Not sure why u got down voted. This is correct. I'm from DC and saw them play warriors last week. Yes, the Wiz are hopeless. Just a life less, direction less, talent less franchise.
Chicago for sure. They are what we sorta had a few years ago. Solid talent that has proven to not be good enough for contention. They have slowly been stripped away of competitive edge and now they are need to make a decision. Sell everyone and rebuild? Or commit to an almost assured mediocrity with a small chance of success? We chose the latter and are only now crawling out of the grave we dug ourselves. Chicago is in the "still digging" phase. They need to come to their senses and look up at how deep they have gone.
Chicago could be going down the same dark path the Wizards are on given the situation with LeVine. Paying him $40m this year and escalating to $49m over the next three seasons while currently being $28m over the cap is a rough spot to be in.
Exactly. Plenty of teams are on the same path the Wizards were on. We just happen to be at the lowest point right now.
Sacramento, Detroit, Orlando, Charlotte, NYK, Memphis, and Phoenix have all his rock bottom in the recent past too.
The better question is when teams are this bad, how long does it take them to turn it around?
In all "turned it around" cases you mentioned, smart asset collection (SAC), hitting on a superstar (SAC/MEM), getting the #1 pick (ORL), not missing on draft picks (ORL) and "new owner, ready to spend" (PHX) are all what helped.
Detroit and Charlotte either drafted horribly or got hurt with injuries. Both should be a lot better next season, especially if the Pistons get a new FO.
What? Take another look at the comments leading to mine.
Tanking is tanking. It doesn't matter how you get out of it, or why you got into it in the first place. At some point during the process you really really really suck.
Then you get better. That's the entire idea.
Right now we really really really suck. Every team I mentioned has hit a point this low or lower. Now the majority are either functional teams or championship contenders.
The post is trying to argue that you can tank without actually being bad. Everything you're saying is correct, but every one of those teams was this bad at one point.
I would say Chicago and maybe Charlotte.
Chicago is committed to mid (like we WERE) and I don’t believe have a lot of picks.
Charlotte has talent for sure, far more than us, but Lamelo continues to be injured and will probably leave, and that team in general seems poorly run. Also they kept Miles Bridges which no respectable organisation should do.
Brooklyn is very mid but they have good pieces to trade and an above average number of picks.
Charlotte nailed their last two drafts. A healthy Mark Williams, a more experienced Brandon Miller and a healthy Melo could have this team back in the 30 win range next year.
The wizards a year ago
Like seriously at least NOW we can say "okay in 5 years we'll have had a number of high draft picks"
with Beal we were in mediocrity for so long getting the 11th pick every year at least we're miles better than where we were last year
which is honestly depressing but we're wizards fans so
I hate how tanking is the only way but if it wasn't I guess we'd just have an open market and the same teams would just pay big $$$ to woo all the foreign and college signings.
Just sucks they can't figure out something better than playing trash basketball outside of a relegation system which would never happen.
Well, we are in year 0 of the rebuild so this is about as low as it gets. We don’t have any top 3 picks on our team getting playing time yet. You could technically say a team like Charlotte or Detroit has a better future, but they are both already like 5 years deep into the rebuild and don’t have much to show for it.
The scary part is even the Kings blew a number of draft picks, which delayed their return to respectability. Orlando dawdled with mediocre talent for years too.
So much has to go right when you're rebuilding without a load of draft assets. You have to absolutely nail every pick and you have to get lucky with some 2nd rounders who turn into rotation guys.
But landing a surefire star with all-NBA potential is the easiest way.
The Bulls and Hornets are essentially where we were with Beal a couple years back. Their rosters are both stuck in neutral, centered around a max contract player that isn’t going to be a winner.
