We are guaranteed a top 6 first round pick.

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I'll be honest with you, I wouldn't mind having JJ Redick as our next Head Coach. I think we have the right infrastructure in place to take a flyer on an obsoletely left field candidate who has a chance at being a really good HC. We have the coaching assistants in place to help him with developing players. He seems like a guy who would be great with the X's and O's (A coach good at X's and O's isn't really something we've had in a while). He is also relatively fresh out the NBA and has a good understanding of how to communicate with the next generation of players. Granted he has never been an assistant and the most coaching experience he has is being a veteran leader in a young locker room and coaching his sons youth team. So that is somewhat concerning but again I feel like with the assistants we have and the FO that we have we can really support him while he develops as a coach and if he fails you have somewhat of a safety net to move off of a coach that fails.

Not only that but also he makes us relevant and something worth talking about. Which is nice because we are 2-4 years away from competing for anything. It would be an interesting experiment to watch and would most likely be a blimp instead of a roadblock. I don't think Redick would be a catastrophic failure and even if he fails we feel well placed to move off from it quickly.

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Would y’all trade Deni for Duren straight up? Most of the pistons community seems to think Duren is better but I’d prefer Deni, personally. Just wondering what y’all think.

WIZARDS FANS, THE MOMENT YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR ALL SEASON IS HERE. AFTER SUFFERING THROUGH A FRANCHISE-WORST 15-67 RECORD, WE FINALLY HAVE A DECENT CHANCE AT THE NUMBER 1 OVERALL PICK AGAIN.

IT IS TIME TO CAST DOWNVOTE SPELLS AND GET THE BAD JUJU OUT.

ONLY COMMENT IF YOU ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO CAST THE SPELL.

For those not caught up on potential draft picks, check out The Ringer's NBA Draft Guide.

John Wall Only Scored More Than 20 PPG Once As A Wizard When He At Least Played Half A Season.

Wished he never got injured so much. I wish my hoodie was a time hoodie. 😭😭😭😭😭

Hey yall, I have been watching film for a lot of prospects in the next class. After watching players it is clear that Sarr would be amazing for us.

https://youtu.be/uo4vnmzE0dQ?si=XSoIUNB0cHJqcdVp

He was one of the original mascots when they switched to the Wizards, along with G-Wiz. But they dropped him after four years or so.

And man, it is nearly impossible to find a picture of him online now.

🫡Sup, while I fully like everything Keefe is doing and would otherwise signoff on making him HC. I would be remis not to go get Frank Vogel right now. Proven player developer and ring getter. Shame he got in the spin cycle of the Team-up and Super-teams. But now let him come in and build our team via drafting and teaching 👍

Tommy Sheppard drafted that man and traded him for Isaiah Todd and Aaron Holiday. Worst GM of all time? Definitely top 3.

Looks like this is gonna be a good series for the landlord. He matches up way better with OKC than he did with the clippers.

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As many of you know, Wall has podcast now. His ball knowledge is on full display.

For those who missed it, I highly recommend the Gortat episode as they fondly reminisce about their Wiz days and clear the air about any supposed beef.

His interview with Arenas went live today. Crazy to think they only played 12 games together.

Arenas is still of the wall! He asserts that during high school, he was overlooked by scouts who assumed he was just a random Mexican kid (last name being Spanish, he has Cuban roots) averaging 30 something points. lol

Enjoy!

He processes really fast, some of his passes like the behind the back one to the wing was eye opening. He'd just pull things out of nowhere and guys like Channing frye and gooden would be surprised by the things he'd show. His shooting.. HE was getting around 15 points consistently really easily without any time to settle. Off shots, off cuts.. This output is around where Vic and Chet were offensively. He'd just score an easy 15 or 17. On team dynamics his shooting helps. He's also long enough to play C. He and PBJr as a 4/5 tandem with them being able to switch, defend the middle and shoot did really well. I looked up the numbers on cleaning the glass as well. Its legit. Spacing and interior defense when together.

I'm thinking of his comps. I guess he said Kaminsky and Porzingis.. but I see also Markannen lite but I'm having a hard time thinking of other comps and not being lazy and thinking of only white guys. But he's hard to comp. Either way, excited about him.

The Wizards have finished their first year under a new Front Office and things have gone a lot better than anticipated from a Culture, Talent, and Asset perspective.

Culture:

Dawkins and Winger had a lot of work to do to change the culture of the Wizards internally and how the organization is perceived by players and agents.

This season they brought in a number of players such as Tyus Jones and Jordan Poole who needed a fresh start and a chance to prove to others what they're capable of.

• For Tyus that was proving that he could be a starting caliber PG in the NBA.
• For Poole, it was to get himself out of Golden State after the practice incident with Draymond and prove he could be a great player without Steph, Dray, Klay, and the Warriors system.

They've also given opportunities to NBA/GLeague players such as Jared Butler, Eugene Omoruye, and brought over our draft and stash prospect Tristan Vukcevic (Who was also in a tough sport with his Euro team).

They were also able to convert guys like Jules Bernard and Julian Champagnie from 10 day contracts to 2-way contracts, allowing them to spend more time with the Wizards and have the experience of being an NBA player.

All of these things, big or small, matter to these guys and help players and agents view the organization in a more positive light. Dawkins himself mentioned in his exit interview with Winger that they're starting to hear good things from agents based on what they accomplished this season.

Talent:

From a talent perspective, we still have a long way to go, but we have a number of players that can still grow into better players.

• Bilal Coulibaly - already a better player than most anticipated, not seeing any gleague time, and often guarding the opponents best offensive players as a rookie
• Tristan Vukcevic - Bigs who can rebound and stretch the floor are valuable even in limited minutes, interested to see what he looks like over a full season next year
• Deni Avdija - A secondary playmaker who can play either forward spot, and is an above average defender. Great shooting improvement this year, hopefully it remains consistent
• Jordan Poole - Had an incredibly tough season, but fought to find ways to contribute, even coming off the bench. I think his best days are ahead of him, and curious what he looks like as a PG full time

With a record of 15-67, Last in our conference and 2nd to last in the league, we have given ourselves the chance at a very high draft pick to continue to add talent our roster going forward.

Another thing to note is that 43 of our games were decided by 10 points or less. I think this roster is a bit more competitive than fans and other teams may give them credit for.

Assets:

In terms of contract/player assets the main two that we have are Tyus Jones and Kyle Kuzma, both of which are coming off some great individual performance years.

Kuzma is known as a guy who will put up shots and get points, but this year he also showed that he can be a distributor to a degree as well, averaging 4 assists per game, while also providing some rebounding at 7 a game.

Tyus was able to show why he could be a starting PG, sporting a 7:1 assist to turnover ratio, along with being a reliable floor spacer shooting 41% from 3 on 4 attempts. Not only that, but he did all this with a 16% usage%. This could indicate that he can play next to other ball dominate players and still maintain similar production next to them. The Wizards gave him a chance to shine, hopefully we work out a sign an trade with him in the off season.

TLDR:

1. We've started to become a place where players can have an opportunity to play and prove themselves. Slowly washing off the stench of mediocrity and becoming an org that can be taken seriously
2. We have some solid talent on the roster with Bilal, Tristan, Deni, and Poole. This team is more competetive than we think.
3. We have some players that hopefully can be traded for picks in Tyus and Kuzma.

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