To the surprise of many, the Washington Wizards are off to a bad start to the 2018-19 NBA season with a 5-9 record. Prior to their recent three-game win streak, the Wizards had a 2-9 record with negative reports at the beginning of the season about the team’s chemistry.
During, the whole Timberwolves and Jimmy Butler saga, Minnesota reached out to Washington to work out a deal for Jimmy Butler and Bradley Beal, according to Marc Stein of the New York Times.
Word is the Wolves did try to engage Washington — another team falling well short of expectations — in trade talks for the sharpshooting guard Bradley Beal.
But the Wizards have kept Beal off limits amid their 4-9 start. They would naturally prefer to trade the struggling Otto Porter, or perhaps even John Wall, but both possess hard-to-move contracts.
The Wizards believe, as many others do, that Bradley Beal is the best player on their roster. Beal is averaging a team-high 22.5 points on 46.7 percent shooting from the field and 34.3 percent from the 3-point line.
