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Originally Posted by eyes of hazel
I'm a fan of the home team (die-hard 20+ years), but I keeps it funky.
Name the last lottery draft pick we initially drafted, developed, and that player fulfilled or surpassed his initial "potential"?????
[Katt Williams] "Don't worry, I'll wait...................................................."
.C./Wizards is dooms day to draftees...
Seriously?Originally Posted by djeo23
Originally Posted by Im Not You
What's everyone's thoughts on this deal now?
I'm up in the air about it but the fact that we have some expiring contracts helps a bit. Rubio would have taken years to develop/transition. I like Miller. He plays hard for our team and probably is the least selfish player on the team, along with Boykins. We're in the John Wall sweepstakes now.
Originally Posted by eyes of hazel
^
So in two decades plus STRAIGHT you gonna blame individuals?
Comical.
From this organization breaking their necks to draft Tom Hammond, to picking Cheaney at #6 over Allan Houston as the "future", etc.
It's embedded in the franchise. You can't point the finger at one person.
Atleast now, the guy they should have drafted over Nick Young a couple years ago (Sean Williams) is now available...
Originally Posted by eyes of hazel
^
So in two decades plus STRAIGHT you gonna blame individuals?
Comical.
From this organization breaking their necks to draft Tom Hammond, to picking Cheaney at #6 over Allan Houston as the "future", etc.
It's embedded in the franchise. You can't point the finger at one person.
Atleast now, the guy they should have drafted over Nick Young a couple years ago (Sean Williams) is now available...
$%#* NOOriginally Posted by Swish 22
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The Washington Wizards have been plagued by injuries the last few season and Antawn Jamison believes they can compete for a championship if they stay healthy.
"I've been around here for six years and championship talk wasn't a norm around our locker room. That's all we're talking about now," Jamison tells The Washington Post. "If we stay healthy, I think we can compete with the upper echelon of the NBA.
"We won 19 games last year and I'll be honest with you, we didn't have a lot of our horses. But I don't have anything else to play for. I'm not going to sit here and sugar coat things because it's not the right thing to say. I believe it. I believe playing the game the right way and staying healthy, we can compete with Boston, we can compete with Cleveland and Orlando and if you can compete with those teams, you can put yourself in that category as far as teams that can contend for a championship."
to quote Rick Patino slightly...."Wes Unseld ain't walking through that door"....again the confidence is a good sign, but lots of question marks.
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The Washington Wizards and Dallas Mavericksare closing in on a multi-player trade that will launch Washington'slong-anticipated rebuilding project in earnest and send Wizardsmainstays Caron Butler and Brendan Haywood to the Mavericks, according to sources close to the situation.
Althoughthe deal could take until Monday to be finalized, sources said that theteams have essentially agreed on the principal pieces: Butler, Haywoodand DeShawn Stevenson to Dallas for Josh Howard and Drew Gooden.
The Mavericks must add additional low-dollar contracts to the deal to make the salary-cap math work -- candidates include Tim Thomas, Quinton Ross and James Singleton -- but are not expected to surrender prized rookie guard Roddy Beaubois in the swap.
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Sources told ESPN.com that the teams' negotiations only grewmore serious and, barring an unexpected late snag, will result in thetrade that will serve as the first major domino to fall to loosenthings up in advance of Thursday's annual trading deadline.
Severalsources with direct knowledge of the teams' discussions said Fridaythat the teams were closing in on a final trade construction that willenable Washington to truly launch its rebuilding efforts, realizesignificant financial relief in the midst of a disastrous season andachieve all those aims without giving up forward Antawn Jamison, which is the Wizards' preference.
Thepossible acquisitions of Butler and Haywood, meanwhile, would be awelcome spark for the sputtering Mavericks, with Butler moving into thespot vacated by Howard and Haywood arriving as another rim-protectingdefensive anchor in the wake of a knee injury that has compromised theeffectiveness of Mavs center Erick Dampier.
AcquiringHaywood and having the chance to re-sign him this summer would likelyfill the void Dallas thought it filled last summer, when the Mavssigned Orlando center Marcin Gortat to a lucrative offer sheet, only for the Magic to unexpectedly match the offer to the restricted free agent.
Washingtonwould inevitably want Beaubois added to the deal, but Mavs owner MarkCuban said earlier this week that his young point guard is "pretty muchuntouchable" as Thursday's trade deadline approaches. But sources saythe Wizards are gaining so much payroll and luxury-tax relief -- whilealso keeping Jamison -- that they couldn't pass on Dallas' offer.
The Wizards have been talking to several teams for weeks about deals involving Butler and Haywood, most notably Houston with Tracy McGrady's$22.5 million expiring contract. But talks with Dallas had stalled inthe past week, partly because of Washington's insistence that theMavericks take guard Stevenson in any Butler deal.
The potentialfor acquiring two front-line players -- since Butler and Haywood wouldimmediately become key rotation players for Dallas -- renewed the Mavs'interest and convinced them to relent on Stevenson.
Speaking to agroup of reporters Thursday, Cuban said: "We kind of know theparameters [under] which we would make a deal. If somebody meets ourparameters, we'll pull the trigger. But if not, we're not going to doit. I don't see us doing something just to do something because that'llkill our flexibility this summer. But in the event that there'ssomebody that really upgrades our talent and really makes our teambetter, then maybe we'll do it."
*heavy sigh*.. looks like Wood and Butler are outta here..we're looking at the future here, but I am very sad to see these two go
i quoted it from the first pageOriginally Posted by codeIVC
^ umm. why did you jus post that article?