Tre Johnson’s Expectations are HIGH for the Washington Wizards | Why the Wizards got a STEAL

Tre Johnson’s Expectations are HIGH for the Washington Wizards | Why the Wizards got a STEAL

Trey Johnson enters the Washington Wizards as one of the more highly touted offensive prospects in maybe the most recent decade. What kind of expectations should he have going into his rookie year? We’re here to tell you on Locked on Wizards, they’re pretty high. You are Locked On Wizards, your daily Washington Wizards podcast, part of the Locked On podcast network. Your team every day. DC family, you’re locked on to the Washington Wizards. We thank you for making Lockdown Wizards your first listen every single day. They’re part of the locked on podcast network where it’s your team every day alongside DC sports content creating credentials media member for the Washington Wizards. That’s Abdullah. Check them out on Instagram, host of the DMB Sports Gnome page. I’m Ben Strober and I cover all things DC sports for 1067 the fan and the team 980. You can check me out on my socialsports. Today we’re honored to be joined by a longtime listener of the program now a multi-time guest as well here on Lockdown Wizards, John Hipkins. He is decked out in all of the Wizard swag right now. John, what’s going on, my friend? Thanks for joining us once again. I appreciate it. Thank you so much. All right, let’s get right into it. We got a lot to get to. Today’s episode is brought to you by FanDuel. Football season is around the corner. Visit the FanDuel app today and start planning your future bets now. So Trey Johnson, sixth overall pick in the draft, coming off an excellent summer league where he averaged around 20 points per game for the Wizards in the two games that we got to see him play in. One of the things that stuck out to me was how good he was with the basketball in his hands, how good he was at scoring at all three levels. And I think going into his rookie year, I know the expectations aren’t necessarily high for this Wizards team in terms of winning basketball games, but development is the largest thing that Wizards uh nation is looking for here, what the staff is looking for in terms of how the organization progresses here. And I’d say the expectation should be pretty high for Trey Johnson here in year number one. AB, what you got here? Yeah, I was, you already know, Ben, I was already high on Trey. I think between him and Ace Billy, that was a talk. But looking back in a couple years, we could say that maybe Ace Bailey falling a five, Trey Johnson falling our lap at six was a blessing. The guy to me was a top three talent in the draft. What he did in Texas as a rookie in the hardest conference in sports SEC, it’s just impressive all around, can shoot it, can pass it, is a guy who’s just going to learn from his mistakes. We talked about the fact that Will Dawkins told him that you need to get better defensively, and instead of being a crybaby like some of these young stars are, and thinking that, yo, who who is he telling me? He said, “Hey, I’m gonna do what I I’m gonna learn and learn from him.” At being at 6’5, the defensive uh concerns, I think he’s gonna be just fine. There’s only so much he could do as a young guy offensively at Texas. So, his defensive tenacity is going to be up from here. And I’m hoping that from a lot of young guys because we’ve been bottom five in a lot of defensive categories for so long here in Washington post the post John Wall era. And I’m hoping he definitely finishes in top three finalist and rookie of the year. I have high hopes for him. I know Alex Sar somehow wasn’t even a top three finalist, which is insane to me. But I think the opportunities that he’s going to get compared to Cooper Flag and VJ Edgecom and Ace Bailey, I think the sky’s is the limit for Trey Johnson. I really think we have a guy that can finally make his create his own shot. That’s the guy that we need to look for, especially since you dealt Jordan P to New Orleans. I’m excited. Trey Johnson, it’s going to be something to watch here in DC. John, what you think expectationwise for Trey Johnson here? Oh, rookie of the year. He’s going to be rookie of the year. Let me tell you something. I’ve been a fan of the Washington Wizards since they was the Bullets. Right back in 1994, I started watching the game of basketball consistently. And I’m going to admit to you guys, we have never had a draft pick, a high draft pick, been this hype since probably John Wall. Even as great as Bradley Bill was when he came out of college, I don’t think he was this hype. He was a scorer, but he wasn’t as polished of a scorer like Trey Johnson was. He wasn’t a scorer at all three