The Official Washington Wizards Thread

[SiCkSoULjA]

Denver destroyed us in that trade, I don't beleive Nene will stay healthy. Denver knew Nene was having pain and we bailed them out they know have a healthy young big man for less than the older one with chronic knee problems.

[stevemcqueen1]

Denver destroyed us in that trade, I don't beleive Nene will stay healthy. Denver knew Nene was having pain and we bailed them out they know have a healthy young big man for less than the older one with chronic knee problems.

Hard to say they destroyed us when we got the better player out of it.

[AsiaticSkinsFan]

Hard to say they destroyed us when we got the better player out of it.

whats the good with having the better player when he has a chronic injury and a bad contract?

And McGee has a higher PER, if that still matters...

[stevemcqueen1]

whats the good with having the better player when he has a chronic injury and a bad contract?

And McGee has a higher PER, if that still matters...

I'm not saying the deal was a net positive. I'm saying it actually was a negative because we're still as awful with Nene as we would be without him record-wise and now we don't have flexibility for rebuilding. I'm saying our best course would probably have been to let JaVale walk.

Nene's major health problems throughout his career have been unrelated. He tore his ACL early in his career, had a testicular cancer issue in 2008, and this summer he developed plantar fasciitis. Barring catastrophic injuries like those, you can usually count on 75+ games from Nene, pretty good and right in line with what you can expect from a rugged big like him.

The contract is only bad for us because we're terrible and could use flexibility more than anything else. He's our only legit NBA starter with Wall out, we're completely reliant on him to be competitive. It's just not a good construction. As far as the money goes, 13 million a year for a big like Nene is fair value. He's a fringe All Star type that doesn't take anything off the table and has the ability to score 14 a game and lead the league in FG%.

Regarding JaVale's PER, it's skewed high because he doesn't start and only plays 20 MPG. Still he's been playing much better since he got to Denver.

[Destino]

I have a hard time concerning myself with a productive 13 million dollar contract when we have 21 million going to Okafor and Ariza. The wizards major issues are that they alway waste a lot of money. Since Arenas got hurt the team has found a way to burn 20 million on non productive players. That's crippling.

[StillUnknown]

No Nene tonight.

[Popeman38]

Must be nice to have the official allow you to literally grab and hold and have that called gret tam defense.

[RonArtest15]

Javale McGee SHOULD have worked here in DC. Problem was the FO never gave him a good mentor to keep his ass in check. On top of it all, look at the organizational dysfunction around him. Just think....if there was an ounce of professionalism expected out of these guys from the jump, the entire "culture" of Wizards basketball would be MUCH different.

[Fight4RGIII]

Jan just scored a bucket. I REPEAT, JAN JUST SCORED A BUCKET

[StillUnknown]

Jan just scored a bucket. I REPEAT, JAN JUST SCORED A BUCKET

and an assist, clearly worth the 6th overall pick

[Destino]

Is Seraphin injured or is Wittman just doing his insanity rotation thing again?

[Skin'emAlive]

Im not sure if i could turn this game off fast enough. That was a horrific start to the half.

[Destino]

When did Singleton become a starting power forward? Why?

[stevemcqueen1]

Lord this is sad. Crawford needs to stop taking those awful elbow transition threes. They only work on NBA 2k.

[StillUnknown]

Beal is -40 for the game, I don't believe I've ever seen a split like that before.