5) Sato’s Airness
The Washington Wizards’ bench, to put it bluntly, has been awful. Marcin Gortat took some heat for calling the second unit “one of the worst in the league,” but the Wizards’ center wasn’t lying.
Ernie Grunfeld tried to revamp the bench after missing out on all the top free agents this past summer, but didn’t do enough, it seems.
One of the lone bright spots has been Tomas Satoransky – the 2012 second round pick who most, including myself, thought would never come to the states.
Washington misses Ramon Sessions‘ scoring, but they added youth, length and versatility with Satoransky. In an off-season where we saw a ton of free agents get overpaid, Satoransky became an absolute steal at three-years, $9 million.
He’s given the Wizards some spirit off the bench. He’s shown an ability to create off the dribble, distribute the ball and finish in traffic.
Tomas F. Satoransky. Not a dunk but still a collected soul. #Wizards pic.twitter.com/YNF0wrOVCD
— Veteran L(W)izard (@Truth_About_It) November 17, 2016
It’s not great analysis, but Satoransky just knows how to play the game, which cannot be said for most on the bench.
He’s been thrust into a solid role in his rookie year and he’s responded well.
We can’t take him for granted. After all, it wasn’t too long ago that Eric Maynor was running the second unit.