Wizards Bring Back Juan Dixon

[Monkeydad]

Actually he is pretty good. He's been stuck sharing time in Portland and Toronto, but he's a good shooter, decent defender and has done a lot with limited minutes. He can average 10+ PPG when playing regularly.

I like the move if its for depth since we can never know Arenas' health status. Losing Roger Mason Jr. was a huge loss. I don't see the current bench carrying the load if Gilbert goes down again. We still have Antonio Daniels at PG with Dee Brown (not that Dee Brown) backing him up. Then at SG we have Caron and really no one other than Nick Young behind him, so I'm guessing Dixon will be the backup SG. Gil had another knee operation last Wednesday, his third one and he's only 26.

I was always a fan of his since his Terp days.

[CooleyAsCanBe]

Originally Posted by Buster

Actually he is pretty good. He's been stuck sharing time in Portland and Toronto, but he's a good shooter, decent defender and has done a lot with limited minutes. He can average 10+ PPG when playing regularly.

I like the move if its for depth since we can never know Arenas' health status. Losing Roger Mason Jr. was a huge loss. I don't see the current bench carrying the load if Gilbert goes down again. We still have Antonio Daniels at PG with Dee Brown (not that Dee Brown) backing him up. Then at SG we have Caron and really no one other than Nick Young behind him, so I'm guessing Dixon will be the backup SG. Gil had another knee operation last Wednesday, his third one and he's only 26.

I was always a fan of his since his Terp days.

I assume you meant Deshawn at shooting guard, not Caron.

I agree that this was a logical pick-up for us as Juan is at least a serviceable point, can also play the two, and is already comfortable in EJ's system. I'm not a huge Antonio Daniels fan, and having him and Dee Brown II as our only PG's for at least the first two months of the season doesn't inspire much confidence.

Juan is cheap, has no character or drug problems, can play in positions where we are thin, and will probably put a few more fans in the seats. This isn't going to make us an elite team, but it was a logical, low-risk move that is better than simply doing nothing and relying on what we have.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by CooleyAsCanBe

I assume you meant Deshawn at shooting guard, not Caron.

Yeah.