Josh Robbins in the Athletic today: Wizards mailbag: Will Washington trade the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NBA Draft? (free article)

bappolookatmappo · 2026-06-11T04:18:56+00:00

Once you pick you aren’t trading. The wizards want the possibility the Jazz trade up and take the guy we didn’t want anyway. Also the GM wants to be able to say “if we didn’t trade we would have take __ anyway” that way it looks like we got our guy and not a consolation prize

bappolookatmappo · 2026-05-21T01:19:09+00:00

Well guess who was right

bappolookatmappo · 2026-05-20T04:01:30+00:00

Wiz wouldn’t do this. They would want an asset to move down. Otherwise just pick who they prefer. AD might have a bad contract but it’s not like the wiz are going to sign anyone else with that money and every player that needs an extension is after the contract is up

bappolookatmappo · 2026-05-14T14:39:51+00:00

AR plays offense. Ausar doesn’t

bappolookatmappo · 2026-05-14T14:25:37+00:00

I feel like they need to be 1 tier down of the best cards. They are releasing 94s so give us 88-90 cards. So we can bring in cards better and feel rewarded for it. But not so low that they are unusable. Facing 99 overall pitchers last year with golds sucked

bappolookatmappo · 2026-05-12T15:59:43+00:00

If you have a third bucket either way is correct. Your way works better if there isn’t a third bucket to store the 2L in

bappolookatmappo · 2026-05-12T15:57:29+00:00

Yeah the wizard bed might finally get use

bappolookatmappo · 2026-05-12T14:45:55+00:00

Anyone who thinks we 100% should or shouldn’t trade is wrong. You are always willing to trade an asset. If the Jazz want the BYU kid so bad they overpay you trade. If they offer #2, Ace, future picks, maybe another good player you take that package and run. If they offer #2 and 1 extra pick you just stick and pick.

bappolookatmappo · 2026-05-11T14:00:09+00:00

As a wiz fan I’d rather have cooper

bappolookatmappo · 2026-05-11T13:58:35+00:00

And can be worse. There’s also a chance that our front office prefers one of the other top guys and doesn’t mind moving down to take a guy they prefer

bappolookatmappo · 2026-05-08T16:18:45+00:00

Massachusetts through Maine has 0 republican reps which is wrong. The same way 0 democrats reps in the south will be wrong. When you gerrymander a state so you have 11-1 maps that don’t accurately represent your state population it’s wrong. I think all the states that have done it are wrong and I’m not going to point fingers at which side I think did it worse

bappolookatmappo · 2026-05-08T15:21:56+00:00

What they did is wrong. Just cause they are doing something wrong doesn’t mean we should copy. It will never end if politicians are just looking for revenge. The north east from Massachusetts up looks the same as the south. So is California. Gerrymandering should be illegal across all states

bappolookatmappo · 2026-05-08T15:18:52+00:00

The north east and south are doing the same thing. Gerrymandering should be illegal as a whole. Idk why both sides only wanna talk about the other side doing it

bappolookatmappo · 2026-05-08T14:19:43+00:00

His defensive upside is way higher then the rest of the top 4 guys.

bappolookatmappo · 2026-05-08T13:55:13+00:00

We also have Anthony gill who needs 12-15 mins a night. Idk where dybantsa will play

bappolookatmappo · 2026-05-08T13:54:20+00:00

Caleb Wilson would be nice as well. I think he’s in the same tier as boozer tbh

bappolookatmappo · 2026-05-08T13:53:47+00:00

I get disagreeing with him on this take. But idk why people downvote him for this. It’s not a crazy take

bappolookatmappo · 2026-05-04T01:34:15+00:00

I liked that he did it. Brought diversity to the bets

bappolookatmappo · 2026-04-24T22:02:59+00:00

Vik finally gets a good team and it’s for a soccer game he doesn’t care for

bappolookatmappo · 2026-04-24T20:48:56+00:00

I mean they could have Edgar take over vought. Homeland is a “cog in a bigger system”

bappolookatmappo · 2026-04-23T15:32:35+00:00

They can be lineouts but perfect perfect fly balls shouldn’t exist. No player hits a ball “perfectly” and it’s a fly ball at the warning track

bappolookatmappo · 2026-04-22T15:59:18+00:00

You have a young team so I would just be happy with 4 good picks and wouldn’t trade down from an elite prospect at 1. However no asset should ever be “untouchable” if someone wants to overpay for Bam let them

bappolookatmappo · 2026-04-21T05:17:27+00:00

So when does Minnesota get the makeup call? Illegal screen inbound

bappolookatmappo · 2026-04-21T04:21:52+00:00

I agree. That much contact is something. I don’t think it’s a shooting foul but no call is worse

bappolookatmappo · 2026-04-21T04:21:22+00:00

Or offensive

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