At Washington Wizards media day, head coach Scott Brooks was asked about the team’s small-forward position.
“The position is up for grabs,” Brooks told reporters.
If you are taking Brooks at his word, then you would have to conclude that based on the level of his play through three preseason games, Kelly Oubre has at least made the competition for the starting small-forward role more interesting than it may have been expected coming off a rookie season in which he played a total of 671 minutes.
In 27 minutes per game, Oubre is averaging 16.