With a rebuild fully underway, the Washington Wizards can afford to take some risks and swing for the fences for the next few seasons. Often times, when teams are in this situation, they like to take project players, former lottery picks that have yet to pan out, and other moves similar to this.
This is how teams like the Milwaukee Bucks went from one of the most dysfunctional teams in the league for most of the 2000s to having their current roster, the foundation of which was put together 10 years ago. Much like the Bucks, the Wizards have been anything but competent over the past 10 years, whiffing on draft picks and making short-sighted trades on a regular basis.