Where's the beef?

by Unselds on May 30, 2011 8:35 PM EDT

So, we're all totally bummed about the draft this year for the talent, and of course the Wizards draft position. I wanted to suggest one ray of hope. I was kind of bummed about getting Vessely, but then I looked at our other two picks if we make them. Mocks have us taking the following guys with our last two picks: Faried, JuJuan Johnson, Trey Thompkins, Marshon Brooks and Tobias Harris. The big guys are tall and beefy. The guards are gunners with high bust potential.

And I say, Why not?

This rebuild is not coming to fruition this offseason. We are going to clear a ton of cap space and need to have trade chips the hit the green button. With that said, I kind of like even a stay-put scenario.

Lets take a look at what we have:

John Wall, check.

3-pt shooting: Crawford, Young, Evans, Young, Lewis (gulp), draft pick

Shooter/scorer, Nick Young, Josh Howard, John Wall, Crawford, Mo Evans (gulp) Lewis (gulp) Blatche (gulp), draft pick

Bangers: Seraphin, Booker, draft pick

Shot Blockers: McGee

I am not saying any one of these players is "great," because that has been the focus of a lot of the discussions about this draft; that the Wizards must get a coup this year to accelerate a year by trading for Kanter or Williams. Others don't want to trade any assets to move up in this draft. Both are fine arguments to have, but I was just trying to think of this draft as how to build on progress instead of viewing the team as having limitless holes (which it is pretty close to, see last year's record)

Anyway, it would be cool to shoot for the fences with some players in this draft, IMO. Make sure you get some beef to push Blatche and McGee, and if they rebound well and defend, great. Don't worry too much about getting another guard, because if we hit a homerun, we have lots of assets. We might also have to part ways with Nick Young, so nothing wrong with having too many dynamic guards.

(I excluded H'amady because I just really think he'll never be great even though I love to go the the games and say, "hamadyhamadyhamadyhamadyhamady! Say it five times fast! I also excluded D-leagers)

Thoughts?

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Not opposed to the last two picks more worried about what we do with #6

This draft is very weak at the top but when you get to the middle of the first round there are a lot of intriguing prospects that won’t command much in terms of salary though I don’t forsee them being much more then projects or role players with a few diamond in the roughs.

Right now we need to change the atmosphere in our locker room and adding anyone that will work hard and give 100% every play will benefit greatly. Look at how the team’s morale and effort improved when Jeffers got called up and crawford got extended burn once young went down

This is infectious and while none of these players might become a game changer for us any positives will help the progress that ted and ernie have so far guided. I think Faried would be perfect for us at the 18 spot.

Also we should definitely look at affalo or wilson chandler if young walks, I could see the bulls overpaying for him to supposedly put them over the top and he would be a great fit there though it would take a lot… Idk I agree with most of your points this is my opinion on the matter. What we do at #6 and what moves we make will be crucial for our rebuild

by bchun on May 31, 2011 3:29 AM EDT reply actions

yep

Totally agree. Afflalo isn’t going anywhere. Plus I feel Chandler is a risk due to the no show in this years playoffs. By drafting Kawhi Leonard at six and Faried at 18, you get two guys who rebound and play defense. Some people say Leonard is a bad pick because he isn’t great offensively, but he has a great work ethic and his 9% improvement in three point shooting last year shows it. Also, we don’t have to worry about his offense because he is probably going to be the 3rd option for us at best next season.

by ChewinStraws on Jun 1, 2011 8:44 PM EDT reply actions