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I would hope that the Wizards learned something about swapping bad contracts from the Rashard Lewis debacle.Ok,
Let me throw some things out there that would work as a quick fix
1. Start evaluating potential candidates to take over for Grunfeld IMMEDIATELY. Don't go w/ someone to be an interim GM or anything along those lines, get someone in here who has a good vision of where they'd like for this franchise to go and also how to get them out of this rut.
2. While EG is here, have him work the phones to see if some sort of potential deal can be made either as the main swapping partner for the Lakers to bring in Pau Gasol OR as the 3rd team in that deal. For the former, I have ZERO clue as to what it would take to get this deal done, but I would offer any combination of Okafor, Ariza, Crawford, Booker, Seraphin, Ves, Singleton, or a future 1st round pick to sweeten the deal. Yes, Gasol is long in the tooth at 32, but he's off the books by the end of the 13-14 season. He's a guy who could come in an IMMEDIATELY help this team by way of his b-ball IQ. This would be a good short term fix, IMO.
*I didn't mention Nene in the trade scenario b/c of his durability issues and contract. However, a nucleus of Nene/Pau/Wall would be a good stopgap until the 2014 season. This would be our best trio since Gil/Caron/Jamison were getting all-star nods. If these guys can play 90+% of the games on the schedule, the team would be in much better shape than it is right now. Of course that is all contingent on who is coaching and also who is in the FO.
Anyways, for the latter (if we're the 3rd team in a deal), offer up any combo of those players I mentioned to do something like this:
LinkSo, why not deal Gasol to the Timberwolves, as part of a three-team trade that would also include the Wizards?
Again: I have no information -- none -- that the Lakers are contemplating trading Gasol, or are entertaining or seeking offers for Gasol. This is pure speculation, not information or even rumor. This is me thinking out loud.
In this (imaginary) deal, Washington would send second-year forward Chris Singleton and former Laker Trevor Ariza to the Lakers, who would also get guards Luke Ridnour and J.J. Barea from Minnesota. The Wizards and Wolves would, essentially, swap 2011 Lottery picks about which both are quite uncertain, with Washington's Jan Vesely going to Minnesota and Minnesota's Derrick Williams going to Washington, along with center Nikola Pekovic. Guard Chris Duhon would go from the Lakers to Wizards to make the trade work cap-wise.
You bring on an unknown in Williams, but you get a good big in Pek while dumping Ariza, Singleton, and Ves.
That would be a start of an actual rebuild.
3. If you plan on keeping Ves around, send his *** to the d-league to figure out how to actually hoop.
7. Stop jerking around Seraphin and let him start. If you're going to let Beal take his lumps while getting quality minutes, do the same for Seraphin.
4. Can Wittman as long as you have another guy on deck who you could envision teaching the young guys the finer points of basketball and potentially leading this team out of the basement BACK to some sort of respectability. I absolutely will not stand for Wittman being fired JUST to bring in guy like Ed Tapscott (again). HAVE A DAMN PLAN. Meth alluded to Nate McMillian - who would be great, and so would SVG. I like Nate a little better because I'm not sure if SVG would want to be here or if he has the patience to deal with the current players on the roster.
How many Powerball tickets do you think Chris Singleton bought this year? $50,000 worth?
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Portland will be their first win of the month, Blazers are terrible. A coach who is running the starters into the ground and not developing the bench![]()
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here's the Andray Blatche interview with his attempt at trying to explain the Tweets and the rest of his history with the Wizards, it's HILARIOUS
http://washington.cbslocal.com/?pod...ue&config_file=config.xml&dcid=CBS.WASHINGTON
We normally don't go all Fire Joe Morgan on local columnists, mostly because that crew set such an impossibly high standard that any attempt to imitate them would fall short. We should also point out that we've enjoyed John Feinstein's work in the past (Season on the Brink, The Majors, A Good Walk Spoiled, A Season Inside, The Last Amateurs, etc.)
But this ... this needs to be nipped in the bud.
Clearly, what is going on with the Wizards isn't working. And it isn't going to start working anytime soon ... Here's the answer: Hire Gary Williams as coach.
And why, pray, does Feinstein want an abrasive 67-year-old retiree with zero (0) NBA experience to become ringmaster of this circus?
Why? Because there's no one who tolerates losing less than Williams ... Williams is a young 67 and won't really care that much if he gets fired for ruffling anyone's feathers. Randy Wittman is 53 and wants to coach a while longer, so he has to be more careful in his handling of his so-called stars in a star-driven league.
Needless to say, there is zero evidence presented to support that last sentence.
Nah if you guys didn't win the other day than I would guarantee a win against the Knicks. Now I think we are fine. We always used to lose those type of games
I was soooo happy when the wiz won hahahahaha
We gon' SHOCK THE WORLD TONIGHT. We got this vs. the Knicks. Some good team is gonna take this bum *** Wizards team for granted and get caught slippin'.
Oh yeah...this is absurd. John Feinstein suggest the Wizards hire Gary Williams
Gary Williams to coach the Wizards...WHAT???!!