Bub Carrington has ascended into one of the faces of the mid-decade Washington Wizards. He, like most of his teammates, was brought into a situation that was more set on stacking developmental wins than packing the organization's end-of-season record, and he's already expressed enough comfortability to inch closer to his finalized scoring niche.

That's not to say he's without detractors. As impressive as his outside touch can be, his place in the Wizards' increasingly-crowded depth chart is worthy of analysis, especially following a year of extremes out of Carrington.

On SI writers Bryson Akins and Henry J. Brown each shared their opinions on how he balanced institutional opportunity with his process.

"Bub Carrington had a season that many fans thought was disappointing. The stats show that he actually improved in many aspects.…