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Wizards engaged in trade talks involving Marcin Gortat

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by J.R., Feb 6, 2018.

  1. J.R.

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    rocketsfanslovegortat@gmail.com ;)

    http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...s-engaged-trade-talks-involving-marcin-gortat

    The Washington Wizards have been engaged on trade talks involving center Marcin Gortat, multiple sources told ESPN.

    There have been several teams that have shown interest but the Wizards are looking to improve their team now while not taking on additional long-term money, sources said.

    Washington has expressed interest in LA Clippers center DeAndre Jordan, ESPN's Zach Lowe reported. Gortat has one year and $13.5 million left on his contract. Jordan can opt to be a free agent this summer.

    Despite losing John Wall to knee surgery for up to two months, the Wizards have won five straight games to move into fourth place in the Eastern Conference. They've gotten good production from their bench during the stretch.

    Gortat, who is in his 11th season, is averaging 8.9 points and eight rebounds per game in 53 starts this season.​
     
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  2. BigMaloe

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    Gortat/Smith/1st to Orlando

    Vucevic/speights to Washington
     
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    The prize you win when you go after Wall's "team."
     
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    If the Wizards feel they can improve over Gortat at C in the offseason, definitely do the DJ trade.

    The Wiz/Magic trade also works for both teams.
     
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    Hopefully they will stay away from Clint.
     
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    Wizards are starting to stink like the Lob City Clippers.

    Their "faces of the franchise" are/were egotists who got by on one exceptional athletic ability their whole lives and never learned how to shoot, limiting their impact on the game, especially in the postseason.

    Both teams real best players are/were undersized and injury prone guards.

    And everyone else on those teams either cannot create their own shot, or are so inefficient at doing so that they are relegated to being chuckers off the bench. Creating limited depth which screwed them over when you have to be at least 8 deep in the postseason.

    Not to mention that both coaches were massively overrated bums who got new jobs not by their own skill, but through sheer talent of rosters of years past.

    Combine this with a bad contract here, an injury there, with playoff small sample size sprinkled on top, all wrapped up in a layer of dysfunctional ownership and front office work, and you have a perennial second round exit at best.
     
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  7. Clutch

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    Every time some team puts a player on the block, I think, "Do they want Ryan Anderson?" :)

    Gortat is signed through 2018-19 at about $13.5M.
     
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    someone has to want Anderson- theirs someone out there
     
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