As the offseason continues to unfold, the Washington Wizards have transitioned from one of the most active teams making moves to absolute silence three days in to NBA Free Agency.
Obviously, Washington isn't exactly in position to land any big fish free agents or make any blockbuster trades to acquire a star (minus CJ McCollum).
Nor are they labeled as an ideal landing spot for any of the top names on the market unless it's a young player hoping to find their footing in the league.
However, just because the Wizards aren't active YET, doesn't mean that general manager Will Dawkins can't get involved in the free agency market one way or another in the coming days.
Which leads us to Malcolm Brogdon.
Brogdon is currently one of the best available players on the open market and arguably the top free agent guard for any teams in need of backcourt help.
The Virginia product's market is unknown, but coming off a solid season in Washington, averaging 12.7 points, 4.1 assists and 3.8 rebounds in a limited veteran role with the Wizards.
A few years removed from winning the Sixth Man of the Year award, Brogdon has plenty to offer contending teams who may be interested in adding him as a key bench contributor with the ability to be a capable spot-starter if needed.
Unfortunately, with the current restrictions of the new CBA guidelines, signing players like Brogdon comes with more attention to detail than a typical deals in the past would have required.
That said, it makes it tougher for a player like Brogdon to sign with a team of his choosing, whether it's due to current second apron restrictions or the fear of having to deal with those restictions if a team were to make a move to ink Brogdon to a deal.
That's where the Wizards come in.
As we've seen multiple times this offseason already, team's are utilizing sign-and-trades to allow free agents to join the team of their choose, while also getting some sort of value in return.
The Atlanta Hawks did it with the Minnesota Timberwolves to land Nickeil Alexander-Walker and the Houston Rockets, who signed Clint Capela.
Miami helped Duncan Robinson land in Detroit to compete with the Pistons next season and beyond.
If Washington goes that route to aid Brogdon to land with a team of his choosing, they could not only help the veteran guard, but they could manage to land some type of return whether it be a young player or draft capital.
In doing this, the Wizards would essentially do right by the DMV native and also help themselves essentially avoid losing Brogdon for nothing in free agency.