Mark Williams is a good Center and was traded as a centerpiece of the trade because he is good. Good enough to be featured as a Hornet. As I've said, on offense he is a scorer......just put defenders around him. The Hornets have traded Nick Richards and now Mark Williams. So they hope to draft Cooper Flagg and bring in Centers to fit next to LeMelo Ball, Dalton Knecht, and Cooper Flagg. It's smart......get the scorers.....three prong attack and then 3 & D players around them. That's what I've been pushing this whole year. Let's try now since we are near 3rd seed with just the two prong attack of Sengun and Jalen Green. Add one more player. Jerami Grant can put the ball on the court and drive.....Cam Johnson can to an extent.....Booker can.......and of course Durant surely can. The hard part is finding the offensive scorers / prong attackers......the easier part is adding the 3&D players around them. A trade for Durant would give us 3 attackers (Durant, Sengun, Jalen Green) with some off prongs of Amen, Cam Whitmore, Dillon that also provide defense. Throw in Tari and Jabari. So stick your age restrictions up your ****, nobody wants to hear it.
I nailed it as draft evaluation and your BS is not going to take it away from me. LeBron doesn't play defense, so your plus/minus takes a bath.
Just like that, old man Dalton Knecht was a throw in addition in a trade for a constantly injured younger player from a few drafts earlier. His Rockets fans faint.
Dude I’m not “taking” anything away from you lol. Dalton seems like a good pick especially where he was taken. Again you said that the wizards as of now would take Dalton over Sarr. Now that’s BS. You are changing the dynamics of what we are talking about.
In the sense that there were things of value exchanged in the Divac trade... this does seem to be the opposite of that.
I’m confused about the narrative on the board? I thought Shep played great the other day the first time in a while he had been given enough minutes to get somewhat comfortable. you could tell there were some nerves, but he also made a number of outstanding plays. if we want to get a backup point guard to help in the playoffs, ok. But for the next 10 or 20 games at least I really hope that we let Reed. whatever we do in the trade or buyout market needs to address shooting. if we are going to pull some massive trade today and that is a whole other thing
We should let Reed develop similar to how we let Amen develop. Amen was a bench player before Jabari went down and suddenly he plays the most minutes on our team because he is just that impactful on offense and defense. Reed has great defensive knowledge and with FVV injured theres no reason we should be throwing out a 30+ year old Aaron Holiday instead of developing Sheppard. We aren't making a huge trade until the offseason so this season should be spent test-running our talent.
It seems Ime doesn't make rotation changes until circumstances force his hand. Unless Phoenix has a massive change of heart and is willing to play, we are only going for buy-out candidates and probably will lose out on some of them. We will almost certainly will be in the 5th spot in the West by the All-star break. Now is the time to see if Reed can stay confident like last game. Play him big minutes until FVV is back. Our schedule gets considerably easier the rest of the season, so unless other injuries raise their head we should still manage a seed of 6 or better and Reed can either force a rotation spot or go back to RGV when FVV gets back or we sign a buyout.
Sarr has been bad all year and a huge disappointment at #2. Dalton has been much better hands down and has a better future. Jokic was a second round pick that has excelled, Dalton was a 17th pick that will continue to excel. You are just wrong. Sarr offers nothing on offense except project projections and push over defense....meaning eventually a help defender.....maybe. Dalton offers top notch scorer Doncic level. And like Doncic little to no defense. But that excels in value. Fans don't want to watch defensive battles.....they want to see the dunks, half court shots, the falling down mid range makes that took a prayer and wish. Dalton brings that. Carlton Carrington....Bilal Coulibaly.......Dalton Knecht is set up well. Just add the 3&D players at position 4 & 5 later. Sarr brings no guarantees as you make it out to be. Out with Kispert in with Dalton Knecht
Same to you. The players will settle it in the long run. Good luck to your Sarr. Leave the excuses at home if he fails. His teammates this or his system that. Hornets are also bottom of the barrel. Just better poised to rebuild better, faster imo.....while the Wiz are spinning their wheels drafting guys only to lose them by drafting younger to replace the guys they just drafted years prior. Vicious cycle that just repeats and gets you nowhere unless you hit gold and that magical unicorn player.
Dalton Knecht (24/25) At rim.............83.6% (FG%) 3 to < 10 ft.....43.5% (FG%) 10 to < 16 ft....57.7% (FG%) 16 to < 3Pt......54.5% (FG%) 3Pt..................35.8% (3P%) Take December out and Knecht is 40% from 3 Lakers (JJ Redick, LeBron, AD) constantly yelled at Dalton for.......NOT SHOOTING ENOUGH https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/k/knechda01/shooting/2025/ Just because you dont do your research, doesn't make others wrong
