Perspective: The Washington Wizards’ season will end Sunday afternoon just like it has in four of the last five years: without a playoff appearance.
Please read the above sentence again. Screenshot it. Cut it out and stick it on your refrigerator. Nice things like this — a player in Washington keeping company among the best in the league — don’t happen every year for Wizards fans.Also, forward Kyle Kuzma’s scoring average ticked up another four points, for a career high of 21.2 points per game. With his ability to rebound and stretch the floor , Kuzmaas an unrestricted free agent.
Though the trio appeared in 35 games together, with the team going 16-19, that record hasn’t dissuaded Wizards decision-makers from practicing patience and holding on to the belief this core deserves to remain intact. Though their record reflects a patient in poor health, to the Wizards the group showed enough vital signs to remain hopeful.
Outside of the core three, the rest of the roster did have holes. Monte Morris doesn’t invoke fear as a starting point guard; Deni Avdija stepped into the role but showed inconsistency as a 22-year-old; second-year player Corey Kispert made a leap as the team’s best knockdown three-point shooter. However, a collection of players that included offseason acquisitions Delon Wright and Will Barton
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