Every day we have a new post about trade scenarios for Andray Blatche, Nick Young and JaVale McGee. They all sound reasonable, but it got me thinking. Before they were shipped out, Antawn Jamison, Caron Butler and Brenden Haywood were the starters.

The blow up thrust these three into the starting lineup, and gave us a chance to see what they can do. And what did we learn? None of them are starters. I would argue that JaVale and Nick are greatly diminishing their value on the open market with each passing game. So here's a thought: Why not keep them as backups?

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A buddy of mine is a Bullets fan stranded in Disneyland. He went to the game last night, and was making many of the observations we have. The funny part was how hard I tried to explain to him that Wall is good even though he was seeing some terrible stuff live in person. He is a knowledgeable sports fan and experienced at the game of basketball, so enjoy our text conversation....(I left the typos for effect)

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I'm going to get slammed for this, but I think it's fun to think about. Would you want to sign an aging Kevin Garnett to play two years for this team?

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We all laughed nervously yesterday when JaVale did another highlight reel dunk and salute leading to a 19-point run for the opposing team and another loss. It was slightly cool at the time, but we all winced knowing what was about to happen.

Now, the dunk is a microcasm for why the Wizards suck around the world. Much to my amazement, Patch.com even took a minute to pile on. I hadn't noticed in other coverage that McGee defied the coach and showed that he clearly doesn't get what he did wrong.

“I told him that’s unacceptable,” Saunders said during his press conference following the Wizards fourth straight loss. “I mean maybe I’m too old school, but save that for the all-star game. Not during the game."

"You know we identify with meat and potato basketball, playing hard, setting screens, playing the right way and not highlight-type things and we’ve been saying that many times. You know we have some players that look for highlights rather than substance.”

McGee was asked directly if he regretted his decision knowing Saunders’ reaction.

“No.”

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Guys, I am so bummed by these reports that JV has been promised he will be selected #6 by the Wizards. The saddest part is that these reports have stiffled discussion on this blog. It's our suffering as Wizards fans (and Skins fans, and Terp fans, and Caps fans, etc etc) to have our hopes and dreams dashed.

Can we start a e-mail deluge of Ted begging him not to take Vesely?? Kawhi Leonard doesn't excite me, but Vesely would just totally piss me off. The dude is 6'11''. I don't understand what else he has to offer? Oh, that's right, motor. It sucks really bad that for another year we spent two months agonizing over the draft and proposing trades only to have Ernie stand pat and pick some Euro beanpole who can't make free-throws or play defense.

I know very little about this guy, but my gut tells me HUGE BUST. Stay away, Ernie. Make a trade and get Kanter or Williams. Otherwise, go with a proven American player who can rebound and defend. Shit, I'd be happy with Kemba Walker at this point.

The funny thing is that mock drafts going back to the beginning predicted this. They know Ernie just as well as we do.

So, we're all totally bummed about the draft this year for the talent, and of course the Wizards draft position. I wanted to suggest one ray of hope. I was kind of bummed about getting Vessely, but then I looked at our other two picks if we make them. Mocks have us taking the following guys with our last two picks: Faried, JuJuan Johnson, Trey Thompkins, Marshon Brooks and Tobias Harris. The big guys are tall and beefy. The guards are gunners with high bust potential.

And I say, Why not?

This rebuild is not coming to fruition this offseason. We are going to clear a ton of cap space and need to have trade chips the hit the green button. With that said, I kind of like even a stay-put scenario.

Lets take a look at what we have:

John Wall, check.

3-pt shooting: Crawford, Young, Evans, Young, Lewis (gulp), draft pick

Shooter/scorer, Nick Young, Josh Howard, John Wall, Crawford, Mo Evans (gulp) Lewis (gulp) Blatche (gulp), draft pick

Bangers: Seraphin, Booker, draft pick

Shot Blockers: McGee

I am not saying any one of these players is "great," because that has been the focus of a lot of the discussions about this draft; that the Wizards must get a coup this year to accelerate a year by trading for Kanter or Williams. Others don't want to trade any assets to move up in this draft. Both are fine arguments to have, but I was just trying to think of this draft as how to build on progress instead of viewing the team as having limitless holes (which it is pretty close to, see last year's record)

Anyway, it would be cool to shoot for the fences with some players in this draft, IMO. Make sure you get some beef to push Blatche and McGee, and if they rebound well and defend, great. Don't worry too much about getting another guard, because if we hit a homerun, we have lots of assets. We might also have to part ways with Nick Young, so nothing wrong with having too many dynamic guards.

(I excluded H'amady because I just really think he'll never be great even though I love to go the the games and say, "hamadyhamadyhamadyhamadyhamady! Say it five times fast! I also excluded D-leagers)

Thoughts?

This All-Star weekend was a great moment for the Wizards. They didn't have any all-stars, but John Wall and JaVale McGee represented their city and their team well. Wall showed that with the right players to pass to, he is going to be an elite point guard and perennial all-star. Javale really deserved to win the slam dunk contest, and I thought he showed a lot of his personality that we don't get to see as much during the season because of his shyness.

I don't want to make a federal case of this one hiccup, but I was surprised there wasn't more discussion of the way Javale was (not) supported by his team in his first shot at the spotlight on a national stage. There was nothing on TV today, so I decided to watch the dunk competition again for a look at the symbolism and body language that bothered me a bit on the first viewing.

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