Live Mailbag Episode: Should the Wizards target Edey, Ware or Missi?

Live Mailbag Episode: Should the Wizards target Edey, Ware or Missi?

what’s up everybody tonight we have mailbag time so TGIF let’s start the weekend right here on lock on [Music] Wizards you are locked on Wizards your daily Washington Wizards podcast part of the locked on podcast Network your team every day what’s good everybody I hope everybody’s having had a good week uh definitely appreciate you guys locking rocking with me every day making lock on Wizard your first listen every single day we are free and available R get your podcast and on YouTube part of the lock on podcast Network your team every single day and tonight’s episode is brought to you by prize picks the easiest and most exciting way to play daily fantasy sports with a prospects.com lockon NBA and use code all lowercase locked on NBA for a first deposit match up to $100 so all right everybody um tonight is mailbag time so I’m going to start off with the questions from YouTube that we’re going to flow over to X AKA Twitter and then we’re going to chop it up with comments at the end like we always do so um I asked for the questions you guys gave me a lot a lot a lot of good questions and I’m give you guys good answers so let’s get into it so like I said we’re gonna start on the YouTube side um and this is from a hearth script and they ask Missy or wear or Edy and and that’s a really good question man and um I’ll say this it really determines what we do with number two right if we go alexar which alexar seems like he’s become more and more of a realistic option it’s not in concrete that he’s going to be there at two there’s a good chance he could be but you know there’s a lot of things that happen with the draft man you know things change you know you mark draft changed so much I mean one guy could be number one overall he could be number 15 in six months so um you know SAR was at number one rod Holland was number one six months ago now um Zachary sash’s getting a lot of um a lot of friction you know Don clingan’s name has been involved but um if we go indeed if we go with alexar then maybe you trade back in and get another Center because like like I said um alexar can’t play the four and he is actually been slotted at being better at the four as opposed to the five even though he can’t play the five being a seven-footer but they do compare him to jiren Jackson Jr of the Memphis Griz and I think that’s a really good really good comparison so I’m looking at the three Missy U wear or Edy like I said if you go SAR I I would still try to get a center and like you said um because if it and it really let me change that up like there a lot of Donal need to fall into determines right if it really determines who plays the four right um do you start SAR if you draft him and I think that’s a question that’s coming up so I don’t want I want to spoil nothing man but um good question I I out of the three if I had to choose out of the three I guess um you know Edy and wear to me are are money in my opinion I like CLW I like the fact that you know he is a rim protector and he can stretch the floor uh Zack Ed the same thing I love his size I like his weight I like his um body of work um his offensive games coming along Missi is more of a traditional big where he’s a rim protector but his offense is practically non-existent and outside of you know being a live threat and know scoring in the paint so um out of the three I mean I like Zack Edy and I like kle we and like I said if we trade back in and maybe you want to grab another Center you grab one of those two if we go in another Direction outside of alexar I think that you definitely trade back in and grab uh kle wear or Zack Edy and if you don’t address C the center position with the second overall pick and we don’t trade back in then you probably try to grab Missy with the 26 pick in my opinion because you still want to come out this draft with a center now I think that the Wizards you know I think that with this front offense they’re gonna grab one of these guys man whether you know whether it’s Don Clingan whether it’s um Alex SAR whether it’s kle wear whether it’s a Zack Edy whether it is uh Evas Missy I think that they’re going to come out of this draft with the center because we need a long-term Center yes we have trist vich and I kind of covered this before that he’s a two-year deal so this is kind of a proval year for him you know if he performs he very well could extend it and Marvin Beckley the third again spiring deal after this season and ran Holmes we don’t know if he’s going to Ena that player option or not but we need Center depth because we don’t know what the dep’s going to be after the season coming up so U yeah out of the three I like Zack Edy I like Kare um but Missy you know he’s a traditional big you know he’s there’s a lot to want offensively but defensively he’s definitely going to be that rim protector that we definitely need all right uh so moving on good question appreciate the question uh moving on this is at at KQ Sports Talk and they ask would you entertain signing Nick uh n Nicholas claxon in free HC if we don’t get SAR really good question man I like that um Nicholas SAR um I actually was going to put out a video about Nicholas SAR and then a report came out that he was considering resigning with the Brooklyn Nets so I kind of was I held back but I I still might put that content out this week for you guys but if we don’t indeed dress Center in the draft Yeah you go out there and get Nick claxon I don’t think he’s going to break the bank I don’t you know um he’s not GNA