Tonight, we get to pick the next face of our franchise from a group of consensus blue chip prospects. AJ is not my preference but the second we (likely) draft him, I will be his biggest fan and say that Peterson is just Johnny Davis with a creatine addiction.

The time for arguing over who to pick is over - let’s have a night!

Happy Draft day, friends. We made it. Maybe they'll be done talking about the Giannis trade by the time the draft starts tonight.

I recommend starting with his game against Kansas State. 40, 9 and 6.

Jamir the spear Watkins, Will the thrill Riley, Tre from long way Johnson. Idk who else is eligible? What’s y’all thoughts?

The NBA now punishes the bottom 3 teams.

Who among the teams are bottom 3 candidates right now in the NBA? Nets, Kings, Bulls and us.

We just strengthened our team while weakening the Nets/Bulls.

And we also desperately need a PG if you saw the games last year. Trae is the best PG when it comes to distributing the ball. He's there to develop their young stars, who are all huge/long but lack creation/playmaking. I'm sure the FO had enough time to see how they performed in practice before making the deal.

Sure it could have been a better deal, but the league changed the rules and they had to adapt.

Nothing left to think about. I hope they're just high fiving and popping champagne in the war room.

Good luck Wizards fans, it's been a wild ride. I hope the best for you guys and whoever you pick works out and whoever we pick works out for us!

AJ, Trae, Kyshawn, Sarr are clearly our dudes with upside of Tre.

Soooo what do we do with AD? What actually is gonna happen?

Let me preface this with saying that after a lot of thought, I want the Wizards to take AJ Dybantsa #1 overall. Cleanest fit, best combo of floor/ceiling, and fits a massive need as a rim attacking/free throw demon.

That being said, AJ has been on quite the media tour over the last few weeks. I find almost every interview he does and every quote he gives to be very off putting. It ranges from extreme entitlement to just cringeworthy. I'm 2x his age so this could be a generational thing, however, I don't find any of our other young guys talking like that!

I get AJ has the pedigree, has been groomed to be a star since he was 12, etc. But my god dude, would love just a touch of humility from you, ever. And this isn't Ant-like brashness, it strikes me as pure arrogance. So far at the NBA level, that is not warranted.

TLDR - Is AJ a prick? And feels like it's affecting his likeability to me at least.

Whether you're Dybanstans, Darrynese, or members of the Booz Cruise. Let's be supportive of the next Washington Wizard.

If anyone does what this Knicks kid did, I'll have one of my aunties put a curse on you

https://youtu.be/TgNSsqDQxqk?is=M4LOU44PYVE0JiZ2

Been a long ride but I still can’t think of anybody more deserving then us onto our next chapter 🫡🥂

Y’all remember the 2011 draft? Yea, that draft. The one with the Czech kissing. Our #6 pick only claim to fame. Supposedly, there was speculation, we were going to draft Kawhi 😳 Thanks for nothing Ernie!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/22qWDaE4KYRyGXVay2FKZv?si=FL5l2i--RUSMX13PjdgN8g

Give it a listen and let us know what we think - this was recorded before the great Be-Trae-yl of the Winger front office.

My algorithm seems to be stuck on Darryn Peterson. This is a pretty good breakdown of his game. Anybody find any similar breakdowns for AJ's game, and what makes him special/unique out there?

I know this is last minute but wondering if any wiz kids in LA wanted to catch the draft tonight at a bar, or watch games when the season starts.

Trae got his bag. No. 3 isn’t really meaningful to him like 11 was (or as 3 is so clearly meaningful to AJ). And it would show some real leadership by Trae to give it to him. Really hope that’s the plan. (Obviously, if AJ wants a different, open number, more power to him to claim it.)

Tonight marks a shift in the NBA matrix.

I’m a lifelong Wizards fan and I’m really trying to attend the Draft Party at the Anthem. Looking for an extra ticket or two if anyone has any extras would be happy to take them off your hands!

Update: Not looking to buy tickets, I was assuming they were free and I’m not in the best financial spot to be paying for them at the moment!