Posted by djsunyc:
kwame has a LONG way to go. does somebody ante up and give him 6 years $45 mil?
you see, this is the danger of drafting 18 and 19 year old centers. unless the center is ok4 or dwight (more like PF's), then you have NO IDEA what to expect after 3 seasons of mediocre play - curry, chandler, kwame - what type of players are they? they're only 21 - have a WORLD of potential but are HUGE risks. do you re-sign them long term at big $$$'s or let them go? it's TOUGH decision for a GM b/c even if you do re-sign them, you may not see any returns until they're 25. but nobody will fault a GM taking a $$$ risk on a center, so that's a plus.
well, a few things with kwame brown
A. he appears to play with no fire. he's bigger than anybody else but plays small, way to passive. If he played mean,he would be a force, but thats instinctive, you cant make that up--its in you or its not.
B. he still has a great need for learning fundamental skills. lot of little things i notice, he looks like he could care less at the FT line
C. getting hurt this year really hurt him and has put the Wizards or any other suitor for his services in a jam. with a foot injury, its hard to practice. he did put in some serious mass bulding work, but did he put the work on his own game? i dont see it.
I think staying with what we have an adding a shot blocker and some guards. Dan Gadzuric would be good, but as I said, probably out of our reach. Hunter is a cheaper part, and can be had. I dont want us to reach in the draft for a channing frye if we can acquire Hunter for almost the same $$$$$ and save the pick for a G