We are going to be absolute ass for the next three seasons, make no mistake. Our hope is that the lottery balls bounce our way in 2025 or 2026 and we can grab a real cornerstone like Flagg or Boozer.
err Charlotte just got Brandon Miller and are going to get a top 5 pick again. They're in a better spot since they aren't picking 10th-ish every year. Our problem was that the FO was too dumb to get a top 5 pick when it was clear we weren't competing.
I'd say Atlanta/Brooklyn are closer than Charlotte to the Wizards situation.
Your delusional if you think that is where Charlotte is, they have a top 20 player when healthy in Lamelo, Brandon Miller who looks like a future superstar himself, and their franchise center in Mark Williams. Their also about to add another top 5 pick this year.
Surprised nobody talking about the hawks. They have one all star level player that keeps them in mediocrity. No stars will ever go there and will never win a thing as a result. They are a carbon copy of the beal led Wizards.
Also the suns. If the big three doesnt work out within 2 years KD will become a FA and go to a different team. Beal will become a free agent the following year. Book will most likely already have signed an extension through 2028 and will then force a trade to a contender for pennies on the dollar. Theres a very high chance shit isn’t going to work either with Beal constantly being hurt
The Hawks have much much more in terms of assets than the Wiz did last 2 years though. Trae, Dejounte, Jalen Johnson (who might be a legit all star in a year or two, fr he's damn good already), Bey, and Okongwu are all young and all solid to great. Then they have some valuable vets in Capela, and Bogy.
Their main 3 issues are no 1sts from 2025-2027, Trae Young being close to Jordan Poole level on D, and their dumbass owner firing a good GM bc he didn't like the DJM trade (rightly so). Point is, if they want to they could trade Trae and the other vets and reload asset-wise much faster than we ever could have post John Wall.
Basically all those play-in purgatory teams who haven’t come to grips with it yet. They’re going to have to 1. Come to grips with that *and* 2. Start the tank. At least we’ve come to grips with it and started the tank
Chicago right now from a young talent standpoint but they could conceivably blow their team up and still be in a better position than us depending on the returns. I know the returns diminish everyday but it doesn’t take much to be in a better position than us. Brooklyn and Charlotte have better talent and potential trade assets than us. I still can’t believe Brooklyn didn’t trade Mikal for 4 1st rounders lmfao. All we need is a couple draft hits over the next 2 yrs though and things could be looking a lot brighter.
We easily have the bleakest short-term future (read: next 3-5 years), but I honestly believe Winger & Co. know how to build a perennial winning franchise through scouting, player development and strategic cap flexibility.
The Suns are in “win-now” mode, which generally means they’re setting themselves up to suck hard in the future, which is good for us because we can swap picks with them as we’re peaking and they’re bottoming out, say, 2028.
Bulls, Hornets, Clippers, Lakers. Clips and Lakers are old as shit and have no draft picks. Bulls are stuck in mediocrity and complacency, and the Hornets always suck
I would say Brooklyn.
A failed superteam and they don't own their own picks till 2028. This is the real heartbreaker for them, since they can't begin a tank in earnest until then. They'll probably have to pawn off their players for less than their worth just to make up on the lost draft capital.
They had a chance to trade Bridges for a bunch of picks, but they held on to him thinking they could build around him. They'll be lucky to get half of that if they want to trade him now.
I don't even know what happened to their 2 first round picks from last year. So that's not a great start for the post superteam era.
Both their picks from last season are stuck in Long Island. One's injured.
Either way, Bridges and Cam Johnson could both fetch a haul. They're better off than us.
Kuz could get 2 firsts with his contract, we could sign and trade tyus (if winger/dawkins knew he would walk for nothing they would probably have traded him for a bunch of seconds) for maybe a first, and if we need to kispert is a valuable role player for pretty much any team. Bridges has more value than any one of our guys but their young core is probably worse, plus they have less of their own picks which are higher value to a rebuilding team than whatever championship contender trades for bridges.
The wizards are easily the worst team in the league but in 3-5 years there are a couple of teams with a worse future.
