We are officially in the second full month of the 2024-2025 NBA Season. There are many discussions that talk about the best team in the league, but there should be only one team in consideration for the worst team in the league.
Last season was an embarrassing year for the Washington Wizards. This season, Washington is finding ways to go beyond the level of mediocrity.
On Saturday, the Wizards lost their 16th game of the season as well as their 14th consecutive game with a 124-114 road loss to the Milwaukee Bucks.
With that loss, Washington had failed to win any of their 14 games in November. This is despite the talent on their roster including guard Jordan Poole, forward Kyle Kuzma, center Jonas Valanciunas and rookie forward Alexandre Sarr.
Washington Wizards told to ‘blow it up’
It is clear that the Wizards can’t find ways to win on the court. The only team they’ve beaten all season are the Atlanta Hawks in two of their first four games of the season.
Former three-time sixth man of the year winner and analyst on FanDuel’s ‘Run It Back’ Lou Williams says an extra step must be needed for the franchise.
Williams demanded: “Blow it up, atomic bomb it. This is consecutive back-to-back seasons where this team has been historically bad and the cherry on top is no win November.
“For you not to win one game with all of this young talent that they accumulated in Jordan Poole, Kyle Kuzma and drafting Alex Sarr.”
“A lot of these guys. This is a bad mix of talent, it’s not working from top to bottom. You’ve even replaced the coach. You did everything you can possibly do to right this ship and it got worse.
“A lot of times you can its got to get worse before it gets better. In this case, blow the whole thing, let’s start fresh, what are you going to lose?”
Alexandre Sarr criticized
It is difficult for a young player like Sarr to come into the league and contribute to a bad team. The former second-overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft and has had some good moments and some really bad ones.
At the same time, Sarr was open to forgoing his plans to be the first overall pick in the draft to the Atlanta Hawks by skipping their workouts. While his agent was the one to make the decision for Sarr, he definitely didn’t push and Williams is still calling him out.
“I’m not letting Alex Sarr off the hook, you asked for this. You didn’t want to go to the Atlanta Hawks.
“I bet you he’s licking his chops to be an Atlanta Hawk right now but he’d preferred to go to Washington D.C. to start his career there.
“Again, I’m not trying to be super critical but you don’t win a game in the entire month of November, it’s nothing positive to be said.”
The Hawks are currently one of the more entertaining teams in the league, currently 10-11, recently winning back to back games over the Cavaliers.
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