Most of the moves made to fill out NBA rosters are utterly unremarkable—necessary additions, safe pickups, retreaded veterans and uneventful trials. Every signing or trade can't make a big splash, and so teams pick up players who aren't an ideal fit or don't mesh with their long-term plans solely for the sake of fleshing out their roster.
That seems to be a fair way to view and describe the one-year agreement reached between the Washington Wizards and A.J. Price, as reported by Michael Lee of the Washington Post. Price doesn't make the Wiz anything more than they were a day ago, but he prevents Washington from having to rely heavily on Shelvin Mack and provides some steady, conservative play-making in the process.
That's not of much importance in the grand scheme of the basketball universe, but it also shouldn't be discounted; low-risk players like Price can provide a nice counterpoint on a young team still trying to find itself, where they can stabilize and contribute without really getting in the way.
Price's game may be so unobtrusive as to be unremarkable, but he's nonetheless useful enough to round out the Wizards' rotation for a single s ...
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Washington Wizards Fill in the Depth Chart by Picking Up A.J. Price
July 24th, 2012 by Rob Mahoney Leave a reply »
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