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Admiral Schofield wants to 'return the favor' after Wizards acquired him

Minutes before Admiral Schofield was drafted, his agent told his 22-year-old client he might want to get to a TV, if he wasn’t watching. Schofield soon received another text message — this time from a friend containing a tweet from ESPN insider Adrian Wojnarowski.

Looking at it, Schofield found out he was selected 42nd overall.

“(My agent) told me I was going to get picked, but I saw the tweet before my agent called,” Schofield said. “Woj is like elite.”

At first, a thrilled Schofield thought he was headed to the Philadelphia 76ers. He watched on television as deputy commissioner Mark Tatum announce the 76ers had drafted him.