levels like Trey Johnson is, right? It took Bradley Bill a while to get to that to to get to that place because Bradley Bill, he was he was known as a three-point shooter. He wasn’t known as a driver, right? And he didn’t really have to do that because he had John Wall. But I think when you look at when you look at the situations that hit that that he’s in compared to the first five draft picks ahead of him. Oh, he’s going to be rookie of the year. Cuz look, let me let me tell you this. Cooper Flag number one pick. What team is he’s with? He’s with a number one contender. If you look at the pecking order, it’s Anthony Davis, right? Klay Thompson. You got Daniel Gaffrey. You got PJ Washington. You look over at San Antonio, you got De’arian Fox, you got Victor Wayyama, you have uh uh Stefon Castle, right? The pecking order, right? So, so Dylan Harper, he could be good, but I don’t think he’s going to be rookie of the year. Then you got VJ Echcom, who Philly picked. and VJ Epsome as good as he is. I don’t think they picked him to be a scorer because they got Maxi Ty uh uh uh uh Joel Embiid, they got Paul George, right? If Paul George could stay healthy hopefully because big gift there, John. Yeah. Right, right, right. So, and then you look at Kanipple, you got LaMelo Ball and who’s ball dominated. Who’s who’s ball dominant and you got Miles Bridges, you got Brandon Miller, right? Then you got K. Uh, no. Then you have uh who? Ace Bailey. Ace Bailey. I don’t know. He didn’t want to go to Utah. So, does he does he play his best? I don’t know. And then you got Look, they got Lori Marketing who’s a all who’s a former all-star. Let’s not forget. You got Walker Kesler who’s developing into a great big man. Then you got Keante George. You got uh you got uh what’s his name? Isaiah. Kyle Flipkowski. Yeah, Kyle Flipk. Yeah, him. however you say his name. And then you got Trey Johnson. Now Trey Johnson might start the season on the bench because of because of uh CJ CJ McCullum, but that doesn’t matter because Trey Johnson’s skill set is through this roof. And just like you said, you got to look at what he did in the SEC, the toughest conference. He averaged almost 20 points a game and his three-point percentage is about 40%. He gonna hit the ground running. I got him winning rookie of the year and he’s going to be at the end of his career the best ever shooting guard that the Wizards have ever had. Mark my words. There we go. Big big big time prediction. Big shoes to fill uh to overtake, you know, the spots from some of the guys in the past. Bradley Beal will stick out. But I agree with the point that you made that we haven’t really seen a guy with offensive upside like this in quite some time. really probably since they drafted uh Bradley Beal many many years ago at this point. I can’t really think off the top of my head. I was just going through who the Wizards have taken over the past couple years and I don’t think anybody has been this polished offensively. One thing that sticks out to me is how high his usage rate was at the University of Texas. He practically put that team on his back in the toughest conference as we’ve mentioned a bunch of times already in this episode. 29.3% usage rate at te at Texas. That was 77 percentile nationally. And he still shot really efficiency, that 40% clip from beyond the arc and 51% from the field overall. So despite the high usage, he was a guy that you could get a ton of impact from. He was clutch. He was a guy that you could give the basketball late in the game when the team desperately needed a bucket. And I expect a similar outlook for him here in Washington. And John, as you put it, great point that he maybe starts this season on the bench. We’ll have to see what happens because of CJ McCullum in front of him likely on the depth chart. But that’s a good guy that he can really learn a lot sitting behind and as the season goes on maybe we see McCullum and Middleton some of those other veterans go adios to contending teams and then the Trey Johnson show can really begin here and with that high usage rate uh being something that we’ve been factored in Hunt um for the Washington Wizards. I feel like that will play a huge benefit to him because he’s a guy that’s going to score and score very often because of how often uh he can have the basketball in his hands and attempt to score at all three levels. That’s what he’s shown he can do really well. Going back to his usage, guys, the fact that Cooper Flack played with Kamalash, Coniple, Dylan Harper and ace ace had Dylan Harper at Texas, it was basically Trey Johnson defense co defensive coach was saying, “Yo, go after him. Game plan for him. Send the double.” So now he’s