As many of you know it is very likely that Oleksiy Pecherov will be brought over from Europe next year. In Europe he's a double-double guy with a good jump shot. However, his game is focused on the perimeter which is pretty much what Darius Songaila already brings to this squad. What the Wizards need is a low post scorer thus I would not be opposed to dealing him in any sort of package. However it is unlikely that we will trade him without seeing how he does in the NBA. Next year I could see him being a potential starter if a new center is not brought in. Other wise he'll probabely be the second string center. This leaves Etan Thomas with very little playing time at the center position which could result in him getting more PF minutes which we did not see at all this season. I'm very interested to see how Oleksiy fits with the Wizards coming into next season.
I think Pecherov could be a decent role player for us. You're right about the post piece, though. We need someone who can control the paint. I'm looking for some rumor to flare up involving Jamison for a solid big man. As for PT, Pecherov is going to have to earn it. BTW, Nice to have another Wizards fan on the board outside of Will, og15, and myself. Hope to have you here for a while GArenas.
<div class="quote_poster">Mamba Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I think Pecherov could be a decent role player for us. You're right about the post piece, though. We need someone who can control the paint. I'm looking for some rumor to flare up involving Jamison for a solid big man. As for PT, Pecherov is going to have to earn it. BTW, Nice to have another Wizards fan on the board outside of Will, og15, and myself. Hope to have you here for a while GArenas.</div> There have been times that I have felt it would be a smart move to trade Jamison however as time has gone on and we saw what happened in February, I don't think we're ready to trade Antawn yet. He has too much of an emotional connection with the entire team to be traded. These three years have been the most succesful three years since a very long time ago and Antawn's leadership lead us through this. Until Gilbert or Caron take larger locker-room and uncourt leadership roles, i'm reluctant to give him up. However without giving up Antawn, it is unlikely that we will get a big man on the lines of KG. I'm thinking more of a guy like Chris Wilcox. I'm sure we have certain pieces that would attract Seattle. Also, thanks for the welcome, i'll be around here for a long while hopefully. Will brought me here
<div class="quote_poster">GArenas Wrote</div><div class="quote_post"> Also, thanks for the welcome, i'll be around here for a long while hopefully. Will brought me here </div> Honestly, I don't know how many minutes him or Juan Carlos Navarro will get mostly because foreigners and we don't really know how well they play here in the States yet. I'm hoping we can bring both of them over here soon to develop their game and stop making us wait. I don't know if I'm set on trading Jamison yet. He's been our leader ever since he came here, and he's definitely not bad addition to the team either. My opinion is, if Gilbert Arenas signs with another teams, then we might as well rebuild and trade Jamison because this team basically built around Gilbert with 3 other shooters above the 3 point line.....on both ends of the court, lol.
If the disastrous happens and Gilbert leaves the Wizards will be in shambles. This team was built to compliment Arenas as you pointed out. If he leaves there's really no point having a veteran on the squad, trade Jamison away for some young talent. However, I do not want to think about what will happen if Arenas leaves us.
Depends on what happens with Etan and Haywood. I'm assuming one of them won't be on the team next season. Looking at the team our big men should be: (Haywood or Etan), Jamison, Songaila, OPec, Blatche Obviously from that we see a little hole in terms of C depth. There are 96 minutes are PF/C in a game. Jamison - 38 MPG (Haywood or Etan) - 20 MPG Songaila - 20 MPG Opec - 10 MPG Blatche - 8 MPG (he'll play the rest of his minutes at SF) SF minutes: Butler - 40 MPG Blatche - 8 MPG (total 16 MPG) I'm thinking something like that if the Wizards don't draft a big man, and draft a SG instead.
Although your numbers are interesting there is one big hole. If we do draft a SG, hopefully Nick Young, we would end up signing a center becuase we already know the Eddie Jordan and Brendan Haywood relationship won't work. I'm sure Ernie doesn't want to start Etan for a season and I don't think Songaila will be getting alot of center minutes unless Eddie Jordan goes small. If we draft a SG then i think the Wizards have to look at free agency or making a trade to bring in a guy hopefully better than Jamaal Magloire.
I really don't understand how Magloire works in the Wizards system on either end of the floor even. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Although your numbers are interesting there is one big hole. If we do draft a SG, hopefully Nick Young, we would end up signing a center becuase we already know the Eddie Jordan and Brendan Haywood relationship won't work. I'm sure Ernie doesn't want to start Etan for a season and I don't think Songaila will be getting alot of center minutes unless Eddie Jordan goes small. If we draft a SG then i think the Wizards have to look at free agency or making a trade to bring in a guy hopefully better than Jamaal Magloire.</div> I'm trying to work with what I know right now. Songaila will definately play C unless he won't get on the court much as Jamison is already playing ~38 mins at PF each game. EJ also loves to go small, he went small when it didn't even benefit the team. Well a trade is very likely to happen with either Haywood or Etan, I just have no clue what it will be, so I can't really make any predictions there.
Looking over this thread, I realize now that there are many more questions going into this off-seasont hen I ever thought. Also, I don't agree with bringing in Jamaal Magloire, I really hope we can get someone better than him as I said before. He's not the same player as the all-star he was in '04 and I don't see how he's going to be able to run with us. We targeted Chris Wilcox last year, why not pursue him again this season?
Even when he was an All-Star, he wasn't that good, and he just doesn't fit on this team. He's too slow, he's not a defensive presence, his offense takes too long in the post, he can't shoot, he can defend man to man in the post and rebound, that's it.
<div class="quote_poster">og15 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Even when he was an All-Star, he wasn't that good, and he just doesn't fit on this team. He's too slow, he's not a defensive presence, his offense takes too long in the post, he can't shoot, he can defend man to man in the post and rebound, that's it.</div> Exactly, it's not like Etan Thomas, Calvin Booth, or Michael Ruffin are useless either. Jamaal Magloire wouldn't come close to fitting with this offense, not to mention what we had to have gave up if we traded for him during the season.
