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“He’s a very humble rookie. He’s a guy that wants to learn a lot,” Tomas Satoransky said. “He will listen to you, listen to what you have to say. I think he’s been really working his [butt] off to get on the court, and now he’s proving that he’s got a lot better since the beginning of the season.”
Grodoboldo wrote:kulaz3000 wrote:Grodoboldo wrote:Look, I don't know WTF is happening in Washington.
But tell me
How the **** do they give this guy up for Hutchinson and Gafford??? Oh, and they also actually gave us cash for it!!!!!!!
They're bad. Like, REALLY bad!!!! Even if TBJ regressed a bit, there's a good player here, they should have tried harder to develop him.
He looks like who we wanted Hutch to become.
I actually believe his shot is salvageable, unlike Hutchinson's. And he's 2 years younger!!!!
Seriously, what a **** steal. Even if it doesn't pan out, we lost absolutely nothing in this deal.
Indomitable wrote:Grodoboldo wrote:kulaz3000 wrote:
He looks like who we wanted Hutch to become.
I actually believe his shot is salvageable, unlike Hutchinson's. And he's 2 years younger!!!!
Seriously, what a **** steal. Even if it doesn't pan out, we lost absolutely nothing in this deal.
Hutch is 3 years younger. I get people are excited but come on. This guy is Nwaba who I liked but really.
spearsy23 wrote:Kobe is a low percentage chucker just like Jennings, he's just better at it.
teamCHItown wrote:Now we have threads on what violent felons think of our Bulls. Great. Next up, OJ Simpson's take on a possible Taj Gibson extension.
Jvaughn wrote:Indomitable wrote:Grodoboldo wrote:I actually believe his shot is salvageable, unlike Hutchinson's. And he's 2 years younger!!!!
Seriously, what a **** steal. Even if it doesn't pan out, we lost absolutely nothing in this deal.
Hutch is 3 years younger. I get people are excited but come on. This guy is Nwaba who I liked but really.
I think you read it backwards. Hutch is 24. TBJ is only 21.
Grodoboldo wrote:Look, I don't know WTF is happening in Washington.
But tell me
How the **** do they give this guy up for Hutchinson and Gafford??? Oh, and they also actually gave us cash for it!!!!!!!
They're bad. Like, REALLY bad!!!! Even if TBJ regressed a bit, there's a good player here, they should have tried harder to develop him.
Quite a number of Bulls turnovers, into the hands of Troy. I imagine Arturas was re-evaluating PG video of Coby, Arci, Sato and kept seeing this Brown fella make full-court plays. Indomitable wrote:Jvaughn wrote:Indomitable wrote:Hutch is 3 years younger. I get people are excited but come on. This guy is Nwaba who I liked but really.
I think you read it backwards. Hutch is 24. TBJ is only 21.
I got mixed up in the threads. That is what I get for trying read it all at the same time.
spearsy23 wrote:Kobe is a low percentage chucker just like Jennings, he's just better at it.
teamCHItown wrote:Now we have threads on what violent felons think of our Bulls. Great. Next up, OJ Simpson's take on a possible Taj Gibson extension.
MrSparkle wrote:Grodoboldo wrote:Look, I don't know WTF is happening in Washington.
But tell me
How the **** do they give this guy up for Hutchinson and Gafford??? Oh, and they also actually gave us cash for it!!!!!!!
They're bad. Like, REALLY bad!!!! Even if TBJ regressed a bit, there's a good player here, they should have tried harder to develop him.
More Neil Funk than Wizards announcers.
Not gonna get too elated, not sure how he'll shoot and score, but Troy can dribble better than most the Bulls roster. Artunas values point-skills for prospects. Paxson seemed to value defensive effort over any single basketball attribute (not even targeting elite combinations of length & athleticism like a T. Chandler, Gobert or Thybulle, but compromised on one or the other and focused on the "effort" and "desire to win"). This simple change in philosophy is going to account for better vet. min. signings, 13th man trades, and 2nd round picks. Troy has better handles than almost any draft pick in Paxson's entire tenure as GM/VP, besides Rose. And he's got defensive wing-size.
