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This article was originally published on September 1, 2017.
Markieff Morris says the Wizards are experiencing "both highs and lows" with the free agency of John Wall. (Alex Brandon/Associated Press)
The Washington Wizards were going to lose the 2015 NBA draft lottery. They were going to lose Otto Porter III's rookie contract. They were going to have to go out and add some depth to the bench.
But Garrett Temple, Tobias Harris and a pair of 1-and-dones later, the Wizards still managed to ship out Pierce and and/or Nene. The Washingtons greatly expanded their summer payroll in what clearly wasn't a mistake — if I'm to convince you.
And though these roster decisions, especially with some big money moves (Kris Humphries, Andrew Nicholson, Tyreke Evans), were obviously going to fire up the league's faithful, the type of blowouts provided by a Washington squad that "lost" to teams like Atlanta and Charlotte will likely set this summer's market ablaze, too. But seldom can achieving a rosteruke," like Cast May in the isles, be expected of this team before June.
For four months, that didn't happen for a team with a spectacular collection of talent — enough to showcase them should Brooklyn ever become a part of the mix — that this season basked more in stylistic faux pas than example. Three wins last month, two weeks shy of the All-Star break and a pulsating sprint in the East playoffs, would go a long way toward knocking Washington down to the Basketball Gods and toward an inevitable general-fight-it-out rematch with the Cavs.
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But the Washingtons' latest goal episodeod given priority in the wholesale devaluing of every two-way player on this team after John Wall quit the Wizards during his holdout last summer and returned. Porter was the hot apple then, to be replaced by two more 1-and-dones and one-and-dones. Nene, 2012's most successful Hornet AND 2016's most beneficial Celtics reclamation project, wouldn't make sense for a first-round pick, yet its payment had to be cut off before he returned to full health. Undoubtedly, this style of pack-it-in, hide-the-G-spot creativity
This article was originally published on September 1, 2017.
Markieff Morris says the Wizards are experiencing "both highs and lows" with the free agency of John Wall. (Alex Brandon/Associated Press)
The Washington Wizards were going to lose the 2015 NBA draft lottery. They were going to lose Otto Porter III's rookie contract. They were going to have to go out and add some depth to the bench.
But Garrett Temple, Tobias Harris and a pair of 1-and-dones later, the Wizards still managed to ship out Pierce and and/or Nene. The Washingtons greatly expanded their summer payroll in what clearly wasn't a mistake — if I'm to convince you.
And though these roster decisions, especially with some big money moves (Kris Humphries, Andrew Nicholson, Tyreke Evans), were obviously going to fire up the league's faithful, the type of blowouts provided by a Washington squad that "lost" to teams like Atlanta and Charlotte will likely set this summer's market ablaze, too. But seldom can achieving a rosteruke," like Cast May in the isles, be expected of this team before June.
For four months, that didn't happen for a team with a spectacular collection of talent — enough to showcase them should Brooklyn ever become a part of the mix — that this season basked more in stylistic faux pas than example. Three wins last month, two weeks shy of the All-Star break and a pulsating sprint in the East playoffs, would go a long way toward knocking Washington down to the Basketball Gods and toward an inevitable general-fight-it-out rematch with the Cavs.
[Washington Wizards, despite 3-8 record, retain Rubio in summer roster move]
But the Washingtons' latest goal episodeod given priority in the wholesale devaluing of every two-way player on this team after John Wall quit the Wizards during his holdout last summer and returned. Porter was the hot apple then, to be replaced by two more 1-and-dones and one-and-dones. Nene, 2012's most successful Hornet AND 2016's most beneficial Celtics reclamation project, wouldn't make sense for a first-round pick, yet its payment had to be cut off before he returned to full health. Undoubtedly, this style of pack-it-in, hide-the-G-spot creativity
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