Disappointing Season Is Over, What’s Next For The Wizards

The NBA playoffs are about to begin. The Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Lakers, and the Boston Celtics are the clear front runners. However local Washington DC fans all have a common question, what happened to the Washington Wizards? The Washington Wizards disappointing season has thankfully come to and end. They finished with a 19 and 63 record. Many Wizards fans say it’s one of the worst seasons in franchise history. However they’re many reasons why the Wizards had a major downfall compared to seasons in the past. The reasons begin with players, and coaches and end with the injuries.
Let’s face it Wizards fans the Washington Wizards roster isn’t good enough to compete against top notch NBA teams. Yes Antawn Jamison, Gilbert Arenas, and Caron Butler make a solid big three, but what about everyone else? The Wizards have no solid shooting guard. Deshawn Stevenson and Dominic McGuire are average but they are primarily back up shooting guards. They need a more explosive shooting guard who can create their own shot and defend perimeter players well. Another need is at center. Brendan Haywood is a good defender, but that’s about it. He has yet to find any type of offensive game since coming into the league. Andray Blatche has potential but he’s young and needs time to grow into his potential. Another weakness to the Wizards is their bench. They have a young bench with potential, but the problem is potential doesn’t win right away it takes time, and solid coaching. Which leads to the next problem.
The Wizards fired a good coach! Eddie Jordan was just coaching the NBA all star game not to long ago, and just because of a slow start he’s fired? That’s a front office mistake. Wizard players for the most part loved Coach Jordan, he was known as a players coach. Ed Tapscott the intern head coach isn’t ready to be an NBA head coach, that’s why he’s labeled as an intern. How is Ed Tapscott an upgrade from Eddie Jordan? Can anybody come up with any reasons? If you cant your in the majority. With coaching changes all the potential talked about above gets put on hold, and the process of reaching the potential slows down. So the blame can’t solely be put on the Wizards young players. The front office needs blame too. However the resent hiring of Flip Saunders as head coach for next season will be an upgrade.
Another problem is injuries, and what bigger problem was there then Gilbert Arenas. When the Wizards signed Gilbert Arenas to the biggest contract in franchise history 120 million dollars, did they know he was going to spend the first two years mostly watching on the bench? Yes he’s a special talent, and a franchise player, but he can’t lead this team on the bench. Sure its not his fault he was hurt, but many Wizards fans are shaking their heads about his production over the last two years, and wondering why the Wizards would sign him for such a big contract if he’s not playing. Other players have been injured as well such as Brendan Haywood and Deshawn Stevenson throughout the season, but neither was as long or as damaging as Arenas.
Those are the three main reasons why your team finished 19 and 63 Washington Wizards fans. David Hill a Wizards fan and a D.C. native shares a common feeling among a lot of Wizards fan. “I feel disappointed about how the season went, but optimistic about it because the young players got time to play and get experience.” Wizard’s fans for the most part remain optimistic because there is hope for next year. Everybody is coming back healthy including the 120 million dollar man. The young players got another year of experience which helps, and Flip Saunders is respected an experienced coach who will help a lot. Also don’t forget about trades, and the NBA draft! Don’t worry about this season Wizards fans hopefully there’s a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel.