Austin Rivers traded to Washington for Marcin Gortat

Wtf is Washington even doing?

I get it they need legit backup PG play when Wall is out of the game or injured. But Rivers is essentially an extremely lite version (like basement level) of Bradley Beal.

Neither create for others, they create for themselves.

I'm assuming more moves are to follow but even so this move makes no sense for Washington. They still seem lost in trying to find their true identity and it starts with the Wall/Beal combo.... that doesn't work consistently against better competition.

 

The wizards are gonna go full r****d and S&T for Cousins using Otto Porter watch. Lol

 

gortat has been on his way out. that's been evident for awhile. the chemistry with the guards went downhill. washington is definitely going to choose their super max player over him. they likely want a more athletic big to fit how they want to play

 

Cod delivering.

 

wouldnt be surprised at something like this. definitely something wall/beal would likely be on board with to get some kind of big name to play with

 

Please no! Porter would be a great fit in New Orleans.

I’d love to have him.

 

Gortat gives the Clippers a starting-level center should DeAndre Jordan opt-out of his $24.7M contract before Friday's deadline. Even if Jordan opts-in to the deal, the Clippers and Jordan would work together to find a trade out of Los Angeles before --- preferably well before the February trade deadline.​

 

for $26+ mil a year. hes a nice role player but i gotta pass on that

 

Wes Mathews and JJ Barea come on down! You're the next players to wear the Clippers uniforms for next season's tank fest!

 

The Wizards need a stretch 4 that can hit threes and makes 20+ a year.....

 

they have markief already lol

 

Not a role player. Good versatile defender and elite shooter.

 

He ain't stretchy enough

 

???

 

hes a role player imo. his overall game isn't something you feature. he would be a good compliment to james/cp3 but definitely not at that price for me. especially when hes non existent in the playoffs as well

 

Finally cleared the way out for Mahinmi to get his shine


Oh wait he's trash too

 

Honestly, Doc might actually be grateful to West.

 

This actually make sense...there were already rumors a couple of years ago about Wall and Cousins having interest in playing together, and Porter is a great fit for NOLA (they have literally a hole at the 3 in fact)...in any case, if they agreed to this trade, i guess there's more to come cause i don't think they would just be ok with starting Mahinmi...and that's actually Boogie ending up in Washington, it would also explain the Mavs interest in DeAndre.

 

Austin will be out of the league in 2 years.