This article may have worked better 2 games ago when the Washington Wizards were sitting at 3-4, coming off 3 straight 15+ point losses and treating defense in such a demeaning way that even James Harden would feel reproachful. And truthfully, that type of intuition (or lack thereof) is why I’ll forever live a life of acting ex post rather than ex ante.
BUT, my counter to this is that all is still not well in Wizardworld, yet I am not panicking.
The team is now above .500 and settled into the 6th seed in the East (very important to note, still 2 weeks away from December).