The Washington Wizards are preparing to lose yet another player this offseason, but this time the move won't be by the decision of general manager Will Dawkins.
At least, not that we know of.
Brogdon landed with the Wizards last offseason as part of an offseason trade ahead of the NBA Draft that sent Deni Avdija to the Portland Trail Blazers.
Not only did Washington acquire Brogdon, but they managed to land the draft pick to select Bub Carrington, who has plenty of potential on his own.
However, the main reasoning the Wizards felt comfortable making the move for the Virginia product was the idea that he could be a veteran presence that could mentor the young group in Washington on the court last season.
In theory, it seemed like a solid plan.
Bring in a former Rookie of the Year and allow him to not only show the rookies how to attack their first year in the league, but also show talents like Kyshawn George and Corey Kispert how to approach being a premiere sixth man in the league considering Brogdon's also a former Sixth Man of the Year.
Unfortunately, that plan assembled by the Wizards' front office and head coach Brian Keefe didn't come to fruition.
In fact, it didn't even come close to unfolding how the team hoped it would.
Brogdon's start to his Wizard career began with an injury that quickly sidelined him, which had seemingly become a norm for the often-injured veteran over the last couple of seasons.
From there, it was easy to see that the Wizards may not be getting the oncourt presence from Brogdon that they hoped they would when they made the move to land him in the offseason.
After playing in only 24 games with the Wizards, it's hard to safely say that Brogdon made any impact on the team's young roster.
Fast forward to this offseason, the writing was on the wall for the Wizards to let the guard walk in free agency, especially after failing to offload his contract ahead of the NBA trade deadline in February,
As a result, Washington opted to bring in CJ McCollum to serve as the veteran in the backcourt next season, which all but clarified that a return for Brogdon was off the table.
Nonetheless, if we're being brutally honest, Brogdon departing from the Wizards and clearing space for the team to bring in players who can contribute may be the biggest impact he made for the team throughout his entire tenure.