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pika1708 · Aug 13, 2026 at 4:28 PM

abeer3 said: ↑

counterpoints:

-good chance those guys don't see FA next year. the modern nba has almost no free agency, and i'm guessing the next cba will specifically attempt to address that. but for now, almost nobody really good makes it to UFA.
-washington looked better with luka:

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the defense is consistently solid, but you can just see the luka effect on the offense here, imo, as his two worst seasons were pre- and post-luka.

and again, if you can just move vando for it? huge win to me.

prepared to be wrong, but if some other contender takes the risk on washington and reaps benefits, i'll be annoyed. that's IF all this is true about us not being interested due to the contract size/length. but i mean, he makes 19 next year and is a starting caliber player who would plug right into our forward spot...
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I'm not so familiared with that stat, but don't those percentiles look bad? They're all average no?

Yeah I know you like him, and I get it, he's no bum. Just not that high on him.

I agree it's a gamble to trust the FA market but I think for the MLE there's always 4/5 guys. And we probably will be a coveted destination giving our glaring need at the 4.

pika1708 · Aug 13, 2026 at 4:28 PM

abeer3 said: ↑

counterpoints:

-good chance those guys don't see FA next year. the modern nba has almost no free agency, and i'm guessing the next cba will specifically attempt to address that. but for now, almost nobody really good makes it to UFA.
-washington looked better with luka:

View attachment 5531

the defense is consistently solid, but you can just see the luka effect on the offense here, imo, as his two worst seasons were pre- and post-luka.

and again, if you can just move vando for it? huge win to me.

prepared to be wrong, but if some other contender takes the risk on washington and reaps benefits, i'll be annoyed. that's IF all this is true about us not being interested due to the contract size/length. but i mean, he makes 19 next year and is a starting caliber player who would plug right into our forward spot...
Click to expand...

I'm not so familiared with that stat, but don't those percentiles look bad? They're all average no?

Yeah I know you like him, and I get it, he's no bum. Just not that high on him.

I agree it's a gamble to trust the FA market but I think for the MLE there's always 4/5 guys. And we probably will be a coveted destination giving our glaring need at the 4.

abeer3 · Aug 13, 2026 at 5:37 PM

pika1708 said: ↑

I'm not so familiared with that stat, but don't those percentiles look bad? They're all average no?

Yeah I know you like him, and I get it, he's no bum. Just not that high on him.

I agree it's a gamble to trust the FA market but I think for the MLE there's always 4/5 guys. And we probably will be a coveted destination giving our glaring need at the 4.
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the defensive percentiles are good. not great (like say, kessler's), but good. generally better than say, petyon watson's.

not that far off from dort:

it's clear we're prioritizing youth, but washington's 27, not over 30 or something. his deal takes him to 31, where, yes, he'll have dropped off. but he'll be expiring then, and we may be in full rebuild at that point.

Toklat · Aug 13, 2026 at 6:57 PM

Wino said: ↑

We would have to exclude some Debbie Downers!!

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Very limited shares...lol

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