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How about James Harden? He could slide into the starting shooting guard spot, which would move Stevenson to the bench as insurance for butler/3pt shooting specialist/devensive stopper. Then, if the Wizards can lure Flip Saunders to DC, they would have four scorers capable of putting up 20 every night and put up 100+ per game. I understand the sentiment for Thabeet or Monroe, but those guys are projects, and the Wizards already have enough of those (McGee, Blatche, and Pecherov). Besides, when Haywood returns at full strength, he will give the wiz some toughness inside.

Obviously, Griffin is the right pick if the Wizards win the lottery, but after #1 I do not see a player more capable of contributing immediately than James Harden. I see him making an OJ Mayo/Eric Gordon-like impact next year, except he is a better playmaker and worse defender. I could see him slipping down to the 5 to 8 range in the draft because of his relatively poor performance in the ncaa tournament. To me, this is not a concern. ASU did not do a good job of surrounding him with the necessary weapons to make a deep tournament run. Syracuse and Temple completely collapsed on Harden whenever he drove, and did a great job of limiting his shot attempts. Harden did the right thing and didn’t force anything, kicking it out to wide open three point shooters time and time again. Take a look at the stat lines for Kuksiks, Glasser, and Abbott during the ncaa’s.

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