Dn4sty wrote:getrichordie wrote:Dn4sty wrote:
It screams to me a move to make the playoffs and that people in the Wizards organization were not fond of either Rivers or Oubre.
If you rebuild you want Oubre, or at least want him for pick(s). You stay away from Ariza.
I just see it as largely a posturing move from Grunfeld. Oubre is probably going to cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $15M+ next year. Meanwhile, Ariza is going to be an UFA free agent next year and Washington can probably offer him a 3/32 with a player option in the third season... so he’s a lot cheaper long term than Oubre. It’s clearly a re-tooling move as they plan to move away from Porter Jr. and Beal.
Look at who they went out and got... Ariza and Dekker. Both guys who can play the 3/4 and replace Porter once Grunfeld trades him...
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I don’t know how it can be so clear. I don’t know anyone else who would see it that way. I don’t understand or see this take at all.
If anything, it's a clear sign of two things:
1) They were not - at least at the time of the trade - trying to turn whatever assets they had into future oriented pieces
2) They were trying to turn a guy they did not want to pay into somebody they think that can play and would maybe stay for a smaller salary.
Getting out of Oubre's future contract with their current core already on the books was widely discussed as a possible scenario with the money they already have on the books. This is not some move you make if you want to tear it down. Far from it.
