Will Clayton

@willclayton.bsky.social

I used to root for bad sports teams. I still do too. Probably talking about DC sports. || Still trying to get the nerve up to record an album.

“Red Panda” suggests the existence of an up-and-coming prodigy that trekked across the land to collect badges in anticipation of a final showdown against their dinnerware throwing rival, “Blue Panda”

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Ay man, I’m happy to have CJ McCollum to mentor Bub or get flipped as an expiring, but… Kelly Olynyk? KELLY FUCKING OLYNYK? I’m gonna be at Dulles on my layover in 5 hours and I’ll be DAMNED if I let that motherfucker wear a Wizards jersey.

As long as DC isn’t giving up any of their future 1sts, I’m totally fine with the FO doing whatever they need to get their guy. We basically got the MEM 1st for free anyway Bagley, Johnny Davis, ‘25 2nd 🔄 Smart, Colby Jones, 18th overall If we can use that ammo to trade up for a top 5 pick, do it

2025 NBA Draft
2025 Mock Draft
Top 100 Prospects
4. PROJECTED TRADE:
WASHINGTON WIZARDS
Ace Bailey | 6-8 wing/forward | 18 years old | Rutgers
(Wizards trade No. 6 and No. 18 to Sixers for No. 4 and Eric Gordon)
Again, I project the Sixers trade down. Why would the Wizards jump the Utah Jazz for No. 6? It's hard to figure out what the Jazz will do at No. 5. With a new key decision-maker in Austin Ainge, league sources want to see how he operates after nearly 15 years in the Boston Celtics' front office. So if Washington wants a certain player, it will probably need to jump Utah (and any other team that would be talking trade with Philadelphia in this instance). The price point here is No. 18 and taking the Gordon deal into the trade exception that the Wizards created in the Johnny Davis deal at the deadline. It's not small, but it's a worthwhile move if they love someone, and the Wizards have several young players on rookie-scale deals on the roster already in Alex Sarr, Bub Carrington, Bilal Coulibaly, AJ Johnson and Kyshawn George.

This has to be the absolute dumbest draft lottery result in NBA history. DAL, SA, and PHI all getting top 3 picks while UTA, WAS, CHA, and BKN fall outside of it. Ah yes, just what the NBA needed; the two top prospects in the 2025 draft going to playoff caliber teams in the West. I’m speechless.

Idk how anyone could hear @msjnba.bsky.social shove the Wizards franchise history into the dumpster and come away with the conclusion that anyone needs Flagg more than Washington. HIS NAME IS FLAGG! HE BELONGS IN THE NATIONS CAPITAL!

dan favale@danfavale.bsky.social · last yr.

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👉We went through every lottery team and then picked which one is most desperate to get the No. 1 pick. (Timestamps within!) 

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Winger&Dawkins | The Rebuild (2025) 1. Gandalf of Gallery Place 2. We’ll Deal Beal 3. Ouizards (feat. GIMS) 4. FRPs 5. Cherry Blossom SZN 6. Early Returns 7. The Kuzma Trade (skit) 8. Deni’s Sacrifice (feat. Kendrick Lamar) 9. BUB 10. You Just Got WUJ’d 11. Capture The Flagg

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Wizards will select at 18th overall in the draft. Washington acquired that pick from Memphis at the deadline in the Marcus Smart trade — the Grizzlies would then drop from 2nd to 8th in the Western Conference standings. Quite literally the best case scenario for Washington.

