With the Washington Wizards deep into year three of their rebuild, a few guys have begun to emerge as possible franchise cornerstones. Coming into this season, Washington seemingly had a massive mix of random young talent with no real rhyme or reason behind the construction of the roster.
The Washington Wizards have played two games since the blockbuster trade for an injured Trae Young, leaving the team without a primary guard after giving up CJ McCollum.
Recently, the Washington Wizards gave their franchise a jolt by trading for Atlanta Hawks point guard Trae Young, giving up CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert in the process.
For three quarters, the Phoenix Suns administered lessons on playing hard as a cohesive unit, at the end of which the Washington Wizards trailed by 29 points.
Although it looked like the Washington Wizards could tie the season series with the Phoenix Suns, that hope faded in the second half of the game. The game was relatively close after the first half.
Part of what makes the NBA, or any pro sports league, so compelling to watch is the narratives, especially those centered on rivalries. Throughout the decades, the NBA has fostered a number of rivalries, some long-lasting and others short but sweet.
In the first contest of a four-game road trip, the Washington Wizards lost on Sunday to the Phoenix Suns, 112-93. Alex Sarr scored nine points and added five rebounds in the opening frame as the Wizards trailed 32-28.
It’s exciting for a success-starved team like the Washington Wizards to land a player of Trae Young’s caliber in any case, but it’s especially satisfying for fans when a franchise icon analyzes the situation on its broadcast network.
To succeed in Deep League fantasy basketball, you need to constantly watch out for unexpected value on the waiver wire. The turn of the new year has come with a load of injuries.
Who doesn’t love some NBA trade rumors? Ja Morant seems one foot out of Memphis, Michael Porter Jr could be on the move as well as Anthony Davis, and plenty of other names are swirling around as the calendar marches to February.
Trae Young’s tenure with the Atlanta Hawks officially came to an end on Friday as he was traded to the Washington Wizards. The news had initially broken during Wednesday’s home game against the New Orleans Pelicans, which Young attended, and he revealed during an interview with Andscape that he was crying in his car on his way to State Farm Arena.
From one mediocre side to another, judging Trae Young’s recent trade from the Atlanta Hawks to the Washington Wizards would be easy to judge that way. Atlanta has been a perennial play-in level team since their trip to the Conference Finals in 2021.
In the ever-evolving landscape of the NBA, the line between “rebuilding” and “retooling” has become increasingly thin. For struggling franchises, the traditional slow-burn rebuild is often bypassed for a high-stakes swing at a disgruntled star.
The Wizards have not begun contract discussions with Trae Young, and there’s no firm timetable for when that might change. General manager Will Dawkins
The Washington Wizards have had, yet again, a season to forget. Even with their recent blockbuster deal for Trae Young, their season couldn’t get much worse in terms of record.
For the first time since the blockbuster trade that sent him out of Atlanta, Trae Young is openly acknowledging what the Hawks never did. They didn’t offer him a contract extension.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friday night’s Washington Wizards-New Orleans Pelicans matchup had several storylines that normally would have been the center of attention in Wizards World, but four-time All-Star Trae Young’s introductory press conference before the game was the main topic of discussion.
The NBA had its first blockbuster trade of the season when Young was sent from the Atlanta Hawks to the Washington Wizards, and the four-time All-Star has now addressed the move.
Over the past few years, the Washington Wizards have been a cellar dweller in the NBA. They have been quite bad and were never close enough to truly matter and contend for a title, let alone a playoff spot.