Over the past few days, the Wizards have been on a full-on defense to make sure people know they are not better without John Wall. Bradley Beal said he would say it as many times as it was necessary to defend his teammate. Markieff Morris added you’d have to be a “fool” to even suggest the notion. Coach Scott Brooks called the idea “clickbait.”
But as much as the Wizards have insisted they aren’t better without Wall, perhaps the best signifier Washington still needs their star was in the team’s 110-104 overtime loss Thursday to the Boston Celtics.