When Troy Brown Jr. worked out for the Washington Wizards, the team brass broke out the whiteboard. The coaches and executives in the room described a scenario — the team was down by two points in the final seconds of a game — and told the shooting guard prospect to draw a play.
What happened next may not have been the singular moment that convinced the team to draft Brown No. 15 overall in the 2018 NBA Draft. But it was a story on everyone’s lips once Brown officially went to the Wizards.
The task sounds straightforward enough, but coach Scott Brooks said that in instances with other players, he’s “seen it where there are not five players on the floor.