2013-2014 NBA Thread - IND @ WAS and OKC @ LAC on ESPN

[CP1708]

Suns with 4 first round picks in legendary 2014 Draft?
If they draft well, and keep the picks, they should grow real fun, real fast.

Even faster if Sarver dies.

 

[Animal Thug]

Michael Lee ‏@MrMichaelLee 6m
Hearing Marcin Gortat is main piece for #wizards. Kendall Marshall, Shannon Brown & Malcolm Lee not expected to stick around in DC

Bill Simmons had me convinced Gortat to the Thunder was inevitable.

Simmons is a damn idiot.

 

[pmatic]

Hinkie vs McDonough is a nuclear arms race of who can out-tank who.

I love it.

 

[hood17]

Whoa!

 

[urbetterthenme]

The Wizards are clearly playing for the now, and not a team that has any plans on the lottery (not that any team is realistically planning on the lottery, but you know what I mean).

To me, this move cements to the fans that management believes their Wall-Beal-Porter trio is the one they're going with for the long haul. So DC fans, this is going to be your team for the foreseeable future.

I've always been a huge fan of Marcin Gortat. That unprotected pick could really go either way. Imagine if Washington sustains a few key injuries......

Have you seen Beal this pre-season? Dude is showing hes the real deal. All that matters is that Wall improves and so does Porter

 

[shoeking2101]

Damn, Kendall Marshall is on his way out of the League

Can't say that I wasn't expecting this the moment he touched down in UNC

 

[dt43]

I like Gortat, but poor negotiation on our part in giving up the 2014 pick that could potentially be a lottery pick. It should have been top 14 protected

But this bolsters our terrible froncourt and saves our playoff chances. Compared to Okafor, Marcin is younger, tougher, more durable, and a better finisher around the rim. He's not quite as good defensively (not that he isn't a good defender but Okafor was an anchor), but Wizards have very good team defense which will make up any shortcomings.

The most important thing is that we can start winning games right away, instead of dropping games by playing Jan Vesely while waiting for Okafor to come back.

Kendall Marshall will be cut, he's a bum and we don't have the roster space. Brown can get some run occasionally as a 5th-6th guard off the bench.

 

[senorroboto2k5]

Simmons is a damn idiot.

That idea seemed plausible though. It wasn't no Pau Gasol for Dion Waiters and Verejao idea As we can see, the Suns did end up selling pretty low.

Damn, Kendall Marshall is on his way out of the League

Can't say that I wasn't expecting this the moment he touched down in UNC

It's kinda sad when we can all detect the moment a player's career is about to end

He just posted a picture of some Suns PE's too

 

[black migo]

Brown is taking webster's spot for that back up 2

 

[awwsome]

Suns and Philly are going to have starting lineups full of potentially All-Star caliber teenagers at the start of the 2014 season, I love it.

Best way to build a team if you're not in a big market with this new CBA, follow the OKC way all the way up until the Harden trade

 

[jpzx]

Have you seen Beal this pre-season? Dude is showing hes the real deal. All that matters is that Wall improves and so does Porter

The one I doubt is Otto Porter. I think a lot of Brad Beal.

Hinkie and McDonough should get a 30 for 30 at the end of the season. I could see random deals going down all year from both GMs that go unnoticed but dictate who gets the best odds at Wiggins. Hell, we might even see huge splashes that show they're clearly trying to lose, which would make that documentary all the more entertaining. Then the last shots in the documentary are Andrew Wiggins declaring he's staying at Kansas for another year, and then a two-minute long montage of Suns and Sixers fans throughtout the entire year in the stands just showing their disgust, sighing, physically upset, etc.

The ending message we're all left with is tanking can go horribly wrong.

Disclaimer: I know that Gordon, Parker, etc. are "amazing consolations" if Wiggins returned to the Jayhawks.

 

[yeeupp]

STARTERS

M. Gortat
Nene
O. Porter Jr.
Beal
J. Wall



BENCH

Seraphin
A. Harrington
Ariza
M. Webster / J. Childress
S. Brown


? Not bad

 

[senorroboto2k5]

Dexter Fishmore ‏@dexterfishmore 2m

Maybe Phoenix will trade the Lakers a bunch of picks for Steve Nash?

John Gambadoro ‏@Gambo620 47s

Hearing Washington will likely waive Shannon Brown.

And from 6 hours ago

Kendall Marshall ‏@KButter5 6h

Road pic.twitter.com/FtnFX0iV1c
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[sea manup]

1. send 3 players to washington and have them throw games

2. tell your team to throw games

3. get 1st and 2nd picks

 

[certifiedflyboi23]

Wizards looking nice.

 

[awwsome]

Kendall

Nene need to stay healthy man, dude's contract is :x, always gotta be careful with guys who play a lot of international ball, too much wear and tear

Predicting both Wall & Beal put up 20 a night

 

[certifiedflyboi23]

Kendall

Nene need to stay healthy man.

Predicting both Wall & Beal put up 20 a night

I hate him. He claims foul every miss..

 

[black migo]

STARTERS

M. Gortat
Nene
O. Porter Jr.
Beal
J. Wall



BENCH

Seraphin
A. Harrington
Ariza
M. Webster / J. Childress
S. Brown


? Not bad

Brown not playing the 1, they got maynor for a reason, i think otto is gonna be the 6th man too

 

[dman14]

Kendall

Nene need to stay healthy man.

Predicting both Wall & Beal put up 20 a night

I hate him. He claims foul every miss..

nah, that's carlos boozer

 

[awwsome]

Boozer might be the loudest player in the league, how dude doesn't lose his voice over an 82 game season is beyond me. Every event in the game whether it be a rebound, screen, pass, or shot gets a yell from Boozer.

If they ever had him mic'd up he would blow out the engineers eardrum

 

[urbetterthenme]

So we got Gortat and will get Monroe in the summer. DC gonna just keep getting better

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Just put Gortat in the PnR all day. Dude is tailor made for it. Hopefully Wall worked on his midrange game

 

[urbetterthenme]

 Wizards might be the 4 or 5th seed this year

 

[black migo]

Boozer might be the loudest player in the league, how dude doesn't lose his voice over an 82 game season is beyond me. Every event in the game whether it be a rebound, screen, pass, or shot gets a yell from Boozer.

If they ever had him mic'd up he would blow out the engineers eardrum

Lol i noticed melo used to do it too when he would grab a rebound

 

[rook]

I actually like this trade for both teams.

Wizs get 4 decent guys plus 2 marshall and Lee can be good players and young.

Suns with possibly 4 1st round picks next year? In that deep draft? NICE