With the change to the salary cap recently announced, a lot of teams are realizing that their off-season goals may no longer be approachable. It has been common knowledge that the Washington Wizards were going to pursue F Kevin Durant as an unrestricted FA. Though reports are now coming from sources that the Wizards GM NanashiWake is now looking elsewhere for the improvement of this team.
With the Wizards not having a high draft pick, sense they traded the Cavaliers pick earlier this season to acquire Dion Waiters, they may have to look through the trade block to see if they can acquire the player(s) they're looking for. We reached out to NanashiWake for a comment;
I can't confirm or deny whether or not we've backed out of the Durant sweepstakes, but I can say that we are always looking to improve this team. We know for a fact that even if we don't make any moves, we should see an improvement next season, but and improvement into the CSL Playoff's 2nd round isn't out ceiling. We are going for a home-run not a single.
Players like Tyrone Wallace and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson have actually been involved secretly in trade talks all season long with approaches from many teams, however until recently they were nearly untouchable. Sadly, with us most likely not being able to be huge factors in the Durant decision, we may have to trade talent to get talent. We'll see though, lots of time left to ponder our options.
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