Teams typically don’t go from a three-game win streak to a potential fire sale in less than a week without a dramatic blowup, and now details are finally starting to emerge about what may have set the team into freefall.
Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, Shams Charania of The Athletic, and Candace Buckner of the Washington Post are all reporting there was a heated practice in which both of the Wizards’ star guards made some heated comments.
Let’s start with Beal. He reportedly got into a tiff with Austin Rivers over a foul call during practice on Thursday and during it all, he reportedly said “I’ve been dealing with this s— for 7 years — it starts top-down.