TL;DR
- Washington Wizards kept sharpshooter Corey Kispert instead of trading him.
- Keeping Kispert is seen as the Wizards' biggest offseason regret.
- Kispert's shooting is more beneficial to win-now teams, not a rebuilding Wizards squad.
- Wizards' youth movement cuts into Kispert's minutes, potentially lowering his trade value.
Everyone in the NBA wants more shooting.
And the Washington Wizards, in the middle of a rebuild, had a veteran sharpshooter they could've traded.
Instead, they kept Corey Kispert around.
And while Kispert remains useful, he doesn't fit the Wizards' timeline.
Bleacher Report's Zach Buckley calls the fact that the Wizards didn't trade Kispert their biggest regret of the offseason.
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It may not seem major, but it does matter.
"The Wizards are orchestrating one of the league's most extreme youth movements," Buckley writes. "So, why is Kispert still a part of it? Sure, his three-ball is helpful to have, but it would be much more beneficial to a team with any degree of win-now intentions. And Washington isn't even really reminding potential suitors of that, since its developmental wings are cutting into his minutes, driving down his numbers and potentially his trade value, too. His off-ball activity could still shine with the right supporting cast, but all of these growing-pains prospects around him aren't it."
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Kispert almost certainly will get traded by the trade deadline.
But even now, the league was surely ready to do something. Teams are always looking to get better.
Kispert will make a contender better. He knows his role and fills it well.
The only remaining step is to finalize an agreement, one that many believe should have been concluded by now.
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