When will the Washington Wizards be good? | The Athletic NBA Show

When will the Washington Wizards be good? | The Athletic NBA Show

Arou T asks when do you see the Wizards being a playoff Contender I mean this is they they’ve started the rebuild right this is the the beginning of the actual rebuild trading away Bradley Beal they’ve got Jordan p on the books um they are really bad so they’re

Gonna have high draft picks that’s not a concern they’ve got balal kabali inhouse who I I’m very high on um what do you guys think how how long is this rebuild gonna be do we believe in that front office I I I believe in them I mean let

Me just put you this way this new front office made the right pick in Bal kulali like I feel pretty confident and at least in terms of a project that they can try to develop and he’s further along than I think anybody expected um this is gonna be a while it’s gonna be

Painful Wizards fans buckle up man I know it’s been a rough few years already but I think you got to tear this thing down all the way to the studs and I think that’s why the Bradley Beal trade was what it was I think you know that’s

Why you know when you moved CP at uh beyond that it was tough and and and porzingis you know let’s see what happens with the Kyle kosas and the Ty Jones and if they get moved see what happens if they find a home for uh uh Jordan P somewhere in the offseason or

Next season I think it’s uh they have to undo a lot of mistakes from the previous regime and it’s going to look bad a lot of like they’re going to lose trades because they were set up in a position where they can only lose traits and I think that’s an important thing there

Like who was the kid they draft the last regime drafted he could barely play in the Johnny Davis Johnny Davis I mean like he’s struggled a lot like that when you whiff like that so many times it’s gonna take a long while you ever look at the Wizards roster and just compare it

To the other bad teams I mean like the Pistons and I did this with the Pistons and the Bobcats I know I did this but I did this with the Wizards and the Pistons and I’m looking at the Pistons roster I’m like wow I like more of these

Guys I it’s just uh I don’t know the Wizards are this is year one I I think that they’re going to be fine Mike Winger has done a good job everywhere he’s been and obviously like between the Oklahoma City experience and the Clippers experience he knows what

Competent organizations look like so I I think that they’re on their way are you suggesting is taking more active strategic inter intervention to make the Pistons as bad as they are compared to the W god listen uh that was an amazing that was a hilarious trade by the way

Just not even shuffling deck chairs I don’t even know what what colloquialism we would use to describe that trade but no it’s it’s you gotta get you got a clear space to so you’ve you’ve used your financial uh resources so well to acquire players in the past hey they got

Jeremy we talked about it earlier they got Jeremy Grant I mean and they just spent draft picks I mean they still sucked but yeah I mean they were still bad but they sent draft picks to send out the guy they were competing with nobody to sign for an above me contract

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