I recommend investing in hundreds of F removable decals. No permanent damage, but you are able to fulfill your duty to the rest of us.

Love you Sykes

Good sir -- the pick the Wizards owe the Knicks has been widely reported as top-8 protected, but I've seen some recent reference to top-10. Can you confirm?

Chocolate Thunder? The Glove?

Lol

Because it backstops how low they can slide, which it did.

But I think the lottery could use some reform. Maybe if you have the worst lottery odds you can jump up to the middle but not the top.

They're being patient, not skipping steps, and amassing impressive depth of young, high character workers. I haven't been more optimistic as a Wizards fan in my life. It's a matter of when and not if with this franchise.

Winger, Dawkins, et all arrived in the spring of 2023. They continue to stack assets and find opportunities. Remember, they have an extra late first in 2026 that they got for cashing in 4 seconds that they had collected.

Gotta give Tommy Sheppard his due for stealing Porzingis from Dallas for Spencer Dinwiddie and Davis Bertans.

Gallo's expiring deal came to DC in the June 2023 trade that sent Kristaps Porzingis to Boston (and ironically, Marcus Smart to MEM). Porzingis was set to become a free agent before the Wizards swung the deal. The Wizards got two more 2nd rounders in that deal.

They had Bagley's expiring money because last year (Jan 24) they acquired two seconds from Detroit as payment for taking on the final year of Bagley's contract. The Wizards sent out the expiring contract of Danilo Gallinari in the deal.

Sounds like a Nazi. ✅

Looks like a Nazi. ✅

Safe at this point to assume they’re a Nazi.

I was at that game. He’s a hero.

Wonderful piece, Michael.