It's Mike Wilks

by Pradamaster on Dec 16, 2007 7:28 PM EST in Free Agency

John N. Mitchell reports (and scoops Ivan Carter in the process).

The Washington Wizards will fill injured Antonio Daniels' roster spot with Mike Wilks, who was recently released by Denver last month, according to a league source with knowledge of the situation.

Wilks, a five-year veteran, was released by the Nuggets after eight games. In that time he averaged 3.0 points per game and 0.8 assists.

Wilks will not receive a guaranteed contract mostly because the Wizards (13-10) don't want to surpass the luxury tax trigger of $67.86 million, the point at the end of the season where teams over the trigger must pay a dollar-for-dollar tax for every dollar they exceed the plateau. His future with the team upon Daniels' return is unlikely.

This shouldn't be much of a surprise, considering the Rocky Mountain News report from three weeks ago, where Wilks said the Wizards had expressed interest in him. Like VG stated, I'm glad we got a point guard who at least plays like AD, instead of getting a combo-guard type like Donnell Taylor.

Truthfully, for our price range, Wilks probably fit best, so that's a good thing.

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Mixed feelings

I agree with Vanilla's comment, we really didn't need another combo guard. Seems to me that this is the right fit.

Time was of the essence here, so I'm glad to see that they've filled this need so quickly.

But on the other hand, like Jake said, if the blogosphere is good for one thing, its unbridled specualtion. I was looking forward to some old-fasioned rumor-mongering. Maybe some crazy trade scenarios involving Jamison, the Memphis pick, and cash money. They gave us fans no time to speculate and ponder. 'Tis the season, man, what's that all about?

by sierradave on Dec 16, 2007 8:13 PM EST 0 recs