be I think it’s gonna be a reasonable contract in my opinion he’s he’s still relatively young he still fits the timeline in my opinion he’s more of a traditional big where you know he’s a rim protector where offensively he doesn’t stretch the floor too much but if you strike out in the draft maybe you reach out and see if money talks with with um Nicholas claxon you know I like him but he’s more of a traditional big which is not which is okay you know I’m not every big in the game you know you look at your audre Drummond the list goes on not every Center that has been successful in the NBA within the last 10 years has been in the traditional big as far as you know a big deck of stret floor so you’re gonna have guys who are Rim protectors who you know offensively are gonna be limited so you know but I like I do like Nicholas claxon I really do so we if we don’t get a center if we go best player available and it happens not to be a center in this draft then Nicholas claxon is definitely guy that I would definitely look at in my opinion um but right now I don’t think we’re gonna be very active in free agency I think it’s the draft is going to be our time to shine now we very well could get you know bring back I think in free agency the biggest thing is we might bring back our own free agents as opposed to Bringing out outside free agents in my opinion you know I would like to see Anthony Gil come back as far as leadership um but I think that Landry shamet with him being non- guaranteed he’s probably not come back and Ty Jones we’ll see there’s it’s kind of 50-50 um there’s people in organization that do like Jordan po at point guard for at least the next three years and there’s people that would not mind reassigning T Jones and I know that he is comfortable and he likes it here in DC but um so like you said a lot of things need to unfold but it’s getting closer the draft it’s almost here y’all so definitely definitely excited but good question I definitely appreciate the question bro uh this question is atxd z loin uh 3154 apologies if I jack that up uh if we get SAR does Denny aruz have to open up minutes at the fourth spot yes and no um I guess realistically not so much not for I mean if you look at the second unit uh Patrick Balwin Junior 610 he can play a four but he’s also a guy who can play the wing so you know and do you necessarily start alexar right out the gate I don’t think so I think you start him with a second unit so you very well can see him get minutes at the four and second unit and as far as minutes overall he’s gonna get his minutes you know obviously his front office is going to prioritize minutes if you look at uh Bal kulali you know he was on the second unit then he he started and minutes was something that they prioritized with his development so um he’s going to get his minutes this this front office is going to get him his minutes man but eventually you’re going to have to make a move at the forward long term I mean especially if Alex SAR is indeed where you want to play him at the power forward position I mean eventually Kyle kusman is going to get dealt just because of his contract and his age um Denny I think he’s gonna be here longer than C and I think that you know he can’t play the four but I see him as probably being the future Wing now they could have slipped into the four but we’ll see um because I know blow could probably be the wing but blow has shown they can also play the two guard and probably roll with a taller lineup so um a lot of possibilities and I think that’s the biggest thing that I like about the future and I like this coaching staff and I like about this front office is that you know they have a lot of Versatility and it’s not just the draft picks um or the draft pick by the new front office I mean you look at Denny he’s very versatile you look at Cory kisper is very versatile he play the two to three um you know Johnny Davis is versatile you know hate him I love him he’s versatile so versatility has been in Ino of this organization not only underneath Will Dawkins but also underneath Tommy Shepard so um this organization likes versatile players they always have um so and whether you hit or miss I mean yon VES was versal but he just wasn’t good so um let’s get into the last question from uh the Youtube side this is at pink different 5533 I love KP destroying Luca after how he was treating him at Dallas KP is a nice person Luca is a fart all right all right let me say this um KP really likable guy uh great guy came in was was well loved by the the fan base relatively quickly and he should have been you know he’s a guy who stayed stayed on the court longer to sign autographs um very down Earth guy very likable guy and I wish him well in in um in Boston man and I hope you know look like you can get that ring and as much deserved you know with his career man um you you know he definitely deserves that ring in my opinion so appreciate your time here in DC same thing with Daniel Gafford I said time of time again I’m a big G fan I’ve had the privilege and the blessing to be able to to um interview him a few times at The Practice Facility man and very likable guy very likable guy I mean the guy that if he was not a millionaire and a basketball player and and I wasn’t doing what I doing we could probably be friends I mean that guy was a good guy I mean he really was really easily likable so it’s good to see him and Gaff eating in Dallas and Boston I definitely think Dallas is going to be back now look at Luca I mean Luca I’ll say this man yeah the complaining to the refs I get all that man you know he’s not the only one but he is so he’s