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My Apology to Nene

Alpha_Snail — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:59:07 -0000

A few weeks ago, when Nene came out and said that our players were not being held accountable and lacked respect for the game, I criticized him for publicly stating the issue without stepping up and attempting to solve it himself, pointing to the fact that prior to the interview we heard nothing from Nene about his own attempts to establish accountability in the locker room. Bullets Nation in Exile and a few others disagreed, claiming that I should givee Nene the benefit of the doubt due to his history in Denver of being a high-character guy. I was asked that if word came out that Nene was leading efforts to change the culture of the locker room that I would change my position, and I responded "full 180 and fanpost apology."

If you read the Washington Times article that was posted today, you'll see that Nene has been teaming up with Okafor to help Seraphin overcome his bad habits, including his poor post defense, and inability to get to the free throw line. As such, I now have to eat my words. My bad, Nene, for doubting your commitment to the team. Its been an incredibly disappointing season thus far, and its really refreshing to hear that you havent quite given up on trying to make things a little bit better.

Kevin Martin?

Alpha_Snail — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:38:44 -0000

Houston has been trying to deal him for the last two years, I think he'd be a pretty good fit in the backcourt with John Wall. He's a very efficient player, something the Wizards havent had for a long time.

Potential trade #1

Houston gets: Javale Mcgee, Eric Bledsoe

Clippers get: Nick Young, Chris Singleton

Washington gets: Kevin Martin, Reggie Evans, and Brian Cook

Potential trade #2

Houston gets: Javale Mcgee, Andray Blatche, Chris Singleton

Washington gets: Kevin Martin

Thoughts?

Potential trade #1

Houston gets: Javale Mcgee, Eric Bledsoe

Clippers get: Nick Young, Chris Singleton

Washington gets: Kevin Martin, Reggie Evans, and Brian Cook

Potential trade #2

Houston gets: Javale Mcgee, Andray Blatche, Chris Singleton

Washington gets: Kevin Martin

Thoughts?

Trade for Paul Milsap

Alpha_Snail — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:22:19 -0000

I don't have a paragraph's worth of thoughts on the subject and im too lazy to open up a new tab and look at the trade machine, but Utah has a lot of big dudes on their roster, and they probably wont be paying all of them in the future. Maybe we should try to take one of them off their hands. Milsap is a pretty underrated offensive player, and is clearly an upgrade over booker. Maybe if Utah is stupid, we can convince them to include Alec Burks or Gordon Hayward or something, I dont really know.

Poll

Trade for Paul Milsap?

Yes

31 votes

No

7 votes

Depends

16 votes

I dont really care anymore

10 votes

64 votes | Poll has closed

2006 Eastern Conference Playoffs Round 1: Wizards vs Cavaliers Game 3

Alpha_Snail — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 02:32:26 -0000

2006 Eastern Conference Playoffs Round 1: Wizards vs Cavaliers Game 3

I just found this online, I figured since we won't be seeing the new Wizards for a while, it would be fun to watch the old ones. We all know what happens at the end of this one, so it's probably best to stop watching around 1:43:00.

I'm not going to try and describe how awesome it is to watch a near-prime gilbert arenas play basketball, but damn I miss this team so much.

Could Andray's recent problems stem from Flip's offense?

Alpha_Snail — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:13:44 -0000

So I was looking through Andray Blatche's twitter today (dont ask me why) and I came across this interesting post. An angry fan asked him a few weeks ago why he doesn't post up and is constantly floating around the 3 pt line. Andray, in a response that was surprisingly nice, claimed that he would love to post up all game, but that flips sets give him the ball on the perimeter.

Could Andray have a point? Flips sets are definitely different than what he ran for Blatche last year, but I find it hard to believe that he would change the offense in order to give Blatche the ball on the perimeter, especially when he's clearly out of shape, and ineffective from out there. Then again, if Blatche is breaking the offense to play on the perimeter, wouldn't Flip have benched him by now? Anyway, heres a link to the tweet.

Blatche Nostalgia

Alpha_Snail — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 20:54:52 -0000

Its been another rough season for us wizards fans, and recently there have been a ton of fanposts discussing the changes that the organization needs to be making. While there has been a lot of disagreement as to which direction the organization should be going in, I think it's important that we, as a community, take the time to discuss something that we can pretty much all agree upon.

There was a (brief) period in which Andray Blatche played some beautiful, beautiful basketball.

Now, I have no idea if those three months last season were a fluke, but its clear that Andray isn't all the way back from that foot injury. Look at how svelte and nimble he is! Look at that jumper at 0:43! Look at those spin moves!

I'm not sure if we should keep him or trade him, but I do miss the Andray Blatche of last year. For a short period of time, he was one of the best power forwards in the league, and it was great to watch him play so well. While this hasn't been his year for a number of reasons, I dont think its a stretch to believe that he will return to this level of play at some point this season, be it here or somewhere else.

There was a (brief) period in which Andray Blatche played some beautiful, beautiful basketball.

If the Wizards go through on trading Blatche, what can we expect to get in return?

Alpha_Snail — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 23:50:21 -0000

According to Marc Stein, the Wizards front office is considering trading Andray Blatche. Nevermind if he deserves to be traded or not, but if Ernie actually goes through with it, what can we expect to get in return? I'd love to get a young, starting 4 back, but I can't imagine Blatche has much of any value right now, and i can't think of any teams that would be willing to swap power forwards. The only young four who's available that I can think of is Anthony Randolph, but i doubt the Knicks would have any use for Blatche. What do you all think? Is there anyone we could really get for Andray? Or would trading Blatche be another example of "addition by subtraction"?

McGee for 3rd overall pick?

Alpha_Snail — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:24:37 -0000

Chad Ford, espn.com:

...That's why a couple of teams think the Thunder might be willing to trade down in the draft. Two league sources said the Wizards and Thunder already had discussions about a swap of the No. 3 pick for the No. 5 pick and the Wizards' 2008 first-rounder JaVale McGee.

The Wizards want Rubio and would settle for Thabeet if he's the one who falls. The Thunder would get a long, lanky shot-blocker in McGee and can then get another guy they like, Arizona State's James Harden, at No. 5.

Link

Would this be a good trade? McGee for Rubio/Thabeet?

McGee took some huge steps forward this year, but is bound to lose some minutes with Haywood back and healthy. What do you all think? Should Grunfeld pull the trigger?

Chad Ford, espn.com:

...That's why a couple of teams think the Thunder might be willing to trade down in the draft. Two league sources said the Wizards and Thunder already had discussions about a swap of the No. 3 pick for the No. 5 pick and the Wizards' 2008 first-rounder JaVale McGee.

The Wizards want Rubio and would settle for Thabeet if he's the one who falls. The Thunder would get a long, lanky shot-blocker in McGee and can then get another guy they like, Arizona State's James Harden, at No. 5.

Link

Would this be a good trade? McGee for Rubio/Thabeet?

McGee took some huge steps forward this year, but is bound to lose some minutes with Haywood back and healthy. What do you all think? Should Grunfeld pull the trigger?