NBA Cup notes ahead of Wizards-Hornets:
-Wizards are 1-11 all-time in Cup seeding games, with their sole win arriving last year against the Hawks
-CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert, now both Hawks themselves, combined for 65 points on 14 threes
-Wizards have AJ Dybantsa coming home
Other details and storylines to know: si.com/nba/wizards/onsi/roun…
This is more or less what people want to see out of Sarr the scorer. Screens as both a lone roller and a staggering partner, scores straight-up when he’s not directly dunking, shoots when he’s wide open in the corner. Rebounding still a concern, but this is as good as he’s looked
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Since I see people already talking about it, here is the first edition of the Wizards on SI mock draft for the Washington Wizards: si.com/nba/wizards/onsi/wiza…
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No. 1 pick AJ Dybantsa will make his NBA debut for the Washington Wizards tonight against the Cleveland Cavaliers, sources tell ESPN.
From Feb. 11, the Wizards' first CLE game after the Harden trade and last matchup before the regular season finale: Bilal led team in time defending Harden with 3:35 mins tracked (only Jamir Watkins came close with 2:15), while Kyshawn recorded 2:30 on Mitchell. JC will be missed
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Hey Wiz fans! Back with another @AllWizardsTalk episode. We discussed the Wizards getting killed on the glass last night, positives and negatives from the last three games, and Marc Stein’s new report on Bilal Coulibaly.
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Halftime thoughts as the Wizards trail the Hornets 54-44:
-Offense has been in the mud anytime the Wiz aren’t coming out of a timeout, not a fan of everyone watching AD dribble
-Trae Young’s been good inside the arc
-Glad to see assertive Sarr
-Kyshawn gets in his head too fast
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JC obvs Moses but this is also a Carl and Earl stat
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Want to know a huge reason why the Wizards look good thus far? Their bench.
Here's how they rank among all bench units:
FG%: 1st (52.9)
AST-to-TO: 2nd (1.96)
3PT%: 6th (37.8)
Plus-minus: 7th (+3.8)
Scoring: 9th (40.7ppg)
This unit was DEAD LAST in +/- last year (-4.8).
I think the Trae + shooting ballhandlers + JC + big look has worked in limited minutes, here were Trae’s thoughts from last night on the unique benefits of that speedy, well-spaced combo
I got to ask Scottie Barnes about Justin Champagnie, “his guy,” given their time together as fellow rookies on the 2021-22 Raptors. He sounds like a fan of his game after watching him blossom into an NBA regular, as the two each made winning plays in tonight’s Wizards loss.
The Raptors are feasting on Kyshawn, who’s looking frustrated out there. Bodying up on his drives and picking off every entry pass, validating some of the fans’ worst fears regarding the young Wizards’ matchup against the defensively-deep Raptors



