notoriously known is crying to the rest but I mean hate himma love him this dude has some of the best footwork in the NBA for his side I mean he’s not athletic I think we all know that he’s not athletic and he has superb footwork and he just he puts himself in the best positions to score and put I mean so yeah the whining and all that man but um yeah I mean I like Luka but yeah the wine ain’t really gets on your nerves man so and yeah there was there was lot said about the relationship with him and KP in Dallas so I okay yeah I’m with you it’s good to see uh KP get that get that Championship because they’re up three 0 I I don’t see it I mean maybe something miraculous happens but I highly doubt it so we’re gonna get into the questions from uh Twitter 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to ask you can pick two guys from this class to play three on three team with who you picking man that’s good question um before his injury or let’s say his injuri is healed I’m rocking with Nia toich because I like his vision you know he’s a guy man he’s going to be able to roll a little bit he’s going to be able to find guys um so I like his vision I’m I’m going pick alexar is my is my other guy man um because he’s versatile he’s light on his feet he can stretch the floor and he’s got some dog to him so that will be my two man um but there’s a lot of good people to pick for um from this draft in my opinion to play three on three plus they’re gonna be doing most of the leg work anyways because man I am getting older man and I ain’t Swift like I used to be y’all U let’s get into it uh Greg finberg or feberg my bad bro um definitely again another guy where if you don’t follow Greg fineberg man definitely consider man because he does great work not only on his podcast um he is a contributor to Bullet forever and man great content very knowledgeable and very humble young man so again man definitely definitely check him out um Greg ask what’s the one move people aren’t considering that you think the wizard should make I’m not saying they should make this but here’s the thing Jordan p is is a Hot Topic right um he it’s you know you either hate him or love him you know me I I I love the move of him coming over from Golden State you see the talent you see the the the dog um and he struggled you know I mean and you know and he got smoked from this from this network from the show and from pretty much every Sports Network in the country rightfully so to a certain degree rightfully so um a lot of stuff was put out there about his you know immaturity issues and and a lot of stuff came out that wasn’t true um and then you know the second half of the season with the six man uh he took a lot of criticism used it as fuel as fire uh became the starting point guard and he played really really well and he showed you know that there’s potential you know we he showed that potential that came over from Golden State now there there’s a big question organization right especially the organization and the fan base is he the long-term answer at point guard or is he a tradeable asset now we’re looking at this contract if you indeed want to move him because look the money total on his contract goes up every year so if you indeed want to move on from him I mean it’s going to take I mean I say this would it take um picks to make it happen probably I mean he probably take a first round pick to move him at this point now do I think his value can go up um yeah I definitely look I’m very high on on Jordan P now again it goes back to that question is he a trade asset or is he a long-term piece and I think that you know people are kind of 50-50 on that but if you indeed move him you move him up for another bad contract my opinion so you don’t necessarily have to move a first round pick now B you know one bad contract I’m looking at and please don’t say Bradley Bill Lord have mercy because that ship has hell but I’ll say DeAndre Aiden you know if we don’t get even if we get a young Center okay uh maybe you flip Jordan P to the to the Portland tra players and may maybe you get DeAndre another bad contract but you know they have guards over there so that that would be one of the few bad contract trades I can see for Jordan P right now would be maybe DeAndre Aiden as Center because I believe um he only has two years left so maybe you know I mean you’re knocking down contract time but even then with the the amount of guards he have you know Anthony Simons you know SC Henderson you know where would he fit on a team that is not a playoff team is not a contending team and the team is probably looking for young talent I mean he’s young but with his contract that makes it hard man so you know look at at his fit you got to get Jordan P right whether you want him to be the long-term answer point guard or whether you want him to be a trade asset but all R lead to it behooves the the the Wizards organization to get him where he needs to be you know so I think that in the long run he’d be all right now but I think that within the next three years probably within the next two we’re going to determine whether he is a long-term building piece or whether he’s probably gonna get moved man so um good question man definitely appreciate the question Greg Man U that would be I mean Jordan P would be the one thing that people aren’t talking about um because I think that you know most other areas you know the draft and most players that are tradeable like Kyle kma is already a Hot Topic right now but Greg appreciate the question my brother uh this question comes from bullets PR and they ask realistic trade destinations for CZ or would