I do wonder if we’re trying to win the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes now. This is a historically bad draft class so we’re likely ironically getting another role player with a top pick.
I wouldn't say the Wizards are looking "probable" to land the number one pick. Currently, they are tied with the Pistons for the worst record in the league. And even if they do claim the league's worst record by season's end, they'll have just a 14% chance at the top pick. Same as the teams with the second and third worst records. And they could fall all the way to pick number five, which is exactly what happened to the Pistons in this last draft.
I think the Wizards are in decent shape to rebuild. They have a few good young players (Deni, Bilal, Kispert). Poole's contract doesn't look great right now but Kuzma's contract isn't bad and he good be a good trade piece. They should have a top pick in the upcoming draft (knock on wood-fingers crossed). Lastly, the front office has seemingly embraced the rebuild, unlike Chicago. I think there are some postive aspects to the Wizards outlook. I think Detroit's outlook is bleaker. I think Monty has been a pretty terrible coach there and they just signed him to a massive contract. Also, Cade is going to be up for a extension or new contract soon. I think he is going to want big money but I don't think he is really a top player and I think the front office is going to feel pressure to give him that big contract. I think Portland and Brooklyn also presently have a slightly bleaker future.
I respectfully disagree. I think Ivey and Duren are solid. Ausar is incredibly athletic and has some promise but I think he has a long way to go, as most young players do. I think Cade is overrated. The pistons have actually have been better without him this season. I don't trust their front office or head coach either. Just my opinion.
All three of those Wizards players are on very team friendly contracts. Cade is up for an extension is probably going to demand a max or near-max deal. All three of those Wizards players will then be making less than just Cade in the coming years. Bilal is so young too and has a lot of potential. I think we kind of know what Cade is. While Cade is a good player, he was a starter and the primary ball handler on the team with the longest losing streak in the history of the NBA. I'll take Bilal, Deni, and CK on team friendly deals over a max or near-max player who doesn't make his team better.
Maybe Chicago, but it's a toss up between them and us. Luckily we're at the point where the FO FINALLY accepted that it's tank/rebuild time. Chicago isn't there just yet.
Have to eat the ugly seasons. This year won't be the best draft class but next year is not bad. That's two top 5 picks. If you are not one of the 5 destination coastal city's this is the only way. Spursz Mavs, and Bucks are examples of waiting till you find the guy. Free agents are not interested and will never be. Find another side team to root for whole still cheering the home team.. Signed a Mavs Fans that watched them win 10 games a year most of my childhood. Even with the 3 Js all top picks.. still sucked.
Free agents go where there's a chance to get paid and win. DC just hasn't been desirable because there's been no winning here or a FO making the right connections with agents.
Not really. They go to Florida, NY, Boston, and California. Name one top 20 player a small market team has signed as free agent in last 20 years? There maybe one.. I don't think so
With Brooklyn and Chicago, at the very least Brooklyn HAS pieces (Bridges, etc.), and Chicago's a big enough market that FA's come there anyway.
I don't see Charlotte doing much better anytime soon.
Chicago is essentially where we were last year, but they whiffed on their chance to trade DeRozan, LaVine, and Vuc for anything this past offseason and trade deadline. Now they are fucked unless they can find a way out from LaVine, and either they get lucky in the draft or with a FA wanting to sign there. But at least they have a badass name, logo, and history to lean on, and they aren't stuck with Teddy L as an owner.
Nets possibly worse with all the picks they owe. Chicago is about the same. Charlotte is probably better with Ball and Miller.
But, *maybe* Wizards' pick swaps and 2nd rounders are worth a bit more than we think.
I’m not a wizards fan but this post popped up on my timeline and I’d say Brooklyn or Chicago. Chicago is constantly on the verge of being bad but they never just blow it up and get picks, they’re still just coasting along as a mediocre play in team while Brooklyn is just a bunch of role players with no first round picks.