on a team where you have Bub Carrington year two, Keshan year two, Alex Sar, there’s just so many young guys on this team and I can’t wait for him to find his spot. My question is Ben, I go back to you. When it comes to balancing his minutes early on, I I know McCullum’s going to get that starting spot, but when does coach Keef say, “Hey, I got to put Trey Johnson in the starting lineup, but in some cases, maybe you want to maybe what Dawkins wants to do is flip CJ McCome at the trade deadline.” So, a lot of questions going into his rookie season when it comes to his minutes, but I expect early on, at least before the season, to him play a significant amount and maybe even start over CJ, but we’ll just have to see. Yeah, I agree. And I I think maybe you see the rotations kind of shift around a little bit. And I wouldn’t say you don’t see any I mean, I I don’t think we’d be surprised to see opportunities where you have McCullum and Johnson on the floor at the same time. And I know Bub Carrington as we see it right now, he gets the opportunity to maybe get the keys to be the point guard for the Wizards at least for this upcoming season. But perhaps that leaves the opportunity uh for Trey Johnson to get some point guard minutes or vice versa with McCullum. You could have those guys flop around on the court and see them get some minutes together. I think there’s a lot of flexibility we can see rotation wise. John, how do you see it playing out? Yeah, I mean I I think he’s going to get major minutes. You know, even if he starts even if he starts coming off the bench, that’s not a bad thing because the second unit could be his unit. He could be he could start off being like Jordan Clarkson is, right? Jordan Clarkson, he’s a great He could be our Jordan Clarkson. He could be our Jamal Crawford starting off his career. He could be our Lou Williams starting off his career, which is not a bad thing. And then as a trade line comes, I predict they’re gonna get rid of CJ McCullum, which is good. Get rid of Chris Middleton. Great, excellent uh veterans who deserve to be on the contending team. But that’s what I predict. And he’s going to get major minutes because what I see in Trey Johnson is this. Out of all the Wizards players, I think he’s the best scorer. All right? I think he’s the best pure scorer from outside. He could create his own shots, right? You have Balo Koulabali who’s a great who’s a great player, but he’s not the scorer of that Trey Johnson is. Uh Bud Carrington, he’s a dog. I love him and and I’m excited to see him grow a little more, but he’s not the scoreer that Trey Johnson is. Uh who else we got? We got uh Keshan George. He’s growing into that score, but he right now he’s not the scorer that Trey Johnson is. So, I predict that he’s going to get a lot of minutes. Probably starting off as a second unit. The second unit is his unit. That’s what I’m predicting. Big things upcoming for Trey Johnson and his rookie season. How does he compare to previous first round picks for the Washington Wizards? We think he’s already more polished and shows a lot more upside than plenty of guys in the most recent decade. We’ll tell you exactly why next here on Locked on Wizards. August 26 is officially FanDuel Futures Day, a brand new holiday for football fans who live for bold predictions and preseason hunches. For just 24 hours, FanDuel is giving you deals on NFL season predictions. So whether you’re calling your MVP, eyeing a long shot division winner, or ready to crown your Super Bowl champ before week one even kicks off, this is your moment. Get those JD5 MVP votes in there right now. Get your futures in. JD5 coming for the bowl this year. Take a flyer in the MVP race. I got JD5. As I just said, crown your champion in August. Come on, man. I got to go with my commanders to win the Super Bowl this year. Let’s do it. We’re finally bringing Lombardi back. Or parlay your division winner dark horses. Hey, Washington’s an underdog to win the division this year behind Philadelphia. Good value right there. Visit the FanDuel app today and start planning your future bets now because Futures Day is one day and one day only. FanDuel, play your game. Gotta love the Commanders propaganda, Ben. Keep it. I love Hey, hey, we got to, man. Uh, always always support the local teams and Abdul, I know as much as you and I and John as well love our Washington Wizards, it’s football season, man. I’m I’m so excited about that. You know what is even better about it being football season, it means that that we’re that much closer uh to Wizard basketball being back as well because by the time we get to around week seven, week eight of the NFL season, we’re going to be