Re-Signed: The PJ Washington Jr. Thread (3yrs/$48m)

MugzZo · Post #121 » by **MugzZo** » Wed Jun 26, 2019 4:44 am

I haven't commented on PJ Washington yet, but I'm very excited to watch him develop behind marv and with miles and bacon

Great · Post #122 » by **Great** » Wed Jun 26, 2019 2:29 pm

He reminds me of James Worthy.

CatgutStitches · Post #123 » by **CatgutStitches** » Wed Jun 26, 2019 3:09 pm

Thaddeus Young maybe? He's carved out a solid NBA career. Washington seems to have a little better shooting potential...

Benjamin Linus · Post #124 » by **Benjamin Linus** » Wed Jun 26, 2019 5:56 pm

I think PJ could be the ideal small ball center. That standing reach though. PJ's got an 8'11 standing reach. In comparison, Cody has an 8'10 standing reach, Draymond has an 8'10 reach, Horford with a similar 8'11, and AD close at 9'0. Combine that with his strength and ability to step out and defend the perimeter, I kind of wonder if our best lineup might end up being Kemba-Bacon-Miles-Marvin-PJ (assuming Kemba stays and PJ is as NBA ready as I think he is). You know coach is down to playing small and there really isn't any behemoth centers in the east to worry about besides Embiid.

LofJ · Post #125 » by **LofJ** » Wed Jun 26, 2019 6:02 pm

Benjamin Linus wrote:I think PJ could be the ideal small ball center. That standing reach though. PJ's got an 8'11 standing reach. In comparison, Cody has an 8'10 standing reach, Draymond has an 8'10 reach, Horford with a similar 8'11, and AD close at 9'0. Combine that with his strength and ability to step out and defender the perimeter, I kind of wonder if our best lineup might end up being Kemba-Bacon-Miles-Marvin-PJ (assuming Kemba stays and PJ is as NBA ready as I think he is). You know coach is down to playing small and there really isn't any behemoth centers in the east to worry about besides Embiid.

That's an intriguing lineup, if you swapped Marvin for MKG all of those guys would be capable of grabbing the rebound and initiating the fastbreak.

Post #126 » by **JDR720** » Wed Jun 26, 2019 6:22 pm

I think his best position will be center. people are calling him PF/SF, but i think thats wrong. He has a positional/skill advantage playing center, at SF he is just another big SF.

Could be one of those centers that can both shoot and defend the rim, which we need.

Roddy B for 3 · 7/1/2019 (I broke a mirror on 7-1-2012)

I like PJ Washington for this team as a small ball passing hub, Boris Diaw like player.

Robot Rock · Post #128 » by **Robot Rock** » Sun Jun 30, 2019 3:23 pm

Roddy B for 3 wrote:I like PJ Washington for this team as a small ball passing hub, Boris Diaw like player.

I hope he has more of an impact than Diaw when he was here, but I certainly don’t expect it.

Snidely FC · Post #129 » by **Snidely FC** » Thu Jul 4, 2019 12:54 pm

so we avoided picking Bol Bol due to fear of chronic foot injury and instead chose PJ ... who has a bad foot?

seriously tho in the NCAA tourney what PJ supposedly had was a sprain - that's why they let him come back

would a sprain prevent him months later from playing SL? unless a reinjury something not adding up for me

JMAC3 · Post #130 » by **JMAC3** » Thu Jul 4, 2019 9:49 pm

People get so worked up about summer league, it means nothing at all. If PJ is 95% we shouldn’t play him, he can still get shots up and work on his game in the meantime.

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JMAC3 · Post #131 » by **JMAC3** » Tue Jul 23, 2019 6:53 pm

Its funny that people already forgot about him, just because he didn’t play in summer league.

Seems like the type of pick who just quietly goes about his business and averages 11 and 6 in his rookie year.

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Robot Rock · Post #132 » by **Robot Rock** » Tue Jul 23, 2019 7:12 pm

JMAC3 wrote:Its funny that people already forgot about him, just because he didn’t play in summer league.

Seems like the type of pick who just quietly goes about his business and averages 11 and 6 in his rookie year.

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I see him averaging 15 and 7.

In Greensboro.

There's not a lot of reason to believe he won't spent 90% of his minutes in the G-League, based on this franchise's history of ignoring rookies who enter their first season with any injury that prevented court time.

Vanderbilt_Grad · Post #133 » by **Vanderbilt_Grad** » Tue Jul 23, 2019 8:56 pm

The team is going to feature Marv early on to try to build his trade value. I do expect PJ starting some time between New Years and the All-star break ... maybe sooner if Marv is traded or is injured.

Bassman · Post #134 » by **Bassman** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 12:21 am

Washington can play small ball 5 but I don’t want him there forever. We still need that draft pick who is a legit 7 footer, long reach athletic shot blocker/rebounder who has shooting touch. They don’t grow on trees, but if we get some draft luck that is a player we need. Also need (even worse) a seriously drop dead shooter at the 2 or 3. Miles may be getting slotted as a small 4, and that’s probably his best option, but he’s still a tweener in every way. PJ is also a tweener but I believe a better PF long term.

Looking forward to seeing him healthy and playing.

JMAC3 · Post #135 » by **JMAC3** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 12:26 am

Robot Rock wrote:
JMAC3 wrote:Its funny that people already forgot about him, just because he didn’t play in summer league.

Seems like the type of pick who just quietly goes about his business and averages 11 and 6 in his rookie year.

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I see him averaging 15 and 7.

In Greensboro.

There's not a lot of reason to believe he won't spent 90% of his minutes in the G-League, based on this franchise's history of ignoring rookies who enter their first season with any injury that prevented court time.

I will take a prop bet he plays more than 30 games in nba. You want that action?

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Liver_Pooty · Post #136 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 3:16 am

Ill bet PJ averages 15 and 7 the last 35 games of the season after Marvin is moved at the deadline. 100$. More than willing to bet that.

Post #137 » by **yosemiteben** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 11:59 am

PJ averaged right around 15 and 7 last year at UK. I'm not really expecting him to put up similar numbers for any letter stretch of his rookie season.

Robot Rock · Post #138 » by **Robot Rock** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 1:35 pm

JMAC3 wrote:
Robot Rock wrote:
JMAC3 wrote:Its funny that people already forgot about him, just because he didn’t play in summer league.

Seems like the type of pick who just quietly goes about his business and averages 11 and 6 in his rookie year.

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I see him averaging 15 and 7.

In Greensboro.

There's not a lot of reason to believe he won't spent 90% of his minutes in the G-League, based on this franchise's history of ignoring rookies who enter their first season with any injury that prevented court time.

I will take a prop bet he plays more than 30 games in nba. You want that action?

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If he checks into the game and plays 14 seconds, are we counting that?

hotrod · Post #139 » by **hotrod** » Sat Sep 28, 2019 9:04 pm

http://www.atthehive.com/2019/9/27/20885897/charlotte-hornets-2019-20-season-preview-pj-washington

Good stuff about PJ. JB thinks he’s a 4 and could see time at 5, I like. Also impressed with his 3 ball game. Sounds promising.

316Hornets · Post #140 » by **316Hornets** » Sun Sep 29, 2019 12:15 am

I think PJ is going to face a lot of pressure to perform early on his career. This could be a good thing if he doesn't let failure slow him down. Our team doesn't have a lot of good passers, so he will be forced to create his own shot a lot more than he is probably used to. Hopefully, he embraces the opportunity. My expectations are high for him and that was when I thought Kemba was going to be here. Now, they are even higher. Nobody on the team is going to stop him from performing so the minutes are his for the taking.