The Official Washington Wizards Thread

[stevemcqueen1]

The dysfunction of an Ernie Grunfeld organization could not possibly be laid out any plainer. This is what Ernie sews.

Ted for ****'s sake FIRE ERNIE ALREADY! Christ can he really be that dumb?

[AsiaticSkinsFan]

if Nene wants to be traded, I would be sooooooo happy.

[Skin'emAlive]

It couldn't be more telling that the whole problem is Ernie and the front office staff.

What else could be said without ernie's name being mentioned by a current player. Why can't someone on the team just outright call him out? We always hear that no one is accountable... And then players mysteriously lose playing time ( see Webster earlier this season).

[Destino]

Three points to make:

1 This team lacks leaders and has shown in the past that they will turn on each other. I remember the “entitled” claims and the body language shown towards some of the “clowns” that the team made a big deal of getting rid of. Now we have more chirping coming from the locker room that is focused on each other. People tend to worry about if they are right or wrong while I think that this behavior is always universally WRONG. The Jets have fallen into this same trap in the NFL. There is no room for that at all on successful teams. If you look at the roster there isn’t a guy with the credibility and interest in taking up the mantle of leader on this team.

2 Wittman has played a major role in the unease afflicting the players on this team. His quick hooks and constant lineup changes have players worried about stats and individual decisions instead of simply playing basketball. It’s not just minutes that are on the line either as evidenced by Mack being cut for Pargo, Pargo being cut for Livingston, and now Livingston being cut for Mack. Barron had a couple horrible outings and was cut as well. This team is actively looking to make changes because the thinking appears to be that there is some combination that will work.

3 Grunfeld has created an environment so bad that it can hardly be compared to any other in all of the NBA. It’s been bad for too long but we’ve entered into the area of “historically bad” and possible “worst ever”. Ernie is going to keep digging until someone takes his shovel away.

[Fight4RGIII]

Ernie has rebuilt this organization 3 or 4 times, depending on how you look at it. His teams have gotten out of the first round one time in a REALLY WEAK Eastern conference that year. He drafted 1 AS in 20 some years in an NBA front office position. How many other GMs in ANY sport would keep their jobs after that?

[10]

How many other GMs in ANY sport would keep their jobs after that?

[Hersh]

http://www.nba.com/2012/news/feature....html#dribbles
Much, much more in the link unfortunately. The entire article is full of damning quotes.

To no ones surprise, no one's job is in jeopardy cause EG even admits they are using injuries as their excuse for now.

[stevemcqueen1]

Ernie has rebuilt this organization 3 or 4 times, depending on how you look at it. His teams have gotten out of the first round one time in a REALLY WEAK Eastern conference that year. He drafted 1 AS in 20 some years in an NBA front office position. How many other GMs in ANY sport would keep their jobs after that?

And that 1 guy only made the All Star team after EG left.

---------- Post added December-24th-2012 at 04:57 PM ----------

if the Kings want Nene for Cousins, I would do it in a heartbeat just to get out of that contract.

I think we need Nene pretty desperately. He's the only good player on the team. The only one who knows what good basketball actually feels like. The only one who knows how to be a professional and hasn't been totally ruined by EG.

**** this front office. I hope we break the record for worst season ever. I wish there was something active that fans could do to make that stupid ******* Leonsis grow a damn pair and fire Ernie.

[D'Pablo]

It's time to boycott the franchise in the hopes that they either fire management, or leave town.

[AsiaticSkinsFan]

I think we need Nene pretty desperately. He's the only good player on the team. The only one who knows what good basketball actually feels like. The only one who knows how to be a professional and hasn't been totally ruined by EG.

**** this front office. I hope we break the record for worst season ever. I wish there was something active that fans could do to make that stupid ******* Leonsis grow a damn pair and fire Ernie.

Nene has a bad contract that will only get worse.

I get that he is a professional and good, but thats a horrible contract.

Young good big man on his rookie deal>>>>>old good big man on bad contracts who have an injury history.

[Fight4RGIII]

if Nene wants to be traded, I would be sooooooo happy.

Nobody wants that contract unless we take on salary coming back.

[RonArtest15]

Nobody wants that contract unless we take on salary coming back.

Teams contending would want to take a flyer on him. He's ridiculously smart and usually makes the right play. I could see him thriving on a team like Memphis or SA. Not saying that they are realistic trade partners, but he'd be such a good fit on many teams around the league. I think Nene at this point is going to be a good solider with the hopes of being moved in the very near future. He deserves better.

For the Wizards sake, they have to move him due to the length of his contract.

[Sticksboi05]

Ted is a moron. Fire Ernie my God, this is ridiculous.

[RonArtest15]

What about a trade that involves Nene and Kris Humphries? I'd do it just to get out from under Nene's deal...Humphries is off the books in 2014.

[Hersh]

What about a trade that involves Nene and Kris Humphries? I'd do it just to get out from under Nene's deal...Humphries is off the books in 2014.

No one is going to take Nene while he's injured. The worst part about this mess is that the Wiz could have cleared the books while sucking this bad and it would have been so much better. Easily should be under the cap significantly for the foreseeable future.