In comments to reporters, Washington Wizards general manager Will Dawkins said the team is still in its “deconstruction” phase. It’s an acknowledgement of the obvious — coming off the worst season in franchise history, the Wizards are going to be bad again this year. Probably worse.
They have a few veterans with the potential to be useful role players on good teams. They have a few youngsters who might someday be useful players on a good team. What they don’t have is the talent to win more than the 15 games they won last year. That’s by design.