The Washington Wizards really didn’t play their best this week, but the result didn’t change. They just keep winning.

Washington glided past inferior opponents in Utah and Minnesota for their first two W’s of the week – they never really turned on the jets, but the outcomes were never in doubt. On the flipside, I thought that Friday night’s win against the Miami Heat was one of their most impressive wins of the season. The Wizards had almost nothing going their way the entire game, but they still managed to grind out a road win that they never would have gotten in previous years.

After all that, the Wizards have tied their best start in franchise history – and it should be noted that the only other time they started 19-6, they won 60 games and reached the NBA Finals. This is all happening so fast!

Let’s grade.

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John Wall: 19.0 PPG (54.8 FG%), 3.7 RPG, 11.7 APG, 2.0 SPG, 1.0 BPG

These last few weeks, we’ve seen John Wall finally arrive as a true franchise player, a league superstar and one of the very best point guards in the world.

Wall’s passing has always been fantastic, but it seems to be on total overdrive lately. Everything he’s touching is turning to gold, and every pass he throws is setting up a Wizard for a perfect look. Wall absolutely desecrated Minnesota on Tuesday with 21 points and 17 assists, and his 10 assists against Miami were even more impressive when you consider that Beal and Pierce couldn’t hit anything from the perimeter.

Wall is calmly hitting his jumper like he’s been doing it all his life, and he’s taken his defense to a whole new level that we’ve never really seen before from him. This season, John Wall has been more “vengeful god” than “basketball player,” and if he doesn’t start the All-Star Game, we should burn the whole system to the ground.

Grade: A+

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Bradley Beal: 16.0 PPG (36.4 FG%), 5.3 RPG, 3.0 APG, 2.3 SPG

Bradley Beal’s jumper’s been rather erratic lately, but in true Panda fashion, he’s finding ways to contribute even on those rare nights when he’s not hitting.

After a smooth 22 against Utah to open up the week, Beal shot 3-12 against Minnesota and 4-15 against Miami – but he still managed to put up 16 points and seven rebounds in the latter game, and made the biggest play of the night with a late steal that sealed a Washington Wizards win. Beal hasn’t been super consistent this year, but his three-point shooting percentage is still in the top 10 in the NBA.

Grade: B-

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Paul Pierce: 14.5 PPG (52.4 FG%), 1.5 RPG, 1.5 APG, 1.0 SPG

As the season rolls on, we’ll most likely see Paul Pierce rest a game here and a game there – he is 37 years old, after all – but it’s encouraging that even despite a bum toe, Tuesday’s game against Minnesota was only the first game he’s sat out this year.

Pierce’s three-point shooting comes and goes, and it was definitely gone this week, as he went just 2-8 from beyond the arc against Utah and Miami. The Truth is still bringing it every night despite his inconsistency from deep, and so far he’s been one of the Wizards’ most consistent scorers: he’s been in double-figures in 19 of 24 games this year.

Grade: B

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Kris Humphries: 4.0 PPG (35.7 FG%), 5.3 RPG, 1.0 BPG

Mr. Midrange’s performances weren’t so inspired this week.

Humphries’ 10 rebounds against Minnesota were a big boost in a game that was pretty close for a lot of the way, but part of the reason it was close was because Thad Young turned into Darth Vader when Hump was guarding him. Humphries was more or less invisible against Utah, scoring just two points and grabbing four rebounds in 25 minutes – against Miami, he only played 13 minutes and went 2-7 from the field.

The upside: you can watch that block he had against the Clippers as many times as you could ever want!

Grade: C-

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Marcin Gortat: 8.0 PPG (44.0 FG%), 6.3 RPG, 2.0 APG, 1.3 BPG

The other half of the Washington Wizards’ starting frontcourt wasn’t so hot either this week.

Like Humphries, Gortat had a solid night against Minnesota, but never looked comfortable against Utah or Miami. Gortat played only 22 minutes against the Heat, and though he got off to a nice start, he got in some early foul trouble that stopped any chance of him finding some momentum offensively.

But listen: the Polish Hammer is still an extremely cool guy, and he looks awesome in a fur hoodie.

Grade: C