The All-Star break couldn’t have come at a better time for the Washington Wizards, who limp into the week off having dropped six of the last eight. But the good guys picked up some steam a little bit in the last week, breaking a five-game losing streak with two easy wins over the Nets and Magic.

The close road loss to Toronto was disappointing, but I can’t be too mad – winning up there without Bradley Beal and Kris Humphries, with Drew Gooden playing big 4th quarter minutes, is probably just about impossible. Rest, relax, regroup, and come out refreshed for the home stretch.

This week, I will give both a letter grade and how I think they’ll spend their All-Star break.

Let’s grade.

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John Wall: 15.7 PPG (43.2 FG%), 5.3 RPG, 8.3 APG

Here’s a fun fact for ya: Johnathan Hildred Wall has put up at least six assists in FORTY-SEVEN straight games. That’s so far ahead of anyone else in the league that it’s not even worth contemplating the competition. That’s the fourth-longest streak since the 2009-10 season – Deron Williams had 53 in a row when he was a fresh-faced youth on the Utah Jazz.

It’s hard to imagine John Wall not passing that mark. There are zero humans currently living on this planet who can pass like John Wall. And, as ordained by the All-Star Weekend Gods, John Wall is more of a #GameChanger than Stephen Curry. What more could you possibly want? (Other than him hitting that game-winning three against Toronto…)

Grade: B+

How he will spend his break: Winning the All-Star Game MVP and making Kyrie Irving look impossibly inferior

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Otto Porter: 6.0 PPG (46.7 FG%), 3.0 RPG, 1.0 APG

In a perfect world, Otto Porter is playing alongside Bradley Beal, rather than instead of him. Porter’s got a sweet jumper, but his range doesn’t extend beyond the three-point line yet – he shoots just 33.3% out there. And even in the two games he started this week, he didn’t play more than 21 minutes.

I love Otto and I think he’s already a very good player, but if we if the Washington Wizards can get someone like, say, Isaiah Thomas, the Wizards should jump at the chance even if it means giving last year’s #3 pick away.

Grade: C+

How he will spend his break: Fine-tuning his formula for the Perfect Hoagie

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Paul Pierce: 8.3 PPG (34.5 FG%), 2.3 RPG, 1.3 APG, 1.0 SPG

The Truth took it easy in Washington’s wins over Brooklyn and Orlando this week, but when the Washington Wizards needed him to step up against the Raptors, he answered. He always does.

Pierce had 17 points on 7-12 shooting – one of the only things that could have made his game better would have been if he had decked that corny bandwagoner Drake courtside for grabbing him on that inbounds play. GTFO Aubrey, the only thing worse than your music is your acting. Would Kendrick Lamar do that? Nah, because people actually respect Kendrick Lamar.

Grade: B-

How he will spend his break: Convincing Ray Allen to come to DC, wearing cool shades

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Nene: 12.7 PPG (68.0 FG%), 4.0 RPG, 3.3 APG, 1.7 SPG

At 32-years-old and with persistent foot problems, not many people are going to claim that Nene is incredibly athletic. Even so, he makes an excellent running mate for John Wall.

A spry Nene can turn on the jets when he needs to, and he times his run-outs extremely well. When it works, it looks like this, and it’s a beautiful thing. I guess you could call Nene “selectively athletic” – his vertical leap is often Scalabrine-like, but when Nene wants to jam, Nene does. Nene is too good to us.

Grade: A

How he will spend his break: Knocking a horse unconscious with a single blow

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Marcin Gortat: 11.3 PPG (66.7 FG%), 10.0 RPG, 1.7 APG, 1.0 BPG

After a really, really tough stretch of basketball, the Polish Machine finally found a little bit of a groove last week. He got involved early and often against the Nets, scoring 11 points in 17 minutes, and against the Magic he had his first double-double in almost a month.

Mind you, he probably would have had some in between, if Randy Wittman ever decided to actually play him in the fourth quarter. Marcin Gortat is not Carlos Boozer, Randy. He’s actually good at basketball. PLAY THE MAN, RANDY.

Grade: B+

How he will spend his break: Staring at #WhiteWalls