Morning Look: Wiz Draft History
Tonight, the Wizards will have a chance to add to their draft history, and a glorious history it is. The Wiz currently have four players on their roster whom they drafted themselves: Andray Blatche, Oleksiy Pecherov, Nick Young and Dominic McGuire, roughly speaking, the 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th guys off the bench this past season.
Vlad Veremeenko, who might set an NBA record for use of the letter "e" in a last name, could still join these Wiz draftees. Devin Harris, the first-round pick in 2004, yielded Antawn Jamison.
Other than those names, your previous 10 Wizards draft picks include Peter John Ramos, Steve Blake, Jarvis Hayes, Juan Carlos Navarro, Rod Grizzard, Juan Dixon, Jared Jeffries, Kwame Brown, Mike Smith and Calvin Booth.
This year, though, will be different. Previous 18th picks in the draft include such budding stars as Gerald Green, J.R. Smith, David West and Oleksiy Pecherov. Our reporting has thus far indicated that Ernie Grunfeld will either trade up, trade down or keep the pick. Stay tuned.
By Dan Steinberg |
June 26, 2008; 10:20 AM ET
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Posted by: Joeblazin | June 26, 2008 10:52 AM
Bad memories yes, but a GREAT return in Caron Butler!
Posted by: TG | June 26, 2008 11:04 AM
In fairness, while it does sound a little uninformative to report that the Wizards will move up, move down, or use their 18th pick themselves, I think what Ivan means to say is that he doesn't think they will trade the pick away completely, which is another option for Ernie Grunfeld and the team...
Posted by: Josh | June 26, 2008 11:09 AM
My ideal starting lineup: Elton Brand, Twan, Caron, Gil, and Nick Young...dump Deshawn and Etan.
Sub in Brenda and Blatche...we can compete with that. The East is getting formidable..we need to step it up.
Posted by: ahern | June 26, 2008 12:21 PM
How do you propose we get Elton Brand and keep Twan and Gil? Abe won't spend a penny over the luxury tax cap.
Posted by: RH | June 26, 2008 12:30 PM
Uhh....David West IS a star.
And Gerald Green's bud has just about wilted away.
Other 18 picks include:
* Q-Rich
* World Champ James Posey
* The late, great Theo Ratliff
* Former black-eye supporter, Tracy Murray
* B.J. Armstrong, sports agent
* Mark, 'When Will I Be A Coach' Jackson
But let's hope this doesn't turn out like another former 18 pick.....Luther Wright.
http://www.sltrib.com/sports/ci_9688941
Posted by: TruthAboutIt.net | June 26, 2008 1:39 PM
man i wish we still had Dixon around
Posted by: Anonymous | June 26, 2008 1:56 PM
Juan Dixon is available. The question is do the Wiz want him? And Jarvis is available too.
Posted by: rgz | June 26, 2008 4:41 PM
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The last picture with Kwame and Jordan...just brings back bad memories.