The Raptors mobbed Shead as the Wizards put their hands on their knees, collapsed to the bench or began trudging to the locker room. But Shead’s fingertip — which clung to the ball as the backboard lit up in red — inverted all emotions.

Alex Sarr, Bub Carrington, Kyshawn George, and AJ Johnson will be solid for years to come on the Wizards, better known as the "Wiz Kids."

“If I’m Cooper Flagg, I’m not sure I want to go to the Washington Wizards,” Richardson said Saturday during an appearance on ESPN’s “College GameDay.” “That’s waiting on him, and that’s purgatory.” The Wizards (12-49) are about to miss the NBA playoffs for the fourth straight season and sixth time in seven years.

Currently, Middleton has a lucrative $33.35 million option for the upcoming season, and reports suggest he is likely to exercise it. This move could significantly impact the Wizards as they continue their rebuilding efforts.

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The signing, by itself, is hardly a franchise-altering move. But after years of short-sighted front office decisions in decades past, the Champagnie signing delivers some reasons for optimism about where the Wizards are headed. Here are three (3) reasons why.