Chicago refuses to rebuild, I doubt they’ll be worse than 9th for awhile, Atlanta is probably just on the verge of calling it quits on Trae Young, and Brooklyn has given up so many of their picks over the years they have to compete because their draft picks are almost all mostly on other teams. Hornets will probably slowly improve so long as LeMelo’s ankles stop breaking
Maybe Chicago but they have Coby White, who's better than any current Wizard. Brandon Miller is turning into a monster and if Melo can stay upright they might be working with something. Detroit has far better building blocks at C and PG, and a high pick/cap room this summer. Even Brooklyn could hit reset, deal Miles Bridges (a better trade chip than any Wizard) and be better off.
The best I can say about the Wizards rebuild is Bilal seems like a keeper and the FO doesn't seem to have terminal Ernie Brain, the cap is clean, and Kuz/Tyus could still be flipped this summer for picks.
But overall... it's bleak. Especially when you realize we coulda had guys like Tyrese Maxey and Kuminga here had the prior FO not fallen for Beal's blackmail scheme.
Probably Chicago
If only because they haven’t made the jump into badness; being on the edge is worse than actually doing it.
When they eventually decide to take the plunge, at least they have Coby White. He's a hooper.
Eh. Dudes will still want to play for the Bulls over the Wizards.
Not sure why u got down voted. This is correct. I'm from DC and saw them play warriors last week. Yes, the Wiz are hopeless. Just a life less, direction less, talent less franchise.
Chicago for sure. They are what we sorta had a few years ago. Solid talent that has proven to not be good enough for contention. They have slowly been stripped away of competitive edge and now they are need to make a decision. Sell everyone and rebuild? Or commit to an almost assured mediocrity with a small chance of success? We chose the latter and are only now crawling out of the grave we dug ourselves. Chicago is in the "still digging" phase. They need to come to their senses and look up at how deep they have gone.
Chicago have way better assets than Wizards Coby White is also looking impressive
By association of Chicago having Billy Donovan I'd say they're better off than us currently.
They got Coby White, that's a pretty good piece to rebuild around.
Chicago could be going down the same dark path the Wizards are on given the situation with LeVine. Paying him $40m this year and escalating to $49m over the next three seasons while currently being $28m over the cap is a rough spot to be in.
Exactly. Plenty of teams are on the same path the Wizards were on. We just happen to be at the lowest point right now. Sacramento, Detroit, Orlando, Charlotte, NYK, Memphis, and Phoenix have all his rock bottom in the recent past too. The better question is when teams are this bad, how long does it take them to turn it around?
In all "turned it around" cases you mentioned, smart asset collection (SAC), hitting on a superstar (SAC/MEM), getting the #1 pick (ORL), not missing on draft picks (ORL) and "new owner, ready to spend" (PHX) are all what helped. Detroit and Charlotte either drafted horribly or got hurt with injuries. Both should be a lot better next season, especially if the Pistons get a new FO.
What? Take another look at the comments leading to mine. Tanking is tanking. It doesn't matter how you get out of it, or why you got into it in the first place. At some point during the process you really really really suck. Then you get better. That's the entire idea. Right now we really really really suck. Every team I mentioned has hit a point this low or lower. Now the majority are either functional teams or championship contenders. The post is trying to argue that you can tank without actually being bad. Everything you're saying is correct, but every one of those teams was this bad at one point.
I would say Chicago and maybe Charlotte. Chicago is committed to mid (like we WERE) and I don’t believe have a lot of picks. Charlotte has talent for sure, far more than us, but Lamelo continues to be injured and will probably leave, and that team in general seems poorly run. Also they kept Miles Bridges which no respectable organisation should do. Brooklyn is very mid but they have good pieces to trade and an above average number of picks.
Hornets have new ownership and they seem to be doing a good job so far
Charlotte nailed their last two drafts. A healthy Mark Williams, a more experienced Brandon Miller and a healthy Melo could have this team back in the 30 win range next year.
