This morning ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that the Wizards may be open to breaking apart their nucleus. Just 5-11, even if they could turn things around and make a push for the playoffs, it seems clear there is no title hopes for the team as presently constructed.
Following a four-year period where the Wizards won no more than 29 games over a 5 year period (one of which was the lock-out shortened season), the team was able to stock pile 4 top 6 picks:
But unlike Sam Hinkie, Washington GM Ernie Grunfeld was not able or willing to supplement his rebuilding years with a bevy of additional assets (some 25 odd picks or swaps the Sixers accumulated under Hinkie’s leadership) to help off-set any misses he may have had, like Jan Vesely.