you keep him for leadership versatility and his contract also how do he fit in with either SAR Zachary s or castle if we draft one of those three great question um number one is 50-50 if you find a good deal especially if you want to move back into the lottery maybe you move Kyle kma but you again like you said with his leadership with his versatility and with his contract those are reasons why you don’t feel compelled to have to hurry up and move him right I mean you know eventually you’re probably going to have to move him especially es if you draft somebody at the four because eventually that guy’s going to be a starter or hopefully especially if you draft him at two you know definitely he’s event going to have to be a starter right uh so you’re gonna have to move C to a certain degree but is it right now no but uh you know he’s the most tradable guy let’s be real because his contract is a double-edged sword it is a very team-friendly contract both for the Washington Wizards and for a team where you know if you want to add a score a veteran score you don’t have to bring the bank to do so so his contract is very friendly for all sides you don’t have to move him but if you find a right deal he’s probably the biggest trade asset because yeah um Denny aia’s name’s been mentioned but I don’t you don’t in my opinion and I get it uh opinions differ you don’t move any AA because his age and the fact that he’s still getting better um Cory kissper I wouldn’t move I think he’s part of the foundation bow I wouldn’t move Johnny Davis he has no value so that’s all the young guys I mean you know Jordan P his value is you know still climbing but is not where you really wanted to be and you’re still in that fear where you’re probably going have to move a first- round pick to move him just because his contract so you know getting back to kusma um trade destinations I would say that Sacramento at 13 is very realistic I would say that maybe Miami at 15 would be a nice tra um trade destination as far as um the draft because you know if he if he’s dealt before the deadline it’s gonna be a draft so um Sacramento 13 a Detroit at five I think would that being a homecoming now again they have have to make some moves in Detroit you know I think that’s a move to help them get better because you know they have not he hasn’t signed that contract extension yet I’m talking about K Cunningham so you know you want you want to build around him you want to start seeing painter as far as a young team in Detroit so Detroit at five is it realistic we’ll see you know we’ll see if the hometown guy you know is is enough to learn him who’s the DC uh or Detroit Lord um so really good question now how would he fit with SAR zachar s or Castle could play with SAR because SAR will probably be on the second unit uh Zachary S I probably I don’t think out of the three Castle is the only guy that I think with P come in his start because with him winning to be a guard now I don’t see him a point guard but I see him as Pi as a two guard beside Jordan P or tus Jones if they bring him back um but uh Zachary Sasha and Alex Sarai would both start they would both start on the second unit so he wouldn’t really hold them up per se but you would probably be looking at you know probably a year where get to the point where all right you want to bring one of them up or whoever you draft up to start so you have to move him for asses at some point man so appreciate your question man and um Riley Richards my guy he kind of asked the same thing uh top kma trade destinations that would be man um to me miamia 15 um and 13 Sacramento sacramental has been a a possible destination for KY kusma for a while now man so um let’s see I’m going try to knock out uh the rest of the you the ex AK Kaa Twitter questions uh OA at OA Tower said where would you place Denny bow CZ pool and kissper in this year’s draft um I wouldn’t Denny would to me was still would probably be um a top five pick in this year draft because we all know this draft is weak and there’s nothing on Denny I you know you guys know I’m a big Denny guy um even though people thought I didn’t like him because I wanted him to get a left hand but um I’m big on Dy man I think that you know on the court great player off the court very like a guy um but I think he would be a top five Prospect in his in his draft but L to probably be around where he was drafted around seven um CZ that’s a good question because um are you basing CZ off of what he became or where he was in the draft process when he’s coming out of Utah because you probably be around the same area I mean in this draft KZ and looking at how he was in college he’s definitely a lottery pick because he was a scorer you know he’s just he was young you know you there’s other elements his game especially the mid side that he had to add in LA but you know Cruz would have been a lottery pick in my opinion uh same with P in my opinion and kissper so I think that the these guys were good picks I mean this has always been the argument with uh Tommy shepher and his picks where there weren’t bad picks you’re just we needed the guys who immediately help and they were picks that needed to develop and then Kyle kman you know good trade in my opinion coming up from LA s Russ over there so I’m GNA do the rest of the the Twitter questions then get into comments and like I do but before we do tonight’s episode is brought to you by LinkedIn so when you’re hired for your small business you want to find quality professionals that are right for the role that’s why you have to check out LinkedIn jobs LinkedIn jobs has the tools to help find the right