NBA COMMUNICATIONS
645 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10022
TIES BROKEN FOR ORDER OF SELECTION IN NBA DRAFT 2025
PRESENTED BY STATE FARM
NEW YORK, April 21, 2025 - Five ties among teams with identical regular-season records were broken today through random drawings to determine the order of selection for NBA Draft 2025 presented by State Farm.
The drawings were conducted by NBA President of League Operations Byron Spruell at the
NBA office in Secaucus, New Jersey. The tiebreaker process was overseen by Marc Dieli, a partner from the accounting firm of Ernst & Young.
The results of the drawings:
• The Phoenix Suns (36-46) won a tiebreaker with the Portland Trail Blazers.
• The Dallas Mavericks (39-43) won a tiebreaker with the Chicago Bulls.
• The Sacramento Kings (40-42) won a tiebreaker with the Atlanta Hawks.
• The Memphis Grizzlies (48-34) won a tiebreaker with the Golden State Warriors and the Milwaukee Bucks. Second and third place in the tiebreaker drawings went to Milwaukee and Golden State, respectively.
• The Los Angeles Lakers (50-32) won a tiebreaker with the Denver Nuggets, the Indiana Pacers, and the LA Clippers. Second, third, and fourth place in the tiebreaker drawings went to Indiana, the LA Clippers, and Denver, respectively.
NBA Draft Lottery 2025 presented by State Farm will be held on Monday, May 12 and air live on ESPN at 6:30 or 7:00 p.m. ET (depending on the schedule of playoff games that day). The first round of NBA Draft 2025 presented by State Farm will take place on Wednesday, June 25, and the second round will take place on Thursday, June 26.
Below is the order of selection for NBA Draft 2025 presented by State Farm and the probability of being awarded the first overall draft pick for teams in NBA Draft Lottery 2025 presented by State Farm.2025 FIRST ROUND
Drawings will be conducted at NBA Draft Lottery 2025 presented by State Farm to determine the first four picks in NBA Draft 2025 presented by State Farm. The remainder of the Lottery teams will select in positions 5 through 14 in inverse order of their records in 2024-25 regular-season games. The teams entered in the NBA Draft Lottery and their probability of winning the Lottery are as follows:
TEAM
RECORD
WIN%
LOTTERY
ODDS
Utah
17-65
.207
14.0%
Washington
18-64
.220
14.0%
Charlotte
19-63
.232
14.0%
New Orleans
21-61
.256
12.5%
Philadelphia'
24-58
293
10.5%
Brooklyn
26-56
.317
9.0%
Toronto
30-52
366
7.5%
San Antonio
34-48
415
6.0%
Phoenix (to Houston via Brooklyn)
36-46
439
3.8%
Portland
36-46
439
3.7%
Dallas
39-43
476
1.8%
Chicago
39-43
.476
1.7%
Sacramento'
40-42
488
0.8%
Atlanta (to San Antonio)
40-42
.488
0.7%
The order for the remainder of the first round picks is as follows:

TEAM
RECORD
WIN%
15,
Miami (to Oklahoma City via the LA Clippers)
37-45
451
16.
Orlando
41-41
500
17.
Detroit (to Minnesota via New York, Oklahoma City, and Houston)
44-38
537
18,
Memphis (to Washington)
48-34
585
19.
Milwaukee (to Brooklyn via New York, Detroit, Portland, and New Orleans)
48-34
.585
20.
Golden State (to Miami)
48-34
585
21,
Minnesota (to Utah)
49-33
598
22,
Los Angeles Lakers (to Atlanta via New Orleans)
50-32
.610
23
Indiana
50-32
-610
24.
LA Clippers (to Oklahoma City)
50-32
.610
25
Denver (to Orlando)
50-32
.610
26.
New York (to Brooklyn)
51-31
.622
27,
Houston (to Brooklyn)
52-30
.634
28.
Boston
61-21
.744
29.
Cleveland (to Phoenix via Utah)
64-18
.780
30.
Oklahoma City (to the LA Clippers)
68-14
.829
Note: The draft order above assumes that a team with the right to swap one pick for another exercises such right only if it is favorable to do so.
1 This pick may be conveyed to Oklahoma City
2 This pick may be conveyed to Atlanta2025 SECOND ROUND DRAFT CHOICE ORDER

Utah (to Minnesota)

Washington (to Boston via Detroit and Brooklyn)

Charlotte
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New Orleans (to Charlotte via San Antonio, Phoenix, and Memphis)

