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2005-2006 Washington Wizards Offseason Report
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May 5, 2006
 
Season href=/profile//> Recap:

The href=/profile//> Washington href=/profile//> Wizards href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> eventful href=/profile//> off-season href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> Larry href=/profile//> Hughes, href=/profile//> Steve href=/profile//> Blake href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Juan href=/profile//> Dixon href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> through href=/profile//> free href=/profile//> agency. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Wiz href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> made href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> those href=/profile//> departures href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> acquiring href=/profile//> Antonio href=/profile//> Daniels href=/profile//> via href=/profile//> free href=/profile//> agency href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> obtaining href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> Chucky href=/profile//> Atkins href=/profile//> (whose href=/profile//> contract href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> later href=/profile//> bought href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Wizards href=/profile//> during href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season) href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> star href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> making href=/profile//> Caron href=/profile//> Butler href=/profile//> through href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> trade href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> Kwame href=/profile//> Brown href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Laron href=/profile//> Profit. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Kwame href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> Caron href=/profile//> trade href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> steal href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> leaps href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> bounds href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> simple href=/profile//> fact href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> Butler href=/profile//> brought href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> needed href=/profile//> toughness href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> rather href=/profile//> soft href=/profile//> Wizards href=/profile//> squad. href=/profile//> Butler’s href=/profile//> presence href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> gave href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Wiz href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> third href=/profile//> scorer href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> desperately href=/profile//> needed href=/profile//> after href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> Larry href=/profile//> Hughes. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Wizards href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> rather href=/profile//> frustrating href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> considering href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> fact href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> never href=/profile//> truly href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> potential, href=/profile//> specifically href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> defensive href=/profile//> end, href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> posted href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> mediocre href=/profile//> 42-40 href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> Their href=/profile//> tumultuous href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> attributed href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> several href=/profile//> things, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> important href=/profile//> factors href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> lack href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> chemistry href=/profile//> (the href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> added href=/profile//> eight href=/profile//> new href=/profile//> faces href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> roster) href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> poor href=/profile//> decision href=/profile//> making href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> ends href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> floor.

The href=/profile//> unheralded href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> under-publicized href=/profile//> Gilbert href=/profile//> Arenas href=/profile//> posted href=/profile//> career href=/profile//> numbers href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> ranking href=/profile//> fourth href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> scoring href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> 29.3 href=/profile//> ppg, href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> field href=/profile//> goals href=/profile//> made href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> 199, href=/profile//> 18th href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> assists href=/profile//> per href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> 6.1 href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> fourth href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NBA href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> steals href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> 2.01 href=/profile//> per href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> Gilbert href=/profile//> made href=/profile//> tremendous href=/profile//> strides href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> decision href=/profile//> making href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> shot href=/profile//> selection href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> evidenced href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> improvement href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> overall href=/profile//> field href=/profile//> goal href=/profile//> percentage href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> 43% href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> almost href=/profile//> 45% href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> GA href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> shot href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> career href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> 37% href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> line href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> Antawn href=/profile//> Jamison href=/profile//> quietly href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> ranking href=/profile//> 18th href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> scoring href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> 20.5 href=/profile//> ppg href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 11th href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> rebounding href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> 9.3 href=/profile//> rpg.

Advancing href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> maybe href=/profile//> stealing href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> quarterfinals href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> signify href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> greater href=/profile//> amount href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> success href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> Wizards href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> work href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> progress. href=/profile//>

Overall, href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> 2005-2006 href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> viewed href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> tremendous href=/profile//> success href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> simple href=/profile//> fact href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Wiz href=/profile//> made href=/profile//> back-to-back href=/profile//> playoff href=/profile//> appearances href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> 17 href=/profile//> years.


