Kind Of Wish They Had Mike Hall Right Now.

So it looks like the Washington Wizards' brilliant move to keep less than the league maximum 15 players on their roster has, imagine this, backfired. With Antonio Daniels joining hobbled Gilbert Arenas, rookie Oleksiy Pecherov, and Etan Thomas on the inactive list, the Wiz only have 9 players on their bench. According to published reports, the team is actively seeking out someone to give them some depth at the guard position.


Far be it from me to say I told you so.... but I'm pretty sure "We" [read: The greater GW Basketball community] told you so.

It's unclear if Mike Hall has a chance at the roster spot. Both Wizards coach Eddie Jordan and team management say they'll look at a number of players with experience playing in DC including Brian Chase and Donell Taylor who is now under contract in Greece.

There is some hope for MH3 as Ernie Grunfeld had this to say about the situation:

"We have some names on a short list and in all likelihood we'll bring someone in who we feel can help us," Grunfeld said. "We're not going to get someone from another team in a trade scenario. It's going to be a free agent type of player from the development league, CBA, someone who isn't currently on an NBA roster."

So is Mike on that short list? We should know shortly.

Comments

Anonymous said…
The Wiz will sign a point guard not Mike Hall. Mike wouldn't help them much, as much as I root for him. He plays the same position that Dominic McGuire plays - sf.
Brendan said…
I hear what you're saying, but with the success they've had w/ Stevenson running the point and the fact that they had Mike playing more at shooting guard than SF I don't think it's out of the questions that they might consider him.
Anonymous said…
Except that they already have Stevenson, Young, Mason, and Caron who can play SG. If they were happy playing one of those options at pg until Daniels returns, then why would they have to sign anybody at all and go over the luxury tax?

Yes they beat Sacramento without having a legit PG. But Sacaramento had only won one road game this year and was playing a back to back game on the road and the Wiz had a couple of days rest.

I'm not sure they can win consistently against good teams without a legit PG.
Anonymous said…
The Wiz are picking up Mike Wilks a 5 year veteran pg.

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