Kings to acquire Washington's Dominic McGuire for a future second round pick and cash, a source close to the Wizards tells me.
I accidentally buried this news from Sam Amick of the Sacramento Bee.
Amick updates that the Kings are the ones getting cash, not Washington.
UPDATE: Wizards press release says the second-round pick is protected. Boo.
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We're PAYING them?
This is the stupidest team on earth.
“Please, take our successful second round find so we can try to find another one in a year and a half. No? Well what if we give you a bucket full of cash?”
He's still on the roster
by Palace of Good Play's Golden Toilet on Feb 18, 2010 4:16 PM EST up reply actions
And he's a decent defender
Those two things put him in the top 10% of 2nd round picks, I’d expect.
No.
Getting under the line means we don’t need to pay the tax AND we get our piece of the tax distribution. Being $483k over the line costs us something like $6MM more than being $1 under the line.
If I had to guess I’d say we paid them just enough to pay his salary for the rest of the year, which is like $300k, plus a bit more to get the draft pick as well.
Yeah, makes sense
I just caught the part about the pick being protected. Clearly thrown in only because both parties have to give something up in a “trade”.
blatche qualifies as decent
"how ironic - you came here with a mouse in a bottle, now YOU are the mouse in the bottle" - B.M. Smith
by little stevie colter on Feb 18, 2010 4:14 PM EST up reply actions
Foye's ok, too
Depends on the matchups. He’s competent when he’s not overmatched physically, though.
by pantslessyoda1 on Feb 18, 2010 8:50 PM EST up reply actions
it's funny
how none of those names were part of the Wizards organization till jut a couple days ago.
by young, loud and Scotty on Feb 18, 2010 4:14 PM EST up reply actions
Our defense might actually get a little bit better
Jamison was such a huge liability and Blatche is at the very least ok. Haywood was obviously great, but Blatche and Javale can switch based on matchups and, so long as we don’t run into too many big, strong, traditional back to the basket bigs, we’ll be ok.
by pantslessyoda1 on Feb 18, 2010 8:51 PM EST up reply actions
So wait
if we are under by sending out Taser, do we keep Z just as a big middle finger to Cleveland?
Its always Roger Mason (Jr.) time!
God I would love to
He wouldn’t even have to show, just stay on the inactive list for the rest of the season. I can’t think of anything better to do with him.
One to none
So we are getting rid of the only hustle player that we have on the roster, for a second round pick that we are paying for? This is bonkers. The cap-cutting has gone too far. We are this desperate to get rid of a 1-mill contract????
Miller, Howard, Thornton, Singleton – they all can play McGuire’s position.
by Johnnie Futbol on Feb 18, 2010 4:20 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
True
This might be a net positive for his career. Would the Kings really play Nocioni that much? I’d think they’d be able to find him ten or fifteen minutes behind Nocioni and Green.
by pantslessyoda1 on Feb 18, 2010 8:53 PM EST up reply actions
Roster space?
Only way I feel good about this is if this prefaces something else.
I’d be really pissed if we didn’t just pick up Singleton.
The Washington Wizards: providing career scoring nights for unknown opposing bench players since 2004.
by mamemimo on Feb 18, 2010 4:19 PM EST via mobile reply actions
gonna miss him but
Singleton does seem like a future version of dominic so to keep both of them is unecessary
by Freedom Hurley on Feb 18, 2010 4:20 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
fully i agree
i WANTED mcguire to blossom, but he hadn’t, so i’m ok with this.
"how ironic - you came here with a mouse in a bottle, now YOU are the mouse in the bottle" - B.M. Smith
by little stevie colter on Feb 18, 2010 4:21 PM EST up reply actions
wow
talk about some serious cleansing.
mcguire was always mediocre to me, and his defense was over rated
Few and far between
when a player like Dom comes into the league and sticks with his first team. He needs development and thats not really what the Wizards or Flip are all about.
well, they had better shift to development pretty damn quick
in my opinion.
