Picture it. Upper Marlboro, 1994. It’s a crisp autumn afternoon and newly appointed Washington Bullets head coach Jim Lynam is meeting season ticket holders at the team’s annual event at Six Flags. A young man approaches Lynam at a picnic table and tells him, “You may not realize it yet, but Gheorghe Muresan should be starting ahead of Kevin Duckworth.” Lynam nods politely and thanks him for the advice.
That young man was me and 22 years later it’s time for another conversation with another first-year Washington coach about another European import. It’s time for #FreeSato.
After Washington’s final preseason win over the Toronto, where Trey Burke played exclusively as the team’s backup point guard and Marcus Thornton was the first shooting guard off the bench, Scott Brooks said his player substitutions were a good indication of his regular season rotation.