It’s one thing to complete a season in which your eye for the draft lottery is greater than your focus on winning in the immediacy. It’s another thing to admit it.
Bub Carrington did the latter at Wizards Media Day when he said the Wizards was held back last season as the team positioned itself for AJ Dybantsa.
“”We haven’t been told to be the best version of ourselves. We were held back because we were trying to get AJ Dybantsa. That’s no secret”
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Bub Carrington says the Wizards held back to try to draft AJ Dybantsa 👀👀
"We haven't been told to be the best version of ourselves. We were held back because we were trying to get AJ Dybantsa. That's no secret"
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On Friday, The Athletic reported that neither Carrington, nor the Wizards, would face league discipline for his comments.
Washington went an NBA-worst 17-65 last season, including a 1-27 stretch to close the campaign. They went 50-196 over their three-year deconstruction phase.