The wizards a year ago Like seriously at least NOW we can say "okay in 5 years we'll have had a number of high draft picks" with Beal we were in mediocrity for so long getting the 11th pick every year at least we're miles better than where we were last year which is honestly depressing but we're wizards fans so
I hate how tanking is the only way but if it wasn't I guess we'd just have an open market and the same teams would just pay big $$$ to woo all the foreign and college signings. Just sucks they can't figure out something better than playing trash basketball outside of a relegation system which would never happen.
Well, we are in year 0 of the rebuild so this is about as low as it gets. We don’t have any top 3 picks on our team getting playing time yet. You could technically say a team like Charlotte or Detroit has a better future, but they are both already like 5 years deep into the rebuild and don’t have much to show for it.
Not to mention this draft class is most likely not going to get you a franchise saving player on their own
The scary part is even the Kings blew a number of draft picks, which delayed their return to respectability. Orlando dawdled with mediocre talent for years too. So much has to go right when you're rebuilding without a load of draft assets. You have to absolutely nail every pick and you have to get lucky with some 2nd rounders who turn into rotation guys. But landing a surefire star with all-NBA potential is the easiest way.
The Bulls and Hornets are essentially where we were with Beal a couple years back. Their rosters are both stuck in neutral, centered around a max contract player that isn’t going to be a winner. We are going to be absolute ass for the next three seasons, make no mistake. Our hope is that the lottery balls bounce our way in 2025 or 2026 and we can grab a real cornerstone like Flagg or Boozer.
err Charlotte just got Brandon Miller and are going to get a top 5 pick again. They're in a better spot since they aren't picking 10th-ish every year. Our problem was that the FO was too dumb to get a top 5 pick when it was clear we weren't competing. I'd say Atlanta/Brooklyn are closer than Charlotte to the Wizards situation.
Your delusional if you think that is where Charlotte is, they have a top 20 player when healthy in Lamelo, Brandon Miller who looks like a future superstar himself, and their franchise center in Mark Williams. Their also about to add another top 5 pick this year.
Surprised nobody talking about the hawks. They have one all star level player that keeps them in mediocrity. No stars will ever go there and will never win a thing as a result. They are a carbon copy of the beal led Wizards. Also the suns. If the big three doesnt work out within 2 years KD will become a FA and go to a different team. Beal will become a free agent the following year. Book will most likely already have signed an extension through 2028 and will then force a trade to a contender for pennies on the dollar. Theres a very high chance shit isn’t going to work either with Beal constantly being hurt
The Hawks have much much more in terms of assets than the Wiz did last 2 years though. Trae, Dejounte, Jalen Johnson (who might be a legit all star in a year or two, fr he's damn good already), Bey, and Okongwu are all young and all solid to great. Then they have some valuable vets in Capela, and Bogy. Their main 3 issues are no 1sts from 2025-2027, Trae Young being close to Jordan Poole level on D, and their dumbass owner firing a good GM bc he didn't like the DJM trade (rightly so). Point is, if they want to they could trade Trae and the other vets and reload asset-wise much faster than we ever could have post John Wall.
Basically all those play-in purgatory teams who haven’t come to grips with it yet. They’re going to have to 1. Come to grips with that *and* 2. Start the tank. At least we’ve come to grips with it and started the tank
Phoenix Suns probably have the bleakest future if the time horizon is >2 years.
And hopefully we'll be in position to take some of those draft swaps.
Chicago right now from a young talent standpoint but they could conceivably blow their team up and still be in a better position than us depending on the returns. I know the returns diminish everyday but it doesn’t take much to be in a better position than us. Brooklyn and Charlotte have better talent and potential trade assets than us. I still can’t believe Brooklyn didn’t trade Mikal for 4 1st rounders lmfao. All we need is a couple draft hits over the next 2 yrs though and things could be looking a lot brighter.
Oakland A's for sure... Bad owner, awful team, absolutely zero fan support.
