Obviously, Posey is a great role player. I don’t think it’s feasible for us to trade away James, though, since we’ll probably want to re-sign Haywood next year and Caron and Nick Young the year after, and we’d probably look pretty stupid in retrospect to have given up the 5th pick for a year of Foye and Miller if we don’t re-sign one of them (I’d prefer Foye). Still, Posey is very gettable right now, and I’d like to see us pursue him, maybe by trading away Miller for Posey + an expirer, then trying to re-sign Haywood for about what he makes now and picking up our option on Foye.

Gilbert, NY, Foye, and Posey can make up for Millers shooting and I really like Julian Wright. He is a much better McGuire. Posey might not have much left but getting Wright and his bird rights would be great. He could be a cheap replacement for Caron if need be down the road.

Mike Miller is going to be great for us this year if Gilbert is at 100%. He could have a career year playing alongside Gilbert. Just think of all the open looks he is going to get when guys will be doubling up on Gilbert, Caron, or AJ. If everything works out health-wise, we are going to be absolutely sick offensively.

Posey is 3 years at $6M per. Yuck. He’s still a good defender and decent 3 point shooter, but I wouldn’t want him for more than a one year rental, which is impossible given his contract. Julian Wright is intriguing, but I have doubts about him ever becoming a starter or even how much we would want to spend to keep him.

On a more general note, I really think the Wiz should (and will) just start the year with what they have. If things don’t work out, or if we think we are just one or two pieces away from being a serious contender, then Miller’s $9.7M expiring contract will be much more valuable close to the trade deadline. (I know I know, I’m missing the whole point of this series. I’ll be quiet now.)

Posey’s old and has a long contract, while Wright is pointless with McGuire also here.

I think Posey is EXACTLY the type of gritty role player the Wizards need more of, but he costs too much. And Wright seems like a skinnier version of Dom.

Mike Miller is both a big expiring contract and a good player who is still relatively young. Posey and Wright are decent enough players, but I think some teams will be willing to give us more for Miller as the trading deadline approaches due to the drastic salary cap projections. Maybe even a borderline All-Star.

Off topic, but do you have the username jakesnake on Paper Toss?

This is an awful trade. Posey is surviving on reputation alone. He is no longer a difference maker on D. I wouldn’t even trade James for Posey because of Posey’s contract.

I’m all for acquiring a defensive swing man. And I’m even open to trading Miller to get one. But the guy we get better be good and still in his prime. Battier seems to be the obvious choice. Or maybe we can trade scraps to land Bowen on a one-year rental.

Houston fans on the RealGM trade board like Miller for Battier + Barry. I’d do that in a heartbeat.

Maybe we could look to trade Foye or Young for Courtney Lee.

The guys we have, none of them are 3 point specialists as I thought Miller was. I like the idea of a guy like that on the floor to stretch the defenses. I mean Arenas hits his threes and Mike James can connect but James is way too streaky and Arenas (or guys like Butler & Jamison) that’s not really the game you want them playing. Now I don’t know about Foye, maybe he’s a solid 3 pt shooter but I would assume his game is closer to Arenas than a long range specialist.