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Wizards 12-13 Trade Update (Jan 5)

Posted on May 17, 2011 at 06:29 PM.

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Washington Wizards 2012-2013 Season

29 Game Season
10 Minute Quarters

3 Way Trade

Wizards Trade

PF - Jared Sullinger - 77 Overall - 21 Years Old - To Nets

Lakers Trade

PF - Antawn Jamison - 74 Overall - 36 Years Old - To Wizards

PG - Steve Blake - 64 Overall - 32 Years Old - To Wizards

1st Round Pick (2013) - To Wizards

SF - Chris Douglas-Roberts - 73 Overall - 25 Years Old - To Nets

Nets Trade

PG - Jordan Farmar - 73 Overall - 26 Years Old - To Lakers

SG - Ravern Johnson - 64 Overall - 24 Years Old - To Lakers

2nd Round Pick (2013) - To Lakers

PG - Sundiata Gaines - 66 Overall - 26 Years Old - To Lakers

Wizards Analysis:

From first glance this trade looks like a pretty bad deal for the Wizards. However, Jared Sullinger recently announced he would be seeking to enter Free Agency when his contract is up next year. This coupled with the fact that he never fit into the Wizards system being a slower, low post player who doesn't like to run the floor made his trade all but certain. He never blossomed into the player the Wizards felt he could be when they selected him with the 4th Overall Pick in the 2011 draft.

Antawn Jamison and Steve Blake's return to Washington adds a much needed boost to the Wizards Bench who until now only ran 3 deep. The veteran presence of Blake and Jamison are a welcome addition to a very young Wizards team currently slotted to sneak into the Playoffs for the first time in 4 years. The trade came at a crucial point in the season as John Wall is currently playing through a Broken Wrist which will effect him for at least 2 more weeks. Despite that, Wall has played in every minute in all but 2 games so far this season. The Wizards felt they needed to give Wall a break.

The First Round pick allows the Wizards to get yet another young talented player to complete the rebuilding process. The loss of Sullinger's contract also allow the Wizards to target a top Free Agent this summer when Dwight Howard, Tyreke Evans, Blake Griffin, Steph Curry, Josh Smith, Andrew Bynum and Brandon Roy are all Free Agents. The Wizards are hoping to snag at least one of these players to slot in next to John Wall and lead the Wizards back into title contention.

Lastly, the trade allows for Yi Jianlian to get into the starting lineup after having a stellar start to the season. If he falters Jamison and Hansbrough will be there to fill in as the Wizards are very deep at the PF position.

For the Lakers and Nets, the trade helps both. The Lakers get back Jordan Farmar to start and immediately upgrade the PG position which had been filled by Steve Blake. The pick and the other 2 young players add youth to a veteran team who has a narrow window. For the Nets, Sullinger and CDR provide huge upgrades over the current PF and SF positions filled by Brandan Wright and Travis Outlaw. The Nets now have young players at every position and will be extremely dangerous for years to come.

Wizards 2012-2013 Post Trade Roster
#	NAME	POS	AGE	HT	WT	SALARY
2	John Wall	PG	22	6'4"	195	1 yr. $5.92 (Team)
24	Marvin Williams	SF	26	6'9"	240	1 yr. $8.29
4	Antawn Jamison	PF/SF	36	6'9"	235	1 yr. $1.10
31	Yi Jianlian	PF/C	25	7'0"	238	1 yr. $4.50 (Team)
50	Tyler Hansbrough	PF/C	27	6'9"	250	1 yr. $3.06
44	Tyler Zeller (R)	C	23	7'0"	250	2 yr. $1.91 (2yTeam)
22	Kentavious Caldwell (R)	SG/SF	20	6'6"	190	2 yr. $3.52 (2yTeam)
7	J.J. Redick	SG	28	6'4"	190	1 yr. $6.00
20	Elias Harris	SF/PF	23	6'8"	225	1 yr. $520k
5	Steve Blake	PG/SG	32	6'3"	172	2 yr. $4.00
12	Paul Sherman	SF	26	6'7"	197	1 yr. $540k
3	Chris Wright	PG	24	6'2"	204	1 yr. $520k
16	Scoop Jardine (R)	PG	23	6'2"	190	1 yr. $480k

Washington Wizards Post Trade Depth Chart
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
PG	John Wall (89)	Steve Blake (64)	Chris Wright (60)	Scoop Jardine (60)
SG	J.J. Redick (70)	Kentavious Caldwell (70)	Steve Blake (64)
SF	Marvin Williams (76)	Kentavious Caldwell (70)	Antawn Jamison (74)	Elias Harris (66)
PF	Yi Jianlian (75)	Antawn Jamison (74)	Tyler Hansbrough (73)
C	Tyler Zeller (73)	Tyler Hansbrough (73)

Washington Wizards Post Trade Stats
Player	GP	MIN	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FPG
John Wall	12/12	38.9	26.5	3.9	11.9	1.1	0.5	4.2	1.6
Marvin Williams	12/12	30.4	15.7	5.4	1.7	0.9	0.4	1.3	2.4
Kentavious Caldwell (R)	12/0	22.8	13.4	2.8	0.8	0.6	0.3	0.8	1.8
J.J. Redick	12/12	25.8	11.9	2.7	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.6
Yi Jianlian	12/0	23.5	10.7	6.7	1.5	1.0	1.2	0.9	1.9
Tyler Hansbrough	12/0	17.1	6.6	3.8	0.7	0.5	0.0	0.9	2.6
Antawn Jamison	7/0	10.9	4.6	1.9	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.3	1.4
Tyler Zeller (R)	12/12	21.3	3.7	4.2	1.0	0.7	0.7	0.8	2.1
Elias Harris	12/0	10.2	2.6	2.8	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.7
Scoop Jardine (R)	6/0	2.7	2.2	0.7	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.2
Paul Sherman	8/0	4.0	1.6	1.1	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.4
Chris Wright	7/0	5.3	1.6	0.7	1.7	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.7
Steve Blake	7/0	6.4	1.3	0.4	1.3	0.1	0.0	0.3	1.0