Goodbye Kwame.....

I'm a Lakers fan and I could have semi lived with the deal when it was Butler for Brown but I'm kinda pissed that the Lakers have thrown in Atkins as well. I don't know if that's salary related or what cuz he played pretty well last year even though he's not really a strong pg cuz he's not as good of a passer as that position demands. But if it's between giving away Atkins or Devean George, the wiz can have Atkins.

But as much as people hate on Brown, if anyone can help him with his low post numbers, it'd be Phil Jackson utilizing the triangle.

whats so great about devean george besides his all time high scoring avg. of like 7.2

I think it's funny when I hear people, such as some experts on ESPN.com as well as his Kwame's agent, say that this will be good for him because he doesn't have to be the go-to guy and also he'll have Kobe to help him out. Are you kidding me? When was he ever asked to be the main guy here? The Wizards never put any pressure on him to be the go-to guy. And Kobe isn't going to coddle him. Kobe is a Michael Jordan wannabe who will yell at and berate Kwame.

Maybe Kwame will blossom in LA, but this is a deal that had to be done. The only concern on our end is that we're getting two guys entering the last year of their contracts (though Butler is restricted). But when you think about it, we've added a solid, consistent young swingman, a veteran point guard who can hit the open jumper, and word is we're getting Donyell Marshall as well. All those guys for the same amount of money, if not less, than we would have had to pay Hughes had we given him what we wanted. I'm not going to flat out say that we're better now than we were at the end of the season...but maybe we are.

The FO gets an A for making sound decisions thus far... I think Ludacris can be had for the MLE too, so we can move Twan back to the 3.

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Have any of you heard about this? Rumors I'm hearing say that the Wizards are very close to signing Antonio Daniels, which would give them a big, true point guard who doesn't turn the ball over.

They then plan on trading Chucky Atkins, meaning we would lose a legit 3-point shooter, along with Blake or Dixon and probably Jeffries to Atlanta most likely for Al Harrington and maybe a pick.

Daniels is solid and it would probably mean Arenas at the 2 and Butler back at his natural SF spot, but I was kind of looking forward to Atkins being here

I think that trade would be a push.

well ESPN just said Daniels to the Wizards 5 years, $30 million. This is very similar to the Arenas signing. He was being courted by many teams then it seemed like out of nowhere came the Wizards to get GA.

Long term I don't care much for the deal (too much money for a 30 year old PG), but I think he can make an immediate positive impact on the team.

i like the deal a lot... daniels was the guy i wanted from the beginning of FA... tall PG that can also play the 2. excellent on ball perimeter defender (better than Hughes IMO- Larry played lanes well hence his steals, but he couldn't defend anyone with a post game at that position). AD is also fearless to the hoop. The Wiz have upgraded their defensive game while creating a more effective half court offense (their bigs should get more involved with AD at the point). With Gil, Caron, and AD this is a tough squad.

If we were to nab harrington, this is a super offseason.

kwame's gone, its already super.