Wizards trade Brown and Wagner for Gafford and Hutchinson

NatP4 · Post #1 » by **NatP4** » Thu Mar 25, 2021 4:15 pm

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FAH1223 · Post #2 » by **FAH1223** » Thu Mar 25, 2021 4:27 pm

NatP4 wrote:

Read on Twitter

Read on Twitter

Brad Beal is the assistant GM :lol:

he tweets and 10 minutes later a deal is done

NatP4 · Post #3 » by **NatP4** » Thu Mar 25, 2021 4:28 pm

80sballboy · Post #4 » by **80sballboy** » Thu Mar 25, 2021 4:29 pm

Well, at least they did something.

NatP4 · Post #5 » by **NatP4** » Thu Mar 25, 2021 4:31 pm

I actually really like Daniel Gafford and have posted about him quite a bit.

80sballboy · Post #6 » by **80sballboy** » Thu Mar 25, 2021 4:32 pm

Gafford is intriguing as a young rim protector. Hutchison played 7 games this season. Did get more athletic.

Kanyewest · Post #7 » by **Kanyewest** » Thu Mar 25, 2021 4:44 pm

Gafford in 3 games vs the Wizards had 28 points and was 11-13 from the field with 11 rebounds, 4 assists, and 4 blocks in 41 minutes.

80sballboy · Post #8 » by **80sballboy** » Thu Mar 25, 2021 4:48 pm

Kanyewest wrote:Gafford in 3 games vs the Wizards was 11-13 from the field with 11 rebounds, 4 assists, and 4 blocks in 41 minutes.

I think that was mainly against Lopez, though Bryant was still playing at the time. Just shows how bad we've been at the 5. He is intriguing though.

Post #9 » by **Ruzious** » Thu Mar 25, 2021 4:48 pm

likwitdesi wrote:Gafford is under control for 2 more years also. As a backup, he's a great get.

You were probably losing Wagner for nothing this offseason and TB didn't have a future here.

And I think his deal is non-guaranteed. He'll be a decent cheap backup center. He has basically no skills, but he's the first really athletic center we've had in a long time. Hutchison is like a very poor man's TBJ - picked about 7 picks after TBJ in the 2018 draft - seemed to make significant improvement last season before doing nothing this season. Deja vu. A very unexciting trade, but I'm ok with it.

likwitdesi · Post #10 » by **likwitdesi** » Thu Mar 25, 2021 4:53 pm

Ruzious wrote:
likwitdesi wrote:Gafford is under control for 2 more years also. As a backup, he's a great get.

You were probably losing Wagner for nothing this offseason and TB didn't have a future here.

And I think his deal is non-guaranteed. He'll be a decent cheap backup center. He has basically no skills, but he's the first really athletic center we've had in a long time. Hutchison is like a very poor man's TBJ - picked about 7 picks after TBJ in the 2018 draft - seemed to make significant improvement last season before doing nothing this season. Deja vu. A very unexciting trade, but I'm ok with it.

I think Gafford will be the best rim protector we have. He is getting a block per game playing just 12 minutes.

DCZards · Post #11 » by **DCZards** » Thu Mar 25, 2021 4:54 pm

I’m gonna miss Troy. He has untapped potential.

Thrilled to get Gafford...a rim protecting, athletic big. That’s something the Zards desperately need.

Post #12 » by **Ruzious** » Thu Mar 25, 2021 4:55 pm

likwitdesi wrote:
Ruzious wrote:
likwitdesi wrote:Gafford is under control for 2 more years also. As a backup, he's a great get.

You were probably losing Wagner for nothing this offseason and TB didn't have a future here.

And I think his deal is non-guaranteed. He'll be a decent cheap backup center. He has basically no skills, but he's the first really athletic center we've had in a long time. Hutchison is like a very poor man's TBJ - picked about 7 picks after TBJ in the 2018 draft - seemed to make significant improvement last season before doing nothing this season. Deja vu. A very unexciting trade, but I'm ok with it.

I think Gafford will be the best rim protector we have. He is getting a block per game playing just 12 minutes.

That's not exactly a high bar. Last time I checked, the Wiz were dead last in blocks.

JAR69 · Post #13 » by **JAR69** » Thu Mar 25, 2021 4:55 pm

I worry a bit that Beal's tweet means there is more to come.

Also, I don't hate the deal. Though I wish we could have developed Brown.

FAH1223 · Post #14 » by **FAH1223** » Thu Mar 25, 2021 4:59 pm

JAR69 wrote:I worry a bit that Beal's tweet means there is more to come.

Also, I don't hate the deal. Though I wish we could have developed Brown.

Beal is the assistant GM... you can't tell me nothing else

prime1time · Post #15 » by **prime1time** » Thu Mar 25, 2021 5:00 pm

I like the deal for Troy. Not a lot I hate more than a team sabotaging a young players future. If you aren't going to play him, let Brown go to a team that's going to give him a chance. Chicago will run a motion-based offense and give Brown Jr a chance to initiate. At the same time, the big get for us is Gafford. Finally, we have an athletic big.

FAH1223 · Post #16 » by **FAH1223** » Thu Mar 25, 2021 5:01 pm

Read on Twitter

wall_glizzy · Post #17 » by **wall_glizzy** » Thu Mar 25, 2021 5:02 pm

Troy's the best player in the deal, but I don't hate it. I wish we hadn't taken two total non-shooters back, but it is what it is. Swapping center archetypes in exchanging Wagner for Gafford is cool by me - getting a big who checks both the youth and athleticism boxes is a win just from a roster construction perspective.

Hutchison's kind of interesting too, another one of those offensive non-factor types with a couple anomalous defensive indicators (on a relatively small sample). Wonder if we slide him into some of our more offensively loaded lineups.

NatP4 · Post #18 » by **NatP4** » Thu Mar 25, 2021 5:02 pm

I probably would’ve rather kept both of them

payitforward · Post #19 » by **payitforward** » Thu Mar 25, 2021 5:03 pm

https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/bulls/bulls-chandler-hutchison-out-indefinitely-personal-issue

deneem4 · Post #20 » by **deneem4** » Thu Mar 25, 2021 5:08 pm

We jus draft players to trade them to the bulls huh?