Washington in process of using 15th roster spot on J.J. Hickson

Sluggerface · Post #1 » by **Sluggerface** » Wed Feb 24, 2016 12:01 am

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Post #2 » by **Ruzious** » Wed Feb 24, 2016 12:53 am

I've never been a fan of Hickson, but he belongs in the NBA, and I certainly wouldn't complain about signing him for the veteran minimum - especially when we need another body for depth up front.

FAH1223 · Post #3 » by **FAH1223** » Wed Feb 24, 2016 12:53 am

He steals rebounds

Plays no defense

Not efficient offensively

Terrible signing

J-Ves · Post #4 » by **J-Ves** » Wed Feb 24, 2016 1:07 am

If there ever was a team that could use his strong rebounding its this one

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Post #5 » by **Ruzious** » Wed Feb 24, 2016 1:12 am

FAH1223 wrote:He steals rebounds

Plays no defense

Not efficient offensively

Terrible signing

Ok, I'll check to see if there are any all-stars to be had for the veteran minimum.

None so far.

Still waiting.

Crickets...

Hidden Eye · Post #6 » by **Hidden Eye** » Wed Feb 24, 2016 1:47 am

Rather have Bargnani on the team than Hickson

closg00 · Post #7 » by **closg00** » Wed Feb 24, 2016 1:50 am

Powder Blue wrote:Well the two biggest reasons I didn't like watching the Nuggets are gone now. Hickson at C and Foye at PG led to some of the worst Nuggets basketball of the last 10 years. Fault can't be placed all on them as they were often forced to play out of position based on poor coaching or injury but at the end of the day neither contributed much to the cause. They both maintained professionalism though, wish them the best in the future.

From the Nuggs board^...but JJ will be roster filler for very cheap (hopefully) and we didn't give-up any assests for him so....

J-Ves · Post #8 » by **J-Ves** » Wed Feb 24, 2016 2:33 am

closg00 wrote:
Powder Blue wrote:Well the two biggest reasons I didn't like watching the Nuggets are gone now. Hickson at C and Foye at PG led to some of the worst Nuggets basketball of the last 10 years. Fault can't be placed all on them as they were often forced to play out of position based on poor coaching or injury but at the end of the day neither contributed much to the cause. They both maintained professionalism though, wish them the best in the future.

From the Nuggs board^...but JJ will be roster filler for very cheap (hopefully) and we didn't give-up any assests for him so....

No more assets to give up

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keynote · Post #9 » by **keynote** » Wed Feb 24, 2016 2:34 am

Hickson won't be a rotation player for us. He'll be an emergency big behind Gooden. In that role, Hickson will be serviceable.

TGW · Post #10 » by **TGW** » Wed Feb 24, 2016 2:35 am

FAH1223 wrote:He steals rebounds

Plays no defense

Not efficient offensively

Terrible signing

He's a more athletic Blair.

long suffrin' boulez fan · Post #11 » by **long suffrin' boulez fan** » Wed Feb 24, 2016 2:59 am

TGW wrote:
FAH1223 wrote:He steals rebounds

Plays no defense

Not efficient offensively

Terrible signing

He's a more athletic Blair.

I'm more athletic than Blair.

80sballboy · Post #12 » by **80sballboy** » Wed Feb 24, 2016 3:10 am

Ain't like there are a lot of options for bigs out there. He's fine and I don't care if he steals rebounds. John Wall stole a rebound or two tonight to get his triple-double.

keynote · Post #13 » by **keynote** » Wed Feb 24, 2016 3:30 am

It's official.
Step 1:
[tweet]https://twitter.com/JMichaelCSN/status/702333580022648832[/tweet]

Step 2: Yadda Yadda...

80sballboy · Post #14 » by **80sballboy** » Wed Feb 24, 2016 3:31 am

http://www.csnmidatlantic.com/basketball-washington-wizards/talk/wizards-scoop-jj-hickson-will-join-them-76ers

nuposse04 · Post #15 » by **nuposse04** » Wed Feb 24, 2016 3:44 am

I mean, he has to be a better option as a backup center then gooden, right?

keynote · Post #16 » by **keynote** » Wed Feb 24, 2016 3:53 am

nuposse04 wrote:I mean, he has to be a better option as a backup center then gooden, right?

I figure he has less downside and and less upside. Gooden is a feast-or-famine guy: one minute, he's grabbing big boards and hitting 3s; the next he's making incredibly dumb decisions and getting beat flatfooted on defense. I suspect Hickson would have fewer highs and fewer lows.

gambitx777 · Post #17 » by **gambitx777** » Wed Feb 24, 2016 3:58 am

[tweet]https://twitter.com/JMichaelCSN/status/702333580022648832[/tweet]

This !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so happy EG did not give up that DPE yet. Hes saving it for a bigger fish than Hickson. AKA Joe Johnson, Kevin Martin, ETC...Etc....etc......
This is a solid move, he is athletic, he solid when playing with a good point guard, see how he did in Portland with DL. he rebounds well too, this team needs that off the bench, and if/when nene goes down hickson is solid replacement,

I look for anderson, neal or gooden to get released soon. EG probably has a strategy for that DPE. I am not taking up for that idiot, but say what you will about him. He is, and has been for a while at least been decent at picking up guys mid season.

Post #18 » by **nate33** » Wed Feb 24, 2016 4:14 am

Hickson is an empty stats guy who puts up decent numbers but with consistently bad intangibles. He's had a substantially negative on/off differential in every single season of his career - a remarkable stat when you think about it. (He has played 8 seasons so far.)

Nevertheless, he's a warm body who is probably better than Blair. Since this organization never takes a shot with young players out of the D-League, I expected them to go after a waived veteran like this, particularly since there are only 27 games left to go in the season.

They could do worse, I suppose.

AFM · Post #19 » by **AFM** » Wed Feb 24, 2016 4:21 am

That last line is actually this franchises motto.

gesa2 · Post #20 » by **gesa2** » Wed Feb 24, 2016 4:41 am

TCDW crew!