Backcourt:

Gilbert href=/profile//> Arenas href=/profile//> morphed href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> league’s href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> players, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> garner href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> same href=/profile//> amount href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> respect, href=/profile//> publicity href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> notoriety href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> Wade, href=/profile//> James, href=/profile//> Bryant href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Nash. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> Arenas href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> gain href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> respect href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> take href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> deep href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> playoffs href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> least href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Eastern href=/profile//> Conference href=/profile//> Finals. href=/profile//> Coach href=/profile//> Eddie href=/profile//> Jordan href=/profile//> decided href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> switch href=/profile//> Jared href=/profile//> Jeffries href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> shooting href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> spot href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> helped href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> club href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> deal href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> defensive href=/profile//> end, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> Jared href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> somewhat href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> liability href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> offensive href=/profile//> end. href=/profile//> Jeffries’ href=/profile//> offense href=/profile//> started href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> come href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> strong href=/profile//> late href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> when href=/profile//> Butler href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> banged-up href=/profile//> thumb href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> five href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> stretch href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> became href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> aggressive href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> defensive href=/profile//> end href=/profile//> hustling href=/profile//> end-to-end href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> stop href=/profile//> fast href=/profile//> breaks href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> blocking href=/profile//> ability href=/profile//> (thanks href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> 6-11 href=/profile//> frame) href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> uncanny href=/profile//> knack href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> setting href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> charge href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> right href=/profile//> moments. href=/profile//>

Frontcourt:

Antawn href=/profile//> Jamison href=/profile//> earned href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> hefty href=/profile//> paycheck href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> recording href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> near href=/profile//> double-double href=/profile//> (20 href=/profile//> ppg, href=/profile//> 9.3 href=/profile//> rp) href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> AJ href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> stretch href=/profile//> during href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> where href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> shot href=/profile//> almost href=/profile//> 50% href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> range href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> month href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> January href=/profile//> through href=/profile//> April. href=/profile//> Caron href=/profile//> Butler href=/profile//> truly href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> breakout href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> stats href=/profile//> truly href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> reflect href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> impact href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Wizards href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> long href=/profile//> (17.6 href=/profile//> ppg, href=/profile//> 6.2 href=/profile//> rpg, href=/profile//> 2.5 href=/profile//> apg). href=/profile//> Butler href=/profile//> surprising href=/profile//> showed href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> hit href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> shot href=/profile//> consistently href=/profile//> shooting href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> respectable href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> career href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> 34% href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> downtown. href=/profile//> Butler href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> displayed href=/profile//> toughness href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> tenacity href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> defense href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> underneath href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> boards, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> surprisingly href=/profile//> became href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> fixture href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> locker href=/profile//> room href=/profile//> becoming href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> solid href=/profile//> leader. href=/profile//> Brendan href=/profile//> Haywood href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> surprising href=/profile//> since href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> usually href=/profile//> showed href=/profile//> steady href=/profile//> progress href=/profile//> every href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> stats href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> steady href=/profile//> play. href=/profile//> However, href=/profile//> Haywood href=/profile//> became href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> little href=/profile//> lackadaisical href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> ends href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> court href=/profile//> either href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> responding href=/profile//> quick href=/profile//> enough href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> block href=/profile//> shots href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> grab href=/profile//> rebounds href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> turning href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> ball href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> whenever href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> attempted href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> post href=/profile//> move. href=/profile//> However, href=/profile//> Haywood href=/profile//> started href=/profile//> coming href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> late href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> became href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> consistent href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> disrupting href=/profile//> opposing href=/profile//> offenses href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> blocking href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> altering href=/profile//> shots href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> snagging href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> few href=/profile//> rebounds href=/profile//> here href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> there.

Bench:

