I am with you AL9045, I was pissed when I saw the Wizards land the 5 spot. I was really hoping for the first pick, so they could draft Okafur.
Defensively, besides collectively stealing the ball among the best in the league, they were awful. Haywood is foul prone and non-existent offensively.
With the emergence of Jared Jeffries and Okafur, they would have be an improved defensive team.
If G. Arenas would not cough up the ball so much, and if we wouldn't have traded a pure 2-guard (Rip) for a player who needs the ball in his hands to be effective (Stack), maybe Washington would have a decent team.
Larry Hughes can do what Stack does, but neither of the two can do what Rip does.
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