I like that you carry your optimism about the Nats to other teams, but let's be realistic. Wizards are just a bad team. They're struggling mightily against the Bobcats, who are an awful team. They don't play good team defense, a lot of the players don't have a good grasp of the fundamentals, and Arenas doesn't look "so good" at all. Blatche is absolutely awful, and makes like five thousand mental errors per second.
BTW, I wouldn't call Wall a great PG just yet. Great for a rookie, yes, but not one of the elite.
Wall's 4th in the NBA in assists. He's already showing signs of getting the TOs under control.
Anyone saying Blatche is awful, on a night where he's got 22 points , 9 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals (which is what he put up as a starter last year) really can't be taken seriously.
The team defense has been surprisingly good so far this year. They don't rebound and that has led to a lot of easy put backs.
Fundamentally they're better than I expected and it's bordering on criminal to think this team won't improve as they play together.
Tonight's been tough as the officiating has gone pretty strongly against the Wizards.
Arenas looks like a guy who needs to get his legs under him but the other things, like rebounds and assists, are starting to show up.
The East is horrible. This team, once guys like Arenas and Howard are close to full strength, has 9 guys who can play.