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Sep 19
2007

Wizards, Go Get Kirilenko

Posted by oh_steve in Untagged 

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I know 99.999% of you reading this have no interest in the moves that the Washington Wizards should make this off-season, but I'm going to go ahead and write a few words on why I'd love to see if the disgruntled Andrei Kirilenko would be available for Antawn Jamison.

Jamison can get a ton of points but with Gilbert Arenas and Caron Butler we don't need another perimeter scorer.  Jamison is listed as PF, but he is certainly not a low post scorer in the NBA like he was in college.  I know he averages 10 rebounds, but when you are playing a ton of minutes, on a teamthat jacks up a ton of shots leading to a ton of misses, 10 rebounds ain't that great. 

Andrei Kirilenko might have mental problems based on him crying during the Houston series, but I think a new environment with a nicer coach, Eddie Jordan, not Jerry Sloan, would ease Kirilenko's mind.  He could go back to being a 16+ pt per game scorer who shots 50% from the field while also grabbing 10 rebounds, blocking 3.5 shots and averaging 2 steals as a PF.  The Wizards have no one who thinks defense first.  Even our defensive role players like Brendan Haywood would be happer averaging 15 FGAs than they would averaging 15 rebounds and 4 blocks.

Utah has unstoppable Carlos Boozer and a great backup in Paul Millsap at PF.  They could use Jamison at SF and backup PF in the same way Dallas used Jamison the year he was the Sixth Man of the Year.  In the playoffs 3rd scorer Mehmet Okur disappeared and with Jamison Utah would have a great 3rd scorer after Deron Williams and Boozer.  Plus, Jamison has become a more than solid perimeter shooter, something the Jazz need.  Plus, Boozer is injury proned and when he invitably misses a month with an injury, Jamison could start.

So I'm begging Utah to and the Wizards to get together and trade SFs.  They both make a ton of money so I believe there is no salary cap issue.  The both have been All-Stars.  They both provide things the other team needs. 



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