Ivan later deleted it, but it was there.

was AD an original Vancouver Gizzle?

I didn’t really like him coming out of college, but I haven’t really seen him much since then. My feeling is that he’s more of a scoring guard though.

I wonder how his defense is. I’ve heard good things.

I love seeing Juan play well. The way he played last night – as a PG rather than a scoring guard – is what we need him to do. Juan has much better handles than Dee, and when he uses them well rather than jacking up bad shots he can be very effective.

Last night, he penetrated and got the ball to players such as Darius and Jamison for them to score easily. I wish he’d consistently use his penetration to pass the ball rather than shoot it off the dribble.

i misspoke. i meant that, in my view, this is less a deal to improve the team, and more a deal to increase our firepower to acquire a semi-star in the offseason. i hope to see a lot of crittenton this year. it will help his value, and maybe, just maybe, we have something too good to give up here. as for james, i sure hope we dont see him. hes playing horribly, problems with the coaches or not.

His ceiling is a 15 minute per game spot up 3-ball shooter who can cause a matchup problem – at BEST. I’d like to see him get his shot in this league, but I doubt it comes with the Wiz.

When Ernie really likes a guy, he tends to be right more often than not.

Which implies that sometimes he is wrong. But he did foresee Gilbert blowing up into an even bigger player than most people did back then, and he did manage to find Michael Redd in the second round of a very poor draft class.

I guess we’ll find out soon. He turns just 21 later this month, so he has to have some upside.

via At The Hive:

“We are excited to get a player of Antonio’s caliber. He is a guard with excellent size, versatility and toughness. Daniels is also a proven veteran who has won a championship and we look forward to all of those attributes strengthening our bench.”

Looks like the Hornets were trying to acquire a winning mentality first and foremost, with AD’s playoff experience. Mike James didn’t bring this to their squad.

To be fair, I don’t think Byron Scott gave James a fair shake of things. James did suck, but in very limited appearances. Byron will probably take a lot more kindly to Daniels and give him a fair shot at the job.

Link.

-Memphis receives Navarro.

-The Wizards receive a top-19 protected first round pick in 2008, a top-16 protected pick in 2009, a top-14 (lottery) protected pick from 2010-2012, a top-12 protected pick in 2013 or a second-round pick and cash considerations if they have not received a pick by 2013.

Crittenton has enough potential to give Memphis back a pick that was likely to be a 2nd round pick or cash in 2013.

Lowry played 10 games his first year, and he is proving he is productive this year. Conley was the 4th pick in the draft last year and is still finding his way in the NBA after 1 year in college. Crittenton was the 19th pick in the same draft class as Conley, and both came out after 1 year in college.

My point is, it usually takes time for a PG to adjust to the League, unless you’re Derrick Rose. And don’t forget about OJ Mayo who is in front of Crittenton.

The Wiz are in a much better position than LA and Memphis to give Crittenton a chance to develop at PG.

And possible gained a good young guard in Crittenton who can develop into something special. It boils down to this: I trust Ernie Grunfeld. I never believed JaVale McGee would be an impact player this season, and after that mistake, I have chosen to never doubt EG again until he has been proven wrong.

because as has been pointed out, this is about crittenton.

Mike James stinks. He really, really, really stinks. But AD wasn’t any good anymore either and we needed to make the slight downgrade in talent in order to fit Javaris on the roster. James’ contract is basically the same as AD’s. I don’t expect James to resurface, but I don’t think it matters anyway. AD’s long-term value on this team was simply his expiring contract in 2010. The same applies to James.

I don’t know much about Crittenton, but like cuppett, I trust Ernie in this regard. I think he fits in better here than Memphis because of his size and what I think I know about his defensive ability, but I’m not sure. And I’d rather keep Brown and cut Dixon, but Brown saves us more money and Crittenton has more potential.

is he done? or just injured?

AD has never really had a good outside jumper, but has instead relied on quickness and his driving ability. This season, that part of his game has truly suffered. My guess is that he is really in a lot of pain but feels he must “suck it up” for the team and play because we are really slim at guard. With the Hornets, hopefully he can sit and get healthy and then come back and be a really good player.