Breaking -- The human race has waived Josh Smith: 2014-15 regular season thread part 2

xp if OKC doesn't ruin his foot

segue from that - if they got a title next year for KD's last hurrah (which is prob their best course of action, they could start preparing for it now tbh) you think he'd still book it? or would it not matter/is the franchise too snakebit for that to really happen

*xxp

beal is good if he hadn't gotten injured & been kinda shaky afterward i think he could've been a reserve this year

it just occurred to me that washington may have built the new old atlanta hawks--good enough for a 4/5 seed in the east for several years running.

better get kd.

if they got a title next year for KD's last hurrah (which is prob their best course of action, they could start preparing for it now tbh) you think he'd still book it? or would it not matter/is the franchise too snakebit for that to really happen

― are... are you saying you fucked a gazelle? (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, March 24, 2015 1:49 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i mean who knows its all specualtion

it just occurred to me that washington may have built the new old atlanta hawks--good enough for a 4/5 seed in the east for several years running.

better get kd.

― call all destroyer, Tuesday, March 24, 2015 1:51 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hm yeah. or a real coach

both

The Wizards don't have a very good roster.

I mean they have Wall, and then a bunch of guys who are borderline starters, and then a bunch of guys.

and the truth

beal and gorat are both good

Pierce and Nene are cooked. Good for a good game every 3-4 games

their bench looked solid coming into the year but it hasn't really worked out + injuries slowed them down + coach blows

http://es.pn/1GQBQMk

not sure what kinda stock to put into this kinda frivolous thing, but love the way the bottom rungs shape up

firebomb new york basketball, start over fresh

love the way the bottom rungs shape up

― Clay, Tuesday, March 24, 2015 3:25 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

beautiful

The Wizards don't have a very good roster.

I mean they have Wall, and then a bunch of guys who are borderline starters, and then a bunch of guys.

― polyphonic, Tuesday, March 24, 2015 2:01 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is a bit harsh but not totally wrong

omg poor sully
http://espn.go.com/boston/nba/story/_/id/12545144/boston-celtics-forward-jared-sullinger-facing-heavy-burden

EVEN THE HEADLINE SAYS "HEAVY BURDEN" :[ :[ :[

wall and beal (still only 21) are legitimate franchise pieces, but the wizards historically have had a horrific ownership and lucking into wall and ending up with beal never changed that.

they signed martell webster on a huge overpay. the otto porter and jan vesley draft picks were disasters. i mean they had one whole draft where they picked vesley and chris singleton smh.

even the nene and gortat moves were seen as big gambles at the time and though they brought them up to a certain level of competitiveness and respectability this clearly is not a front office that understands how to think longterm.

and then of course the continued employment of a coach with a career winning percentage of 39%

wall and to some extent beal are basically the only things that have kept the wizards from being the knicks, basically

pretty big pieces tho

i think wall and beal are good enough as a foundation to break out of the hawks 4/5 bracket but you'd need a total front office and coaching staff overhaul to make that happen but ted leonsis is obstinate as fuck

Andrew Sharp @andrewsharp · 18h 18 hours ago
The Wizards could have drafted Steph, Klay, Barnes, and Draymond. Also re-signed Randy WIttman the same year Kerr was available. Goodnight.

this about sums it up

maybe "the only thing keeping them from being the t wolves" is slightly more accurate

haha

everyone coulda drafted draymond tho

not gonna pretend I have more bball IQ than NBA brains but I remember being very perplexed as to why Draymond wasn't a higher draft prospect after seeing how he played at MSU.

Because he was a 6'6 power forward who couldn't shoot

Oh wow the wizards could have drafted BARNES?!?!? My gosh what a blunder

They drafted Bradley Beal instead, I don't think they're losing sleep over it

omg poor sully
http://espn.go.com/boston/nba/story/_/id/12545144/boston-celtics-forward-jared-sullinger-facing-heavy-burden

EVEN THE HEADLINE SAYS "HEAVY BURDEN" :[ :[ :[

― are... are you saying you fucked a gazelle? (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, March 24, 2015 6:01 PM (49 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

rough, hope he figures it out

To me Beal is like the 15-20th best SG in the NBA. Which is pretty good for a 21 yo guy but nothing to write home about.

To me Beal is like the 15-20th best SG in the NBA. Which is pretty good for a 21 yo guy but nothing to write home about.

Yeah but Barnes is just a role player himself.

sorry xpost I wasn't talking up Barnes believe me.

Because he was a 6'6 power forward who couldn't shoot

and yet...

he was overweight too.

y'all just demonstrating the narrow-mindedness and orthodoxy that dictates nba head office thinking

draymond has developed into a better shooter than he probably needs to be, I don't see why shooting problems would be a reason not to take a chance on a promising big man, but given that he's gotten pretty decent at it I guess it doesn't matter now

I think I remember liking draymond but more like I bet this guy catches on to a rotation somewhere as a Luis Scola type not I'm sure this guy will be the Swiss Army knife of a title contender for sure

i loved him in college

massive doubleheader tonight

mavs are such a drag

portland v gsw not really that massive, blazers w/o aldridge, batum, kaman, and obv matthews

aw man didn't know that many blazers were out

monta: activate

this went from 0 to (not quite 100 but a high-ish number) real quick

too bad these two won't see each other in another playoff series

wow mavs owning shit

in monta we trust

monta looks v good

dont understand how the mavs can be so blah and then be like oh its the spurs *hellbeasts*

monta and rondo both looked good tonight

has anyone found out why kenny smith and his family have a reality show?

he's gotta have some serious dirt on turner broadcasting, like just utter filth

"happy wife happy life" oh kenny you're such a card