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23 hours agoWizards could lose the key reason Trae Young was interested in Washington
Travis Schlenk’s potential departure from the Wizards could affect Trae Young’s extension prospects and future in Washington.
The Washington Wizards have long been considered one of the worst teams in the league. However, thanks to the new front office regime of general manager Will Dawkins and President of Monumental Basketball Michael Winger, change seems to be on the horizon. Between the team's talented young core filled with high-upside prospects, a head coach in Brian Keefe, who's seemingly built something that players can buy into and the assets accumulated over the years to make bold moves, Washington has slowly but surely rising from the mud.
Brooklyn snapped a three-game losing skid with a resounding 127-113 rout of the Wizards before a sellout crowd of 17,548 at Barclays Center. Or at least, the makeshift lineup the Wizards chose to field. The Nets (14-37) had lost nine of 10, a slump during which they became only the fourth team in history to suffer multiple 50-point defeats in a season.
BY THE TIME the giant bag of ketchup and In-N-Out special sauce was put on the table outside the Washington Wizards' locker room on Jan. 14, it was ripped and falling apart. Only a gigantic group order of burgers and fries could've necessitated such a haul of condiments. And on this night, only one player for the Wizards had reason or compulsion to place such a massive order.