It’s been clear for a while that Andray Blatche wasn’t going to develop into the player the Washington Wizards hoped he would be. He started showing some promise a couple years ago, but after this season, his stock has bottomed out.
The Wizards have the option of using their one-time amnesty on Blatche and getting his $7 million off their payroll for next year. Blatche would still get paid but the Wizards wouldn’t have to take such a big hit to their salary cap.
Obviously, the amnesty isn’t ideal and the Wizards best option is to trade Blatche at this point, but that looks highly improbable. I’m not sure what kind of pitch you use to try to sell a team on a guy that you cut because he was fat and out of shape.
Blatche’s whole career has been riddled with disappointment on the court and poor decisions off it. Even if the Wizards don’t amnesty him, they will reportedly cut him from the team and pay him his money to sit on his butt and do nothing. He’s that bad that they’d rather pa...
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July 11, 2012
