Wizards Training Camp 2020-21

FAH1223 · Post #1 » by **FAH1223** » Tue Oct 27, 2020 4:45 am

Post #2 » by **nate33** » Tue Oct 27, 2020 12:36 pm

I'm really surprised they're getting things up and running so quickly. They must have lost A LOT of money last year.

I was thinking that they should try and start off the season with the league divided into 6 regional "bubbles" grouped by division. Each team would play 2 of their games against division opponents (8 games overall). That would take about 3 weeks and get them to mid-January, at least partway through what is likely to be a winter surge in Covid cases.

wall_glizzy · Post #3 » by **wall_glizzy** » Tue Oct 27, 2020 5:00 pm

nate33 wrote:I'm really surprised they're getting things up and running so quickly. They must have lost A LOT of money last year.

I saw $1.5 billion claimed as the revenue shortfall vis a vis projections (link: https://apnews.com/article/nba-nba-finals-basketball-basketball-6a627d15d84a5593ea3bdb65893d65e2), although it seemed like, among other things, the $200 million (

) spent on the bubble was included in that? So I'm not sure if we're actually talking about a straight up $1.5 billion loss or what - NBA team revenues in 2018-2019 added up to around 8.75 billion, so that seems unlikely.

FAH1223 · Post #4 » by **FAH1223** » Sun Nov 15, 2020 12:05 am

UPPING, since it'll be here so fast

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prime1time · Post #5 » by **prime1time** » Sun Nov 15, 2020 11:40 pm

One thing that needs to be discussed is the benefit of Wall's return. Beal has elevated his game and we will continue to do a lot of that. But when we put Wall in PnR with Beal and Bertans on the floor, a help defender will only be coming from that other player to help. This season will hinge on Bonga/Rui/Brown Jr. being able to make that 3. I also think we are going to see major improvement from non-Beal lineups. And a return to how the offense looked last year when Wall's off the floor and Beal is on it.

smoothSeph · Post #6 » by **smoothSeph** » Mon Nov 16, 2020 8:19 pm

Part of me thinks we trade our picks because of the short turnaround. Would be hard to get rookies up to speed if we're seriously in win now mode.

Post #7 » by **nate33** » Mon Nov 16, 2020 8:32 pm

smoothSeph wrote:Part of me thinks we trade our picks because of the short turnaround. Would be hard to get rookies up to speed if we're seriously in win now mode.

That's silly. Draft picks are on the roster for 4 years. You don't make decisions that affect the next 4 years because you are worried that the first month might not be ideal.

The Wizards may or may not trade the pick, but it won't be because of the short training camp period.

You must have PTSD from being a Wizards fan for too long. LOL.

smoothSeph · Post #8 » by **smoothSeph** » Mon Nov 16, 2020 8:38 pm

nate33 wrote:
smoothSeph wrote:You must have PTSD from being a Wizards fan for too long. LOL.

Maybe that's what it is :lol:

But yea I definitely want to keep the pick. Ideally trade back and get another as well.

FAH1223 · Post #9 » by **FAH1223** » Fri Nov 20, 2020 3:30 pm

So we'll have both rookies on board by Training Camp

FAH1223 · Post #10 » by **FAH1223** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 12:40 am

uppin

Thedragonking · Post #11 » by **Thedragonking** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 5:36 am

FAH1223 wrote:So we'll have both rookies on board by Training Camp

I guess so.

Deni is already with the team.

closg00 · Post #12 » by **closg00** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 5:46 pm

wall_glizzy wrote:
nate33 wrote:I'm really surprised they're getting things up and running so quickly. They must have lost A LOT of money last year.

I saw $1.5 billion claimed as the revenue shortfall vis a vis projections (link: https://apnews.com/article/nba-nba-finals-basketball-basketball-6a627d15d84a5593ea3bdb65893d65e2), although it seemed like, among other things, the $200 million ( ) spent on the bubble was included in that? So I'm not sure if we're actually talking about a straight up $1.5 billion loss or what - NBA team revenues in 2018-2019 added up to around 8.75 billion, so that seems unlikely.

The vaccine will begin rolling out next-month, hopefully things will start getting back to normalish the 2022 season, one more season of financial pain.

FAH1223 · Post #13 » by **FAH1223** » Tue Dec 1, 2020 5:08 pm

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payitforward · Post #14 » by **payitforward** » Tue Dec 1, 2020 5:15 pm

Uh oh... whoever tested positive for Covid is going to miss TC & some part of the season! Not to mention that given how short the pre-season is -- we'd better hope Bertans gets his visa straightened out pronto!

payitforward · Post #15 » by **payitforward** » Tue Dec 1, 2020 5:17 pm

"Brooks said the player who tested positive is not in D.C. and is not a returning player. He also suggested they have never been to Washington before, which means it's likely one of their rookies as any NBA veteran would have traveled through on a visiting team."

(Or maybe Gill?)

DCZards · Post #16 » by **DCZards** » Tue Dec 1, 2020 7:07 pm

Here’s who reportedly is in camp. No Neto or Childs. One of them may be the player who tested positive.

Wall, Ish, Cassius
Beal, Brown Jr, Matthews (?), Robinson
Bonga, Avdija
Rui, Bertans, Gill
Bryant, Lopez, Wagner, AP

Dark Faze · Post #17 » by **Dark Faze** » Tue Dec 1, 2020 7:48 pm

im so hype

payitforward · Post #18 » by **payitforward** » Wed Dec 2, 2020 1:10 am

DCZards wrote:Here’s who reportedly is in camp. No Neto or Childs. One of them may be the player who tested positive.

Wall, Ish, Cassius
Beal, Brown Jr, Matthews (?), Robinson
Bonga, Avdija
Rui, Bertans, Gill
Bryant, Lopez, Wagner, AP

Don't wish anybody any bad thing, but... I hope it's not Childs, as it might well end his stint w/ the team, given he's on an Exhibit 10 deal.

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