Professionals for your team faster and for free because look LinkedIn isn’t just another job board LinkedIn has a vast network of more than a billion professionals which makes it the best place to hire it gives you access to professionals you can’t find anywhere else LinkedIn does all of that while making the process easy and intuitive easy hiring is so easy when you have that many quality candidates so easy in fact that 86% of 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that got the pick so I mean you know I wouldn’t make it to where Cooper flag a bust man I just wouldn’t um there’s a lot of talent beyond that but I and the terms me if we go younger I think that we’re definitely going to be in in the sweep Stakes for a top five pick again I mean let’s be real we go younger so you know we’re going to be historically bad again not not you know obviously you’re G to see guys like bow you know Denny’s gonna get better I mean Bow’s Gonna Get You know I say BL but he’s gonna get better Cory ker is gonna get better you know Jordan P’s gonna get better so you know I think that you could see a slight raise regardless I think that 20 wins is probably the most realistic Outlook you probably get a 20 you know five win Improvement this year just because young guys are gonna get better and obviously we’re gonna bring in more younger guys um so you know even you know even you know especially with Kyle Cruz when roster um I think we can definitely be a 20 win team maybe 25 but you know if we trade Kyle kman as a youth movement yes young guys are gonna get better but it’s probably looking around 15 to 20 wins probably not going to be a huge difference in my opinion man but I appreciate question uh the last question on X is iron like lion and Zion um at Hoops hoop baller man number one you’re one of the Rebuilders behind us how many years of a Rebuilder ahead what would you consider a good season at next year and keys to becom a good defensive team great questions B number one I would I would I would say three more years of rebuilding because last year wasn’t officially year one even though we’re going to consider it year one because it was we were kind of in flux we had you know veteran guys who we had to move get assess for which we didn’t particularly do all the way like a lot of us wanted them to do but you know we were able to get something for um Mike mascala and galinari which were two guys we were probably G to buy out so you know just to get baggley in that trade I thought it was a really good trade and you know looking at what um what Holmes does with his player option we we got a first round pick so you know but uh I definitely think that it was still a transitional year for us going from the old era into the the new um so I think there’s three more years till we start look starting to get become a fringe um ath seed or a playing team in my opinion it’s going to be three years and I’m I’m hoping it’s less in my opinion um what would you consider as a good season next year you know I kind of covered before uh 15 to 20 wins I think is is probably a good season as far as win total but just seeing progress from young guys Jordan P getting better you know balow getting better Jenny getting better Johnny Davis getting better you know every young guy you know Patrick BN Jr getting better you know all the young guys getting better I think is the real measurement of how we’re going to see success with the Wizards um and the last one keys to become a good defensive team balance you know just balance you know defense isn’t you know having a you know one through five being defensive guys doesn’t really equal being a good defensive team you know you can have players that are defensive players just a good balanced team you know communication chemistry those are the things that really make a good defensive team because you know we talked about you know this last year or two man where defensive communication was bad you know the chemistry at times suffered and those are the things that make a good defense you know if you look at the Boston Celtics with Drew holiday with you know with uh with brown with Tatum with porzingis you know out of the four not every one of them are lock down Defenders but they have that balance you know to communicate they have that chemistry on the offensive defensive side of the ball in transitional defense you know with h so a lot of it has to do with chemistry and um having a balanced team in my opinion so good question that was that is the mailbag everybody we’re going to get into the comments and then we’re going to start our Friday night off right man because I got some willford Reserve that giving me the star down right now so let’s get into comments shall we all right so let’s start from the top I’m G try to get through every every question tonight or every comment tonight so bear with me y’all Joshua conon if we could somehow get S and castle that would be a blessing may not be a hard one man I mean maybe if we trade for four and eight from San Antonio but even then SAR I don’t think goes beyond three in my opinion um it would definitely be a blessing God the Lord would definitely be in the details for that one man but I’m with you man I you know I’m very I’m with you if we’re able to find two high impact players in this draft you know I’m with it man because I think this is a really good developmental draft that the Wizards for a team like the Wizards that are developing young Talent this is a good draft for us man now if you’re a contending team or you’re team that looking for a piece or two away from contending this is a draft that you’re not gonna