Should we pick up Kendall Marshall or Shannon Brown?

[MAS RipCity]

Appears only Marcin Gortat will be staying with the Wizards due to a roster space issue. I know we've got a full roster, but Shannon Brown is a legit NBA 2-guard and Kendall Marshall could be our Thomas Robinson experiment all over again.

Maybe this 5-game preseason streak has me thinking funny, but I'm all about adding the most talent possible and going 99 Trail Blazers on the rest of the NBA. 12 Deep!

 

[THE HCP]

I'd love to pick up Marshall. How does the waiver wire work by the way?

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

With Mo and CJ there is absolutely no need for Brown.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

I'd like Brown but idk where he would fit and what we would have to give up.

 

[ehizzy3]

how many roster spots do we have? I wouldn't mind kendall marshall, i loved him at unc. maybe he could develop on the bench.

 

[julius]

damn, Phoenix is going completely all in!

 

[BBert]

damn, Phoenix is going completely all in!

Go hard or go home!

(No Mrs. HCP jokes, please.)

 

[THE HCP]

We are down to 15 right now.

Dame,Wes,Nic,LA,Lopez
Mo,CJ,Wright,Robinson,Meyers
Barton,Freeland,Clever,Watson,Crabbe

 

[BBert]

If we had last year's roster, it would be a no-brainer. At this point though, who do you cut? Crabbe? Watson? (And please don't say Leonard, LOL.)

 

[Natebishop3]

I said this in the preseason thread; I would cut Watson and sign Marshall. I would offer Watson a job as an assistant coach.

 

[BBert]

I said this in the preseason thread; I would cut Watson and sign Marshall. I would offer Watson a job as an assistant coach.

That would be great.

How do we get Marshall? Is there a gauntlet of teams with cap space that get first crack at him?

 

[Natebishop3]

That would be great.

How do we get Marshall? Is there a gauntlet of teams with cap space that get first crack at him?

I might be remembering wrong, but I think the team with the worst record gets first crack at him, but since the season hasn't started, I have no idea how the league decides who gets first crack at him.

 

[Rhal]

I might be remembering wrong, but I think the team with the worst record gets first crack at him, but since the season hasn't started, I have no idea how the league decides who gets first crack at him.

Teams under the cap, then if multiple bids its by worse record. It goes by last years standings until the start of the new season.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Definitely Shannon Brown. He could might make Wes expendable and Wes has the best trade value outside of Aldridge, Batum and Lillard whom we aren't going to trade. Remember this is business and you should always be thinking of how you can better your team!

 

[Rastapopoulos]

There is no way in hell that Shannon Brown would be the guy to make Wes expendable!

 

[julius]

Definitely Shannon Brown. He could might make Wes expendable and Wes has the best trade value outside of Aldridge, Batum and Lillard whom we aren't going to trade. Remember this is business and you should always be thinking of how you can better your team!

Wait...do you actually watch NBA games? Shannon Brown, a crappy 3 point shooting, sub 13 career PER averaging, 10 points a game (last year, NOT his career) scoring SG makes Wesley Matthews expendable? I'm not even sure he makes ME expendable.

And that's saying a LOT because Matthews ain't exactly a star.

As for the comment about making the team better?? Um, isn't the whole point of making the team better to ACTUALLY make the team better??

 

[StumptownHoliday]

Only person we should possibly cut is Watson. What's with all the Kendall Marshall love? He's not an explosive athlete and he literally can't shoot in the NBA. I don't really believe in absolutes but he's a player in Europe at best.

 

[julius]

Only person we should possibly cut is Watson. What's with all the Kendall Marshall love? He's not an explosive athlete and he literally can't shoot in the NBA. I don't really believe in absolutes but he's a player in Europe at best.

Wasn't he one of the ones that was supposed to be good? Talk about a wasted pick.

 

[THE HCP]

Marshall is like 21......6'5" backup PG. I think he'd be great. Shannon Brown is a joke of a player, no thanks.

 

[StumptownHoliday]

Wasn't he one of the ones that was supposed to be good? Talk about a wasted pick.

He was supposed to be good but a pure passing point guard does't exist in the NBA anymore. If he was playing in the 70s he might have been an all-star.

 

[Yoda_of_the_MODA]

I said this in the preseason thread; I would cut Watson and sign Marshall. I would offer Watson a job as an assistant coach.

That's not a bad idea at all. Watson is a bit unnecessary now that Mo Williams is the first guard off of the bench. If injuries hit, it may make more sense to just give the minutes to a young player like Marshall over Watson, who won't be on the team after this season.

 

[THE HCP]

Not a bad post Rook! ^ I agree!

 

[BBert]

Marshall is still worth taking a flyer on. A flier on. Whatever. He and Watson are at opposite ends of their careers. We know what Watson is. Marshall's story, if there is one, is yet to be written. The point is, we are talking about our third string point guard. It only makes sense to fill that position with a player like Marshall if he is available.

 

[THE HCP]

I think Dame and Marshall would be great together in the backcourt. His court vision and Dame's scoring ability would be fun to watch.

 

[StumptownHoliday]

I think Dame and Marshall would be great together in the backcourt. His court vision and Dame's scoring ability would be fun to watch.

Ok ok Big Dawg, I can get behind this. But don't come barkin' round here if he bricks 17 shots in a row and starts crying on the bench midseason.

 

[BBert]

It's not likely to happen, but if it did we'd have the 5th, 6th, 11th, and 13th picks of the 2012 draft. Next up: Andre Drummond.

 

[THE HCP]

Ok ok Big Dawg, I can get behind this. But don't come barkin' round here if he bricks 17 shots in a row and starts crying on the bench midseason.

Never said he can shoot. He's got handles and court vision though.

 

[BrianFromWA]

It's not likely to happen, but if it did we'd have the 5th, 6th, 11th, and 13th picks of the 2012 draft. Next up: Andre Drummond.

And ironically, only 1 would be a starter on a team that won 33 games last year.

 

[BBert]

And ironically, only 1 would be a starter on a team that won 33 games last year.

...and is going to win 42+ games this year.

 

[blue9]

Really wish we would have picked up Marshall when we had the chance - that kid is a pure PG. He sure knows how to pass the ball and has unteachable court-vision.