The Washington Wizards have been a lackluster franchise for much of the last 20 years, even if you factor in Michael Jordan's brief return to the floor. Drafting John Wall brought some intrigue back to the Wizards, as did the much-needed change in the team colors and uniforms..
Re-signing GM Ernie Grunfeld for two seasons is assurance that the Wizards will remain lackluster and unimportant for the next five years.
Grunfeld has made a few praise-worthy moves since joining the front office in 2003, though they came during times when his job was on the line. He landed Wall in the biggest no-brainer pick of all time, he swung deals to acquire more picks in the last two drafts and drafted well.
Trevor Booker, Kevin Seraphin, Shelvin Mack and Chris Singleton all look to have promising careers, even in secondary and role-player capacities with the Wizards.
He deserves a medal for getting tremendous value out of Kwame Brown in a trade with the Lakers that brought Caron Butler to Washington. He deserves credit for breaking up the trio of Gilbert Arenas, Antawn Jamison and Butler when it was apparent that they weren't getting any younger or getting ...
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Washington Wizards: Re-Signing Ernie Grunfeld Has Doomed the Near Future
May 12th, 2012 by Matthew Brown Leave a reply »
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