Losing in the NBA Playoffs in the fashion the Washington Wizards did certainly isn’t fun.

The addition of Paul Pierce helped propel Washington amongst the best teams in the Eastern Conference during the playoffs, but when it came down to it, they were just a few plays away from advancing to the Conference Finals.

Now that their season is over, Ernie Grunfeld and the rest of the Wizards’ front office staff must make decisions regarding a number of the players’ future.

Washington’s core–including John Wall, Bradley Beal, Otto Porter and Marcin Gortat–is locked up for the future. After that, it kind of gets murky.

According to J.Michael of CSN Washington, Kevin Seraphin will not be returning to the Washington Wizards next year:

Kevin Seraphin: He’s not returning. The center scored a career playoff high 13 points in Game 6. He wants playing time and a chance to start, and with Marcin Gortat entering the second year of a five-year deal that pays him an average of $12 million per, Seraphin will have to go elsewhere. He’ll command more money in the open market than what the Wizards would be willing to offer him as a backup.

As J.Michael noted, Seraphin scored a playoff career-high 13 points in Game-6 last night and took Gortat’s minutes, who was battling a sickness and failed to contribute over the past few games.

Seraphin signed a qualifying offer this past summer after the Wizards opted to let Trevor Booker walk during free agency. With that said, he’ll become an unrestricted free agent this summer. Washington is also looking to keep their options open for the future, so they won’t look for long-term deals.

Grunfeld acquired Kris Humphries and DeJuan Blair through trade, but Seraphin still managed to get playing time over both a number of times throughout the course of the regular season.

Kevin Seraphin has played five seasons in the NBA and has made some progress in certain areas of his game.

He came into the NBA in 2010 as a relatively raw big man, but he currently has the best post-game on the Wizards’ roster.

His patented mini-hook shot is one of the most efficient shots in the league and Seraphin has always found ways to score.

Unfortunately, Randy Wittman‘s lack of patience with younger players has never really allowed Seraphin to thrive the way he could’ve in D.C.

Wittman yanked Seraphin off the floor far too often during his career, just because he wasn’t making an immediate impact.

When he became persistently benched, Seraphin spent too much time in Wittman’s doghouse and tried to do too much when he got another chance. Washington has never been a great team in terms of developing their young players and Seraphin is just another example.

I don’t know how concrete J.Michael’s report is, but it doesn’t sound like Seraphin will be back. He should’ve been one of Washington’s key young players, but they failed to utilize his size and talent.

Big men that are capable of putting their shoes on get paid a ton of money in the NBA. Tiago Splitter got a $36 million contract just a few years ago.

Basically, Kevin Seraphin is going to get paid and he’ll have plenty of suitors.