Wizards Roll Out Chaotic Starting Five Against Raptors

The Washington Wizards are officially starting Trae Young, Kyshawn George, Bilal Coulibaly, Johnny Davis, and Alex Sarr on Friday night against the Toronto Raptors.

This is the kind of lineup you end up with when you auto-draft the last five rounds of a fantasy league while stuck in traffic.

Washington is still trying to find its footing after a brutal 107-106 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans and a 128-116 defeat against the Milwaukee Bucks earlier this week. Now they are handing the keys to a rotation that relies heavily 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 starting five is a chaotic puzzle. Young is going to have the ball in his hands for 90 percent of the shot clock. His usage rate might actually break the arena's scoreboard, making his points and assists totals the only predictable thing about this team.

Meanwhile, Coulibaly and Davis are out there to run around and hopefully catch a pass when the defense inevitably collapses. Coulibaly is trying to prove he belongs in a make-or-break year after his numbers dipped last season, and throwing him out there with a high-volume shooter like Young is certainly a choice.

Tip-off against the Raptors is set for Friday night. We will see if this experiment actually translates to competitive basketball or if it just turns into a track meet that cashes every Trae Young over on the board.