What Brian Windhorst has said about Washington Wizards

Windhorst argues that teams can no longer afford massive overpays and that no other team was bidding at Trae Young's price.

“right now, you cannot afford to have a contract on your books that's a massive overpay. And there was nobody bidding that for Trey Young”

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Windhorst claims the Wizards promised Trae Young a new deal in exchange for sitting him out while they pursued the top draft pick.

“So they told him like, Trey, we're going to take care of you. don't worry, so we're on the same page, we're invested in you, we're gonna bench you”

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Windhorst concedes he should have called Young's deal one of the worst contracts rather than the worst.

“But okay, if that's what you want, I'll concede that, that I should have said one of the worst contracts”

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