The Washington Wizards didn’t have much flexibility under head coach Randy Wittman, even when the team essentially forced him into playing small ball after making personnel changes during the 2016 free agency period.
Wittman, who has played a traditional brand of basketball since he was a player himself in the late 1970s, relied on a 2-in-3-out system that focused on defense and inside scoring.
Given the way the NBA has evolved and the amount of success the Wizards had in the NBA Playoffs while playing Paul Pierce at the four spot, the team decided to make major changes to the roster two summers ago, adding Jared Dudley, Alan Anderson and Gary Neal.