The Washington Wizards won the NBA Draft Lottery this past week, and it seems like they will be taking John Wall with the Number 1 pick. They only had 10.3 % chance at winning it, 5th in the league, compared to the New Jersey Nets who were at 25 %. The Sixers took the Second pick, meanwhile the Nets ended up with the third pick. You can check out the rest of the NBA Draft order here:
http://www.nba.com/news/features/2010.draft.order/index.html
The Wizards had a very tough season, their owner, Abe Pollin, died earlier this year. They also traded Antawn Jamison, Caron Butler and Brendan Haywood after the team failed to meet expectations. And most importantly, their superstar player, Gilbert Arenas, was suspended by the NBA in January for the rest of the season, due to gun possession in the locker room. Winning the Lottery is a step forward for the franchise as I believe John Wall would be a good fit next to Andray Blatche.
However, rumors are floating around that Wizards are looking to trade Arenas, which could be difficult because of the recent incident, and his big contract. There's still many teams that would probably be interested in acquiring Arenas as he's a very good player, and I think it's time for him and the Wizards to move on. The Knicks, Mavericks, Pacers, Magic, Raptors, Hawks and many other teams could make a move to add Arenas to their roster. I think it's a risky move, but still worth it. Arenas might be able to contribute a lot to his team in the right situation, while Wizards continue their rebuilding process.
In the end, I'd like to add that I have high expectations for this off-season. It might be the best ever, I'm hoping for a lot of changes and trades, more competition, and new contenders as I'm personally bored of the same teams in the title picture such as the Lakers.
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