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.

The Wizards have signed Oleksiy Pecherov who was their first round pick (#18 overall) in the 2006 Draft.  Pecherov played last season in his native Ukraine.  In the Ukraine Pecherov played in 22 games and he averaged 21 minutes, 11.2 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.0 block per game.  He also hit 22 of 66 (33.3%) of his three point attempts.  Pecherov has nice size at 7′0″, 210 pounds and the Wizards will likely use him at both center and power forward.

The Wizards felt they needed rebounding help and that was the reason for the selection of Dominic McGuire with the #47 pick in the NBA Draft.  McGuire played at both California and Frenso State in his college career.  He played in 86 college games and he averaged 8.7 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.9 blocked shots per game.  He’s not much of a shooter though as he hit 46.2% from the floor, 25.3% from the three point range and only 55.6% from the free throw line in college.  McGuire projects to be a backup in the pros.

With DeShawn Stevenson opting out of his contract the Wizards felt they needed a shooting guard so they drafted the best one on the board and that was Nick Young from USC.  Young has a good arsenal of moves and he’s a good shooter.  Young played in 96 games at USC and he averaged 15.5 points, 5.1 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 0.7 steals per game.  Young shot 48.4% from the floor, 36.8% from three point range and 76.4% from the free throw line at USC.  He was a good pick for the Wizards as he will likely be a starter for a long time for them.