Despite being healthy since he returned from a knee injury last January, Thomas Bryant has fallen out of the Washington Wizards’ rotation. He has racked up 10 DNP’s (Did not play) in the Wizards’ 15 games this month. It’s strange because he was Washington’s starting center at the start of the 2020-21 season before the injury happened. In addition, he’s still just 24 years old and has room to grow.
There are some reasons why Bryant’s time has declined since his return. First, the Wizards had two other centers: Montrezl Harrell and Daniel Gafford when Bryant made his season debut on Jan.