When NBA Commissioner Adam Sterling starts calling out names during the 2020 NBA Draft, he’ll be welcoming a lot of great talent to the league. Some of those talents might be franchise-altering ones. The types you can’t pass up. But the Washington Wizards, a popular preseason pick to be the Eastern Conference’s worst squad, don’t have their eyes on the draft.
Instead, the Wizards have their eyes on the NBA playoffs.
That’s right. As we head out of the All-Star break, the 20-33 Washington Wizards are actually right in the thick of the playoff hunt. Has anything ever been more deserving of the Paul Rudd-Hot Ones meme?