The Washington Wizards are a rare team in today's NBA. Coach Randy Wittman deploys an old-school pair of lane-clogging big men in his starting line-up, foregoing the type of shooting big that has become so valuable in the league in recent years. Additionally, Washington's oft-criticized bench boss encourages his players to shoot the dreaded mid-range jumper instead of launching shots from beyond the three-point line.
But what's surprising about this strategy from the 90s is that the Wizards have made it work.
Of course, the stagnancy of the Washington's offense is well documented. Wittman's archaic thinking yielded the second-worst offense of the sixteen playoff teams (101.