Jared Jeffries to the Knicks

JJ isn't the difference maker and he's not worth that contract. stevenson is a good deal. go EG, go.

i honestly didn't see this FA crop having too many names this offseason anyway... I'd rather have stevenson at the minimum for a year or two than JJ at 6 per for the next 5 seasons. Remember, we've still gotta re-up Gil in a few years and twan comes off the books in two... by not resigning JJ, that leaves us with a future without hurting the present.

DS also shoots a better percentage than JJ- and he's not a bad defender at all. He'll be playing his butt off this upcoming season too, so he can opt out of the second year and get a big payday. This also gives some leeway to developing blatche (who will be better than both players in a few years) and negates the need to rely on jarvis hayes' knees.

Exactly. Nice post. This is an absolute steal for the Wizards. It wasn't a secret that they were targeting Songaila and Stevenson this off-season. The feeling was that they'd have to choose on or the other. But here they are with both.

Jeffries isn't a scorer, but on the Bullets, he didn't have to be. He's a great team player, a hard worker, good defender, good inside player. With Arenas, Jamison, Butler...he didn't need to be a scorer. The loss won't hurt the team too much but I would've preferred that he stayed. Free agency will replace him though.

Good free agent replacements with similar games to Jeffries and would come cheap could be blah blah, DeShawn Stevenson (ORL), blah blah, blah blah, blah blah, blah blah, blah blah, blah blah, blah blah.


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I can tell the Knicks won't be improving this year. If anything, although it's nearly IMPOSSIBLE, the could be WORSE this year with Isaiah Thomas coaching.

I love it. I never liked the Knicks.

Jared is just about to bloom too. That sucks I dont see how the Wizards are really cornering talent to get over that playoff hump. They need some quality big men though.


Jared should've "bloomed" last season. He played well in the playoffs, but it wasn't good enough to consider him a difference maker. If he blooms in NY, good for him. I'd rather have Blatche starting instead of Jeffries.