Take a deep breath: Things aren’t as bleak for the Wizards as it seems

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…