2017-18: 43-39 (8th in the East, lost in the 1st rd)
Draft picks: 15,44
Signed for next season ($124.7m): Otto Porter, Bradley Beal, John Wall, Ian Mahinmi, Marcin Gortat, Markieff Morris, Jason Smith, Jodie Meeks, Kelly Oubre, Tomas Satoransky
This summer's free agents: Tim Frazier, Mike Scott, Chris McCullough, Ramon Sessions, Ty Lawson, Devin Robinson
I was pretty impressed with Mike Scott in the post-season, not sure if that's enough to re-sign him. I kinda like Frazier as a backup PG but with Wall and Satoransky taking so much of the playing time, the Wizards will likely look to spend less on a 3rd string PG. Lawson, too, will probably be playing somewhere else next year (somewhere like China). McCullough just never caught on, I don't expect he'll be back in the league again. Robinson is on a 2-way contract.
The draft will likely yield some depth at the Guard spot for the Wizards. #15 looks like either Lonnie Walker (Miami) or Khyri Thomas (Creighton) but maybe Miles Bridges (Michigan St) or Kevin Knox (Kentucky) falls to there. The 2nd rounder could bring in Mo Wagner (Michigan) if they're looking for some size but otherwise guards seem to be the best bet there, too: Devonte Graham (Kansas), Keenan Evans (Texas Tech), Bruce Brown (Miami) seem to be in the mix. The Wizards are just looking for bench players in the draft, just looking to thicken the rotation.
Smith ($5.4m) and Meeks ($3.4m) each have player options but I don't expect either of them to leave. So next year's squad will probably be: PG Wall, SG Beal, SF Porter, PF Morris, C Gortat with Satoransky, Oubre, Smith, #15 and Mahinmi off the bench. Oh man, if they could move on from Mahinmi that would be ideal but I don't see that happening. So they have no cap space, no room to make moves, frankly I don't even see how they fill out the roster. So next year's team should look a lot like this year's team.
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