like but you know if you’re a Wizards fan or if you’re a Wizards exec man this is the perfect draft for us because we are rebuilding and we’re developing so I’m with you on that lock law responded uh not really they need sze more than they need another guard and since they’re going to be in the lottery again next year they can take for Cooper flag now like I said I like Cooper flag man but if you look at a guy like Matas bazilus there’s video of him playing Cooper flag and and he was playing tough so I mean Matas is the guy where he’s cooper cooper flish at the four man so you know he’s a guy that I would definitely Target in his draft especially if he D you know if we trade back into the lottery but Co you like you said I like Cooper flag and definitely you know if you get the number one overall pick you’re definitely looking at Cooper flag but it to me don’t have the mentality of Cooper flag a bust because there’s other talent in that draft you know so I think that if you’re able to find a draft pick or an an additional draft pick for the 2025 draft that’s a blessing man you know because there’s a lot of talent in my opinion and if we rock out these next two drafts who says it it has to be three years of re of a rebuild you very wel can see two more years you it’s all that’s what I’m saying and another thing to look at as far as his draft is they guess it’s a weak draft but this that it puts that much more pressure on front offices to do the job as far as scouting and development and in developing these guys you know so teams like the Wizards this is this is the time for The Scouting Department to shine this is the time for the front office Will Dawkins Travis schlank and Michael Winger to shine this is the you know especially with the seasons coming up the next two seasons coming up this is when Brian Keef and de vano shine because development is key so I definitely appreciate the question um Gregory Peyton what’s up man I like s we need a place and a point guard your three choices right G my God got you um SAR I’m with you we need a place and a point guard your three choices I mean um at as Center I’ll say this Center um if you add SAR I like SAR I like Kare I like z uh Zack Edy and I do like Donovan cling um at point guard I like Isaiah ker man I mean Nia topic I I really warmed up to him I see the potential especially with his passing but with the ACL injury man I don’t know you know you know we’ll see maybe we maybe we catch him if he drops and work with him get him healthy and then I think he could be a really good point guard in the NBA but you know he definitely needs to get better on D and you know definitely get better on a mid-range and a three-point shot um but the point guard that’s where I’m at man um Rob dham to me is more of a scoring guard more of a two guard more of a six man Off the Bench um that’s about it as far as point guard in my opinion I’m probably missing somebody man but if I am comment below let me know what you guys are thinking all right let’s see Raj uh Shandra giri I I hope I I nailed that man um yo how you doing brand I’m doing well man how you doing brother I definitely appreciate you tuning in tonight man like I said pre I’m sorry man yeah I’m usually I’m right on with names man but I I it’s been a long day yo U let’s see uh Gregory pton says we can use S a power forward and point guard your three choices oh I just said that okay um let’s see we see uh biggy Steve said pick number one get Reed Shepard then trade the 26 pick and trade up and get Edie Edy um re Shepard I do like now defense iiv L um he’s solid now does he need to improve a little bit in in in certain areas on the defensive side absolutely but man he’s a lock down shooter man I mean he’s a Walkin bucket man so that’s intriguing man that’s very very intriguing my opinion um because I really started to like Reed Shepard man so I like it uh Raj again I like Edy will only be good in college to be honest I don’t really see him being an NBA threat H you know I see the potential but here’s the thing though I I do agree to a certain degree um to for that for his game to translate to the NBA that’s why having the the right culture the right system the right developmental staff is so key because for him to I think he can translate but that’s why I said that this year the next couple years really puts the front office and The Scouting department and the developmental Crow of this coaching staff on notice because it’s saying all right now’s time for the real work to start you know now look we got a new front office we got a new Direction you know um new coaching staff kind of new I mean he’s officially do new he coach but we’ve had him for a half a year but this is the time where the real work starts this is the time where the front office gets to work this is the time when the developmental staff gets to work the scouting Department gets to work so I’m with you man you know all the right um supporting pieces had to be in place for guys to translate from college especially like Zack Edy man so I agree with you on that lck law said he’s 74 310 pounds who’s going to stop him I feel you on that I mean that’s a big kid man I mean and I think he could be dominant um and that’s why I said that you got to have the support system in place and I think Washington has that man um Eric Curry says why is anyone looking at Center or big fourward that can’t score in his new NBA uh because defense is a commodity and it’s going to be a bigger commodity the the the NBA is trying to clamp down on these high scores and the scoring mentality the NBA and if you look at officiating you see that you know