The href=/profile//> bench href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> either href=/profile//> inconsistent href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> non-existent href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> long. href=/profile//> Etan href=/profile//> Thomas href=/profile//> always href=/profile//> does href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> solid href=/profile//> job href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> bench href=/profile//> becoming href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> nice href=/profile//> force href=/profile//> inside href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> blocking href=/profile//> shots href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> grabbing href=/profile//> rebounds href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> Michael href=/profile//> Ruffin. href=/profile//> However, href=/profile//> neither href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> men href=/profile//> ever href=/profile//> scored href=/profile//> consistently href=/profile//> enough href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> substantial href=/profile//> impact href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> offensive href=/profile//> end, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> intangibles href=/profile//> (setting href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> charges, href=/profile//> hustling href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> loose href=/profile//> balls) href=/profile//> always href=/profile//> seem href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> difference href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> games. href=/profile//> Donnell href=/profile//> Taylor href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Andray href=/profile//> Blatche href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> pleasant href=/profile//> surprises href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> provided href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> needed href=/profile//> scoring href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> offensive href=/profile//> end, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> those href=/profile//> times href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> too href=/profile//> far href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> few href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> between. href=/profile//> Both href=/profile//> players href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> rather href=/profile//> fun href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> watch href=/profile//> develop href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> future, href=/profile//> especially href=/profile//> Blatche href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> tremendous href=/profile//> upside.

Coaching:

Eddie href=/profile//> Jordan href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> outstanding href=/profile//> job href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> considering href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> personnel href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> had. href=/profile//> He href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> easily href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> player’s href=/profile//> coach href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> truly href=/profile//> knows href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> manage href=/profile//> personalities href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> egos. href=/profile//> However, href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> nice href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> mean href=/profile//> streak href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Eddie href=/profile//> Jordan href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> instill href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> same href=/profile//> type href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> fight href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> players href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> playoffs href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Game href=/profile//> 2. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> breath href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> fresh href=/profile//> air href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> EJ href=/profile//> actually href=/profile//> scold href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> players href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> missing href=/profile//> assignments href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> ends href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> court href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> went href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> far href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> taking href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> opposing href=/profile//> fan href=/profile//> during href=/profile//> halftime href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> Once href=/profile//> Eddie href=/profile//> learns href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> take href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> training href=/profile//> wheels href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> become href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> demanding href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> players href=/profile//> (a href=/profile//> la href=/profile//> Phil href=/profile//> Jackson, href=/profile//> Greg href=/profile//> Popovich href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Avery href=/profile//> Johnson) href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Wiz href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> scary. href=/profile//>

Team href=/profile//> Needs: href=/profile//>

The href=/profile//> Wiz href=/profile//> definitely href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> revamp href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> frontcourt href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> add href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> consistent href=/profile//> low href=/profile//> post href=/profile//> scorer href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> give href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> between href=/profile//> 12-15 href=/profile//> points href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 7-9 href=/profile//> rebounds href=/profile//> per href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> In href=/profile//> addition href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> consistent href=/profile//> shot href=/profile//> blocking href=/profile//> center href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> defensive href=/profile//> skills href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> scoring href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> bench href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> tremendously href=/profile//> benefit href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> contender href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> East.

href=/profile//> href=/profile//> href=/profile//> Off-Season href=/profile//> Recommendations

Free href=/profile//> Agency: href=/profile//>

The href=/profile//> Wizards href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> consider href=/profile//> obtaining href=/profile//> Chris href=/profile//> Wilcox href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> ideal href=/profile//> fit href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> Eddie href=/profile//> Jordan’s href=/profile//> up-tempo href=/profile//> offense href=/profile//> since href=/profile//> C-Dub href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> freakish href=/profile//> athleticism href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> run href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> court. href=/profile//> Wilcox href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> type href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> Power href=/profile//> Forward href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> doesn’t href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> plays href=/profile//> called href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> him, href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> read href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> react href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> score href=/profile//> points href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> put href=/profile//> backs href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> lobs. href=/profile//> Adding href=/profile//> Joel href=/profile//> Przybilla href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> substantially href=/profile//> help href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Wiz href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> defensive href=/profile//> end href=/profile//> especially href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> shot href=/profile//> blocking href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> rebounding href=/profile//> categories. href=/profile//> Drew href=/profile//> Gooden href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> nice href=/profile//> fit href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Wizards href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> unable href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> Wilcox href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> low href=/profile//> post href=/profile//> scoring href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> rebounding. href=/profile//>

Draft:

