I sat down to address what seemed to be a simple question: Which of the Wizards’ upcoming free agents should be priorities to re-sign this summer? Answering pushes another question to the forefront: To accomplish what?
Every move the team makes—from roster moves to playing time decisions—must be in service to a strategic objective. And the team’s actions suggest an internal incoherence that could hamstring all their efforts until they decide what they want to do.
A few weeks ago, Wizards’ owner Ted Leonsis the team would never tank and that they would not trade Bradley Beal or Otto Porter.