The Washington Wizards were a bit mystifying last year.
With the best slash-and-kick point guard in the league in John Wall, there was perhaps no team that would have benefitted more from spreading the floor and going small on a consistent basis than the Wizards. With the addition of Paul Pierce, who thrived in stints as a small-ball power forward with the Nets in 2014, and the expected emergence of 2013 third-overall pick Otto Porter, Washington was primed to join the revolution.
After a successful playoff run, which included a surprising sweep of the Raptors and feisty six-game series against the top-seeded Hawks that could have turned on a waved-off buzzer beater, spreading the floor became an actual thing in D.