Could Cooper Flagg Make The Wizards A Contender? I BMitch & Finlay

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Tobi and BMitch discuss the upcoming NBA Draft Lottery. The guys believe Washington securing the top overall pick would be franchise altering.

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00:00And, you know, I think this is going to be a huge opportunity for them

00:03because if they can get Cooper Flagg,

00:06I think there's a couple of guys in this draft that you feel good about.

00:09But, you know, in the NBA, more so than other sports,

00:14you just have to have that star, B. Mitch.

00:16You just have to have that guy.

00:18And I know the Wizards tried to do it with Bradley Buell for a long time,

00:21and he just wasn't that guy.

00:23They need someone to just be that dude.

00:26And I think in reality, like the guys that they drafted this year,

00:29maybe none of those dudes become that guy.

00:32Maybe Sarr could.

00:33They need a James Wood, Kobe Bryant-type mindset.

00:39Somebody who comes in here and just does every damn thing he needs to do to get better.

00:45And hopefully he's your best player so everybody else can follow suit.

00:49Because what has happened here, we had John at one point who, you know,

00:54John was on and off, and Brad was on and off.

00:58But none of them wanted to play D.

01:00Gilbert didn't want to play D.

01:02You need somebody to come in here and at least give an effort on defense,

01:07work his ass off offensively,

01:09and maybe this team will finally begin to have somebody, a leader, who they can follow.

01:14And if you get that, then maybe things change up.

01:17Because you look at the commanders, Jayden Terry.

01:22Look at the Caps, Ovi.

01:24All right?

01:25Now you hear him talk about Wood.

01:28So you start looking at that in the future.

01:30Who's the guy for the Wiz?

01:32Well, and I hope you get that first pick, and I think Cooper Flagg can be that guy.

01:36Yeah.

01:36Right?

01:36So if you can get a really talented guy, because I think Alex Sarr is going to be a good basketball player.

01:41I don't know if he's a star or not, but I think he can be a really good basketball player.

01:45Bob Carrington, like we were at the game the other night, he dropped 32.

01:48He's a really good guard.

01:49Yes, he is.

01:49And I think Keyshawn George, out of that mix, is a really good role player as well.

01:52Well, there's all confidence in the world, though.

01:54He does.

01:55And you've got to have that to be good in sports.

01:57Well, and this is where I give the Wizards credit.

01:59I know a lot of people are frustrated.

02:00We've had callers, I think, call into this show, call into Grant and Danny, saying,

02:04man, I just need the Wizards to be competitive again.

02:06And I think the hard part about this is, I think...

02:09They will be, but they're in the process right now.

02:11Well, and here's where it's difficult, B-Mitch.

02:13I think they're doing it right now.

02:14The problem is, they've had years of being bad, but then they finally decided to get on board and do it correctly

02:18when they changed the front office.

02:19Well, they had the wrong people trying to do it.

02:21Other people thought that they were in a position that they were not.

02:24Then they hired people that would have a great understanding of how to build.

02:27And these people came in and said, look, man, you got to tear this ish down.

02:31Okay?

02:32You tear it down, and then we can build something up.

02:34But where you at now, you'll never ever...

02:36They were never on stable foundation.

02:39They never had that.

02:40You pusher it down.

02:50And now...

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