After a brief delay we will now look ahead with the Washington Wizards.
The Wizards will be a very young team coming into the season. Looking at what projects to be the top eight of their rotation, five of those players are 25 years old or younger. That youth is the center of the questions surrounding this season's Wizards club.
Coming into the season Washington has to wonder, who will lead this team? Andray Blatche and Gilbert Arenas are arguably the best players on the team; yet each has shown multiple instances of immaturity and bad decision making in the past. Will they take the reins of leadership or will it fall onto another player?
Another question in regards to that youth will be can Flip Saunders reach the team? Saunders years in NCAA and CBA hoops, along with his Timberwolves stint show he can connect with young players. That said, it has been a while since Saunders had those young Wolves teams and last season there were moments where the disconnect between the team and the coach was obvious.
The player that Saunders absolutely must connect with, not only for the sake of the team but Saunder's job security, is John Wall. As the first player taken in the draft this past June, Wall is clearly the team's centerpiece. So the question of how good is Wall will impact the team immediately and down the road.
The Wizards have decided to go with a youth movement in an attempt to rebuild. Answering the questions above will play a major part in figuring out how long the rebuild will take.
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