Wizards must plot out strategy for future to prioritize free agent signings this summer

I sat down to address what seemed to be a simple question: Which of the Wizards’ upcoming free agents should be priorities to re-sign this summer? Answering pushes another question to the forefront: To accomplish what?

Every move the team makes—from roster moves to playing time decisions—must be in service to a strategic objective. And the team’s actions suggest an internal incoherence that could hamstring all their efforts until they decide what they want to do.

A few weeks ago, Wizards’ owner Ted Leonsis the team would never tank and that they would not trade Bradley Beal or Otto Porter. They were committed to this core and would try to build around them. Then John Wall tore his Achilles…