right there at the start of the NBA season. So, I I have that to uh help pass the time right now while we await on Wizards basketball and seeing the debut of our guy Trey Johnson. Why is he more polished than a lot of the guys that have been taken by this Wizards organization in the past? We’ll tell you exactly why. So, just looking at from a scoring perspective, uh you can make the argument for guys with with a great scoring upside uh like Alex Sar, the number two overall pick a year ago. However, completely different positions with Trey Johnson uh playing at the guard position. Some of the other guards have gone the past. Johnny Johnny Davis, who was a complete bust for the Wizards organization. Cory Kispert, who plays off the wing, but you could kind of categorize him as a guy that maybe does have guard like skills because of his ability to shoot the basketball. You know, decent player for the Wizards. Not a bad player whatsoever, but his time probably running short here in Washington. And then you go back to some of the other picks. Denny Abdia, a guy who ultimately didn’t work out here long term. Also still a pretty decent player, just didn’t really fit in the timeline of what this organization was trying to do. But going all the way back, I don’t think Washington’s taken a higher upside offensive player since Bradley Beal, and that was back in 2012. Really, nobody sticks out as being a guy when they drafted him saying, “This is going to be our score, our leading scoreer of the future.” And that’s just how I look at it right now for Trey Johnson. the proof was in the pudding of everything he did last year at Texas and even in the summer league. I know you could say the competition isn’t quite the same because they’re not playing the premier defenses that you will uh in the NBA regular season, but something about his game just looks so silky smooth to me. Yeah. And um I just think like you mentioned since 201 Bradley Beal I think Trey Johnson is just going to be special and there’s only so much you could say about him. We’re going to keep talking about how amazing he going to be on the NBA court. And I can’t wait to see a back court of him and Bub Carrington for the future. The last time we had a back court like that, John Wall, Bradley Beal, the excitement that they brought here in DC. That’s what we need. So many fans are out there starving for a guy to watch a star. I think there is a star on this roster. Could it be Trey Johnson, Alex Sard, Keshan George, Bob Carrington? Tre Johnson’s gonna make a name for himself and I’m just excited. John, you can talk about it. Do you have any reason to think that Trey Johnson I mean you already talked about how he’s going to be the best shooting guard ever play in Washington but just if you could expand on it like give your reasons to a lot of Wizards fans out there that are probably like scratching their head saying this guy hasn’t even played a game yet. What you talking about? Well it’s what I’ve seen. Okay so I’ve been watching Trey Johnson since high school. Okay I follow back I’m a avid I’m a I’m a basketball fanatic. So, I watched from high school to college to the NBA, right? And from what I’ve seen from him, think about this. I I love Bradley Bill. I think what he did was great, but I got tired of drafting players that were 63, 640, the shooting guards, because defensively it doesn’t help. Right now, you talk about Trey Johnson, 65, 66. He’s probably not even done growing. So if he’s 6’5, he’s going to be 66. If he’s 66, he’s going to be 67. But as a player, he could score. He could score from all three levels, right? He can’t He doesn’t just shoot the three. He could drive on you. I saw I watched the summer league and his his handles he has handles on the low, right? I seen him how he bounced the ball off of uh Kaman Malawatch, right? um just him dribbling and the just the handles are already there. He’s a pol he’s already polished and what he’s going to have to do as he gets further into his career, he’s going to have to learn the pace of the game, right? When he learns the pace of the game and he learns, you know, he learns angles and everything because he’s going to have to learn that he’s going to be phenomenal. I think he’s going to be after after John Wall because I think John Wall is the best draft pick that we’ve ever had. Okay. I think after John Wall, he might be the next one. If not, he might be better because John Wall, let’s remember John Wall, he was a driver. He never really developed a jump shot. So, I’m predicting that Trey Johnson, when it’s all said and done, he will be the best draft pick, best first round draft pick that the Wizards have ever had. That’s my prediction. I