Over/Under: Washington Wizards 2023-24

WASHINGTON WIZARDS: 24.5 WINS – UNDER Key Additions Tyus Jones (trade) Bilal Coulibaly (draft) Jordan Poole (trade) Landry Shamet…

WASHINGTON WIZARDS: 24.5 WINS – UNDER

Key Additions

Tyus Jones (trade)Bilal Coulibaly (draft)Jordan Poole (trade)Landry Shamet (trade)

Key Subtractions

Bradley BealKristaps PorzingisMonte Morris

Rotation

GuardsTyus Jones, Jordan Poole, Delon WrightWingsCorey Kispert, Landry Shamet, Bilal CoulibalyForwardsKyle Kuzma, Deni Avdija, Danilo GallinariBigsDaniel Gafford, Mike Muscala

Random thoughts, opinions, comments, declarations, queries, editorials, etc.

I don’t want to be too hard on them. When you give a guy a no-trade clause, you can’t possibly expect fair value in return. Beal wouldn’t have gotten a Gobert/Durant/Mitchell bag back, but, I mean, Jordan Poole & pick swaps? That’s rough. From the John Wall, Brad Beal, Otto Porter, Marcin Gortat era, what they have to show for it are Poole, Jones, Kuzma, and…. and that’s it. But they picked a direction, finally. They’re going to let their youngins “explore the studio space” a little, build up their trade value, and hopefully move them down the line for future assets. Almost every team in the NBA would love to have a guy like Kuz, so I wouldn’t be surprised if he fetches a price worth more than what they got for Beal.

Last Year – Interesting Stats:

35-47, 12th in the EastDanilo Gallinari is on this team?

Keys to Success:

N/A – the tank is in. The last thing they want is team success of any kind.

Potential Obstacles:

lack of talent, possible the worst defense in the league, no legitimate starting center

Hot takes:

Kuzma, Avdija, Kispert, & Tyus Jones will all average career highs in ppgJordan Poole will average more than all of them & approach 30ppgCoulibaly will make All Rookie 1st TeamThey’ll have the worst record in the league

STANDINGS PREDICTION: 15TH IN THE EAST