especially in the playoffs in the NBA Finals man they’re trying to bring it down and defense is going to be prioritized a lot more so I think that you know as Center man you got to have a guy who can protect the RAM and maybe you pick a guy who yeah um the offense ain’t there yet but that’s something that you can definitely develop in you know whether you’re looking at Donovan kingan um or you’re looking at Zack Edy now clle we is a guy who could stretch floor um but then when you look at uh yees Missy you know he’s a guy who’s a true Center you know he’s a rim protector but he lacks a lot of skill on the offensive side so those are reasons I would say uh Kevin Quinn what’s up brother I only ask cuz I want a center that can defend the paintt a rebound I’m with you man um I’m definitely with you you know I think that we have a lot of options and I think that rim protector is something that we need in this draft we need somebody again rebounding has to get better on this team and we have to have better interior defense so Hey Kevin man I’m with you my my brother I’m with you on that lock law also said why is anyone looking at guard who only Jacks some shots and does nothing else I’m with you on that um that’s why I said nicoa topish man is is you know I I like I like the motor I like the vision um so we’ll see man we’ll see on that but I’m with you on that man Uh Kevin Quinn says we don’t need another Joy Bea yage I mean I’ll take a Jo and be a yish but I I kind of see what you’re saying man um you know you don’t really make it to where it’s modern day big or bust I get it you can go get a traditional guy and work on the offensive side but you know but if you look at the situation with Joel and be and jic man they P their teams are in the playoff huh so know you got to have you got to be able to stretch the floor to certain degree so um so you know there’s ways to cover that up but you know I think to a certain degree you know it’s good to have a traditional big and a modern big on the roster in my opinion and you know trist vich is around the mode of a modern day big and Martin B the third you know he play the four and a five but he’s a guy who can stretch the floor he’s not a sniper but he’s a guy who can definitely hit the three-point shot in the mid-range um let’s see I want to see balow Denny and SAR in the starting lineup that would be a sexy lineup I’m with you on that man I’m definitely with you on that man but lock the law said what that lineup we get killed I don’t believe so man I think that lineup you know you’re my guy lock the law man but I I got to say that that is a very intriguing um lineup man I I ain’t gonna lie to you uh let’s see uh uh o what’s up man how you doing today kman is not getting younger they’re waiting too much I agree I think that right now you he’s the most tradable piece and you definitely move him if you indeed want to get back into the lottery I think the time is now in my opinion now you can wait till the deadline but you know and people get on me I’m not saying his his value is going down but his value is not gonna get higher if that makes sense so I’m with you on that a rear Wings Zone one it’s been a wow man what’s going on with you I wonder how these finals will be going if cman agreed to get traded to Dallas he’s better than PJ Washington I think they would I mean I think it’s still be in the same situation I mean Boston is just look at the lineup Drew holiday Jason Tatum Jaylen Brown and chrisop Bing is man and a really nice bench I mean Dallas I think will be back man they I think the final really showed the def uh deficiencies I jacked that word up the areas where the Dallas m is going to get better right um you but I think Dallas man you know Luca hate him love him does he complain yes but he’s a talent where you know this organization they’re G they’ll be back in my opinion um because and that’s a lot to say as far as you know because that’s a strong Western Conference so maybe I’ll walk back walk it back a little bit I mean they’re definitely gonna be in the hunt but look the West Conference ain’t getting any easier man okay C’s on the rise I mean Denver is still going to be there Minnesota I mean Ed is on his way I mean you got even your um six six through 10 teams are really good teams in my opinion so we’ll see um let’s see Omar Al also said why exx refus to trade vs that hold young players back yeah and I that’s why I said man you know I get the leadership part of it I get it that his contract is very team freely even though it’s team freely for everybody involved but you know leadership wise you know I think that you won you bring in a guy like Anthony Gil who is shown that he is probably one of the better leaders on his team on the bench um two you charge these young guys who want a look if you want a big piece of the pie going forward then you got to step up being a leader and I’m looking at Denny and I’m looking at Jordan P you know I I challenge them to be leaders you know and so I agree with you man you know um if it’s a leadership thing you charge the two guys who want to be the focal points charge them you got to take a bigger step in the leadership department and I think they will I think the Jordan p and den AIA will step up to be leaders for a young roster opinion so like I said I’m GNA try to get to everybody Man U we are at around the 38 minute Mark man so I’m G try to knock out five more man but I appreciate you guys man Friday I definitely appreciate every Friday when you guys rock with me man isra says do you think due to top uh toit’s injury he will slide to the 20s so the Wizards could possibly gambling