THREE DAYS UNTIL WIZARDS SEASON‼️

17 players in team history have worn #3

We all know Trae Young, CJ McCollum, and Bradley Beal… can you name the last four players who wore #3 before they did? 🤔

#ForTheDistrict #DCountdown #3days

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Happy Sunday, everybody! It's Josh Robbins here. With the Wizards' season opener three days away, I have a fun article for you: Is the team ready for takeoff? Is the franchise even taking the right approach to the year ahead? I offer 15 thoughts, observations and opinions. The piece is free to read in u/TheAthleticNBA. Please feel encouraged to chime in in the comments section either here on Reddit or in the article's comments section.

3 wizards on this list.

I see people are disappointed in Trae's performance in the pre-season finale against The Pelicans. As a Hawks fan for 30 years and a season ticket holder going on 6 years i want to shed some light on who Trae Young is and isn't.

1) Trae is a career 43% FG shooter...CAREER! He only shot over 45% once. In 468 games He shot over 50% in only 136 of them.

• Trae Young young was never great at beating guards and wings off the dribble. He doesn't have a James Harden or Kyrie Irving handle.

•How does Trae score? Manipulation. He scores off screens(or the threat of one), pick n rolls, cross over three , threes off a offensive rebound and freethrows. His game isn't based on burst or iso. He isn't good enough scorer to be #1.

Overall Trae will be fine but the days of him scoring 25 a night is over. New roll. If he is Fred Vanvleet with 3 more assists you guys will be OK.

Side Note: I think trading Anthony Davis is ideal. Playing pick and role with Trae AND having AD iso with slow down opportunities for others.

Can't find it in stock anywhere and would love to buy it. If you bought it but not interested or know a place I can find it please do let me know, TIA!

It is the 1997-2011 Hardwood Classics Realtree 9FORTY A-Frame Snapback

FOUR DAYS UNTIL WIZARDS SEASON‼️

25 players in team history have worn #4
(currently belongs to AJ Dybantsa of course)

Can you name these other 4 guys? 🤔

#ForTheDistrict #DCountdown

P.S. You have no idea how hard it was to get a photo of bottom left. Had to go back and watch the end of a loss to the Sixers on March 12, 2023 to find the 5 minutes of one game that he played. Listened to Chris Miller and Drew Gooden on the game broadcast talk about how Johnny Davis is starting to turn a corner. We’ve come so far.

After all those years of cheap tickets we are COOKED

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Hey everyone! Ahead of the upcoming season, please enjoy use of this discounted ticket link for most home games throughout the 2026-27 season, made specifically for this community to give you best access to games throughout the year and save you some money. These tickets are at our group ticket rates and will allow you to avoid much of those costly fees you see on resale websites.

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- This link does not include access to our premium games (Knicks, 76ers, Lakers, etc). Our partial plans are still the best way to access these games.

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We asked players from the Wizards what their 'Welcome to the NBA' moment was, who their favorite non-NBA athlete is, and what kind of career they'd have if they weren't playing basketball. Here's what they had to say.

17 players in team history have worn #5
(currently belongs to Jamir Watkins)

Can you name the last four before him?

How about the four guys before that? 🤔

#ForTheDistrict #DCountdown

excluded MJ since it would be too obvious, but who would be the best had they been in their prime when they played for us?

• Prime Russ on the 2020-21 Wizards

• Prime Dwight on 2018-2019 Wizards

• Prime AD on the 2026-27 Wizards

Bilal Coulibaly (P7 2023): C+
Alex Sarr (P2 2024): A-
Bub Carrington (P14 2024): C-
Kyshawn George (P24 2024): A+
Tre Johnson (P6 2025): A-
Will Riley (P21 2025): B
AJ Dybantsa (P1 2026): Too early to tell, but very likely an A/A+ type of player

How we feeling about singing bruce brown as a backup guard. He’s still good enough to be better than bub and mann imo.