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A guy hanging a near triple double in preseason against the Warriors should have little total trouble doing well in the development league.
A guy hanging a near triple double in preseason against the Warriors should have little total trouble doing well in the development league.
Washington plays with a lot of heart, but he still seems pretty raw, and overly eager. Not complaining though.
Hopefully this game will SHUT UP all the fans who rank Chris Paul higher than Parker as a PG. Nothing against Chris Paul because he is agreat young talent, but I have watched him play a lot of games ans he is not even close to Parker on offense or defense.
Washington isn't in danger of being cut. When the Spurs traded away Beno, that pretty much cemented Washington on the roster for the year. He'd have to really, really suck to get cut at this point.
Even if he really, really sucks, he's still only 21-years-old. I'm trying to imagine a scenario that Washington gets cut and I can't imagine one. As long as the Spurs are under the luxury threshold as I believe they are, I'll say Washington's chances of getting cut are less than 1%.
I think perhaps you're just mad at him for stealing the roster spot of your boy Marcus Williams.
I don't see the link between Marcus Williams and Darius Washington. Spurs could have kept both and stay under the luxury tax.
If you have a hard time imagining a scenario where Washington will be cut, I'll give you one :
Washington is send in D-League. He has some good games but he shows too that he really lacks of playmaking skills and he is quite inconsistent.
Spurs FO decide that he isn't able to be an emergency PG if someone is injured for the playoffs and that he has few chances to become a legit nba PG in the future. Spurs FO decide to cut him to sign a Mike Wilks like vet PG who can at least be an emergency PG for the playoffs or another young D-League PG who has outplayed Washington.
You're describing a different player. He is certainly inconsistent - what rookie is not? - but he's already shown playmaking skills. The benchmark is Tony Parker, after all - how much as he shown?
Getting a vet makes little sense at this point. We already have Jacque Vaughn. They cannot afford to throw away a decent prospect and go to the well in the draft and waste another pick on another guy to get the ball rolling. Washington with one year under his belt is far preferable to a late-round draft pick next summer fresh out of college. The alternative would be to overpay for a backup point. None of that appeals.
If James White made it to the end of the season last year, Washington sure as will. And he has benefits far above what White had at any point.
I was talking about being inconsistent in the D-League, not in the nba.
And watch again some games like the one against Hornets : Washington show nothing about playmaking skills.
If Vaughn or Parker is injured or suspended during the playoffs, a vet will be able to play some minutes. If Spurs don't see Washington as a good prospect in two months, cutting him to sign a vet makes some sense.
If he doesn't play well in D-League, he won't be a decent prospect anymore.
James White! has been wasted time and money.
You're not making a convincing case, and I'll maintain Washington is at least the playmaker Parker is. We may see him cut not too far from now, but it won't be for inconsistency in the DL and it won't be because they like some vet better, and it won't be anytime this year.
Come on Bruno stop hatin on Washington...
I'm not hating.
What I say is quite simple :
- Washington has done some good things be he isn't as a stage where you can say he will be a good nba PG for sure. Washington is a player who has been undrafted, has spend one average year in Europe, has had a good preseason with some very good games and average 2.3ppg and 1.3apg in 9mpg.
- If Washington didn't play well in D-League, he could be cut in January. Saying that, he likely will be good in D-League. Remember James White! was quite good at the end of the regular season last year and sucked in summer league before being cut. Washington could have the same fate : he looked quite good with Spurs but he could too suck with Toros and be cut in January.
Being exited about young players comes very fast but you have to be careful and don't forget that they still have a long way before becoming good nba players.
That's what I was telling you about Marcus Williams but you just kept telling me how great he was going to be.
Marcus Williams will be an all star in less than five years.
The question about all these prospects is when should you give up on them when they aren't developing well ?
Give up too late and it cost you some money and time.
Give up too soon and you lost a player who could pan out elsewhere.
Williams was really bad and Spurs gave up on him very fast. Was it too soon ? I think so but we will see.
If Washington is average in D-league, will it be too soon to give up on him in January ?
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