Washington Wizards
Is a next step possible?
The Washington Wizards have roughly $70 million tied up to John Wall, Bradley Beal and Otto Porter over the next few seasons. That’s not terrible, but considering this team is currently a 5 seed in the East, and behind the Miami Heat, who has no star on its team, it’s not great.
This team is either underachieving or these players are not nearly as good as we may all believe them to be. Add in the fact that they can’t really add any players via free agency because of the dead money tied up with Marcin Gortat and Ian Mahinmi, and it makes circumstances all the more complicated for the Wizards.
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Washington needs to figure out how to take the next step, but I’m not exactly sure how it can happen with these bad contracts.