Links: Ty Lawson On John Wall And More Nuggets-Wizards Stuff

Any sportswriter who continually sucks up to Mike Shanhan and then somehow manages to assert that Blatche, Young and McGee are equal in their uselessness as Wizards or NBA players generally is at the least simplistic, and at the most a very poor analyst.

The former “Little Three” are not peas in a pod.

McGee is going to outgrow his Tiger Mom and will ultimately to prove to be a very good NBA center IMO. His talent far transcends his immaturity. The Wizards are right to wait on how the market judges him before deciding whether or not to make him a contract offer that will in all likelihood need be in the $11 million range for four years. It’s that or trading him now for DMC, who is perhaps more talented but by all accounts a whole lot of crazy.

Young, contrary to Reid’s assertion does indeed play defense and is a legit scoring wing. He is the Wizards leading scorer and its only consistent outside shooting threat. He has maintained his nice, goofy sense of humor, and someone is going to make him a very decent offer next season unless the Wiizards trade him first, either even up to Memphis for his fellow USC player Mayo or elsewhere for a mid first-round draft pick.

Blatche is different. He has been around this team for too long, far longer than either Young or McGee, and has clearly worn out his welcome with the fan base to the point that his game is genuinely suffering. He is the one guy who I believe the Wizards should trade immediately, for his own good as well as the teams. I continue to think that a Blatche for Villanueva swop with Detroit, or Blatche for Childress deal with Phoenix, or even a deal with Minnesota for Beasley would benefit both players and both teams.

Regardless of how things play out for these guys, they deserve to be looked at with more intelligence and compassion than they received from Jason Reid. That was really a terrible piece.

would give Wall a couple of high end players. By the time the team is built; Vesely,Singleton and Wall will be the 3 oldest players on it and the only 3 left from todays team. All the rest will traded away or let go to make room for the new players coming in. Draft after draft.

You say you’re not certain Reid suggests dumping them right this minute for nothing. I didn’t say Reid said they must be dumped right this minute, but Reid did say dump them for nothing before next season:

“Ultimately, it will be [Ted’s] call to finally give up on Blatche, McGee and Young — most likely for little or nothing in return…. The Wizards’ bleak situation, however, requires bold action. Beginning anew next season without three current high-profile starters who don’t get it, and probably never will, would be just that.”

Hey, I’m all for trading those three for upgrades, or bringing in new guys that bump them further down the pecking order. But what Reid is saying is that dumping these guys for nothing in return is addition by subtraction because they are infected by Gilbertitis, and I don’t see it that way. This team has such little talent to begin with.