Nick Young And The Qualifying Offer: A Lose-Lose, But Still Probably The Right Move

I’ve seen nothing from him except selling out to get blocked shots, and awkward looking toss up shots around the basket. I’d rather the Wizards sign his mom.

A top 5-7 pick in the draft and $30 mil in cap space is a better direction for the team then tying up $8+ mil for 3-4 years with NY. The rebuilding continues into it’s next phase!

I definitely wanted Nick back and am happy he will be returning. I was scared we would throw out a huge number for him much like the Blatche deal. This works out nicely for us. If we do end up parting ways at the end of the year the two names I love in the draft are Jeremy Lamb, and Harrison Barnes to come in and replace him. I know Barnes is more of your classic 3 but I think if he were paired with Wall he could start at the 2 spot for us. I love Lamb. Imagine the crazy athleticism and defensive potential with a Wall, Lamb backcourt. I think Lamb could be an elite 2 guard in the league. Draft one of those 2 guys if NY does leave and spend all your Cap money on front court players.

At a lower number Nick could have been signed long term, but if he wants “core player” money, he first needs to prove he is a core piece. He hasn’t, and neither has McGee.

cough cough – that is, any offer for $5 million or less, which is all anyone is willing to give him.

i’m actually disappointed he’s back, but on the bright side, the fact they didn’t give him a big deal is a big positive for our front office.

nick might be doing the franchise a favor by being unwilling to lock into 4 years at around 20 mill. he’s doing me a favor at least.

I don’t want to be in rebuild mode in perpetuity like Minnesota, and I think we have some good pieces, but I don’t think the pieces fit well together. If they want to build a team for speed and defense, then we have to think how Nick fits into that approach. He can run and could be considered mobile, but he’s not really fast for his position. He can defend alright, but he’s not a lock-down defender for his position.

Nick’s greatest asset is, I think, his ability to spread the floor in half-court offense. The problem is, we suck at half-court offense and I’m not sure this is what the team is building towards. So, in my mind, that leaves Nick’s role on the team as offense off the bench with the ability to lock down against second team guards.

He may some day be worth $9 million a year, but I don’t think he’ll be worth that to the Wizards at any point in his career.

….and average 20 points a game over 35 minutes, assuming he is not playing injured and team is getting him open shots so he can catch and shoot. Hopefully, he won’t pass to anybody unless they are standing wide open next to the rim.

If the Wiz want to be competitive, they need Young or a comparable shooter at the 2 and big upgrades at the 3 and 4. At the pace this team is developing, it might take another decade for them to be competitive.

is how I see it now. Maybe two for Javale, but unlikely because someone will offer him a big deal next summer but the question is whether it will be us.

All three of these guys have a one year audition. Whoever performs gets paid. If they all suck, we can let Nick walk, let JVM sign an offer sheet, and amnesty Blatche. After cutting Rashard, we’d have almost $40 million in space. Just let this season play out and reward accordingly.

One year at $3.7M is spot on. Even if he blows up this season and becomes the next Clyde Drexler (and most of us are pretty sure he won’t), the Wizards can give him a longer contract with bigger yearly increases than anyone else. Money talks.

Right move by the Wizards.

on the current roster, who do you think we will waive? Wilks seems like an obvious option, but who will the other be? Owens or N’Diaye?

Let’s put it like this. Not only is the market going to be a factor next year, but you also have to think there will be a full off season and teams now have the ability to use their amnesty clause. They may be a team that is willing to cut a big contract just to get Nick Young, that otherwise wouldn’t have had the cap space. The market will open up much more next year than this year especially if he plays well. The question then becomes, would he risk his Bird Rights, just to play for a contender or will he veto any trade and stay to build up his asking price for the summer? It’s going to be an interesting situation to follow.

He’s a west coaster and made it clear there would be no discount for the Wiz despite being the team that drafted him. Had some bitterness obviously from the Gilbert years, which is why I don’t know he’ll ever develop here like we want him to—the only possible option was to give him the deal he wanted right now when nobody else saw the logic in doing so.

I worry his recent improvement may be more related to his free agency than a desire to succeed for the Wizards.

If he really shows some additional ability this year we may have missed out on his best price, but at even $8 million per season how much more would anyone offer him? I don’t EVER see the bidding going over $11 million a year barring some crazy leap forward, so it’d be like sacrificing a few million a season for some due diligence.

Of course, at $3.7 million Nick is a steal, and we may have the option of letting him audition for a playoff team—sending him for some more young pieces and preferably draft picks and then have the same option of signing him after the season. Should be interesting.

Wall (and this team) need a good catch and shoot, efficient scorer at the two. A herky-jerky, unorthodox smallish SG who needs the ball won’t work. Hell, that describes Wall if you put him at the two.

NY has turned into a professional. An efficient score and a good man-on-man defender who, in my opinion, is the only guy on the team who looks the part right now, including Wall. Wall looks a bit like a bewildered kid right now.

I went to the Atlanta game last year and Joe Johnson looked like a freaking greek god compared to our carney act. NY was the only guy who looked like he belonged in the same league and could hold his own. Blatche actually looked pretty good that game but I digress.

…Rook’s passion, vision and steadfastness — agree with it or not.

Compare EG’s demeanor. The team has lost its soul under EG and it is not even moving forward versus the competition. For example, if you don’t want to commit to a multiple year contract for Young, who is the target and what is the strategy to get him? And the 2 slot was in good shape last year compared to the 3, 4, 5. When is Ted going to act? 3-7? 5-20? 20-46? Please, some passion from the brass.