Is it safe to say Washington shouldn't have let go of Paul Pierce?

[DoctorP]

With Washington now out of the playoffs, were they sorely missing Pierce this year?

You could say that.

The veteran leadership cannot be overstated.:pimp:

[bdreason]

They should have fired their coach last season. Especially if you're going to make him run a different offensive system anyways.

[Real Men Wear Green]

Pierce chose to leave. If they were that reliant on him they were doomed anyway, the man is nearly retired.

[coin24]

He left because they're a team full of betas..

[Lebronxrings]

east was just too strong this year...

[To4]

Wiz coach sucks and just immediately changed their gameplan or system. Injuries from the start.

Wall needs to get outta there

[AceManIII]

He left because they're a team full of betas..

Even called them out on it last year

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dc-sports-bog/wp/2015/04/14/paul-pierce-on-john-wall-and-bradley-beal-make-up-your-mind-about-being-good-or-great/

[Jasper]

Pierce chose to leave. If they were that reliant on him they were doomed anyway, the man is nearly retired.
point on.

[Hotlantadude81]

With Washington now out of the playoffs, were they sorely missing Pierce this year?

You could say that.

The veteran leadership cannot be overstated.:pimp:

They really weren't that good last year either.

[ralph_i_el]

We didn't have a choice.

He definitely added some balls to this squad. This season we did not have an above average shot creator outside of Wall....and Wall isn't an above average jumpshooter so that's a bad recipe for success.