Your 2009 FA List

Others will note and debate the better players on this list, and of course that would be preferred. If the Wizards are going to be limited to giving someone just $1 million or so, though, the guy that intrigues me a bit is Shelden Williams. I know he has been a bust, but as this team’s fifth big, he can play PF or C, and is tough and a terrific rebounder. Just the kind of guy the Wizards need. Of course, if the Wizards can get those attributes in a better package, great. He might also be hungry to salvage his career.

Because we passed on the draft. My list is two deep:

Marcin Gortat or Zaza Pachulia

I’m leaning towards Pachulia because Gortat’s value is inflated by the playoffs (though he was mighty impressive). We just need someone who can help Haywood man the paint.

Get an MLE now and go for the big fish at the trade deadline.

And they can grow ZZ Top beards all season.

Leon Powe (good fit, won’t be cheap enough, probably stays in beantown)

Rob Kurz (bad fit for what we need – but if we can sign him cheap he is actually a pretty interesting younger Songaila-type replacement)

Joel Anthony (defense only, knows his role – looks like he is going back to Miami)

Zaza Pachulia (pretty good fit, but he would quadruple our team amount of body hair – might have to spend the money we got by selling Blair to replace the team shower drains multiple times a year)

Antonio McDyess (really good fit, but I’d like to add a taller player if possible – not sure I see him leaving Detroit)

Rasheed Wallace (really good fit if he 1) shuts up 2) stops jacking 3s and starts posting up – I don’t see him doing 1 or 2, but its worth discussing)

Rasho Nesterovic (veteran, seems to have some game year, decently physical)

Adonal Foyle (defense only, cheap, high character guy)

Shawn Marion (probably too expensive – good piece if he shuts up and we can get him for MLE)

Has anyone looked into the undrafted rookie FAs? I haven’t but there is usually one to three good steals per draft class maybe our answer could be there it would come cheap and a young guy who doesn’t get drafted will carry a chip on his shoulder will want to prove something…

Hakim Warrick… loved him at SU in college loved him also played with some good players there as well…
Swift i dont like never panned out well in the nba for his potential one of the few busts in the top 3 picks of this decade reminds me of tyrus thomas great ability just doesnt put it together consistantly every night we dont need that

dont give shelden the MLE he has not shown anything to get that 4 or 5 mil a year thatd be a clipper move

dice was apart of that billups trade last year and didnt want to stick around in denver and wanted back in motown i dont see him leaving there unless they dont want him

Okur would be interesting on the offensive end but wouldnt help on the defensive end…

Wilcox and Ely would be pretty interesting i wouldnt mind either suiting up for us i wonder if wilcox would want to come back to the area where he played his college ball

dont see Varejao leaving a cavs uni espically now that he can learn some tricks from shaq and plus i dont think the cavs would let him go

 i believe if we target a big man the two goals we look for is a power forward who can defend and rebound and defending should come first

finally i do see deshawn having a bigger role than everyone else does this year remember he was a big part of this team and if he becomes healthy he had good team chemistry with gil on and off hte court
and will people please never say anything about jamison getting traded again ITS NOT GONNA HAPPEN remember the only way gil was gonna sign last year was if we resigned jamison and thats what we did first if we lose jamison gil is gonna get sour and hes gonna be an unhappy 8 figure camper