A healthy Dinwiddie plus what they got back from the lakers is much better than just keeping Westbrook.
Definitely, just don't see what they're trying to do here. You'd think they'd trade Beal and try to get some youth for a chance to rebuild (on the fly). This seems to be more of a win-now move though.
Beal wants (has) to stay so he can sign that supermax. Now after he gets that bag, i'm sure he will be ready to roll then if things are not looking better.
Wizards can tell him they are going in another direction and want to work with him to get him to a contender, plenty of offers will come their way.
It is a win now move. Beal, Dinwiddie and Montrezl is basically a big 3 in the East. Can it compete with the Bucks or the Nets or even the Heat? Absolutely not. But they'll be happy to make the playoffs and maybe the 2nd round this year.
Oh it is funny. And if I were a Wizards fan I would be pissed. But that franchise seems more than happy to continue being mildly competitive so long as tickets keep selling. They don't even seem to be trying to win actual championships.
Exactly, which is silly, then again: has the organization ever looked competent and were they ever taken seriously aside from the 75-80 teams? If there’s one organization I’d never willingly want to go it’s the Wizards.
if im beal i stay for now, unless dinwiddie shows signs of not fully being recovered from that acl surgery
So, the Rockets could have kept Westbrook last season (he could fake an injury and want to sit out while the Rockets looking for a trade), and then trade away Harden and get back Dinwiddie and Josh Allen, which we will still suck and tanked for Jalen Green. And now we could have all these Lakers young players, either offer decent contracts for Dinwiddie and Allen or at least getting something back via sign and trade, plus the rookies. Instead, we now got a forking BRICK WALL here. Nicely done.
Yeah, that Westbrook-Wall trade is looking worse and worse now. But look at it this way. If we kept Westbrook, we wouldn't be the worst team and wouldn't get the #2 pick. It was a panic trade. But it turned out well for us with a hefty dose of luck.
First of all, Green has not played a minute in the NBA yet. Secondly, there is no guarantee that we will have a better record if we will keep Westbrook, he may hold out like Tucker in the last few weeks when he was in here, as the Rockets may want him to do the same, while we will be working for a trade. Or, this Westbrook trade could also be happened last season also, the Lakers were never in any good position before getting into the playoff, if Westbrook was available, they may have done the trade.
I rather be speculating about Green being the next Kobe, rather than giving our lottery pick to OKC. Who knows what Westbrook would of done. PJ had the luxury because his contract was easily tradeable, Westbrook, not so much. His value was at an all time low after the playoffs. Maybe he would of built it back up keeping us afloat, but who knows.
It is all about making the right decisions AT THAT TIME. At the time when Rockets will trade away Westbrook and Harden, are you 100% sure you will be landing Jalen Green? After 4 years from now to look back, of course we could all be changing our minds also on Jalen Green. My point is, clearly at the time when our GM had done those trades involving Westbrook and Harden, we are getting schooled. Even Jalen Green could be in the HOF 20 years from now, it still wont change this fact.
Of course anything can happen with Green. But would you rather rebuild with Green or with Kuzma, KPC, and Harrell? Westbrook is not Harden. I don't like him, but he does not dog it. If he's healthy (which he was with the Wizard last season) he'd be out there playing hard. So unlike Wall, Russ wouldn't be a very good tank commander. Trade him last season? Westbrook was brought in last season to please Harden.
I'm actually pretty impressed with the Wizards offseason. They're about twice as deep as they were last year. Although, I am baffled why they didn't just draft and keep Isaiah Jackson. They should be better than they were last year, but still just a fringe playoff team at best. Dinwiddie/Neto Beal/Caldwell-Pope Kuzma/Kispert Hachimura/Bertans GIfford/Harrell