So the Washington Wizards are kind of a mess right now. They have no general manager, John Wall is recovering from a torn Achilles and has a billion years and dollars left on his contract and they are in complete limbo with Bradley Beal.

Prior to the draft, there was some chatter that the Wizards could trade Beal, and rumors stated that some teams were willing to part with really nice assets in order to acquire him.

Instead, Washington held on to Beal, and now, it is apparently going to offer him a three-year, $111 million contract extension.

Uh, what?

Let's be real here for a second: the Wizards are not going anywhere in the foreseeable future. Wall's deal could very well become an albatross and they don't really have much intriguing young talent on their roster.

It is blatantly obvious that Washington needs to rebuild, but rather than getting on that as quickly as possible, the Wizards are dragging their feet in terms of hiring a general manager and, for some reason, think the solution is extending Beal when what they really should be doing is trading him for some picks and young players to blow things up and start over.

Now, obviously, Beal doesn't have to agree to the extension, and he probably won't, but if and when he does reject it, what will the Wizards do then? Will they try to play out the last two years of Beal's current contract? Or will they do the smart thing and try to move him now while he still has significant value?

The longer Washington waits, the worse off it is going to be. If the Wizards do ultimately decide to trade Beal now, a potential trade partner would realize it is getting an All-Star player with two years remaining on his deal and would be more willing to part with real assets.

However, if the Wizards stall and try to trade Beal next summer, his value will obviously dip, as then ballclubs will be looking at a potential one-year rental.

Or, knowing Washington, it won't attempt to move Beal at all and will simply losing him for nothing during the summer of 2021.

The only way the Wizards are going to be able to get back on track is admitting that their current team has been a failure and has already maxed out its potential.

Washington won 49 games and made it to the second round of the playoffs in 2017, which was the pinnacle moment of its run with Wall and Beal sharing the same backcourt.

Otherwise, the Wizards have been nothing more than a mediocre squad in a mediocre conference, and that is not going to change unless they make sweeping changes themselves.

That all starts with trading Bradley Beal.

Honestly, Washington probably should have even considered trading Wall prior to his Achilles injury, as now, his value taken a nosedive, and the Wizards are likely going to be stuck with him for the long haul.

But Beal? He is young, he is healthy, he is productive and he is still under team control for two more seasons. No, he isn't a top 10 player in the league, but the kid has value, and Washington needs to understand its situation and move him as soon as possible.

Then again, this is the Wizards we're talking about.