"how ironic - you came here with a mouse in a bottle, now YOU are the mouse in the bottle" - B.M. Smith
by little stevie colter on Feb 18, 2010 4:30 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
McGuire was not developed...
now was McGee… Do we see any hope for future growth of these young guys? Only if changes are made in the mind set of front office & the coaching staff..
Really gonna miss McGuire… I remember when tey let him play every night….
Look, one million less to Taser next year
is one million more that we can pay someone else, theoretically. Maybe Ernie is more serious about going after a 2010 name player than we realize.
More leverage with Big Z too because of this
According to Wog-
“Wiz will still buyout Ilgauskas, source says, but they’ve created lot of leverage by getting under tax. He’ll have to pay for his freedom.”
AND we can move up in the draft much easier
with a late first and two seconds just a couple of picks later. Some team out there is not going to want to pay first money but may pay for two second round picks. So with a trade like that we could end up with two late first round picks, and try to move up some more.
by Tbonebullets on Feb 18, 2010 4:35 PM EST up reply actions
Why is my recommended Fanpost
Trade Idea – Subtle Move towards contention from six months ago? Salt in the wounds SBNation!
Its always Roger Mason (Jr.) time!
no
I didn’t post it, it just irks me that my recommended fansposts are “LOL we are gonna be awesome 4 life.”
Its always Roger Mason (Jr.) time!
well, i advocated releasing mcguire a couple years back
yet still i’m sad he’s the one we dump from the young, blatche, mcguire triumverate.
i didn’t think he was particularly good, but he was physical and tried to maximize the talent he had. he was a great shot blocker. if only he was a little bit taller or quicker. nba is tough.
by DarrellWalkerFan on Feb 18, 2010 4:47 PM EST reply actions
Look ma, no lux tax...
Taser goes close to home in Sactown, which is kinda nice. No question about his effort, but as others have pointed out, you get effort plus higher skills from Singleton for about the same price.
We do have a pile of 2010 draft picks in the 30 – 36 range to go along with (name him not).
The guy started 57 games last year and played 3rd most minutes on the team
oh wait. were you being sarcastic?
by MR on Feb 18, 2010 5:19 PM EST up reply actions
NOO
A) How do we not trade for an equivalent contract from someone like the Clippers and pick up a 2nd round pick?
B) How did we not get Landry for Butler in a similar 3-way if the Kings are trading for a SF like McGuire?
C) This is SO STUPID. I hate this. Don’t we want to teach our forthcoming young ‘uns how to hustle?
D) Can’t wait to see how mad Blatche and NY are
...one of those guys who reads all the time but barely comments
by Juice over Whine on Feb 18, 2010 5:57 PM EST reply actions
We didn't get Landry because the Rockets have three decent power forwards and no true shooting guard
Butler’s redundant if you’ve already got Battier, Ariza, and Buddinger. He’s at best a marginal improvement over two of those guys and gets paid almost ten times as much as the other.
by pantslessyoda1 on Feb 18, 2010 8:56 PM EST up reply actions
Right, which is why it would be a 3-way
...one of those guys who reads all the time but barely comments
by Juice over Whine on Feb 18, 2010 10:21 PM EST up reply actions
Wal-Mart?
I kid!
I really like him too, but he’s not going to be good enough to get minutes on any decent team.
Protected?
This is starting to remind me of the Navarro trade. A protected 2nd rounder? What are the details on the protection? Can’t be in the top 40? I have a feeling the Kings want to push it out a year.
Dahntay is better than Taser and plays in Indiana
(For the record, I like Dominic better.)
I'm sure you guys will be stoked to hear this...
Per Ziller (guy who runs Sactown Royalty SB Nation blog):
I’m told the protected 2010 second-round pick conveyed to Washington in the McGuire deal has “no chance” of actually being sent.
Sorry guys…looks like it was McGuire for tax freedom, which is still a nice deal for you guys.
When life gives you lemons, just say "f--- the lemons" and bail
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