Him asking out and getting traded before draft is best case scenario lowkey
we might get an extra pick this year and I hope that would sway us to trade down with Utah and take Boozer at 2
If the Jazz actually do try to trade up for #1, my best guess as to what the deal would realistically look like is:
Wizards get- #2, Ace Bailey, 2 protected future FRP
Jazz get- #1, Tre Johnson
In this case i think the wizards would then pick Cameron boozer at #2. I only see the wiz doing this if they feel boozer is good enough to go #1. I know for a fact Ryan smith prefers Aj Dybantsa to Ace Bailey. He’s not gonna be scared to give up 2 futures 1sts if it’s getting the guy he was a donner for and financed his way through college, along with all the other connections between the two sides.
If the Jazz actually do try to trade up for #1, my best guess as to what the deal would realistically look like is:
Wizards get- #2, Ace Bailey, 2 protected future FRP
Jazz get- #1, Tre Johnson
In this case i think the wizards would then pick Cameron boozer at #2. I only see the wiz doing this if they feel boozer is good enough to go #1. I know for a fact Ryan smith prefers Aj Dybantsa to Ace Bailey. He’s not gonna be scared to give up 2 futures 1sts if it’s getting the guy he was a donner for and financed his way through college, along with all the other connections between the two sides.
REPORT: 3+ teams have contacted the Wizards about trading for the first pick
The Jazz and Hawks have both reached out to Washington 👀
The Wizards decision to draft DP/AJ could depend on Trae and his future
"Do not expect the Wizards to trade this pick" (Via @BrettSiegelNBA)
Wizards fans believing they are getting multiple unprotected 1st round picks in a trade from 2nd to 1st is giving flashbacks to Knicks fans believing they would get Donovan Mitchell for some heavily protected 1sts and a couple end-of-bench players. Elite level delusion.
Not taking aj at 1 is basically threatening will Dawkins job to much overthinking aj is there take him simple get a back up big man in free agency we thinking to hard why help Utah cuz they want aj? Are they gonna give ace bailey if we even think about moving back?
Let me stop tweeting about AJ Dybantsa before folk think I legit hate him. I think he’s a good player with a high floor. Just not nearly as infallible a prospect as Wizards Twitter is trying to make him out to be. I hope he turns into a future All-Star and changes the org!
The Wizards could’ve arrived here with Avdija if they didn’t waste 4 years giving touches to Westbrook, Dinwiddie and other mid PGs. They drafted a 6-8 point forward but didn’t give him the ball. Never made sense. The Blazers figured out how to use Deni basically right away.
AD says regardless of offseason decisions the wizards FO make (good or bad, hopefully good) “I will have a Washington Wizards uniform on and do everything to win a basketball game”
AD praises young players and believes in the future (says other teams already fearing them)
There’s widespread belief that Anthony Davis will request a trade from the Wizards after never playing a single game for them.
Davis wants to be on an immediate title-contending roster, which Washington isn’t.
Davis was blindsided at the trade deadline being sent to Washington.