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NatP4 wrote:Ruzious wrote:NatP4 wrote:
I’m trying to remember who he looks like....some dude that played for the clippers like 10 years ago. Was a wing player that was a good shooter.
Matt Barnes?
Figured it out. Ryan Gomes.
Frichuela wrote:queridiculo wrote:Gafford being under team control for two more season after this one is a real boon.
Agreed and on a very cheap contract! plus the RFA option at the end
Ruzious wrote:Turns out Chandler isn't a sure-fire HOFer afterall. As with many young players, it probably comes down to him being a reliable 3 point shooter, and he's not so young - so the odds are probably against him, but the Wiz are in a position where they can give him every opportunity - kinda like what they should have done with TBJ. But hey, getting Gafford in the deal helps even things out for the Wiz.
FAH1223 wrote:
Frichuela wrote:FAH1223 wrote:
I believe him. Another example of Brooks horror show..
Wizards and Bulls make a trade
The Wizards are trading third-year wing Troy Brown and former Michigan star Mo Wagner to the Bulls for second-year big Daniel Gafford and seldom-used wing Chandler Hutchison, sources have confirmed to The Athletic. The deal was first reported by ESPN. The Wizards were excited about Brown when they drafted him No. 15 overall in 2018, and were thrilled with his progress last season (10.4 ppg in 69 games, 22 starts). He’s only 21. But the acquisition of Russell Westbrook really made Brown a poor fit in Washington, team sources said, and he wasn’t a great match on the second unit with Davis Bertans. The Wizards entered the week looking to trade Brown, knowing he needed a new look as much as they did.
— Joe Vardon
In a blockbuster that will send the league reeling for days, Washington traded Troy Brown and Mo Wagner to Chicago for Daniel Gafford and Chandler Hutchison.
What was that all about, you ask?
In Washington’s case, it was a need to clear a small bit of salary for next season to use their midlevel exception, acquire a real backup center, and still stay below the luxury tax. With the Wizards owing $5.2 million in 2021-22 to the little-used Brown, a trade seemed the obvious way out. Hutchison “only” makes $4 million, so they saved some money and got a player who may be more capable of operating as a smallball 4.
Brown is likely better than Hutchison, but the Wizards also get a legit backup center out of it in Gafford, who will make the league minimum the next two seasons and should adequately fill a spot that has been an open sore for Washington. By not needing to spend at center, they can focus on wings in free agency. Washington will also get a $2.16 million trade exception for Wagner.
Gafford has been made expendable in Chicago by the acquisition of Nikola Vucevic and the stellar play of veteran Thaddeus Young. Converting him into a potential two-way wing in Brown, especially since they traded Otto Porter earlier today, is a nice piece of back-end roster operating for Chicago.
— John Hollinger
For Wizards fans scratching their heads at their team abandoning yet another former first-round pick for…people, there is a small ray of light in what has been a decades-long cloud formation over the franchise.
Bradley Beal’s “Here we go!” tweet Thursday did not mean he was on his way out of town. Trading Troy Brown, Jr., and Mo Wagner to Chicago for Daniel Gafford and Chandler Hutchison will help Washington not only use its full mid-level exception next summer to add talent, but give it roster flexibility going forward.
Let’s put it this way: Washington’s next few months are crucial to the next 5-7 years of the franchise. The Wizards are determined to find a third star to pair with Beal and Russell Westbrook, one way or the other – through the draft, free agency or trades. And while there’s no guarantee they’ll be able to pull it off, the fact that they’ve positioned themselves to try means they are still all in on trying to build around Beal, rather than the teardown route Orlando took. Check back in three years to see which franchise was right.
— David Aldridge
FAH1223 wrote:
Wizards fans scratching their heads at their team abandoning yet another former first-round pick for…people, there is a small ray of light in what has been a decades-long cloud formation over the franchise.
dckingsfan wrote:FAH1223 wrote:
It would be hard for Brooks to convey information to Brown that he doesn't have... other than if you were a smaller PG, I would get you time.
payitforward wrote:Worth mentioning that there are now exactly 2 players on the Washington Wizards who were with the team 16 months ago: Beal & Bryant. &, at that time, Bryant had only been with the team 10 months.
Yet Aldridge & others persist in saying that there's been no "teardown."
payitforward wrote:Worth mentioning that there are now exactly 2 players on the Washington Wizards who were with the team 16 months ago: Beal & Bryant. &, at that time, Bryant had only been with the team 10 months.
Yet Aldridge & others persist in saying that there's been no "teardown."
Kanyewest wrote:payitforward wrote:Worth mentioning that there are now exactly 2 players on the Washington Wizards who were with the team 16 months ago: Beal & Bryant. &, at that time, Bryant had only been with the team 10 months.
Yet Aldridge & others persist in saying that there's been no "teardown."
Here's a game on December 14th, 2019- almost 16 months ago.
https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201912140MEM.html
Beal, Rui, Bertans, Matthews, Bonga, Bryant, and Ish Smith are still on the team. You get Beal/Bryant if you go before June 2019, when drafted Rui which is 1 year, 9 months, 17 days
Evil_Headband wrote:Is Hutchison out of the rotation or is there more to the story?
Jimmy Recard wrote:Nice game from Troy
15 pts, 6/7 FG, 7 rbs, 2 ast, 1 stl, in 21 minutes
