The Washington Wizards should roll the dice on this young guard

With the Washington Wizards finally entering a rebuild, this is the ideal time to take risks and try different things. We saw the front office show an understanding for the need to swing for the fences by not only drafting up to take Bilal Coulibaly at seven, but also trade Chris Paul for Jordan Poole and Patrick Baldwin Jr.

Risks don’t end in the draft or in trade conversations, they also extend to free agency. While most contracts are on the safer side, some have been far more dangerous. Sometimes they are a resounding success, such is the case with Jalen Brunson, and sometimes they fail spectacularly like a majority of the players in the 2016 free agency class.

Sometimes, like the proposed…