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They just traded Gortat, Marshall, Shannon Brown,and some other dude for Emeka Okafor
In cases like this I actually don't mind the lottery because we should not reward a team for clearly tanking for the #1 pick.
They just traded Gortat, Marshall, Shannon Brown,and some other dude for Emeka Okafor
Good trade all around. The Wiz get Gortat, who is more serviceable than Okafor considering he's hurt all the time. DC is hellbent on making the playoffs to save the job of the GM so this move improves their chances. Suns get a draft pick to help them rebuild or package in another trade down the line. If Okafor doesn't play, so what, they were gonna suck anyway and were in full tank mode. If he does play (and plays well), they can trade him again later in the season.
The Suns will land a top 5 pick (their own) and have the Wolves, Wizards and Pacers first rounders next year. 4 1st round picks in a LOADED draft?!? I'll take that anyway. Gortat is decent but not anything special, Brown and Marshall are both scrubs.
@ the OP--- Do you think it's smart to keep Gortat at this point? Really dude... he's a FA next year and this team is rebuilding. It would be foolish to hang onto him.
To be fair shanon brown is a nice bench player
The Suns will land a top 5 pick (their own) and have the Wolves, Wizards and Pacers first rounders next year. 4 1st round picks in a LOADED draft?!? I'll take that anyway. Gortat is decent but not anything special, Brown and Marshall are both scrubs.
@ the OP--- Do you think it's smart to keep Gortat at this point? Really dude... he's a FA next year and this team is rebuilding. It would be foolish to hang onto him.
Tanking is apart of NBA history...and when you know that once in a generation player is coming(along with other really good players), YOU TANK TO GET A GOOD SPOT. Spurs tanked to get Duncan, Cleveland tanked to get Lebron, and so on and so forth. I applaud the Suns for not trying to be a lower seed in the playoffs, all for nothing. You don't want to be the Atlanta Hawks, always stuck in purgatory, getting bounced in the playoffs. Either contend for the title, or contend for the lottery
It's way too early to call Marshall a scrub. I refuse to call any player a scrub after just 1 year in the league. I need to see someone for 2-3 years to see if they're a scrub or not.
The Wizards pick is lottery protected I believe so the Suns will have 3 picks in the top 20 and one very late in the first round.
Not a good trade for the Wizards at all.
They give up a pick and an expiring contract that could turn into a good (not great) FA signing for what? So they can get out of the lottery? This nucleus is not good enough to contend, but they were 1 year and 1 more pick away from possibly getting somewhere. They need a young big to put with Wall, Beal and Porter. Gortat is NOT the answer unless you want to max out as a 4 or 5 seed in a couple years.
Whether or not the Suns are successful in their rebuild depends on a lot of factors, but they at least have a chance to build something real now. I hate franchises who think making the playoffs is the ultimate goal for a season.
Sure, the GM saves his own ass, but in the process sets the franchise back at least 2 years and possibly a whole decade. Unless Beal and Wall both develop into superstars (unlikely) this team is a low end playoff team until they blow it up again.
It sucks to be a Wizards fan.