The early returns are good for the players the Wizards acquired in the last couple of weeks in trades involving Caron Butler, Antwan Jamison and Brendan Haywood. Al Thornton is playing the best basketball of the new guys so far. He has played in 3 games (0 starts) for the Wizards so far and he is averaging 30.3 minutes, 16.0 points, 4.3 rebounds, 0.7 assists, 1.0 steal and 1.7 blocked shots per game. Thornton is shooting 52.6% from the floor so far this season for the Wizards. Josh Howard has also played really well for the Wizards as he has played in 4 games (3 starts) in which he is averaging 22.8 minutes, 14.5 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.0 assist per game. James Singleton is providing some muscle off the bench for the Wizards so far. He has played in 4 games (0 starts) for the Wizards so far and he is averaging 22.3 minutes, 7.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 0.3 assists and 1.3 blocked shots per game. Quinton Ross had also pitched in off the bench for the Wizards playing in 4 games (0 starts) in which he is averaging 11.0 minutes, 4.0 points, 0.8 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game on 58.3% shooting from the floor. Emir Preldric is still in Europe and Zydrunas Ilgauskas is in Cleveland awaiting a buyout from the Wizards.