John Wall has decided to undergo a season-ending surgery on his heel. This surgery will cause the Wizard’s starting point guard to be sidelined with no basketball activity for the next 6 to 8 months. This injury has caused Wall to not seem like the All-Star he truly is with some games he’ll barley score, like against the Cavs on December 8th where he only scored 1 point. Wall has been averaging 20.7 points, 8.7 assists and 1.5 steals a game. This injury is a huge blow to the Wizards who have looked like a shell of themselves but were hoping to make it into the playoffs.
This year the Wizards should ultimately come up with a game plan for the future. The Dwight Howard deal isn’t panning out to what they have been hoping with him only playing 9 games this season. The locker room is a complete mess with Scott Brooks looking like he has no control of what's going on. They recently have came out saying that they would trade anyone on the team and I suggest they trade MOST of the team.
Kelly Oubre and Austin Rivers have already been traded to bring in Trevor Ariza but that’s not enough. The Wizards have a culture problem that needs to be addressed immediately. The first act should be to Fire Scott Brooks and bring in a well respected coach around the league that commands respect. With Wall swearing at the coach during a practice should tell the outsider that Brooks isn’t respected in the organization.
The second act should be to start trading the players that have a poor attitude to help improve the culture. They need to bring in more positive attitudes like an Enes Kanter. Kanter is someone who will defend his teammates and will always try to lift up his teammates. I’m not saying to get exactly Kanter because his defense is poor but to bring in someone like Kanter because of the culture change.
Washington needs to look into using Bradley Beal more and use this year as a learning tool for him to become more comfortable with playmaking and becoming a leader on and off the court. Ultimately the Wizards can not move on from Beal because of all the money they put into Wall. The Wizards need to buy into this Beal/Wall duo they are stuck with now. If Beal can become a more confident playmaker and leader then this would become more positive for the team overall.
Beal currently is averaging 4.7 assists, which is a career high. In today's Nba many shooting guards are becoming better playmakers and point guards which is making them harder to guard. If Beal can become like James Harden and John Wall comes back fully healthy the Wizards could become the team we always thought they could be and that is an Eastern Conference Contender.
John Wall’s injury shouldn’t be looked at as a waste of a season, but more for a season of learning for Beal and a roster turnover. This injury should be looked at as a blessing in disguise and used for the team’s future.
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