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Don't forget Jarvis Hayes is cleared to play ball again too.
They have Caron Butler, Antonio Daniels and Gilbert Arenas to play most of the minutes at the guard and small forward positions...so naturally he wouldn't see that many minutes.
That, and the Wiz aren't exactly a defensively oriented team. His style doesn't fit that team so much as it might here...hopefully.
Don't forget Jarvis Hayes is cleared to play ball again too.
However, it's been rumored that Jeffries is looking to land somewhere where the offense flows freely and is very up-tempo....
As I have stated before, the Wiz have a lot of money tied up in Daniels, Butler, Arenas, Jamison, Haywood, Thomas, and are going to have to secure Jarvis Hayes too....money is tight there now.
Jeffries won't command a full MLE deal IMO. He has not had a breakout season to deserve one, nor did he have an amazing playoffs, and his previous stats do not give him any grounds to demand one either. Nor, is he a big man (Center or true PF) that end up getting that type of cash just for pete's sake....but I guess you can never be too sure.
To me, you're not overpaying him at $5-6M. He did an AWESOME job on defense in the Cleveland series, and that included time on LeBron. To me, the worst case is that he turns out to be a 6'11" better rebounding and ballhandling version of Bowen.
jefferies stats are very similar to bowens...except jefferies is listed at 6'11'' 240lbs and bowen is listed at 6'7'' 200lbs.
Bowen doesn't produce stats.
What he does doesn't show up on the sheet. That said, Jeffries isn't as good of a defender as Bowen but then again...only 2-3 other guys in the NBA can say they are. Jeffries played Lebron VERY well, as well as just about anybody has who I have seen.
He can be groomed into as good of a, if not better than, defender than Bowen.
One other thing that might work in our favor is that the Wiz have a Jeffries clone in the incubator who is five years younger -- Andray Blatche.
Let's look at his options:
Chicago - Good up and coming team. Will be spending money on Nazr, how much is left over to pay him...I dunno.
Houston - Would probably fit in nice, especially if they draft a Red . Adding JJ and Jeffries would be solid for that team. But the team sucks right now, and has for a while now.
Philadelphia - They haven't shown loyalty to any of there players. They're even trying to trade AI. The teams in disarray. The team sucks. The fans aren't very welcoming.
San Antonio - Probably not as much partying/nightlife as he would get in a bigger city, but a good team that can pay him, and will give him minutes on the floor along with a chance to win a championship. He'll have to learn to fit into the system though, and know he will never be more than a 4th option.
New York - I don't even know what money they would sign him with, but the team has some pieces...and has been adding some pieces...and they still suck. No job security, no minutes security, no guarantee of any sort going there other than it being a big city.
Out of those options, I would say it's between Chicago and the Spurs. I hope Chicago overspends on Nazr and can't afford Jeffries.
Chicago doesn't seem to need him at all given their present roster.
I agree, CD. With Nocioni and Deng, they have his skillset covered.
I guess Nocioni and Deng are similar players.
Question: If we were to, say, throw Williams and the rights to Scola at them, and all parties were agreeable, could we/Washington give him more years than someone who just wanted to sign him away at the MCE? Could we/Washington technically go 6 years, since he's their Bird rights player?
If the salaries matched, yes -- technically.
There would probably be BYC issues, however.
With a S&T?
Jeffries is not 6-11 240.
More like 6-9 220.
Yes, because Jeffries would become a BYC player after he's signed for anything a little over $2.4 million and before he's traded.With a S&T?
In 2002's draft camp he measured 6-11 in shoes and weighed 230lbs. 7-0 1/2 wingspan.
Actually Daniels started that year at the beginning but said he was more comfortable coming off the bench. So Parker started. Daniels played some 2 guard but mostly backup point. Porter was the third point guard. By the End of the year Parker was clearly the best.
You sure that's right?
I don't feel like looking it up but that doesn't sound right. Wasn't Parker thrown in after like 6 games and told he's the new starter?
Yeah Tony was definitely thrown in as starter a couple of games into the season, I think it might have been 12 games in...not sure.
I just looked it up, it was the 5th or 6th game.
He played in 77 games that season and started 72.
Jared Jeffries is perfect except he doesn't do anything well.
Some say he's a good defender but I've never been overly impressed.
Did you watch the Cleveland series?
For a team that's notoriously ty on defense, the Wiz did a decent job on Lebron. Most of that was because of Jeffries.
Not only did he play Lebron about as well as the refs will allow, but he was also able to get some nice timely blocks on help D. He´s not the greatest player but I like his game and he seems to work hard and listen, which many young players dont care to do. An athletic long player like Jefferies is just what we need, oh yeah and he´s not 30 years old.
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