The Washington Wizards aren't a team that anyone expects to contend in the 2025-26 season, but they've quietly built a strong roster over the past year. They're still in rebuild mode, which led them to select Tre Johnson with the No. 6 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, but they won't snag another top talent like that if the current trend continues beyond next season.
The 2026 draft class consists of several top names that could land in D.C., but that isn't the case for 2027. ESPN reported that executives are "ringing alarm bells" in their front offices about the 2027 draft class, with one talent evaluator saying that it's "one of the weakest high school classes I've seen in a long time.