The href=/profile//> wizards href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> 18th href=/profile//> pick href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> 48th href=/profile//> pick href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> round. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Wizards href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> consider href=/profile//> taking href=/profile//> either href=/profile//> Hilton href=/profile//> Armstrong href=/profile//> (for href=/profile//> shot href=/profile//> blocking href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> decent href=/profile//> scoring href=/profile//> purposes) href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> Josh href=/profile//> Boone href=/profile//> (Defense href=/profile//> skills href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> outstanding, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> offense href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> work href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> progress) href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> either href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> available. href=/profile//> Although href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year’s href=/profile//> draft href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> weak href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> star href=/profile//> power, href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> deep href=/profile//> draft href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> why href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Wizards href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> consider href=/profile//> trading href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> men href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> additional href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> picks href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> build href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> bench href=/profile//> depth. href=/profile//>

If href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> GM href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> would:

Do href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> four href=/profile//> things, href=/profile//> either:

1)Definitely href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> trading href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> JR href=/profile//> Smith href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> seems href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> pleading href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> New href=/profile//> Orleans href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Byron href=/profile//> Scott href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> ushering href=/profile//> him href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> go. href=/profile//> Maybe href=/profile//> trade href=/profile//> Jarvis href=/profile//> Hayes href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> BIGs href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> Smith href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> add href=/profile//> scoring href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> athleticism href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> backcourt.

2)Sign href=/profile//> Bonzi href=/profile//> Wells href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> bolster href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> team’s href=/profile//> lackluster href=/profile//> effort href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> defense

3)Consider href=/profile//> signing href=/profile//> Jason href=/profile//> Terry href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> needed href=/profile//> scoring

4)Consider href=/profile//> signing href=/profile//> Qyntel href=/profile//> Woods href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> VERY href=/profile//> cheap href=/profile//> price href=/profile//> (mainly href=/profile//> due href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> turbulent href=/profile//> history). href=/profile//> With href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> skills href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> athleticism href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> scary href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> him href=/profile//> thrive href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> up-tempo href=/profile//> offense.


Overview:

If href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Washington href=/profile//> Wizards href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> ever href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> become href=/profile//> serious href=/profile//> contenders href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> East, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> definitely href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> changes href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> frontcourt. href=/profile//> Jamison href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> never href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> power href=/profile//> forward href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> effective href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> small href=/profile//> forward href=/profile//> spot href=/profile//> (his href=/profile//> natural href=/profile//> position). href=/profile//> Caron href=/profile//> Butler href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> shown href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> proved href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> ball-handling href=/profile//> ability href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Miami href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> effective. href=/profile//> Gilbert href=/profile//> continues href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> improve href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> tremendous href=/profile//> strides href=/profile//> ever href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> scary href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> scratched href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> surface href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> potential. href=/profile//> As href=/profile//> long href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> GA href=/profile//> continues href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> improve href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> defense, href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> decision href=/profile//> making, href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> shot href=/profile//> selection href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> playmaking href=/profile//> skills href=/profile//> (a href=/profile//> la href=/profile//> Steve href=/profile//> Nash/Chris href=/profile//> Paul) href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> WILL href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 5 href=/profile//> player href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> league href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> short href=/profile//> amount href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> time. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Wizards href=/profile//> success href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> depend href=/profile//> primarily href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> Arenas’ href=/profile//> development href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> management’s href=/profile//> ability href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> bring href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> players href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> provide href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> consistent href=/profile//> low href=/profile//> post href=/profile//> presence href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> ends href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> court href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> guys href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> come href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> bench href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> impact.

Ideal href=/profile//> 2006-2007 href=/profile//> Roster:

PG: href=/profile//> Arenas/Daniels/Navarro*/Taylor
SG: href=/profile//> Butler/JR href=/profile//> Smith*
SF: href=/profile//> Jamison/Hayes/Blatche
PF: href=/profile//> Chris href=/profile//> Wilcox*/Taj href=/profile//> Gray*
C: href=/profile//> href=/profile//> Hilton href=/profile//> Armstrong/Etan href=/profile//> Thomas/Ramos

*=New href=/profile//> addition href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> team
 
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