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LOVERRO: After Wizards purge 'knuckleheads,' Randy Wittman could have another

ANALYSIS/OPINION:

If you think Washington Wizards top draft pick Kelly Oubre Jr. was talking trash when he declared on draft night, “Whoever gets me is getting a jewel,” well, you haven’t seen nothing yet.

Before the draft, Oubre left a trail of smack in his wake that would make Mr. Swaggy P himself, Nick Young, blush.

Here is what the 19-year-old freshman out of Kansas had to say about himself to anyone who would listen before the Wizards decided he was the one they had to have, moving up and giving away two future second-round draft picks to get him at 15 in the draft:

“I’m not a slouch,” he told reporters following a pre-draft workout for the Indiana Pacers.