Washington Wizards’ owner Ted Leonsis told Washington Post’s Candace Buckner that the team will never tank and that he is holding the team to the standard of making the playoffs.
“We will never, ever tank.” — Ted Leonsis, right now I’m London.
Leonsis is all in on this team making the playoffs and holding this team to that standard.
More from Leonsis on the @PostSports Instagram story
— Candace Buckner (@CandaceDBuckner) January 17, 2019
Leonsis also told Buckner that Bradley Beal reached out to him and said the Wizards ‘have enough’ to make the playoffs this season. Wizards max contract star John Wall went down with a season-ending injury at the end of the 2018 calendar year.
From @CandaceDBuckner and @PostSports IG
Ted Leonsis: “Bradley Beal has told me, ‘we have enough. … We’re not going to let you down.’ … We’re not letting anybody off the hook, we got to make the playoffs.” https://t.co/dF4BilpgWx
— Hoop District (@HoopDistrictDC) January 17, 2019
After the comments were made, the Wizards went on to defeat the New York Knicks in the NBA’s first London of the season in which the team won off a goaltend from Knicks’ guard Allonzo Trier.
Wizards beat the Knicks on a goaltend ? pic.twitter.com/VfyfKMNcAc
— Def Pen Hoops (@DefPenHoops) January 17, 2019
The Wizards are currently the 11th seed in the Eastern Conference with a 19-26 record on the year.
