SUPERBALLMAN wrote:doclinkin wrote:prime1time wrote:Are we betting on Brown Jr. filling that role? Looks like we are still trying to figure it out. Brown Jr. always struck me as a wing.
The front office has envisioned TBJ as a big Point guard. Troy also has said he expects to he playing on the perimeter more often and is working on his 3 ball so he can be more skilled in motion and coming off screens etc in the catch and shoot. He has been working on his laterality because he said the team will need him to be able to guard the perimeter if so. He has shown leadership skills and the team likes seeing him run the 2nd squad, even if he is younger than anyone on the team except Bonga. That suggest point guard, but he will need to at times be able to play next to Wall, since we really have no one behind Bradley aside from Ish, who basically plays like John Wall Jr.
Don't forget about Robinson. I think our F.O. & coaching staff really thinks highly of him.
The problem with this F.O. is that they don't value perimeter perimeter defenders with 9'+ standing reach and elite defensive agility. When one pops up for first time in two decades they have no clue what to do. The answer is...push the green button and don't risk being fancy thinking that someone wont snatch him if you trade down. You are probably going to have to wait another 20 years for this opportunity to come again. Fancy point guards and undersized powerforwards with no perimeters skills come a dime a dozen. But 9'0 standing reach with elite agility and offensive upside is almost impossible to find.
There is a reason ESPN and other draft analyst aren't shouting for you to take him. It's because they don't want you to take him, they want him for their favorite team and they want him to slide.
We on this board especially Nate and Doc have been with the Wiz through thick and thin. And believe me, we have been through tough times, and never since I have been here have we have a 9'0 plus standing reach elite perimeter defender available for us to draft. That is how rare they are. So Shepherd, quit with trying to impress leonsis by making fancy draft day deals. You can't guarantee that San Antonio who knows talent...they are the one that scoop K. Leonard up when he was falling...they know talent, won't grab him. Popovich has full control of that organization and you best believe he won't slide past San Antonio.
Popo will mold him with his bare hands if he has too but he will be first team defense.
If we let Achiuwa slide and San Antonio picks him, I think Shepherd's time in DC will be very short, i think Leonsis will hire a new GM when Achiuwa becomes the next K. Leonard in San Antonio, and we are all labeling our pick a bust in a few years. There is no one with first team defense in this entire draft except one guy.
