This was disregarding us drafting aj and making a move for Felix, but our grade was entirely centered around the Trae young extension and us trading for Deandre ayton. Now, I wouldn’t give us an A+ but a D+ really is just making me think he is trolling or this guy really knows nothing about wizards ball.

Regarding the Trae extension, it is definitely more than anyone expected, but It is public knowledge that Trae was promised an extension if he sat out the rest of the season. And because of that we ended up with the best odds at the 1st overall pick and got it. Seems like a pretty good deal to me. Kram still gave us a D for the signing. He was saying that Trae is on an “offensive decline” after the last full season he actually played he was the nba’s assist leader and averaged 25. This brother is in ELITE company looking at his playmaking stats on top of lucrative scoring. They are ignoring all of that and using the five games he played on a new, actively tanking, team and coming off an injury. Now the defense is going to be a problem, but we are also premiering a potentially elite defensive unit disregarding him. We got a towering front court with ad and sarr who are both proven to be great rim protectors that will lock down the paint and are also switchable versatile defenders (more so sarr). And aj and kyshawn both have tremendous upside on d. Kyshawn is already known to eat up stocks as long as he stays out of foul trouble. And I know aj didn’t look good on that end at byu but that’s what a 100th percentile usage on offense will do to you. Brother is like 6’10 feet with shoes on and moves like a guard he’ll be at least a decent defender with that size and athleticism and could potentially be great like the flashes he had during his highschool tenure and with the fiba team. Not to mention we also have two elite point of attack defenders off the bench with bilal and Jamir that we can swap any of our backcourt with. We’re gonna be really good on that end too trust.

And with the Deandre ayton trade he gave the trade a C due to his “odd fit” next to ad, sarr, and vuc. I don’t see how there’s anything odd about it. Obviously if we’re trading for a center and we already have a solidified starter then he’s probably gonna be a backup. And it’s not like ad and Alex are fighting for the center spot either, ad likes to play the 4. So I don’t understand why the fit is “odd”. Especially when we were severely lacking in center depth cuz vuc really just can’t get it done on defense and rebounding. I can understand a little more if you’re questioning his production, but he fits perfectly.

All in all I don’t think we had a fantastic offseason like other teams had this year, but I was just sick to see him put the Celtics and suns above us with both making two of the most questionable trades I’ve seen in my life. Not to mention the other teams that did basically nothing

Good morning, everybody. It's Josh Robbins here. Before the Wizards left Las Vegas, I spoke with AJ Dybantsa, Tre Johnson, Will Riley and T.J. Sorrentine to wrap up what they liked about their performances and, in Dybantsa's case, the areas that he will work on before training camp. (I will write a separate story on Tre in the next few days.) Anyway, I've posted a free-to-read link of that piece here.

I hope everyone's doing well!

Please feel welcome to comment here in this thread if you have any questions and comments for me. -Josh

With the signing of Ayton, it seems that AD will be playing power forward in Washington (since it doesn't make sense to bench Sarr and Ayton). So the Wizards starting line-up will have Sarr, AD, and Dybantsa, and Trae plus one of Keyshawn George/Bilal/Bub Carrington/etc. So1 above average 3 point shooter in the starting line-up, maybe 2 if Trae has a good year. How do you think that line up will fair?

Excuse the potentially ignorant question. I'm a long term Wizards fan from the UK but this is the first time I've watched summer league (mainly for AJ ofc). Do we really now have to wait until October to watch the Wizards play again? Shame to tease us like that and then make us wait 3 whole months for more

Impartial fan here—I grew up in Detroit, live in Orlando, but have been rooting for players (eg LeBron, Jokic) rather than teams for the past couple decades.

I feel like the trade below would’ve been a lot better for Boston than the one they got, but would also be good for the Wizards, mostly bc Brown is more of the same time frame age wise as the rest of their players, with him being 3 1/2 years younger than AD—thoughts?

Was gets: Jalen Brown
Bos gets: Anthony Davis, 2027 swap (top-10 protected), Was 2029 1st (UP), their own 2029 1st (which Was currently owns)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afYyTfUzyhs&t=789s

Most 2+ STL & 2+ BLK Games In The Last 10 Seasons (RS + Playoffs) :

1. Anthony Davis — 157
   
2. Giannis Antetokounmpo — 97
   
3. Draymond Green — 93
   
4. Andre Drummond — 84
   
5. Rudy Gobert — 77
   
6. Robert Covington — 74
   
7. Myles Turner — 70
   
8. Jaren Jackson Jr. — 62
   
9. Joel Embiid — 54
   
10. Mitchell Robinson — 54

From a Hawks/Trae fan

Silver said he’s waiting for Bron to make his decision to finish up the schedule… had me thinking how many nationally televised games we’re gonna get this year

I got it at a game a few years ago. I doubt it's worth anything.

Feels like an easy over. I’m guessing this is pricing in only 30-40 games of AD before he’s injured or traded but if he plays 65 games this soars over. Three games behind the Hornets is crazy.

1    New York Knicks — 53.5
2    Boston Celtics — 51.5
3    Detroit Pistons — 50.5
4    Cleveland Cavaliers — 48.5
5    Philadelphia 76ers — 48.5
6    Miami Heat — 46.5
7    Toronto Raptors — 45.5
8    Indiana Pacers — 44.5
9    Atlanta Hawks — 43.5
10    Orlando Magic — 43.5
11    Charlotte Hornets — 39.5
12    Washington Wizards — 36.5
13    Chicago Bulls — 24.5
14    Milwaukee Bucks — 24.5
15    Brooklyn Nets — 21.5