Seems like he got a big demotion since Westbrook joined. Their coach is allowing Russ and Beal to dominate almost 70% of usage, while the FO seemed to draft a slew of wings and forwards whose strength was handling & passing (Deni, Troy, Bonga, Neto). Wagner could pass out the post in college. Not to mention Rui could use more on-ball development. Just seems the Wizards are content not giving these young guys a chance to touch the rock, so that Westbrook and Beal, plus a 32yo Ish Smith could dominate the ball into a 15-win record.
I'm low on Scott Brooks. He isn't good with prospects. He seems has no problem letting his top-stars completely over-dribble. Beal is a freaky shooter, 90% from FT and currently he's shooting 32% from 3P on medium volume. He's up to 35% usage, which would be fine if he was Luka, but he's a shooter first and fore-most... There is all kinds of wrong with that team. This is the same coach who kept Harden at 20% usage even as a 6th man. Isn't moving a 20 PER #3 pick to 6th man usually a move to give him the keys, high usage with the 2nd unit? Even then, he kept it out of Harden's hands, who became MIP immediately in HOU. Sure he was glad to give Thabo, Derek Fisher and Kendrick Perkins some extended looks. Brooks was OK with Russ leading OKC in usage, which obviously ending up pissing off Durant in the end.
I hope Troy is a hidden gem.
dumbell78 wrote:Random comment....Mikal Bridges stroke is dripping right now in summer league. Carry on.
Gafford and Hutchison came over from the Chicago Bulls in a trade deadline deal and, given Hutchison's recent absence, there was a question of when he would be available for the Wizards. General manager Tommy Sheppard, however, said that will be right away.
"Hopefully, they will be in uniform on Saturday. That’s the plan. Chandler, he did have some difficulties, definitely," Sheppard said Thursday evening after the trades were official.
"I’ll let him relay those to you, but obviously Covid strikes different players and different times and has different effects. I think that was a setback for him that he was still kind of coming to grips with."
The Explorer wrote:Hutchison all of a sudden is available to play tomorrow for the Wizards - this lends me to believe he had a falling out with Donovan.Gafford and Hutchison came over from the Chicago Bulls in a trade deadline deal and, given Hutchison's recent absence, there was a question of when he would be available for the Wizards. General manager Tommy Sheppard, however, said that will be right away.
"Hopefully, they will be in uniform on Saturday. That’s the plan. Chandler, he did have some difficulties, definitely," Sheppard said Thursday evening after the trades were official.
"I’ll let him relay those to you, but obviously Covid strikes different players and different times and has different effects. I think that was a setback for him that he was still kind of coming to grips with."
The Explorer wrote:Hutchison all of a sudden is available to play tomorrow for the Wizards - this lends me to believe he had a falling out with Donovan.Gafford and Hutchison came over from the Chicago Bulls in a trade deadline deal and, given Hutchison's recent absence, there was a question of when he would be available for the Wizards. General manager Tommy Sheppard, however, said that will be right away.
"Hopefully, they will be in uniform on Saturday. That’s the plan. Chandler, he did have some difficulties, definitely," Sheppard said Thursday evening after the trades were official.
"I’ll let him relay those to you, but obviously Covid strikes different players and different times and has different effects. I think that was a setback for him that he was still kind of coming to grips with."
superdave wrote:Love the flier on Troy Brown. That 6'11" wingspan certain plays on defense. Would much rather give him minutes than knucklehead Hutch or hero-ball Denzel.
R3AL1TY wrote:Watching clips of Brown, I'm surprised Washington rather take a chance with Hutch over him. Brown looks faster and more reliable despite being an end of the bench guy like Hutch. I guess the value mainly came from the athleticism and length of adding Gafford.
Mirotek wrote:The Explorer wrote:Hutchison all of a sudden is available to play tomorrow for the Wizards - this lends me to believe he had a falling out with Donovan.Gafford and Hutchison came over from the Chicago Bulls in a trade deadline deal and, given Hutchison's recent absence, there was a question of when he would be available for the Wizards. General manager Tommy Sheppard, however, said that will be right away.
"Hopefully, they will be in uniform on Saturday. That’s the plan. Chandler, he did have some difficulties, definitely," Sheppard said Thursday evening after the trades were official.
"I’ll let him relay those to you, but obviously Covid strikes different players and different times and has different effects. I think that was a setback for him that he was still kind of coming to grips with."
He def had some problems with someone before he left. The first sentence on his Instagram post was, "Heading to the next chapter like (running man emoji)." Maybe i'm reading too much into it but it felt like a jab.