The Washington Wizards dropping to sixth in the 2025 NBA Draft lottery wasn’t the outcome fans were hoping for. With the second-best odds, dreams of landing Cooper Flagg or even Dylan Harper were real. So yeah, the immediate sting was understandable.
But the reactions that followed — full-on despair, talk of curses, existential dread — have felt downright histrionic.
Wizards fans carry scars from the decades of #SoWizards ineptitude that trained them to see the world with a jaundiced eye. But this isn’t the same old Wizards. The arrival of Michael Winger, Will Dawkins, and their management team finally marked a new era with a true rebuild — one rooted in competitive ambition, patience, and discipline.