelli, Thad Young, W.Chandler, Afflalo, Barnes)

[closg00]

I'd actually like to see Booker and Seraphin get minutes early to just throw their bodies at people and wear LA down a bit.

Man, this guy knows his stuff.

Good-one Rico, I think this is your 1st self-bow.

[fugop]

Young needs to start.

I think an argument can be made for that

he's been nothing short of sensational

he's unguardable

eitanr posted a trade on the trade board involving Blatche + Young for Mayo + filler. When I thought about it, I realized that Young alone might be better than Mayo. Here are their per36 stats:

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Player           PTS  REB  AST  STL  BLK   TO   PF eFG%  TS%  PER
young,nick      21.6  3.2  0.8  0.8  0.5  0.9  2.6 .556 .593 18.8
mayo,o.j.       14.6  3.2  2.2  1.0  0.7  1.8  2.1 .465 .491 11.1

That is absolute dominance right there.

Mayo is smaller than Wall, Arenas, and Hinrich. I think he's an interesting player, but he's undersized for our backcourt and just wouldn't fit. I wouldn't offer anything for him, much less Young/Blatche. He'd probably work with someone like Turner in Philadelphia or as a triangle point.

[Induveca]

I'd actually like to see Booker and Seraphin get minutes early to just throw their bodies at people and wear LA down a bit.

Man, this guy knows his stuff.

If you knew your stuff Wall/Hinrich would have started 82 games together, and Grunfeld would have just signed a 15 year extension as GM.

That being said, bravo on the Booker/Seraphin call. Was great to see.

[REDardWIZskin]

This is the best game thread that I've ever read start to finish. I saw the game so it was interesting to see comments after the fact.

I've been comparing JR Smith and Young Nick in terms of style of play and development for quite some time on here and i think that Nick should continue to come off the bench in the instant offense role.

Im wondering when that 15 ft shot for Booker will fall for once b/c I've seen him make them in shoot arounds and SL. He played great tho.

I heard Ty Evans is out so i hope that the intensity carries over from last night and we get a decisive win in Sac-Town tonight. That would be almost as good for our confidence as a steal would have been last night against the Lakers IMO. (since it would be the first road win too)

[pineappleheadindc]

This is the best game thread that I've ever read start to finish. I saw the game so it was interesting to see comments after the fact.

[.....]

THIS is the exact reason that I don't like live chat. I like everyone to post to a thread and it allows us all to go back and archive thoughts that board members had in real time.

Posting to game threads versus chats (which go away when the game ends) allows for folks who didn't see the game understand what was happening throughout the game with a greater feel than that of just a box score. It provides for archives - we can go back weeks or months later, read thru threads and "oh yeah, so-and-so really did suck during this game. Or so-and-so can't guard a quicker opponent because I've looked at all of the game threads.

If it's not too much of a burden, would be my suggestion that we all post thoughts live to game threads. It's not too much of a step back from live chat - learn to hit the refresh button. The benefits in the post-game environment are worth the effort IMO.

[jimij]

I'd actually like to see Booker and Seraphin get minutes early to just throw their bodies at people and wear LA down a bit.

Man, this guy knows his stuff.

Don't know why you're giving yourself the pat on the back. Now if you'd have said "get their minutes and absolutely beast on LA a bit" it might have been more accurate, especially Booker.

I thought they did way more than wear them down.

[LyricalRico]

^ Eh, I like to under-promise and over-deliver.

[Benjammin]

This is the best game thread that I've ever read start to finish. I saw the game so it was interesting to see comments after the fact.

[.....]

THIS is the exact reason that I don't like live chat. I like everyone to post to a thread and it allows us all to go back and archive thoughts that board members had in real time.

Posting to game threads versus chats (which go away when the game ends) allows for folks who didn't see the game understand what was happening throughout the game with a greater feel than that of just a box score. It provides for archives - we can go back weeks or months later, read thru threads and "oh yeah, so-and-so really did suck during this game. Or so-and-so can't guard a quicker opponent because I've looked at all of the game threads.

If it's not too much of a burden, would be my suggestion that we all post thoughts live to game threads. It's not too much of a step back from live chat - learn to hit the refresh button. The benefits in the post-game environment are worth the effort IMO.

That is a good point and our board is one that can have intelligent comments in a game thread. But even on our board game threads are frequently not nearly as edifying as the Lakers thread. But who's to say we can't have a viable chat and a quality game thread? I'm all for that.

[pancakes3]

who sifts through game threads? that's a hoarder mentality, even if it is just the internet.