To be fair none of those nikkaz were coming to Detroit, and the only legit franchise guys are bron and wade. Capspace means nothing if no stars are going to sign to your team. But your right the Gordon/charlie v contracts were disasters
Who's the worst GM in the NBA?
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To be fair none of those nikkaz were coming to Detroit, and the only legit franchise guys are bron and wade. Capspace means nothing if no stars are going to sign to your team. But your right the Gordon/charlie v contracts were disasters
Homeboy Runny-Ray
From Around The Way
bu bu but coming off the bench is a good thing to do to service your team.
i thought coming off the bench was the new "in-thing"?
mastermind
Rest In Power Kobe
WackyD, who are you responding too?
Homeboy Runny-Ray
From Around The Way
THE WORLD.
that really wasnt aimed towards you. i would apologize for the confusion, but you disrespected me by calling me wacky d so
Yeah I used to have Dumars down as the worst or at least bottom 3, but then he hit on 3 straight drafts
Monroe/Knight/Drummond
Monroe/Knight/Drummond
mastermind
Rest In Power Kobe
Ernie Grunfeld and it isn't even close.
Colangelo is bad and Dumars isn't good. But Grunfeld has been MUCH worse in the draft than the other two. MUCH WORSE.
Didn't have a pick in the 2009 draft when we had the #5 pick... sold the #32 pick too.
2010 he lucked into Wall, Seraphin and Booker are solid picks for where they were taken. We got Jordan Crawford his rookie season for Hinrich which wasn't a bad trade either.
2011 he drafts VESLEY WHO HAS NO BASKETBALL SKILL. While Faried, Thompson, Leonard, Brooks, etc are on the board... even one of the Morris twins would have been better. Chris Singleton has disappointed and Shelvin Mack is now on the 76ers roster after having been cut, brought back, then cut again and going to the D-League in between.
2012, again, he got lucky he was top 3. Bradley Beal looks to be a player and he's played very well in January. He's injured now but he looks like a guy who will play more than a decade in the NBA health permitting.
But the Ariza/Okafor trade was bad. The Hornets should have given us the #10 pick for the troubles of giving them cap space... but that would have been the case if we had a competent GM.
The Nene trade was alright in my book, didn't think McGee would amount to much here in DC to begin with.
But this guy just looks like he will be the Wizards GM for life. Wes Unseld was even worse than Grunfeld though... I'm not going to speak ill of Abe Polin since he's dead, but the man also did not know how to own the team after the 1978 championship beating Seattle and the subsequent run to the finals in 1979 when they lost to Seattle.
Colangelo is bad and Dumars isn't good. But Grunfeld has been MUCH worse in the draft than the other two. MUCH WORSE.
Didn't have a pick in the 2009 draft when we had the #5 pick... sold the #32 pick too.
2010 he lucked into Wall, Seraphin and Booker are solid picks for where they were taken. We got Jordan Crawford his rookie season for Hinrich which wasn't a bad trade either.
2011 he drafts VESLEY WHO HAS NO BASKETBALL SKILL. While Faried, Thompson, Leonard, Brooks, etc are on the board... even one of the Morris twins would have been better. Chris Singleton has disappointed and Shelvin Mack is now on the 76ers roster after having been cut, brought back, then cut again and going to the D-League in between.
2012, again, he got lucky he was top 3. Bradley Beal looks to be a player and he's played very well in January. He's injured now but he looks like a guy who will play more than a decade in the NBA health permitting.
But the Ariza/Okafor trade was bad. The Hornets should have given us the #10 pick for the troubles of giving them cap space... but that would have been the case if we had a competent GM.
The Nene trade was alright in my book, didn't think McGee would amount to much here in DC to begin with.
But this guy just looks like he will be the Wizards GM for life. Wes Unseld was even worse than Grunfeld though... I'm not going to speak ill of Abe Polin since he's dead, but the man also did not know how to own the team after the 1978 championship beating Seattle and the subsequent run to the finals in 1979 when they lost to Seattle.
He's gonna be a solid to good guard and I see allstar potential in time. He at least got a decade plus career ahead.
These days that's a hit.
mastermind
Rest In Power Kobe
dude looks nowhere near that type of player at point guard. Not even close. They got Calderon for a reason.
We will see if he can be a good 2guard, but I have my doubts.
Danny_Duberstein
Pro
All the dumars/grunfeld talk got me wondering, would u rather have a core of knight/Monroe/drummond or wall/beal/nene?
mastermind
Rest In Power Kobe
having a big that could be the best big man in the NBA in Drummond>>>>>anything the Wizards have put together. And I say this as a guy who really likes Wall and thinks he could be a great point guard once he gets a consistent jumper.
Homeboy Runny-Ray
From Around The Way
in defense of dumars drafting darko(try saying that 5 times):
do remember:
- he had just drafted tayshaun in the previous draft
- rasheed was still in portland
- lets not act as if there wasnt extreme hype over darko. granted, he never passed my eye-test, but lets not act as if he wasnt the consensus #2 pick.
really, if you want to say that they shouldve drafted *insert player*, bosh's name should come up instead of carmelo's, since their biggest need was a PF. besides, if they didnt draft darko, they wouldve never made that rasheed trade, wouldnt have won the chip in '04 and probably wouldnt have won any chips afterwards either.
do remember:
- he had just drafted tayshaun in the previous draft
- rasheed was still in portland
- lets not act as if there wasnt extreme hype over darko. granted, he never passed my eye-test, but lets not act as if he wasnt the consensus #2 pick.
really, if you want to say that they shouldve drafted *insert player*, bosh's name should come up instead of carmelo's, since their biggest need was a PF. besides, if they didnt draft darko, they wouldve never made that rasheed trade, wouldnt have won the chip in '04 and probably wouldnt have won any chips afterwards either.
AlbertPullhoez
The Takeover
David Kahn
Took 2 PG's with back to back picks in the top 10 (Ricky Rubio, Jonny Flynn)
Drafted Flynn over Stephen Curry
(Flynn played 2 seasons in Minnesota and plays in Australia now)
Traded Ty Lawson to a divisional rival
Took Derrick Williams at number 2 in the 2011 draft
Traded for Michael Beasley
Traded away both Chandler Parsons and Norris Cole
Traded the 18th pick in the 2012 draft for Chase Budinger
Hired Kurt Rambis as head coach
Took 2 PG's with back to back picks in the top 10 (Ricky Rubio, Jonny Flynn)
Drafted Flynn over Stephen Curry
(Flynn played 2 seasons in Minnesota and plays in Australia now)Traded Ty Lawson to a divisional rival
Took Derrick Williams at number 2 in the 2011 draft
Traded for Michael Beasley
Traded away both Chandler Parsons and Norris Cole
Traded the 18th pick in the 2012 draft for Chase Budinger
Hired Kurt Rambis as head coach
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