The Wizards are financially and logically committed to Wall and Beal for at least this season and next. (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post)

It’s human, recklessly human, to crave chaos once you stop believing. When you’re done with tolerance, you’re done, period. You want something new, no matter the consequences. Anything seems better than repetitive hell.

You can explain so much about the vast world by understanding this concept. Or you can use it on the Washington Wizards’ trivial little crisis. No matter how important, the lesson is the same: Beware of what the frustrated mind can conjure.

Like, wanting to trade John Wall prematurely.

Like, hoping to blow up the Wizards by any method necessary.

Like, desiring to tank the remainder of this season.

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It’s already clear the Wizards failed to execute their grand plan. They spent years shuffling the roster to be in position to have major cap space for the summer of 2016, and when the summer of 2016 arrived, they flopped. Kevin Durant didn’t come home. Al Horford chose Boston over D.C. More than a quarter into a season in which the Wizards planned to be a title contender, they have a 9-14 record. And considering how disappointing the new additions have been, it feels like the Wizards didn’t spend $30 million in cap space. It feels like they lost it.

After being patient through another project, after watching the Wizards stunt their own growth following playoff runs in 2014 and 2015, this new low has left a resilient fan base either apathetic or enraged. The franchise will have to make another correction in the near future, and there are many who would like to see a complete overhaul, from Ernie Grunfeld and his front office down to the roster. The problem is, that level of change won’t come quickly or easily.

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We’ll deal with Grunfeld later this season; owner Ted Leonsis isn’t likely to make a decision until this spring anyway. But let’s say this for now: At the quarter-season pole, Grunfeld should feel like he is walking a plank made of dental floss. As for the fate of a $104 million roster full of holes, well, that’s far more complicated than an owner’s stay-or-go decision.

In fact, it’s best to hope for one of the things that rankles you most about the Wizards: a return to mediocrity.

You think the Wizards are a disaster right now? If you turned into a scorned spouse and started throwing their possessions out on the street, it would feel good at first. Ultimately, however, it would make the cleanup project even worse.

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The Wizards spent three seasons creating the salary cap flexibility to do what they did last summer. The reality is that, once you complete such a plan and spend your cap space, you’re left with a roster that doesn’t untie simply. The Wizards now have eight contracts you can consider long term, at least in a sports sense; all of those deals have obligations lasting through the 2018-19 season (including Jason Smith’s player option that year). They have three deals that go beyond that. They also have five players in the first year of fresh contracts that extend at least three years: Bradley Beal, Ian Mahinmi, Andrew Nicholson, Tomas Satoransky and Smith.

When you commit like this, you had better create a team that you really like because that’s your squad for a while. And if you don’t like it, it takes time to start over because you have to shed so many long contracts.

If the Wizards traded off too many pieces right now, they’d get fleeced. For even the desirable players they have, their value is too low because of the size of some of these contracts. How many useful assets would you get by trading Beal, who is 23 games into a $128 million deal? Otto Porter Jr. is an intriguing glue-type of player who is still developing, but at the end of this season, he’ll be a restricted free agent who’s likely to command more than $70 million.

Want to trade for a top-20 player (DeMarcus Cousins?) to pair with Wall? Usually, teams trade all-stars for young talent and cap flexibility. The Wizards’ best assets require too steep a financial commitment.

Okay, so with the hopes dim, why not trade Wall? For one, if they traded him, the Wizards would still be left with an expensive roster that was built for Wall to accentuate its positives. In addition, Wall is bolted to an old max contract. He’s going to make just over $50 million the next three seasons, which is Mahinmi money now. In this NBA economy, how can you get fair value for Wall?

There are only 15 players of Wall’s kind in the NBA, even fewer if you factor his age (26) and the fact he’s still growing as a player. If you’re blowing up the team in order to create a better tomorrow, why lose an upper-echelon talent only to start the long pursuit of another upper-echelon talent?

The Wizards are financially and logically committed to Wall and Beal for at least this season and next. Wall is eligible to be a free agent in 2019. If things aren’t better by the end of next season, that’s the time to talk about trading him. Right now, it’s too early.

The guard duo is starting to function, at least on offense, like it’s supposed to: Wall is averaging 23.9 points, 9.5 assists and 2.1 steals, and he’s still not fully recovered from surgery on both knees. After a slow start, Beal is averaging 21.9 points, which would be a career high if he can maintain it. Beal has averaged 25.1 points in 12 games since returning from a hamstring injury. Both players are scoring as efficiently as they have in their careers. The concern is that their defensive regression has lingered into a second season, but perhaps that’s because they’ve had to carry too much of the offense.

The Wizards have a playoff starting five and a lottery bench. That may not be as difficult to fix as perceived. They have almost recovered from losing eight of their first 10 games this season. Since then, they are 7-6, but like Monday night’s loss to the Miami Heat, they’re still turning in inexplicable performances against bad teams.

Nevertheless, there’s value in waiting for this team to heal a little more, to stabilize, and for some players to raise their stock before thinking about a big trade. Then, closer to the trade deadline, when the perception of this team is different, they should make a move. And any move is likely to revolve around center Marcin Gortat, provided that Mahinmi returns from his knee issues.

When a team starts the season badly, the problems are magnified, and the prospect of enduring an entire year in agony can make you feel desperate. But now isn’t the time for chaos. The Wizards can’t sit idle for long, but they can’t take scissors to everything they’ve done wrong, not with 59 games remaining, not with the playoffs still a realistic expectation.

In this case, hoping for mediocrity isn’t settling. It’s a chance to wait for players to restore their value and develop a better plan to mitigate this fiasco.

For more by Jerry Brewer, visit washingtonpost.com/brewer.