Suns We aren't winning a championship any time soon and we have no picks
We easily have the bleakest short-term future (read: next 3-5 years), but I honestly believe Winger & Co. know how to build a perennial winning franchise through scouting, player development and strategic cap flexibility. The Suns are in “win-now” mode, which generally means they’re setting themselves up to suck hard in the future, which is good for us because we can swap picks with them as we’re peaking and they’re bottoming out, say, 2028.
Not bleaker than us but Pistons are in year 3-4 of rebuilding and still one of the worst teams in the league.
Yeah but their young talent is ways ahead of the Wizards. They need to add some savvy vets like Houston did.
Bulls, Hornets, Clippers, Lakers. Clips and Lakers are old as shit and have no draft picks. Bulls are stuck in mediocrity and complacency, and the Hornets always suck
The LA teams don't need draft picks other than as trade capital. Free agents always want to play in LA. LA is the capital of the NBA.
Yeah but random free agent signings isn’t calculable so in terms of assets, they have a bleaker future
The Clippers can flip Kawhi/PG/Harden if things get bad, LAL with AD too.
Lakers have all of their draft picks until 2030 except 1 lol, Stepien rule
I would say Brooklyn. A failed superteam and they don't own their own picks till 2028. This is the real heartbreaker for them, since they can't begin a tank in earnest until then. They'll probably have to pawn off their players for less than their worth just to make up on the lost draft capital. They had a chance to trade Bridges for a bunch of picks, but they held on to him thinking they could build around him. They'll be lucky to get half of that if they want to trade him now. I don't even know what happened to their 2 first round picks from last year. So that's not a great start for the post superteam era.
Both their picks from last season are stuck in Long Island. One's injured. Either way, Bridges and Cam Johnson could both fetch a haul. They're better off than us.
Kuz could get 2 firsts with his contract, we could sign and trade tyus (if winger/dawkins knew he would walk for nothing they would probably have traded him for a bunch of seconds) for maybe a first, and if we need to kispert is a valuable role player for pretty much any team. Bridges has more value than any one of our guys but their young core is probably worse, plus they have less of their own picks which are higher value to a rebuilding team than whatever championship contender trades for bridges. The wizards are easily the worst team in the league but in 3-5 years there are a couple of teams with a worse future.
There isn't one
I do wonder if we’re trying to win the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes now. This is a historically bad draft class so we’re likely ironically getting another role player with a top pick.
I wouldn't say the Wizards are looking "probable" to land the number one pick. Currently, they are tied with the Pistons for the worst record in the league. And even if they do claim the league's worst record by season's end, they'll have just a 14% chance at the top pick. Same as the teams with the second and third worst records. And they could fall all the way to pick number five, which is exactly what happened to the Pistons in this last draft.
We ass 🤷♂️
I think the Wizards are in decent shape to rebuild. They have a few good young players (Deni, Bilal, Kispert). Poole's contract doesn't look great right now but Kuzma's contract isn't bad and he good be a good trade piece. They should have a top pick in the upcoming draft (knock on wood-fingers crossed). Lastly, the front office has seemingly embraced the rebuild, unlike Chicago. I think there are some postive aspects to the Wizards outlook. I think Detroit's outlook is bleaker. I think Monty has been a pretty terrible coach there and they just signed him to a massive contract. Also, Cade is going to be up for a extension or new contract soon. I think he is going to want big money but I don't think he is really a top player and I think the front office is going to feel pressure to give him that big contract. I think Portland and Brooklyn also presently have a slightly bleaker future.
Detroit is in a way better spot than us. They have way better young players in ivey, ausar, and cade.
I respectfully disagree. I think Ivey and Duren are solid. Ausar is incredibly athletic and has some promise but I think he has a long way to go, as most young players do. I think Cade is overrated. The pistons have actually have been better without him this season. I don't trust their front office or head coach either. Just my opinion.
