Chris

Singleton

He took the minutes of the other Singleton, Chris, who played 19 total with eight points, two threes, and not much else. If James can do it again, we’ll start talking, but not until then.

McGee is in Randy Wittman’s doghouse and it’s hard to tell how this will play out. When asked after the game if he understood the message Wittman is sending, McGee said “I can’t say I do, but I’m sure I’ll figure it out sooner or later.” That answer will obviously not help matters. Kevin Seraphin started, but played just 16 minutes, while Trevor Booker and Chris Singleton played very heavy minutes again. The Wizards don’t have many options at center, so there’s not an automatic pickup to replace McGee if he remains in the doghouse. Just monitor Seraphin for now.

The Wizards scored 65 points total and hit just 28 percent of their shots, so this box score gets pretty ugly. John Wall hit just 2-of-12 shots for eight points with five rebounds, four assists, five steals, and seven turnovers, and Chris Singleton and Jan Vesely both failed to score.

Uh oh. Aside from saying that he “hopes to miss no time,” Booker added that he has dealt with the pain for two months and that now it is “really intense.” If the options aren’t great on your waiver wire you may want to wait a day or so to see how this plays out, but we wouldn’t pass on a hot free agent to do it. This also slightly raises the stock of Chris Singleton, who has averaged just under a steal, block, and three over his last eight games.

Singleton hasn’t made any real noise in the month of March, so we’re hesitant to recommend a speculative add. But with Andray Blatche looking to be a shutdown candidate and minutes clear for Singleton, let’s just say we’re intrigued with the possibilities. In his last eight games he has averaged just under a three, steal, and block per game in 26 minutes, providing late-round to borderline value.

Singleton is known as an excellent defender with shaky offensive skills, and he’s shooting just 36.1 percent from the field this season (32.6 percent from downtown). It’s helpful that almost 40 percent of his shot attempts are 3-pointers, but we’re not going to bite unless he does this a few more times.

It’s a fancy way of saying that Singleton was staunchly unimpressive as a rookie. The No. 18 overall pick started 51 of 66 games, but averaged just 4.6 points, 3.5 rebounds and 0.7 assists. We’ll have to see progress out of him before getting behind him if he starts again next season.

The playing time and production are disappointing, and Singleton hasn’t done much lately, but with the injuries to the Wizards’ frontcourt he’ll be a guy to keep in the back of your mind.

Martin has had a few explosive games this year, but his 38 minutes tonight were easily a season-high and we can’t expect similar numbers in Washington’s final three games. His big night marginalized starting SF Chris Singleton, whom the Wizards have more incentive to develop in end-of-season games.

The fouls hurt, and with Cartier Martin playing great off the bench Randy Wittman decided not to force Singleton back into the mix. Expect a more typical allotment of playing time vs. the Bobcats on Monday.