Bullets Forever: FanShots

ESPN Off-Season Moves Ranking

2009-07-09T23:54:09Z

ESPN Off-Season Moves Ranking

Chad Ford is keeping a dynamic ranking of every team's off-season moves. It's Insider, so I'll mention we were #4 until Dallas pulled off the Marion deal, now we're #5. Goes to show some people like the deal.

Top 5: SAS (best), LAC, DET, DAL, WAS
Bottom 5: NJN, PHO, MIL, MIN, MEM (worst)

Ken Berger: Wizards lost $4 million last year from individual game ticket sales

2009-07-09T20:38:21Z

Ken Berger: Wizards lost $4 million last year from individual game ticket sales

Gives us a better idea of how much money was lost this year. Interesting.

Today's trade idea: DeShawn Stevenson to Denver for Steven Hunter

2009-07-09T17:44:09Z

Today's trade idea: DeShawn Stevenson to Denver for Steven Hunter

This isn't my idea, it's actually one from a poster on the Wizards' Real GM Board.

PROS:
-Wizards swap Stevenson for a 2010 expiring contract and get their emergency fifth big
-Denver gets a replacement for Dahntay Jones, who just signed with Indiana

CONS:
-Stevenson makes more annually than Jones (though less in total when you factor in the four-year commitment Jones got from Indiana)
-It's not clear whether Hunter can actually play anymore, having played just 19 games in 2007/08 and none this year

ZaZa is gone

2009-07-09T15:54:11Z

ZaZa is gone

McDyess gone

2009-07-09T11:57:43Z

McDyess gone

The fact that McDyess signs a 3 yr 15 mil deal with San Antonio tells me that he thinks they are still contenders. I think a problem in this league is the Wizards, who are not budging on the idea that their core will lead them to deep playoff success, are not considered contenders by the general NBA public. 3 yrs at 15 would've been a good deal, and make him somewhat tradeable in the future for the value he adds to any team, or buyoutability.

Shawn Marion involved in a three team deal

2009-07-09T04:19:26Z

Shawn Marion involved in a three team deal

its not specific but it looks like a done deal. with every team at the top getting better it seems it will be harder for the wizards to compete for a title.

The Silver Lining of the Salary Cap Cloud

2009-07-09T03:12:00Z

The Silver Lining of the Salary Cap Cloud

This should make morethesamewiz very happy. It details all of the ways teams like the Wizards will benefit financially from the league's financial shortfalls.

ESPN's Chris Broussard explains how the salary cap and luxury tax threshold projections for 2010-11...

2009-07-09T01:22:26Z

ESPN's Chris Broussard explains how the salary cap and luxury tax threshold projections for 2010-11 will seriously dampen what was originally expected to be a very hot free agent market in the summer of 2010.

Mike Lee's List of Free Agents

2009-07-08T20:26:40Z

Mike Lee's List of Free Agents

Better Late than Never, Mike Lee swoops in with his list of perspective bigs. They are: Fabricio Oberto, Rasho Nesterovic, Channing Frye, Sean Marks, Jamaal Magloire, Chris Wilcox and Brian Skinner. I wonder if his sources are Bullets Forever, lol, because his second tier is Adonal Foyle, Pops Mensa-Bonsu or D-League standout Courtney Sims. Free agents from summer league rosters, including their own, are not out of the equation. So, there is an opportunity, albeit slight, for Gonzaga forward Josh Heytvelt.

Brendan Haywood Q&A on WashingtonWizards.com

2009-07-08T17:34:39Z

Brendan Haywood Q&A on WashingtonWizards.com

Haywood provides his view on the Foye/Miller trade and lets us know about his offseason workout routine.

Lebron's biggest crybaby move ever?

2009-07-08T16:01:16Z

Lebron's biggest crybaby move ever?

Can this be true? Can he be this vain and stupid at the same time?