mean, I hope we could get something like that because think about the way John was able to transcend this city into being a basketball town because I think it’s always been a basketball town at heart. I think you could speak to it, John, because you grew up in the area that Washington DC, the heart and soul of the city comes from basketball. It’s just a game that dominates the culture around here. And we’ve just been unfortunate uh to be in the situation with our local basketball team now for so many years. But when John Wall came around, he was able to really shift the way people viewed professional basketball around here. I know for me, I mean, I was much younger at the time. I was in elementary school uh when John Walls started uh taking over the sport and that got me into basketball. And I hope that Trey Johnson can be a player that’s similar in how he’s able to get people back into basketball around here because I know so many people that are young now that don’t really know much about the Washington Wizards. They don’t follow the Wizards because they’ve been that bad now for the past couple seasons. There hasn’t been a star player uh to captivate their attention. Trey Johnson might be that kind of player and the work ethic that he has shown the ability to really make basketball his life much like how Jaden Daniels has done with the Washington Commanders organization because I remember the first thing that stuck out to me when the commanders drafted Jane Daniels was I heard all the reports that he show up to the facility at 3 in the morning at LSU and watch film non-stop was always lifting was always finding ways to get better. And then when we talked to his high school coach Chad Meyers from the Link Academy we heard all of the really the same things. He’s a guy that lives and breathes basketball and I think that means a lot uh to from separating yourself from being a good player or a great player. Which one do you want to be? Trey Johnson clearly wants to be a great player. He’s not going to hold any talent hostage. And that’s why I think he can be a guy that really gets Washington DC back to where it is as a basketball city. Do you guys agree? Uh I I think so. A guy like him who John basically has a city on his shoulders. Bradley Bill was averaging 30 points per game. That was awesome. But getting a guy like Trey Johnson offensively polished. You mentioned the first round picks. Ben, I mean, I love Bal. He was very raw. Some excitement to him. Ruie was cool in the Japanese background. I mean, Johnny Davis was Johnny Davis. Cory Kiss was a shooter from Gonzaga. But Trey Johnson, his resume, there’s no other guys that you can even compare him first round picks compared him previously in Washington. And this is going to be exciting. Trey Johnson jerseys are probably getting sold out right now as we speak. So many young Wizards fans just haven’t had this much excitement for a young guy. And I’m all in for it, John. I know you are, too. So, this is gonna be this is going to be great. Oh, yeah. He gonna put that city on his back. I think he knows I think he understands the assignment. I think he understand the assignment. And just like you said, he eats, he lives, he breathes basketball. And I think he’s in the lab right now working on what whatever he needs to work on to get better to to prove that that he he should have been picked higher because out of it I’m so happy that we picked him when we when our names when we when it was our turn to draft and he didn’t get drafted yet. I said, “Oh, please let us get him. Please don’t let us get Jeremiah Fear. Please, please let us get No, you weren’t the only one thinking that. You and you and AB be best friends. Look, look, look, look. When When Kanipple, everything changed when Kanibipple got picked fourth. That’s how I knew. I said we were either gonna get Ace Bailey or we were we were either gonna get Trey Johnson. I wanted Trey Johnson because I thought he was a better pure scorer than Ace Bailey. Right, man. Like, hey, Trey Johnson is every he’s gonna be everything. He’s gonna be everything that that people talk about and he’s going to put this city on his back. He understands the assignment. He’s going to be great. He’s gonna be an allstar multiple time. I’m predicting it. I believe it right now. I mean, you’re you’re giving your predictions right now, which which segus us perfectly for the final segment of Lockdown Wizards. We’ve kind of already got some of your predictions, so maybe we’ll we’ll uh freelance it a little bit in the final segment. But what do we predict for Trey Johnson his rookie year that’s next on Lockdown Wizards. So, I know for our guy John Hipkins, a longtime