Philadelphia

Brooklyn

Toronto (to Detroit via Dallas and San Antonio)

San Antonio
39/40.
Portland (to Toronto via Sacramento)
39/40.
Phoenix (to Washington)
41.
Miami (to Golden State via Brooklyn and Indiana)
42/43.
Chicago (to Sacramento via San Antonio)
42/43.
Dallas (to Utah)
44/45.
Atlanta (to Oklahoma City)
44/45.
Sacramento (to Chicago)
46.
Orlando
47.
Detroit (to Milwaukee via Washington)
48.
Golden State (to Memphis via Washington and Brooklyn)
49.
Milwaukee (to Cleveland)
50.
Memphis (to New York via Oklahoma City and Boston)
51.
Minnesota (to the LA Clippers via Atlanta and Houston)
52.
Denver (to Phoenix via Charlotte and Minnesota)
53.
LA Clippers (to Utah via the Los Angeles Lakers)
54.
Indiana
55.
Los Angeles Lakers
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New York (forfeited)
56.
Houston (to Memphis)
57.
Boston (to Orlando)
58.
Cleveland
59.
Oklahoma City (to Houston via Atlanta)
Note: The draft order above assumes that a team with the right to swap one pick for another exercises such right only if it is favorable to do so.
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It is still insane to me these trades happened Kuzma has turned into a pumpkin, Johnny Davis & Patrick Baldwin Jr. were busts, Bagley was… he was actually alright. Wiz gave up two 2nds Meanwhile, Smart & Middleton have been great vets, AJ & Colby have promise, and DC got MEM 1st + a ‘28 FRP swap

Bucks receive
• Kyle Kuzma
• Jericho Sims
• 2025 second-round pick
Wizards receive
• Khris Middleton
• AJ Johnson
• 2028 first-round pick swap
Knicks receive
• Delon Wright
• Cash considerations
Spurs receive
• Patrick Baldwin Jr.
• Cash considerationsWizards get:
• Colby Jones (via Kings)
• Alex Len (via Kings)
• Marcus Smart (via Grizzlies)
• 2025 first-round pick (via Grizzlies)
Grizzlies get:
• Marvin Bagley III (from Wizards)
• Johnny Davis (from Wizards)
• 2025 second-round pick (via Wizards)
• 2028 second-round pick (via Kings)
Kings get:
• Jake LaRavia (via Grizzlies)

The Jazz just pulled an OT win out of their ass to lose sole possession of the worst record in the league and potentially move their floor from 5th to 6th overall. Let me be the first to say thank you, Utah. You fools. You morons. You imbeciles.

Final score: 126 Portland | 133 Utah

Kyle Kuzma managed to have a -$1.5M production value. I was gonna use the word “somehow”, but unfortunately I know exactly how. The only thing less surprising than Kuz’s negative value is seeing Beal on the top of the worst injury contracts list. Cant believe the Wizards traded BOTH for +++ assets

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“Free Beal” in 2022: A lighthearted taunt from Suns fans who believed the Wizards were squandering Bradley Beal’s talent. “Free Beal” in 2025: A bloodcurdling plea from Suns fans that are trapped under the tyranny of Brad & his NTC. Their screams of agony are met with a chorus of laughter.

Between this quote and the one from AJ saying he believes he has “superstar” potential, this is the exact type of mentality that’s been missing from this team for so long. If you take a second to look beyond the record, you’ll see that a new culture has started to take root within DC’s locker room.

Josh Robbins@joshrobbins.bsky.social · last yr.

Rookie AJ Johnson already has displayed some intriguing abilities during his brief time with the Wizards. After tonight's game, he said: "With the grind that I'm about to have this summer and stuff like that, I feel like I'm going to come back different."

Severance S2 is one of the most well-crafted seasons of TV I’ve ever watched. This show has an IV tapped into the artistic part of brain, effortlessly weaving motifs of deep cultural & historical significance within a visually stunning narrative. Everything hits. A masterpiece.