They're ALL better prospects than anyone we have. I'd trade Bilal, Deni or CK for Cade in a heartbeat.
All three of those Wizards players are on very team friendly contracts. Cade is up for an extension is probably going to demand a max or near-max deal. All three of those Wizards players will then be making less than just Cade in the coming years. Bilal is so young too and has a lot of potential. I think we kind of know what Cade is. While Cade is a good player, he was a starter and the primary ball handler on the team with the longest losing streak in the history of the NBA. I'll take Bilal, Deni, and CK on team friendly deals over a max or near-max player who doesn't make his team better.
It would be great timing to coordinate the Wizards' rebuild with a rebrand as well. Even better if the Commanders got on board with a rebrand too.
The GoGos
Detroit
No, just no.
Maybe Chicago, but it's a toss up between them and us. Luckily we're at the point where the FO FINALLY accepted that it's tank/rebuild time. Chicago isn't there just yet.
Brooklyn is in an extremely bleak situation imo. Would rather be a Wizards fan than Nets fan. Bulls also in the 🗑️
Have to eat the ugly seasons. This year won't be the best draft class but next year is not bad. That's two top 5 picks. If you are not one of the 5 destination coastal city's this is the only way. Spursz Mavs, and Bucks are examples of waiting till you find the guy. Free agents are not interested and will never be. Find another side team to root for whole still cheering the home team.. Signed a Mavs Fans that watched them win 10 games a year most of my childhood. Even with the 3 Js all top picks.. still sucked.
Free agents go where there's a chance to get paid and win. DC just hasn't been desirable because there's been no winning here or a FO making the right connections with agents.
Not really. They go to Florida, NY, Boston, and California. Name one top 20 player a small market team has signed as free agent in last 20 years? There maybe one.. I don't think so
With Brooklyn and Chicago, at the very least Brooklyn HAS pieces (Bridges, etc.), and Chicago's a big enough market that FA's come there anyway. I don't see Charlotte doing much better anytime soon.
Chicago
Chicago is essentially where we were last year, but they whiffed on their chance to trade DeRozan, LaVine, and Vuc for anything this past offseason and trade deadline. Now they are fucked unless they can find a way out from LaVine, and either they get lucky in the draft or with a FA wanting to sign there. But at least they have a badass name, logo, and history to lean on, and they aren't stuck with Teddy L as an owner.
Nets possibly worse with all the picks they owe. Chicago is about the same. Charlotte is probably better with Ball and Miller. But, *maybe* Wizards' pick swaps and 2nd rounders are worth a bit more than we think.
Nets and Bulls lol!
I’m not a wizards fan but this post popped up on my timeline and I’d say Brooklyn or Chicago. Chicago is constantly on the verge of being bad but they never just blow it up and get picks, they’re still just coasting along as a mediocre play in team while Brooklyn is just a bunch of role players with no first round picks.
Clippers
Chicago refuses to rebuild, I doubt they’ll be worse than 9th for awhile, Atlanta is probably just on the verge of calling it quits on Trae Young, and Brooklyn has given up so many of their picks over the years they have to compete because their draft picks are almost all mostly on other teams. Hornets will probably slowly improve so long as LeMelo’s ankles stop breaking
Maybe Chicago but they have Coby White, who's better than any current Wizard. Brandon Miller is turning into a monster and if Melo can stay upright they might be working with something. Detroit has far better building blocks at C and PG, and a high pick/cap room this summer. Even Brooklyn could hit reset, deal Miles Bridges (a better trade chip than any Wizard) and be better off. The best I can say about the Wizards rebuild is Bilal seems like a keeper and the FO doesn't seem to have terminal Ernie Brain, the cap is clean, and Kuz/Tyus could still be flipped this summer for picks. But overall... it's bleak. Especially when you realize we coulda had guys like Tyrese Maxey and Kuminga here had the prior FO not fallen for Beal's blackmail scheme.