At the NBA trading deadline last night, the Wizards, flummoxed by a disappointing 10-32 season, dealt away three players from their frustrating roster—Ronny Turiaf, Nick Young and that clown prince of on-court antics, JaVale McGee.

Wizards center JaVale McGee put down one of his epic dunks yesterday, and was soon after benched for showing off. Oh, yeah, and the Wizards lost again.

JaVale McGee’s play, wildly inconsistent and frustrating — but, at times, thrilling — is the epitome of this year’s Wizards.

Earlier this season, after who knows what number post-game press conference where he had to explain a frustrating loss, Wizards coach Flip Saunders exited the media room with an impassioned step. The media followed his path up until the point where Saunders carried forward to his office, per usual, while hurried members of the press took a quick turn left into locker room to interview players. Before disappearing around the corner, in a moment where he probably thought he was alone, Saunders let out a loud expletive, both rhyming with and feeling down on his luck.

As the Wizards struggled to yet another embarrassing road loss last night against the Sacramento Kings, center JaVale McGee — who has a penchant for always trying to make highlight-reel plays at the cost of developing a well-rounded game — decided that there was probably no better scenario than his team being down 25 points with seconds to go to try his hand at replicating the immortal Julius Erving/Michael Jordan dunk from the free-throw line.