Trading Expiring Contracts for Draft Picks Would Hurt Wizards

Having too many players around the same young age may complicate the team’s chemistry. It’s important to have a balance of age groups within a company. When you think of companies with many young employees, you don’t always get the service you would hope for. That comes with maturity. You need an adult to set the tone for the rest of the team. 

Additionally, many young athletes have something to prove. They all want to be the star, they all want max contracts, and they all want attention. Everyone on one team can’t get all of those things. Everyone must understand and know their roles. Having a lot of young players would make it difficult for everyone to know their roles.

When the Wizards traded for Khris Middleton and Marcus Smart this season, they became a different team. They were much better at closing out games. They were much better down the stretch. The Wizards made smarter basketball plays throughout the game with those veterans. Trading them for even more draft picks would set the team back further and stunt the growth of the young players already on the roster. The Wizards would do well to keep a veteran presence around.