The Wizards Are Starting a 2K Fever Dream Lineup
AJ Dybantsa stated he will adjust as needed to fit alongside Trae Young.
The Washington Wizards are officially rolling out a starting five that looks like a late-night NBA 2K simulation where someone turned off the salary cap and just started mashing the trade override button.
According to Underdog NBA, Washington is starting Trae Young, Keyonte George, rookie AJ Dybantsa, Anthony Davis, and Deandre Ayton on Monday night.
This is a franchise that just suffered through a soul-crushing 17-65 campaign last season. Now they are trotting out a lineup featuring two perennial All-Stars, a former number one pick at center, and the actual current number one overall pick in Dybantsa. It is an absurd collection of talent for a team that was recently the laughingstock of the league.
The new-look roster has Washington sitting at an even 3-3, which is basically a championship pace compared to last year's disaster. Young is already leading the league with 10.2 assists per game, a number that makes perfect sense when your primary lob targets are Davis and Ayton.
For anyone eyeing the prop markets ahead of their Monday matchup against the 2-4 , the assist and rebound totals are going to be a fascinating puzzle. There are only so many counting stats to go around when you have this much usage packed into a single starting unit.
The real basketball test is how Dybantsa fits into this chaotic mix of established veterans. The top pick has already gone on record promising to adjust to Young's playstyle, which is polite rookie speak for knowing he might spend a few possessions watching the point guard hunt for a highlight reel pass.
We will find out quickly if this fantasy-draft fever dream can actually translate to consistent winning basketball. If this group figures out how to share a single basketball against , the Eastern Conference might actually have a terrifying new problem to deal with.