P. J. Washington

Give me the combos.

The combinations, PJ Washington, 27 minutes with Cooper flag.

They are a minus one net rating.

Oh, Max Christie, 36 minutes.

And then they send out some back-end salary to make that work.

And then a couple combo ones, Jabari Smith and Reed Shepard for J-Dub, PJ Washington and Daniel Gafford for J-Dub, Paul George for J-Dub, J-Will and Topich, and then Andrew Wiggins and Davion Mitchell for J-Dub.

So some of those, like Jabari and Reed's kind of interesting.

But yeah, I mean, I think if there's a way to add, I guess, if you're them, if there's a way to add someone into the traded player exception, that would maybe be ideal.

six seven six nine range can guard either forward spot an above average rebounder and does have the physical tools and then offensively could just be off ball spot up finish and transition off cuts lobs uh so that that can be an expensive player that you know but at that size but that that's to me the the archetype that they need and Zaire is checking a lot of the boxes I just think ultimately the physicality and and rebounding is not there I mean, you're basically describing OG Ananobi, right? Yes, I was

just thinking that, yes.

Yeah, I mean, I guess PJ Washington is like a more real.

I mean, that's why I've still maintained my interest in Washington, not to the same degree, but he has, I think, had a decent start to the season.

Proof of concept.

The next, I mean, PJ Washington, I feel like some, like, yeah, PJ Washington, I know he's having an exciting dynasty, but I still think he gets the job done.

And I think he is just, like, I know the shooting is not great with PJ Washington, but he at least, I think, is a willing enough shooter.

And with the size, I think he, like, I thought he was going to play a good amount, and I think that's clearly true.

Started both games, playing a good amount of minutes, getting more threes up.

Thankfully, the injury is minor.

But in the aftermath, Najee Marshall and PJ Washington.

They are coming to the defense of their star player and threatening to fight the Pacers.

I'm yelling for them to throw punches.

I don't really know if any Mavericks have enough juice to be nine category guys.

And the three that we were looking at most closely were Zachary Risa Shea, Najee Marshall, and PJ Washington.

I thought Najee Marshall would do enough in points, rebounds, and assists to be playable in nine category for one ball game.

He wasn't really.

Oh, and Chad, can we say a prayer for my sanity as I watch Dyson and MPJ's early success after trading them an injured garland for Trey last year? Yes, we will pray for you, Chad.

PJ Washington, Paul Reed or Jalen Smith? PJ Washington is third.

I'll go Reed, Smith, Washington for right now.

Everyone talks about how challenging it is to raise kids.

And here's what I came up with.

We're back to the point where we're trading PJ Washington.

We're back to the point where we're trading Daniel Gafford only because we're getting a center in return here.

So between PJ and Daniel Gafford, that's about $37 million.

Zachary Reza Shea, same situation.

Just a lot of open looks that we're not connecting.

But I'm more willing to hold on to somebody like Reza Shea than I am PJ Washington right now because of the age and the timeline alignment with Cooper Flack, right? pj you like for all the other reasons like you know the importance he has to the locker room as a as a vocal and spiritual leader his born and bred dfw pedigree there like that's important but goodness gracious if we're going to have such a crowded rotation in our front court we've got to have some specialized skill sets in that rotation and right now it's just a There are several problems that are solved by doing this trade.

Again, PJ, Daniel Gafford, Caleb Martin.

in Warriors franchise history.

He also became just the sixth player in league history to hit six three-pointers in a game within his first three career games, joining Cedric Coward of the Grizzlies from a couple, or pardon me, just from last year, Chris Duarte in 2021, Jalen Green in 2021, PJ Washington in 2019, and Trey Young in 2018.

That's not necessarily a who's who of great players.

I'm a fan of Cedric Coward, the young man from Washington State.