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Washington Wizards vs. Toronto Raptors: Comparison

By Frank J. Platko

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 3: Bradley Beal #3 of the Washington Wizards shoots the ball against the Toronto Raptors during the game on March 3, 2017 at Verizon Center in Washington, DC. Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Ned Dishman/NBAE via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 3: Bradley Beal #3 of the Washington Wizards shoots the ball against the Toronto Raptors during the game on March 3, 2017 at Verizon Center in Washington, DC. Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Ned Dishman/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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TORONTO, ON – MARCH 01: Kelly Oubre Jr. #12 of the Washington Wizards draws an offensive foul by P.J. Tucker #2 of the Toronto Raptors as Fred VanFleet #23 defends during NBA game action at Air Canada Centre on March 1, 2017 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON – MARCH 01: Kelly Oubre Jr. #12 of the Washington Wizards draws an offensive foul by P.J. Tucker #2 of the Toronto Raptors as Fred VanFleet #23 defends during NBA game action at Air Canada Centre on March 1, 2017 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images) /

BENCH

Wizards: Tim Frazier, Jodie Meeks, Kelly Oubre Jr., Mike Scott, Ian Mahinmi 

Raptors: Delon Wright, Norman Powell, O.G Anuybo, Pascal Siakam, Lucas Nuogeria

This may come as a surprise. You may even think I’m crazy, but here me out – the Wizards bench is actually better than another team’s. 

Yep, that’s right. Although Norman Powell is the best reserve on either team, the Raptors lack much talent on the back-end of their rotation after that. O.G Anunoby is a raw, unpolished rookie who lacks any one definitive skill. While Delon Wright, Pascal Siakam, and Lucas Nogueria have shown flashes, they’re relatively unproven. 

The Raptors are banking on a lot of their young rotation players improving this year, and there’s just no saying how productive they’ll be. 

At the very least, the Wizards bench contains established commodities. It was a terrible bunch last year, but off-season acquisitions of Tim Frazier & Jodie Meeks, along with expected growth from Kelly Oubre Jr., should result in improvement. 

On paper, Wizards reserves take the cake. 

ADVANTAGE: Wizards 

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