f22egl

The following players are free agents for the Washington Wizards.

Jarvis Hayes
Andray Blatche
DeShawn Stevenson
Michael Ruffin
Calvin Booth
Roger Mason Jr.
Donnell Taylor
James Lang

I suspect the Wizards will re-sign Blatche. It would be nice to keep Stevenson around but he may be too expensive keep around. He wants something in the neighborhood of $4-5 million per year. The Wizards would have to use a portion or all of the MLE to re-sign Stevenson.

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Ruff Draft

I could see one of Hayes/Stevenson coming back, and maybe Blatche. Most of the other guys are as good as gone though. Jamaal magloire's name has always been thrown around, and for Washington he wouldn't be that bad of an idea.

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Jarvis Hayes
Andray Blatche
DeShawn Stevenson
Michael Ruffin
Calvin Booth
Roger Mason Jr.
Donnell Taylor
James Lang

The bold names are the ones that will be resigned. Blatche showed a lot of potential last season in limited minutes. When he was asked to start, he put up solid numbers. If the Wizards organization is smart, they will resign this young talent to a worthy deal.

Ruffin on the other hand, might be the worst offensive player in the NBA, also possibly the NBDL and NCAA. But offensive awareness aside, he brings a big, strong presence on the defensive end. He also is recognized as a smart basketball player (besides the fact he single handedly lost us a game vs. Toronto last season because of a smart play gone terribly wrong). If Eddie Jordan is our coach next season, then Ruffin will be in a Wizards uniform.

The other players had their chances to contribute, but I think we replaced most of them with our draft picks from the last few seasons. With a couple more free agent signings, we could have ourselves a very solid team to contend for the East championship.

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Interesting move. I sincerely doubt that Stevenson will accept the proposal. He's shown he can really contribute the last couple seasons, marking him as a solid player. Teams that need a solid guard will dish out the money needed to get him. With that said, the Wizards just didn't offer him the money he's probably looking for.

And I'm very surprised that the Nets are offering Blatche that expensive of a contract for an unproven player. Although, if the Wizards were smart they would up the antes on that contract to keep Blatche in a Wizards uniform.

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Dualie

In today's Washington Post, Deshawn's agent seemed to be offended by the offer, and said something to the effect that he would take playing another year somewhere for $1 million before signing to that. Which I don't get at all. They definitely need to re-sign Blatche, but I think they could get along fine even if they lose everyone else.

byrondarnell66

I would be very upset if the Wizards resign Ruffin, no need to hold on to useless garbbage. Hayes I can deal with if hes cheap (vet min). Wasington post reported that Stevenson wants a 5year 4-5mil per contract and will turn down the Wizards 3year 9mil offer so if thats the case he can take a hike along with his 20%fg playoff shooting performance. Blatche, they need to keep even if its at 4 mil starting over 5 years. Anyone else on the has a very slim chance of coming back.

byrondarnell66

And considering how he played in the playoffs I don't know why hes offended. He was good in the reagular season, but couldn't do anything offensively when the Wizards needed him the most.

shyFX325

you dont want to hold on to useless garbage but you would hold on to hayes?? Jarvis Hayes is a supposed shooting specialist who just flat out isnt a good outside shooter. At least when you go out and tell ruffin to do one thing, rebound, he goes out and does it well.

Perfection

I think that they have to resign Blatche if it is reasonable, he has skills and came out of high school a few years ago. I've never been a Stevenson fan, and I think the pick of Nick Young was perfectly fitting for this team. Now the only weak spot on the roster is C, and I think you should spend the whole MLE pursuing Jaamal Magloire. He was an all-star in the East a while back and could average 10/10 pretty easily. He's definitely better than the bigs that you have now and is a post player to contrast Jamison's outside touch. Overall, a lineup of

Arenas/Young/Butler/Jamison/Magloire would be one of the better ones in the East for sure, so make it happen and sign Magloire. I'd like to see Washington tear it up some more.

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Mateo

Juan Carlos Navarro apparently bought out his contract with his spanish league team. Do the Wizards still own his rights? He could be the next Calderon.

f22egl

Yes they still own his rights. He's a scoring point guard like Gilbert. I wonder how much money the Wizards will have to give him. I think he could be worth keeping.

And here's a link to the story. http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_ar...ach_agreement/

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Mateo

Seems redundant with Arenas and Daniels though. Maybe you should think about trading his rights. You could probably get a 2nd rounder in return.

afireinside

Supposedly this guard is supposed to be special, so he is worth more than a measly 2nd rounder. If he signs with the team, then say goodbye to Taylor, Mason Jr., Stevenson and/or Hayes.

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Mateo

Not sure there is market for more than a 2nd rounder. If he plays for the Wizards one year and is good, then he'll be worth more, but only trading his rights, I'm not sure.

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