The Washington Wizards have a ton of talent on their team but they have gotten off to a 1-5 start and it is clear that there are some issues in the locker room. On the court, there are some clear chemistry issues that need to be sorted out soon if this team wants to turn their season around. There has been a lot of speculation about what is causing the chemistry issues with everyone seeming to give an opinion.

Brian Windhorst of ESPN thinks one of the reasons the team might be struggling is because of how many players on the team are in a contract year.

There have been quite a few theories put forth as to whom all that referred to. But in talking to Wizards players this week, one theme brought up was the number of guys they have who are facing free agency at the end of the season. There's a load, including Austin Rivers, Markieff Morris, Kelly Oubre, Jeff Green, Tomas Satoransky and Jason Smith. Dwight Howard has a player option, but he hasn't played yet, so he doesn't factor in.

During contract years, players are trying to have nice looking stats and sometimes individual stats have bad affects on the team as a whole.

Worrying about stats before free agency is as old as free agency itself. Coaches, general managers and agents can give speeches about how being on a winning team is more valuable than putting up stats on a losing team. But sometimes it can be a hard lesson. This is a dialogue in the Wizards' locker room right now.

If it is the case that the players are not playing for each other and rather for their next contract, maybe it's time the Wizards start to make some changes in player personnel, in hopes that can help make the team a team again.