There isn’t much news going on this Independence Day with the Washington Wizards. So I felt like I should write something about former personnel if I could. In this case, it’s about former head coach Scott Brooks, who led them from 2016-21. Brooks is also the last Wizards head coach to lead the team to a playoff appearance, which was in 2021.
Brooks, who is nominally still a lead assistant coach for the Portland Trail Blazers, is reportedly moving the Los Angeles Lakers to be on new head coach JJ Redick’s staff. In addition, former Atlanta Hawks/Portland Trail Blazers/Indiana Pacers/the team now known as the Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Nate McMillan will also be on the staff.