Let’s start with what can’t happen now.
The Wizards can’t, and won’t, trade Bradley Beal this summer.
But the front office has to continue to make the roster around him and Russell Westbrook better.
“D.C.’s an unbelievable market, a true sports town. I don’t see why nobody wouldn’t want to be interested in coming to D.C.,” Beal said after his team’s season ended Wednesday, suffocated by the wingspan and experience of the 76ers in five games. Even without Joel Embiid, out after tearing his right meniscus Monday in Game 4, the Sixers were better and more efficient at both ends. So I asked Beal if he thought he had a story to sell about the Wizards that could compel free agents to come here.
