Top 3 most disappointing Wizards as the NBA season winds down

Will Barton was expected to be an impact player for the Washington Wizards, but barely played.

After he was traded in a deal featuring Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, it was expected that Will Barton would bring high quality three and d play to the Wizards rotation. Instead, he was quickly reduced to the Andre Iguodala and Udonis Haslem role of being the adult in the room for the locker room.

This was not what Barton had in mind when he was moved to his hometown team. Ahead of the trade deadline, he began hinting at the idea that he wanted to play somewhere else. After being waived, he found himself playing for the Toronto Raptors, a team competing directly with the Wiz for postseason positioning.

With the Wizards he averaged 7.7 points, 2.4 assists, and 2.8 rebounds. It was his most inefficient season since his early years in the league and when he did play, he held the team back. This is after averaging a relatively efficient 10+ points per game with the Denver Nuggets for years. He only appeared in 40 games for the team and most of his DNPs came from coaching decisions.

While his expectations were maybe a bit too high, he still left many fans disappointed before he left the team shortly after the deadline. He definitely deserves the number three spot on this list.