Good lord the Wizards have the worst luck.

I feel your pain, the Celtics have had the worst luck in the lottery it seems as well. I think the NBA lottery is just plain dumb to be honest.

Oh yeah...we would be example #1 for not having the lottery! However, we turned our misfortune into gold by getting Garnett and Allen and stuffed it to the NBA.
The lottery is one of the dumbest things I have ever seen. The worst team should get the #1 pick, no questions asked! Meaning that the Wiz should have got pick #2.

So hypothetically speaking, we all know the Clippers are going to take Griffin, who would you want with the #2 pick if you had it?

Rubio would have been a fine addition for the Zards.

Rubio would have been a fine addition for the Zards.

I think Thabeet would be a good addition for you. You need better inside presence.

I'd have taken Rubio. It would allow Arenas to mvoe back to the 2 and Rubio is probably going to end up the real get in this draft. He sounds like he is pretty special. I think Griffin will be good and an a good inside player is hard to come by but Rubio may me like Magic special. No quite the scoring but supposedly he is a genius passer. Maybe more like an even better version of Kidd.

I'd have taken Rubio. It would allow Arenas to mvoe back to the 2 and Rubio is probably going to end up the real get in this draft. He sounds like he is pretty special. I think Griffin will be good and an a good inside player is hard to come by but Rubio may me like Magic special. No quite the scoring but supposedly he is a genius passer. Maybe more like an even better version of Kidd.

I agree Rubio is a stud. I could be wrong, but seems your lack of presense inside has been an issue and wouldn't Thabeet fill that need? You don't get a shot a REAL BIG MAN very often, so take it when you can. He might fall into your lap since he's a little raw.

It will be interesting to see how Rubio's buyout comes into play. Could it be another JC Navarro situation?

No one thrills me really in that 5 spot, some are saying Jordan Hill (PF-Arizona) or James Harden (SG-Arizona State), neither impresses me. We really need to trade this pick

It will be interesting to see how Rubio's buyout comes into play. Could it be another JC Navarro situation?

No one thrills me really in that 5 spot, some are saying Jordan Hill (PF-Arizona) or James Harden (SG-Arizona State), neither impresses me. We really need to trade this pick

Fully agree. I saw James Harden in a few mock drafts, but we've already got Juan Dixon, Crittenden, and Nick Young.

We need a big veteran defensive force.

We need not a generic X player which is all we'll get at 5. I think that is why I hate the lottery. In just about any draft there are maybe 3 impact guys and then a bunch of role type players of varying degree of quality. An awful team goes from being able to find a building block to getting yet another generic role/ok player.

I actually like Harden a lot... saw him play throughout the Pac-10. Reminds me of a left-handed Brandon Roy. He just had a terrible tourney, but the dude is silky smooth... he can score, pass and his overall skill-set is polished.

I'm not sold on Hill at all and since the top PG and PF (our areas of need) are off the board, go for talent... why not draft another SG Trojan, DeRozan? I'm fairly certain the FO isn't sold on DS as the future 2... and Nick will need some competition. Harden is definitely a lot further along than DD, but DeRozan has more upside... which isn't what the Wiz are looking for at this point (all points to a trade for immediate vet help).

Whatever we do, let someone else draft Thabeet. We already have defensive centers in Wood and McGee, so he'd be redundant. Our main areas of need: pass-first PG and defensive PF... if we can't fill those with relative talent to the 5th pick (meaning, not reaching for a Blair, Curry or Lawson), get our next need- a SG (if Gil's going to stay at the 1).

Fully agree. I saw James Harden in a few mock drafts, but we've already got Juan Dixon, Crittenden, and Nick Young.

We need a big veteran defensive force.

Well, as itvnetop points out, Harden is pretty solid. And if we can get another Roy...wow! But I'm not totally convinced Harden is there yet, for one thing he really struggles going right and his midrange game could use some work. Either way, he's already better than Dixon. I don't think the Zards will rush to bring Dixon back. I want Crittenden to focus 100% on being a point guard, and I am not impressed at all with Nick Young. I'd send him packing along with the #5 for a vet.