absolutely, positively, CANNOT go into next season with a new huge hole to fill or our C position manned by a skinny rookie. I guess there is Drummond, but it sounds like he may be lazy so no way

The kid clearly getting better- and may be the ONLY one on the team who is getting better- despite all the bad publicity. I suspect McGee might want more, though.

I think we absolutely have to keep the kid- he is averaging a double double, improving, and still barely scratching the surface of his potential.

My worst nightmare is having him leave town, and still being stuck with Flip Saunders as coach and Andray Blatche and his 4 for 15 from the field atrocities. That would just be too horrible for words.

If you were trying to make sure that the team you were playing with DIDN’T try to extend you, instead allowing you to shop around and get an even more lucrative offer without you having to say “no” to them first… what would you do?

Something like letting your mom talk to the press and make a big deal out of the known issues with the team?

Something tells me the timing of all of this isn’t accidental…

Go get it done Ernie.

Do the franchise, yourself, him, his mum and Ted’s rebuilding plan a favour. Lock him up and hire a big man coach as well as a head coach he looks up to.

Pam’s’ expressed her displeasure with Flip and the organization in the media.

Has she said anything to Saunders directly? Has he said anything to her?

If not, we can’t really label what we’ve seen “feuding”; perhaps “campaigning” on her part would be more accurate.

Ernie tells him don’t worry about Flip things will be fine Mcgee takes the security of the known it gives Mcgee comfort knowing he doesn’t have to play for a contract and the team wants him.

Its a big win/win …..emotions about a dunk or any other nonsense with his momma are irrelevant and emotional.

we have panicked in this town before and let good bigs get away. No more pay him settle things down and build for the future.

that Ernie and Ted actually are prepared and know how they want to handle McGee’s contract situation? Do they want JaVale back? Do they have reasonable contract numbers in mind? If they don’t want him back or feel that he is too expensive compared to his skill set, do they have any plans for getting someone better to replace him? Or are they just looking for someone cheaper?
I don’t think they can afford to lose McGee, but I don’t actually feel confident about their ability/desire to retain him.

The sad thing about dunkgate was that it should have been called a travel by the refs. He took more than 2 steps. That’s what seperates these games from the globetrotters. Had it been called correctly, it wouldn’t have forced Flip to have to come out and rip McGee, everyone would’ve known it was a bad play. Now you’ve got Javale’s mom fired up at Flip over something that shouldn’t have been an opinion, it should’ve been a turnover in the game.

That being said, who cares about his mom, everyone’s mother sticks up for them, do you really think the Wizards organization or Flip are that offended by his mom’s comments?

This is what happens during the transition from disfunctional organization to functional: the disfunctional parts (Blatche, JaVale, Young) can decide to be part of the solution (if capable of doing it) or be tossed aside. So far, it looks like none of them desires to be part of the solution or are capable of leading change; so let them go. Hopefully we will get some type of scraps in return for them, which is disappointing, but that’s just the reality of what organizational change requires.

Ideally, all of them would try very hard to prove they are worthy of staying here, because the long-term situation looks pretty good and they could make us even better. They should see that we have good young players (Wall, Sing, Booker, Ves) and that good picks are on the way. It just makes them look heartless, imo, if they can’t see the possibility of building something great here. But you know what — if they really have what it takes, they would have already proven it, and we wouldn’t be in the same low position we are now. I believe it will get better though.

Don’t feed me anymore shit about building young! Magee is on of the only ones showing improvement from last year! For all the dumb mistakes, you can’t teach 7ft athletic shot blocking jump out of the gym excitement! This shit doesn’t come around often! Good luck finding that in the draft! Don’t care who it is, he ain’t gonna be magee!

just because he threw the ball off the backboard when they were losing by 4 points ( i think)… which by the way is a fairly easy dunk, im 6’4 and i can do that dunk easily. I bet McGee can do it in his sleep, its not like he tried the free throw line dunk again. Vince Carter used to do 360, windmills in games and nobody would mind….

And who can blame McGee and Young for wanting to leave this situation? The team has been bad and they don’t get the support from the fan base or coaching staff that they deserve, they probably want a new start too, just like Carlos Rogers did. In some respects it probably sucks to play here sometimes.

McGee is a top 10 center, who would you trade him for?? He has actually played well and has had quite a few big games this year. However, some fans want him gone because his Mom, who is a grownass woman, and can do what she wants, decided to talk. and because he completed a pretty easy dunk in a game, which by the way is supposed to be a form of entertainment. Some fans are never satisfied, but i guess if OKC fans can ask to trade Russell Westbrook, it shouldn’t surprise me at all that some fans want McGee gone.

Unlike some of you, i think Flip can actually lead this team, but is ill equipped to deal with knuckleheads (thats right Ms. McGee your son is a knucklehead: "He picks things up very, very quickly. The thing about a kid that talented and that size, you have to grab his attention."<— that quote is proof in and of itself. Apparently, you’ve got to grab his attention with magic tricks or shiny objects).

Flip’s can work with professionals (starbury went crazy AFTER minny). Take away Young, Blatche, and McGee, you end up with a team full of hard working, young, professional players. Obviously we’d lack in talent for the short term, but you would definitely benefit in the long run.

Get a new coach… JaVale isn’t a trouble maker. Neither is Nick Young. Blatche is the last issue player on the roster. Get a player’s coach who is relatively stern and holds players accountable and JaVale will become the player we want to see…

I think I’d trade McGee to Golden State for a lottery pick this year. I don’t know if we can with his status but I think I’d do it. And I’m a big Javale fan.

My reason for doing this is that I prefer the potential of this lineup -

Drummond
Lamb
Wall

to this one -

McGee
Lamb
Wall

and it’s cheaper meaning we could add some pieces around it.

Wizards you’re making a big mistake,it’s gonna come back to haunt