Shows you the inconsistency of Nurkic, but it also shows how good Jokic is, and playing time will always be inconsistent as long as they're on the same team.
I'm only going off the rumors that Wall is unhappy in Washington, maybe they were false... I remember along the lines that Wall was unhappy that Beal is making more $ than him. If that's not true, and they don't have a desire to move Wall. The trade could never happen simply because the Wiz hold all the power. Just like Portland holds all the power for CJ. Washington at some point will have to figure out their issues. I believe due to age, they'll end up moving Wall and hoping Beal can be available for 82.. or even 70..... Maybe they can get better pieces for Wall... But I don't think CJ for Wall straight up is all that lopsided of a trade. Beal + CJ might be redundant if Beal is ever healthy enough. Big if though. Edit - I could see Washington moving Beal for Rubio if Washington trades Wall for CJ.
I'm okay with Tyson Chandler. He's not as good as he was, but he can give some direction to this clueless team. And he'd come cheap.
If we don't get SOMEONE by the Trade Deadline, then Olshey should be held for War Crimes. This whole "Small Ball" bullshit just isn't working.
I've noticed how much our guards sag off to help whenever the other team throws the ball into the post. That wouldn't happen with a real center. God we need a center sooooo bad.
Just FYI, Beal signed a 5 year $127 million deal with WAS on July 26. He'll have four years at an average of over $26 million/year left after this year. Not sure MIN would want Beal and his huge contract when they already have LaVine at the 2 and Wiggins at the 3. $26 million/year is a lot, even these days, for an often injured 6th man. BNM
That's why he didn't sign one in the offseason (Ezeli doesn't count. He wouldn't have come that cheap if he did) Regardless of the outcome of the season, he needs to trade for a center. There's no other way for this team to acquire one.
After watching Dame and CJ try and play D last night, it makes me wonder if these two will ever be good enough defensively to take us to the finals. A center, any really good center will be wore out chasing their defensive mistakes. IMO. I love having both of them on this team for so many reasons that we all rave about on a regular basis. IF we had to trade one of them would we maybe look to Boston and go after Olynyk and Avery Bradley/ Marcus Smart and Brooklyn's pick plus another first round and/or a couple of seconds? We would still have other players to move to beef up our center position, but would have a better scoring PF/Center in Olynyk, and a more defensive guard and some potentially amazing picks. I seriously doubt either gets moved, but they both would bring us the most back in a trade. Maybe i'm just butt hurt from losing again!
SI thinks Noel's best fit is Portland. http://www.si.com/nba/2016/12/13/ne...rs-warriors-raptors?xid=socialflow_twitter_si
I read this earlier today the more I watch Noel the more I want to get him here. He is exactly what we need he could average 15-10-2-2 for us with all the wide open looks and straight line drives to the basket. Plus he instantly makes our defense more credible. We're always talking about how we need a guy who can clean up after the guards meaning legitimately guard 1-5, strong weakside help, being quick with rotations, and he's got the chops.
