Dre™

The offseason will be defined by what happens with Arenas. Jamison is important, but the Arenas situation has greater bearing on what direction you'll go into the future. Either he'll be re-signed, or traded, there's no way he walks away free.

Not a lot of teams are going to call after his knee injury and lackluster return. He seems to like the team, and Wizards' management has the inside info on his knee and it's prognosis. The Wizards have the inside track. I don't see him in any other uniform next year unless the Wizards don't want him, the ball is in their court. If he does leave, if I were the next team, I'd be wondering why the Wizards didn't retain him.

Resigning Jamison is important. Blatche is coming along, but he's not ready yet, and sometimes he doesn't look like he'll ever be a consistent starter. He tends to dissappear. Some of it has to do with EJ giving him spotty minutes in the rotation, but he's going to have to produce when he's out there to demand PT. Either way, if Jamison can be resigned at 4 yrs for 40-45M, that'll be a bargain.

The last time I remember Pollin spending major money he made some bad decisions on Austin and Howard, but they were under the guidance of Unseld, not Grunfeld. If I were Pollin, I'd trust Ernie this time around.

The team isn't that far off. The entire team still hasn't played together, and I'd want to see what the team can do.

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