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 have to be happy with the way the rookies played for them this season. Nick Young played solid basketball off the bench for the Wizards and he could be in line for a starting job next season if they don’t retain Gilbert Arenas. Young played in 75 games (2 starts) for the Wizards this season and he averaged 15.4 minutes, 7.5 points, 1.5 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game. He has a bright future for the Wizards.

Center Oleksiy Pecherov looked a little out of place in the NBA but he could improve with experience. He played in 35 games (0 starts) this season and he averaged 9.1 minutes, 3.6 points, 1.9 rebounds and 0.2 assists per game. He didn’t shoot too well only hitting 35.2% of his shots from the floor. He likely won’t get more minutes until he improves his shooting.

G/F Dominic McGuire didn’t do much this season. He played in 70 games (1 start) for the Wizards this season and he averaged 9.9 minutes, 1.3 points, 0.9 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game. His shooting was not good either as he only hit 37.9% of his shots from the floor and 43.8% of his free throws.

Maybe the Wizards should have shut up and just played ball in this series instead of firing up LeBron James. James dominated the Wizards again last night and ended their season. James finished last night with 27 points, 13 rebounds, 13 assists and 2 steals proving that he’s not overrated. Antwan Jamison led the way for the Wizards last night with 23 points, 15 rebounds and 3 steals. Caron Butler had another good game as he finished with 18 points and 9 rebounds. Brendan Haywood was solid in the middle with 13 points, 10 rebounds and 2 blocked shots. DeShawn Stevenson once again disappeared in a big game…..like he always does. Stevenson only shot 2 of 9 from the floor as he finished with 10 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists. The Wizards got knocked out of the playoffs by the Cavaliers for the 3rd straight season 4 games to 2.

The Wizards won this game because of their defense as they held the Cavaliers to 36% shooting from the floor. Caron Butler made the go ahead shot with 3.9 seconds left in the game which capped a great night for him. Butler scored 32 points, grabbed 9 rebounds, dished out 5 assists and stole the ball twice. DeShawn Stevenson was being his usual crass self in this game. He only shot 5 of 14 from the floor as he finished with 17 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists. Antonio Daniels did a decent job of running the point as he finished with 12 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists. The Wizards are now down 3-2 in this series as it goes back to Washington on Friday.