Wizards sign Gary Neal for BAE

Post #1 » by **Rafael122** » Fri Jul 3, 2015 7:21 pm

1 year/$2.1 million. Posting from my phone so I can't embed the tweet.

Sluggerface · Post #2 » by **Sluggerface** » Fri Jul 3, 2015 7:23 pm

GOD DAMN ERNIE. :nod:

MJG · Post #3 » by **MJG** » Fri Jul 3, 2015 7:25 pm

[tweet]https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/617049898773446656[/tweet]

MikeTheKid · Post #4 » by **MikeTheKid** » Fri Jul 3, 2015 7:28 pm

Playing for that 2016 money

keynote · Post #5 » by **keynote** » Fri Jul 3, 2015 7:29 pm

I'll take it. I suppose that takes Stuckey off the table, which is fine w/ me.

KrayzUpside · Post #6 » by **KrayzUpside** » Fri Jul 3, 2015 7:32 pm

I wonder where this puts Dez Wells....

Benjammin · Post #7 » by **Benjammin** » Fri Jul 3, 2015 7:35 pm

About where he was before, not making the roster.

KrayzUpside · Post #8 » by **KrayzUpside** » Fri Jul 3, 2015 7:39 pm

But Dez is Wall's boy.

I think they'd be better off with an older rookie who should be able to contribute right away yet still has some room for growth. From what I see, his former team's fans are happy to see Neal go.

fishercob · Post #9 » by **fishercob** » Fri Jul 3, 2015 7:41 pm

MJG wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/617049898773446656[/tweet]

He's been pretty bad since he left San Antonio, but he's a 38% three point shooter for his career. You could do worse for 15 mpg. Also completely lights out from the line. Nice to have in late game situations.

bealwithit · Post #10 » by **bealwithit** » Fri Jul 3, 2015 7:46 pm

fishercob wrote:
MJG wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/617049898773446656[/tweet]

He's been pretty bad since he left San Antonio, but he's a 38% three point shooter for his career. You could do worse for 15 mpg.

He did have some 20 point games last season and important to remember he was playing on the Hornets and T-Wolves. Hopefully playing in a more stable situation can get him out of his funk.

Really he just needs to hit some 3s and look alive on defense for me to be happy.

keynote · Post #11 » by **keynote** » Fri Jul 3, 2015 7:46 pm

fishercob wrote:
MJG wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/617049898773446656[/tweet]

He's been pretty bad since he left San Antonio, but he's a 38% three point shooter for his career. You could do worse for 15 mpg.

If he gets that much. Give him on the Juan Dixon treatment: if he hits his first jumper -- great. Give him some burn. If he comes out cold, yank him and lean on Wall/Beal/Sessions. Neal can be our emergency offense guy; Temple can be our Randy Brown-esque emergency defense guy.

mhd · Post #12 » by **mhd** » Fri Jul 3, 2015 7:46 pm

Meh signing. At least he's a shooter. He's had some issues with team chemistry (specifically during his time with the Bucks).

Post #13 » by **nate33** » Fri Jul 3, 2015 7:49 pm

fishercob wrote:
MJG wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/617049898773446656[/tweet]

He's been pretty bad since he left San Antonio, but he's a 38% three point shooter for his career. You could do worse for 15 mpg. Also completely lights out from the line. Nice to have in late game situations.

Yeah, I'm not too thrilled with this. He has been a very bad player for two years now. I guess the pickings were pretty slim since we only had the BAE and we were only willing to offer 1 year. Still, I think we might have done better with the D-League. I just don't see any reason to believe this guy is better than a replacement level player. Why spend more than the vet minimum?

I hope we at least placed a call to Atlanta first to see if Bazemore or Jenkins were available for our TPE.

Also, this takes us out of contention for Drew Gooden, unless he accepts the vet minimum.

FAH1223 · Post #14 » by **FAH1223** » Fri Jul 3, 2015 7:52 pm

Why with the BAE?????

gambitx777 · Post #15 » by **gambitx777** » Fri Jul 3, 2015 7:52 pm

Why did this happen? We are loading up with wings and guard....... we need bigs!

nuposse04 · Post #16 » by **nuposse04** » Fri Jul 3, 2015 7:53 pm

If Bazemore was available for a tpe then it would ha been a much better move but Neal this cheap is better then Stuckey with the MLE.

fishercob · Post #17 » by **fishercob** » Fri Jul 3, 2015 7:53 pm

FWIW, this is not worth freaking out about.

truwizfan4evr · Post #18 » by **truwizfan4evr** » Fri Jul 3, 2015 7:54 pm

Good shooter i like it.

Kanyewest · Post #19 » by **Kanyewest** » Fri Jul 3, 2015 8:01 pm

It is an ok but not great signing. I wonder though if there are better BAE candidates available though later in free agency or at the very least similar value guys. Here's hoping that Neal can get back to what he was doing in San Antonio but as others have said, he has been struggling the past few years

Sluggerface · Post #20 » by **Sluggerface** » Fri Jul 3, 2015 8:03 pm

I'm just glad we actually have shooters on the team now. Dudley+Neal is probably the best shooting combo you're going to get on the market right now for a TPE+BAE.