listener of the program and now a multi-time guest, he’s already made some pretty pretty bold proclamations that we got Trey Johnson, rookie of the year, coming on lock and maybe he becomes the best draft pick in Wizards history. John’s got a lot of faith. I got a lot of faith as well. And, you know, just to put it from a stat perspective, Bradley Bill and his rookie year averaged around 14 points per game. I think if uh Trey Johnson is able to get the kind of minutes Bradley Beal did in his rookie season, I know behind maybe McCullum at the start, I think that’s a pretty standard bar that I could see him at just because of his ability to shoot the basketball from the outside. And you think about who he has around him. We’re not really sure how much offensive talent this team really will possess in the next year because a lot of guys will still be be developing. I know maybe Cam Whitmore already one of the more polished offensive players currently on the team, but we don’t know what his role will look like quite yet. I think Trey Johnson averages 15 and a half points per game uh in his rookie season. I think he shoots at around 46% from the field and around 35% uh from three-point line. I think you add in around a steal per game and three and a half assists. Uh I think that’s the stat line I’d be looking for from Trey Johnson. I think that certainly put him in the running for potentially being a top three finalist for the rookie of the year award. Should definitely be a a first team uh first all rookie team type player. What do you think Ben’s season high uh this season? I think we’ll we’ll see a performance where he gets around 27 to 30 points. I think there is there’s I’m thinking 35. Ben, I I think he can especially that late games of the season where probably he’s going to get a lot of the usage. I know Bob Carrington had 34 against Orlando match towards the end of the season. There could be a game where he’s like shooting that thing from three. We We need that actually late in the season. Maybe, you know, we’ll be long long out of it at some point. Probably post trade deadline when everyone keeping that top eight pick. Yeah, keeping the top eight pick. But we’d love to see a Trey Johnson 35 plus point performance. And I think he’s a guy that if you go out there and give him enough shot opportunities, he’ll certainly get there. It’s just there’s a lot of love that’s going to have to go around minutes wise with this team. Uh and just getting shots. There’s a lot of guys that are going to need opportunities offensively. And John, what do you predict statlinewise for Trey Johnson this year? Okay, stat line, 15 to 20 points a game. 15 to 20 points a game because this man could do it all. He could shoot from the three. He could go, he could score from inside. He’s going to draw a lot of fouls, right? Because I believe from seeing what he did in the summer league, he’s very aggressive, right? So, I think he’s going to average somewhere in between 15 to 20 points a game. Like I said, I got him as the rookie of the year. And his high, I’ll go 35 to 40. I go 35 to 40 because just like you said, later on in the season when probably the veterans like Chris Middleton and CJ McCullum are gone because of via trade and and he’s playing more minutes. We know he’s he’s probably going to be starting because of the score that he is that the others might not be just yet. His usage rate is going to be just just as high and and I predict there’s going to be a game he could drop seven to 10 three-pointers and he’ll get to that 40 point mark. That that’s my prediction. Now, I know if he’s listening, hope he hopefully he is. Hopefully, I’m not putting too much on him, but just understand I’ve seen a lot of him through college. I’ve seen what I needed to see in summer league. So, I’m I’m very I’m very hopeful. I’m very optimistic. I’m I’m looking at what he’s done and I’m projecting. I’m looking at and I’m like, “Oh, this guy, he’s an animal and he has a chance, man.” You know, you know who he reminds me of? He reminds me of uh Ray Allen with that jumper. How Ray Allen is or maybe a taller a taller Steph Curry. He’s gonna Well, he’s g when his career is over. I I’m I’mma make another prediction. He’s going to be in the He’s going to be a top five three-point shooter of all times. Man, we got we got bold statement after bold statement. I I John I mean the hype is real. He’s as advertised. I think his game reminds me of a mix of Cam Thomas and Bradley Beal where they he can score the ball at will is just amazing. I want him to be the guy that takes that last second shot of every game this this upcoming season. And I think I agree with Ben. The shooting splits wise