I get that writing this piece on the day after a hard-fought win last night may make me sound like a “Debbie Downer.” But I still believe all of what I’m about to say has to be said.
The Washington Wizards have started the 2020-21 NBA season with much adversity. Though they won yesterday in amazing fashion, Washington still has the worst record in the NBA, traded away their long-time franchise point guard for a seemingly injured All-NBA star point guard who appears to be on the decline, lost their budding starting center to a season-ending ACL injury, and then their team had a massive coronavirus outbreak that the team ended up missing two weeks worth of games and have had to play a number of games playing short handed.