Wizards Offseason

likwitdesi · Post #1 » by **likwitdesi** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 5:58 am

Hire Larry Brown. We need a proven NBA coach and this guy is the best out there. Yeah he will leave in a few years so get him a heir apparent like Bill Laimbeer. This team needs to learn to defend for real and needs tough love.

Two Trades

Trade away Jamison for a better defender.

Trade:

Jamison and Etan for JO and Foster

Dump a bad contract and get JO for pennies on the dollar. The guy had his worst season and seems to be regressing offensively due to losing some athleticism. However, he is one of the best defensive big men in the NBA. Haywood and JO would form the best defensive frontcourt in the NBA and would shutdown slashers.

Trade Stevenson and AD for Kirk Hinrich.

Hinrich is one of the best defensive PGs out there and is a solid offensive player himself. He does not put up very good %s and had a career worst year this year, but he is the perfect guy to have next to Gil. A tad overrated, yes, but necessary to satisfy Larry Brown who will move Gil to SG anyway.

Draft Chalmers and deadeye shooter Pat Calathes and resign Mason (for 3 years 9 mil).

PG: Hinrich/Mason/Chalmers
SG: Gil/Young
SF: Butler/McGuire/Calathes
PF: JO/Songaila
C: Haywood/Blatche/Pesh

So you surround Gil with four guys who can defend and provide enough offense to make a deep playoff run. The key here is that we will have a bench that will allow the starters to rest and get a ton of points. This team would kind of be like that Philly team that go to the finals that Larry coached. The key here is McGuire's development. He really needs to continue to get stronger and learn defensive fundamentals because he has the potential to slow down a guy like LeBron or Pierce come playoff time. I'm sure having Larry Brown as his coach will help him out a lot.

DanTown8587 · Post #2 » by **DanTown8587** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 6:35 am

Trade 1 is god awful for Washington, Trade 2 is god awful for Chicago, Larry Brown is going to Charlotte. Besides that, you are golden.

WizardsWorld · Post #3 » by **WizardsWorld** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:10 am

Thats about as far off from reality as can be... I predict our team will pretty much stay the same next season. Not much at all in the offseason. I think we're gonna target Hibbert in the 1st round and maybe try to package Etan with the Memphis pick in a deal for a player that can help us a little more then Etan can like a Tim Thomas/Stromile Swift type of guy... thats about it.

C: Haywood/Hibbert
PF: Jamison/Blatche/Songalia
SF: Butler/MacGuire
SG: Stevenson/Young
PG: Arenas/Daniels/Mason

Thats most likely your team... can just replace MacGuire with whoever (if anyone) we can get for Etan/MEM Pick package...

Oomph · Post #4 » by **Oomph** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 12:07 pm

DanTown8587 wrote:Trade 1 is god awful for Washington, Trade 2 is god awful for Chicago, Larry Brown is going to Charlotte. Besides that, you are golden.

You mean god awful for Indiana right?

JO > Jamison
Foster > Thomas

Pacers don't need Jamison, the role of non-defensive PF in our lineup has been taken care of by Murphy.