The Secret Weapon looks at Antawn Jamison's future

2009-07-08T15:25:04Z

The Secret Weapon looks at Antawn Jamison's future

Kevin compares Jamison to former Nuggets star Alex English, who declined slowly by Jamison's age, but was still a very productive player for three years, albeit playing fewer minutes.

The Wiz will be paying just under $6 Million in luxury tax penalties

2009-07-08T12:20:28Z

The Wiz will be paying just under $6 Million in luxury tax penalties

Obviously, we all knew that luxury tax penalties were coming, but now we finally have an official dollar amount.

Also, it's looking like whatever free agent the team brings in will have to be willing to sign for the bi-annual exemption ($1.99 million per year) so adjust your free agent dreams accordingly.

Today's trade idea: Mike James, DeShawn Stevenson and Javaris Crittenton to Indiana for Troy Murphy...

2009-07-07T16:21:09Z

Today's trade idea: Mike James, DeShawn Stevenson and Javaris Crittenton to Indiana for Troy Murphy and Travis Diener.

Jake and I have been Tweeting a trade idea a day, and this is my idea for today. I figure it's best to put these ideas here as well for discussion each day. I usually think about these for less than a minute, so they're pretty rough on the edges and may be overly lopsided either way.

Past ideas:
-7/6: DeShawn Stevenson and Javaris Crittenton or Nick Young to Dallas for Erick Dampier and JJ Barea.
-7/3: Mike Miller and Andray Blatche to Houston Shane Battier and Brian Cook (after 8/24)
-7/2: Mike Miller, DeShawn Stevenson and Javaris Crittenton to Philadelphia for Samuel Dalembert and Marreese Speights (after 8/24)
-7/1: DeShawn Stevenson to Toronto for Kris Humphries
-6/30: Mike James and Nick Young to Houston for Carl Landry and Chuck Hayes
-6/29: Mike James and Javaris Crittenton to Indiana for Jeff Foster and Travis Diener.
-6/26: JaVale McGee, Mike Miller, Nick Young and Mike James to Toronto for Chris Bosh

DC Sports Bog: The backstory behind "Dagger"

2009-07-07T12:25:45Z

DC Sports Bog: The backstory behind "Dagger"

An interesting look at how Steve Buckhantz started using the catchphrase "Dagger!"

(In other news broken by the Bog, the Wizards' radio games are now going to be broadcast on WJFK 106.7.

Jon L's breakdown of the Wizards' Summer League team on Ridiculous Upside

2009-07-06T19:08:34Z

Jon L's breakdown of the Wizards' Summer League team on Ridiculous Upside

Jake already linked to this, but I wanted to bring it back up as its own thread to highlight some of the work Jon L does for Ridiculous Upside.

Learning More About Your Potential Wizards

2009-07-06T16:19:00Z

Learning More About Your Potential Wizards

Did you know that Channing Frye once scored a career high 30 points (one of three such 30 pt. occasions), in a win against the Wizards when he was with the Knicks? And that this happened to occur on Gilbert Arenas' birthday?

Target Practice: Rasho, Channing, Jason and Jamaal

2009-07-06T02:34:02Z

Target Practice: Rasho, Channing, Jason and Jamaal

Mike Jones of the WaTimes is reporting that, according to league sources, Nesterovic, Frye, Collins and Magloire are on the Wizards' target list.

Personally, I've come around on Rasho. Collins is a decent body, but statistics indicate he's just as bad of a rebounder as Darius Songaila, while a MUCH worse passer and offensive player.

Magloire? Yuck. He makes Andray Blatche's hustle and motivation look like Matt Harping's.

And Frye? He's an absolutely terrible defender ... yet a decent offensive option.

But I'm curious as to what you guys think, chop away ...

Source: Wallace commits to Celtics

2009-07-06T01:52:41Z

Source: Wallace commits to Celtics

Looks like Boston has made their move.

Blog: Mike James killed the Wizards offseason

2009-07-05T21:46:42Z

Blog: Mike James killed the Wizards offseason

Interesting blog post about how Mike James' player option essentially ruined the Wizards offseason