him there I think so you know because his the biggest part of his game is speed right speed and vision you know we don’t know I mean right now we don’t know how much that injur is going to affect his speed um so it’s going to care teams u k [ __ ] you know there was there was an injury concern and he dropped even though he he proved that he was NBA ready you know he was ready to contribute right away but he dropped because I felt like he was definitely there for the Wizards when we uh we drafted Bela kulali so and then nothing against B bl’s A guy I I love bow I’m not gonna get into the whole cam W more versus BL thing because I think in the long run bow is GNA be I’m not going to say a better player but um he fits the timeline you know I mean he’s a guy who has to be developed but he has has All-Star potential in my opinion excuse me all right let’s see Dean prom says I feel like at this point we should save it for 2025 and Go full tank mode I mean I I we’re already in tank mode we have arrived we are going to year two of the tank finanza but I I feel you man you know if you’re looking at getting more draft Capital you know you definitely look at uh 2025 yeah because that is a better draft as opposed to immediate impact players so I’m definitely with Big Boy lineups uh just really good says I’m with you man um you know especially below the at the two bro that’s going to be a tall lineup Alex SAR with a seven-footer you match him with another seven-footer long term you know whether it’s Ric or another seven-footer I mean there’s a lot of potential with this team man as far as a lot of Versatility man and size I love it I love it uh Marl Garrett my guy man big supporter of the channel as always appreciate you brother he says hit the like button subscribe become a Wizards fan I appreciate you brother um defin appreciate it man U see I’m try to knock out I’m might do one more man and I’m looking at you area 11t um last question tonight y’all a curious thought do you think they may look to imitate the Bucks Yannis and km an elite athlete who can mold offensively and a more skilled two-way Wing to compliment each other absolutely why not I mean you know Milwaukee’s got that you know I kind I see where you come and I and I agree with that man you know um you know jannis and that’s the thing though the draft that Yiannis was in that was a weak draft I mean he was vastly overlooked and then you know this shows you what that the you know system fit culture coaching Supporting Cast leadership all these things matter you know I mean they matter because these are the things that help assimilate a young man and help translate his game from the college ranks or the overseas ranks or you know whatever it is it help translate his game to the NBA level so I think that you know we have going on that’s that’s good Mo you know especially you know and and another thing you kind of mentioned is two-way wings or two-way players period because jiannis is a two-way player even though his three-point shot his you know I get all that but his ability to score with his size but yeah you know two-way players is definitely a way to go you know you guys who can defend and can score and can you know add other elements to the game with it’s Vision or rebounding you know so I think that you know I say it all the time you know culture matters you know the coaching matters you know other you know it’s not just you know drafting somebody and say go go get better n it’s more than that you know because if it was that easy kwami Brown would be a dag on Allstar and then against kwami Brown because I believe it to this day I believe that if kwami Brown didn’t play with Michael Jordan if he went to a Wizards team that was developing or a team that was a developing team he would have been a 201 guy easy you know the talent was there it just yeah he was probably DFT way too high but he they were developing they were trying to make a team that was probably a a a tank team in a sense a playoff team and just it was you know and even you know a 40-year old Jordan which he was probably the best 40y old player outside of LeBron James I’ve ever seen play basketball but it just went enough and I think that derailed his development a lot so uh that was the last comment I appreciate you guys man Rock will be on the Friday night man um like I said uh Sunday night we’re g to talk about a couple more players man we’re look to take a look at um what is his name man Tyler Smith he go been long Friday y’all we’re going to at Sol Smith man because he is a very intriguing Prospect at number 26 and we’re look at tan Shannon man another guy who has top 10 potential but may slide a little bit in the first round so we’re gonna look at tan Shannon and um my guy Tyler Smith man on Sunday but again I hope everybody has a blessed weekend uh drink responsibly if you drink alcohol definitely if you’re G to go out and travel man definitely be careful on the roads um appreciate you guys as always man taking the time out of your day to rock with your boy man the channel does not go where it’s going without you guys man we have grown so much here at lock on Wizards and you know you guys have watched me a lot of you guys have watched me grow from a young pup in the in the podcast game to now you know I’m I’m doing my thing you know media credentials doing a lot of things advancing you know definitely getting this channel better man and I don’t do that without y’all man so again much love you guys enjoy your weekend I will see you guys Sunday and Hail to the Wizards and peace see you guys next time

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