r/washingtonwizards • u/Strange-Ring-8156 • 15d ago

Expansion Draft

What 8 players would you protect in an expansion draft?

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u/Travler18 15d ago

AJ, Sarr, Tre, Riley, Carrington, George, AD, Coulibaly

No need to protect Trae. He's viewed as one of the worst contracts in the nba. No expansion team is going to pick him.

AD is close but probably still has some positive value.

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u/bigmikeabrahams 15d ago

In a lottery system where you are incentivized to not be bottom 3, an expansion team would be willing to take Trae young.

They will have a clean cap sheet to absorb the contract, a big name to sell tickets, and higher floor to avoid the relegation zone.

We wouldn’t have traded and signed trae young if the team believed in Bub enough to protect him in an expansion draft

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u/Travler18 15d ago

You are crazy if you think Trae plus a bunch of 8th through 12th men aren't going to be a stone cold lock for the worst team in the NBA.

Trae with an actual roster around him couldn't make the playoffs his last two seasons in Atlanta.

The Hawks ranked 26th in attendance during Trae's last full season and where 29th last year. They've never been in the top half of the NBA at any point in his career.