The Wizards took a player who has upside but it might take a while to get to his full potential. McGee is a big guy at 7′0″, 237 pounds but he’s only 20 years old so time is on his side. He played in 66 games (31 starts) in his career at Nevada and he averaged 8.7 points, 4.8 rebounds, 0.3 assists and 1.8 blocked shots per game. Most of McGee’s game is around the basket as evidenced by his 54.2% shooting from the floor at Nevada. This might look like a genius pick down the road but don’t expect much in his rookie season.

Gilbert Arenas has opted out of his last season on his current contact thus becoming a free agent. It will be interesting to see if the Wizards want to tie him up to a long term contract or if they are leery of his knee and let him walk. Arenas only played in 13 games (8 starts) last season for the Wizards and he averaged 32.7 minutes, 19.4 points, 3.9 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 1.8 steals per game. His shooting was also off from everywhere on the court as he shot 39.8% from the floor, 28.2% from three point range and 77.1% from the free throw line. The Wizards will have to predict if Arenas will be healthy in the near future and if his injury was the reason that his shooting suffered. Arenas has now played in 431 games (405 starts) in his NBA career and he has averaged 37.4 minutes, 22.8 points, 4.2 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 1.8 steals per game. He has shot 42.7% from the floor, 35.8% from three point range and 80.9% from the free throw line in his NBA career. It would be a shame to see Agent Zero leave town but it might be too risky to re-sign him because of his knee.

The Wizards will be without Caron Butler for a while with a labral tear in his left hip. Butler has played in 43 games (all starts) for the Wizards this season and he is averaging 40.2 minutes, 21.4 points, 6.8 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.4 steals per game. The Wizards will miss Butler big-time as they are struggling to hold onto the playoff spot that they are sitting in right now.

The Wizards have decided to release backup point guard Mike Wilks. Wilks didn’t last too long in Washington but the Wizards needed his roster spot so they let him go. Wilks played in 4 games for the Wizards and he averaged 11.0 minutes, 1.3 points, 1.5 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game. Wilks will be no loss for the Wizards.

The Wizards will be without Gilbert Arenas for the next three months after he had surgery on his left knee. Arenas has played in 8 games this season (all starts) and he has averaged 39.5 minutes, 22.4 points, 4.4 rebounds, 5.9 assists and 2.1 steals per game. Antonio Daniels will take over as the starting point guard for the Wizards and he has played in 10 games (2 starts) this season and he has averaged 22.5 minutes, 5.1 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game.