Wizards Make a (small) Move

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Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld announced today that the team has acquired guards Javaris Crittenton from Memphis and Mike James from New Orleans in a three-team trade. As part of the deal, Washington sends Antonio Daniels to New Orleans and sends back a conditional first round draft pick to Memphis (that was initially acquired from Memphis in exchange for the draft rights to Juan Carlos Navarro on August 16, 2007), while New Orleans also receives a conditional second round pick from Memphis. In addition, the Wizards have waived guard Dee Brown.

“This trade strengthens and energizes our backcourt by giving us a veteran guard in Mike James who can help us immediately with his stability and scoring ability and a young guard in Javaris Crittenton who can help us now and in the future with his athleticism,” said Grunfeld. “We’re excited to welcome both players to Washington, but we’re also appreciative of what Antonio did for this team during his three-plus years here and we wish him the best.”


The WashPost's Ivan Carter adds:

My early impression is that this is a deal that makes sense for all sides: the Wizards have the least productive backcourt in the league and add a scorer in James and a nice prospect for the future in Crittenton, whom the team really liked going into the 2007 draft. The financials are a wash because Daniels and James both have deals expiring after next season (you can fully expect James to pick up that player option.)

And consider this: Grunfeld has turned a second-round draft pick who was never going to play for the Wizards (Juan Carlos Navarro) into the 19th overall pick (Crittenton). Not bad.

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