Wizards Roll Out Chaotic Starting Five Against Bucks
Lineup alert: Wizards will start Young, George, Coulibaly, Davis, Sarr on Wednesday. (via Underdog NBA)
The are officially rolling out a starting five of , George, Bilal Coulibaly, Johnny Davis, and Alex Sarr for Wednesday night's game. If you read that group of names and immediately felt a headache coming on, you are not alone.
According to Underdog NBA, this is the group tasked with taking the floor against the . It is the kind of lineup that looks less like a cohesive basketball team and more like a random assortment of guys you get when you simulate ten years into a franchise mode and let the computer handle free agency.
Washington is coming off a brutal 107-106 loss to the over the weekend. Now they have to bounce back against with a rotation that heavily relies on a 7-foot center in Sarr and whatever magic Young can pull out of his hat at point guard.
For anyone staring at the prop markets, this lineup is a chaotic puzzle. Young is going to have the ball in his hands for 90 percent of the shot clock, which means his usage rate might actually break the arena's scoreboard. Meanwhile, Coulibaly and Davis are out there to run around and hopefully catch a pass when the defense inevitably collapses.
We will see if this experiment actually translates to competitive basketball or if it just turns into a track meet. Tip-off against the Bucks is set for Wednesday night, and it should give us a very clear picture of just how weird this season is going to get.