I think points per game I gave him 17 to 18. There’s going to be games where I can I would imagine him scoring 30 to 35 points. And I think he has he’s a lock for top three finalist for rookie of the year. if not rookie of the year, which I think he’s gonna win. I think he’s a top three lock. And I think a guy like him is only gonna get better every year. And the additions of Cam Whitmore and year two of these young guys, the big three with Star, George, and Carrington, sky’s the limit for Trey Johnson. I can’t wait. If these if these predictions from John uh that we have tonight end up coming true, they will build a statue of him outside Capital One Arena for seeing the vision for what Trey Johnson can become. lofty expectations for the rookie, but I think for good reason. I think he has shown us plenty throughout the draft process, throughout the summer league, throughout college, and even before then, why this kid, who is only 19 years old, can be someone that changes the complexion of this entire franchise. The trajectory is only going up from here, and Trey Johnson is a big reason why for this Wizards team. Guys, final thoughts on this? Yeah. Um, like we’ve been saying all show, Trey Johnson is the real deal. I will say I want to see what like starting from the gate, what his biggest weakness is, whether it’s defense as something he’s definitely going to work on. I just want to see him go out there and when he plays up against guys like Ace Bailey, Cooper F, VJ Edcom, I just want him to go up there and prove those other teams saying, “I I was picking I was picked too low.” And I mean, that’s in favor for us Wizards fans, but he’s probably telling the whole league, I was a top three talent. Heck, I’m better than Ace Bailey. I’m better than all these guys. Whatever they picked before me and he’s going to be on full display. And seeing what he did in the summer league that was I think it was the Brooklyn Nets game where last second shot he drew a foul. Crunchtime scenarios is what I want to see him most. I’d love to see him shoot the three-point shot, but what does he do when the ball is in his hands that last shot? You need to find a guy that can replace JP 13 and can even be better than JP 13. I think so. And we’ll see come his rookie year. Man, this guy’s going to be everything. I’m I’m predicting, like I said, rookie of the year. I’m predicting great things from him in and in his career. Man, he got me so excited that look, he got me so excited. I went out and got these. Whoa. How excited he got me? He has me. All right, man. This man, hey, I’m predicting allar in his career. This man’s gonna be everything. We haven’t had a draft pick. We haven’t been excited about a draft pick like this since John Wall. All right. Even though Ruy Ruy was good, but we we weren’t as excited. Uh Danny, he was all right, but we wasn’t excited, right? Uh uh we know what Brown and John Johnny Davis was, right? But Bradley Bill, he was cool, but I don’t think we was as hype. We was like, “All right, you know, he’s a three-point shooter. We’ll see what happens.” and and later on he developed into a three-point all-star. But when it comes to Trey Johnson, this man is a dog. He he he’s I predict him being the leading scoreer. If not, may cuz I don’t know. You know what? He’s going to be the leading scoreer of the team because I I don’t see anybody else or he might be second because CJ McCullum, he’s a scorer, right? But out of everybody else, I don’t know. I’m I’m thinking he’s going to be, if not the second leading scoreer, the leading scoreer because nobody else on the team could score like him. Absolutely. John, love the energy. It was a pleasure to have you back on the show. Hope you enjoyed coming out and uh appreciate it. Keep keep supporting the way you’ve been and keep supporting the Wizards because we need a lot more passionate Wizards fans like you out there. Oh, we winning the championship in like three to five years. Let’s go. That’s right. Love it. That’s what we need right here. But we thank everyone for making Lockdown Wizards your first listen today. For your second, check out the Locked On NBA podcast. Doug, Matt, and Hayes keep you up to date on everything NBA offseasonwise, contract negotiations, trade rumors, everything you need to need to know to be the most informed NBA fan right there. Check it out on Locked on NBA on YouTube or wherever you get your podcast. Hit the subscribe button, like and comment down below. Let us know your thoughts from today’s video. What are your expectations for Trey Johnson? Wizards Nation, that’s John Hipkins. Abdullah Yubi, I’m Ben Strober. We’re out.

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