Washington Wizards: 5 takeaways from 2017 NBA Summer League

The Washington Wizards struggled through 2017 NBA Summer League play and were unable to come away with any winning performances.

The Washington Wizards struggled through the entirety of the 2017 NBA Summer League. While there were a few moments where they performed well as a whole, they were overshadowed by five straight losses.

The lack of draft picks is beginning to catch up to the Wizards and it’s become quite apparent rather quickly. There was not a single player on the Summer League roster that was drafted by the Washington Wizards.

While the franchise is in solid position to compete through the playoffs in the coming years, it is still troubling that they do not have a G-League affiliate to use to groom their younger players.

What’s worse is four players from the Summer League team were on the Washington Wizards roster last year, despite minimal playing time during the season. There is not much evidence at all pointing in the direction of improvement from these players.

Of the four — Sheldon Mac, Daniel Ochefu, Chris McCullough and Danuel House — none performed nearly as well as Mac. In retrospect, acquiring Bojan Bogdanovic in exchange for a second round pick to only let him walk this offseason is a true head-scratcher.

Here are five takeaways from the Washington Wizards’ performance during Summer League.