I've been a casual reader of this blog for a while, so I thought I'd contribute my first fanpost.

As it stands, the Wiz are 7-12. I think we can all agree that the team has underachieved and an early rash of injuries has prevented us from fielding a full team. I think the Wizards can be an above average team, but it's time to blow it up and start over.

Read why after the jump.

During the off season, I was not really a fan of the move to trade the pick for Foye and Miller. Both are solid role players, but neither are stars. I was hoping we could get Tyreke Evans (as it turned out he was picked in the 4th spot), but someone like Brandon Jennings was still available at 5. Of course, this is all revisionist history, but the point is giving up the 5th pick also meant giving up a chance to draft a dynamic young player that could turn into a gamebreaker.

The phrase that is often tossed around when people talk about that trade or this season in general is "win now." My question is: win what now? Realistically, we're looking at a team that will be lucky win 45 games this year. Assuming we get into the playoffs at something like 43-39 (which is no gaurantee) as a 5 seed, we're looking at facing Atlanta, then having to beat a pick two of Boston, Cleveland and Orlando. I don't think anyone here would argue that this team, as currently constructed, could knock off the Big 3, or even Atlanta in a 7 game series. They don't give trophies for making the postseason.

 It's one thing to squeak into the playoffs if you're Oklahoma City, who is loaded with young talent and only figures to improve in the coming years, but it's an entirely different thing if you're the Wizards, a team who's key players are injury-prone veterans in or past their primes. Assuming management's goal is to win a championship, and assuming we, as fans, are not content with our team being someone's second round bitch in the playoffs, we should realize sooner rather than later that this team isn't going to get it done. And by getting it done, I mean at least being in the championship conversation.

Yes, rebuilding sucks. But look at what it's done for the Caps. They blew up a reasonably talented but ultimately middling team, trading away over the hill talent (Jagr, Bondra) and committed to starting over. They finished last in the East for a couple of years, and now 4 years later, they atop the NHL by drafting well and developing from within. Arenas, Butler and Jamison are all good players, but they're not good enough to deliver a title. By giving them 40 minutes a night, we will never know what we have in our young players, namely Young and Blatche. It's time for a change. Start dumping salary and stocking draft picks. I'd much rather follow a team thats 20-62 but building toward something than a 41-41 team that's barely treading water with no long-term prospects.