🏀 Here’s the thing about my Wizards.
We’re not a big NBA team or franchise, so whenever we get someone who respects the franchise, it usually bodes well. Recent examples: Russell Westbrook or Kyle Kuzma. So this Trae thing bodes pretty well!.
”All of the people I love hate this stuff, and all the people I hate love it. And yet, likely because of the same personality flaws that drew me to technology in the first place, I am annoyingly excited.”
”A good technology manager assumes that a product will never ship for launch, that every force is arrayed against it and that the devil himself has cursed it — and then the manager works back from that.”
Everyone but me has been sick so I’ve had to step up.
Also had to deal with difficult interrupted sleep over the past few day.
So all in all, pretty glad to be back on the track even for a short-er run, especially before the upcoming work trip tomorrow.
There was definitely room for a Win, but a few calls went against us, a lot of missed free throws, and some strong opposition (didn’t work out so well for us…)[https://m.acmomento.com/mo/o6LU8oLDsYPL6GUxrXZlnHty4h63/basketball/fdd256f6-5b83-4ca1-91aa-46e9abb5d9d5]
10-12 years later, still a great and insightful read into a musician I’ve admired so much over the past 20+ years! Totally made me want to revisit some of Travis’ side projects
Having no picks is particularly advantageous for us. We owe one to the Knicks, but we’re confident we’ll maintain our current status by continuing to perform poorly, especially considering the exceptional talent in this upcoming draft class.
We should aim to become competitive within the next two years. And having Trae as a primary guard will free space for Alex Sarr on pick & rolls, and the other shooters/forwards on the team too :)
Our salary cap is $80 million, so even with Trae Young’s $49 million contract, we still have substantial room to secure bad contracts or free agents this summer.
Additionally, we haven’t had a superstar on our roster since Russell Westbrook’s tenure from 2020 to 2021, and John Wall before that.
The Wizards don’t have any big extensions looming, so even if they gave Young a two- or three-year deal this summer, they’ll be in great shape financially. This might be the perfect rental with a chance at long-term success. And if it doesn’t work out, they can cut the bait and maintain business as usual in their development process.