This season is an important one for the Washington Wizards in ways that go beyond on-court performance. It is also the first season where their regional sports network (RSN), NBC Sports Washington, is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment, the company that owns the team.
And that creates a different situation. Whether it’s true or not, there’s going to be a perception that NBC Sports Washington coverage, not necessarily just play-by-play game coverage, becomes overly positive or not-so-negative.
So far this season, the Wizards are 11-11, 9th in the Eastern Conference. That’s the definition of mediocre, a team that’s not great but also not terrible.