After two consecutive seasons in which they made the Eastern Conference Semifinals, the Washington Wizards went 41-41 in 2015-16 and missed the playoffs.
A .500 record might have been too kind of a representation for a team that had plenty of problems in the locker room, which led to the firing of head coach Randy Wittman on April 14.
Point guard John Wall, the team's biggest name, started revealing the mindset around the organization, which included Wittman playing favorites in the locker room, per J. Michael of CSN Mid-Atlantic:
I did a great job leading as much as I could.