The Washington Wizards start to the season has been far from what the fanbase or the players envisioned.
After an abundance of offseason moves, including the likes of CJ McCollum and Cam Whitmore, Washington's revamped depth chart seemed like a major opportunity for the Wizards to take a step forward this season.
Considering their record to end last season, the bar wasn't set very high in terms of the team taking a step forward to start the season.
Nonetheless, throughout the Wizards' trying start to the regular season, it's been hard to find any real positives about the team's opening month.
Throughout the Wizards struggles, Washington has went through several starting lineup changes with Bub Carrington, Bilal Coulibaly and even rookie Tre Johnson getting a crack to start alongside McCollum in the team's backcourt.
With head coach Brian Keefe looking for a winning formula, it was clear that his lineup changes were not only due to injuries, but in efforts to figure out a way to begin stacking wins as the team builds towards the future.
Unfortunately, those lineup changes failed to lead to a wins, which led Keefe back to the drawing board looking for answers elsewhere.
However, the answer that Keefe seemingly stumbled upon is the last solution that Wizards fans would have expected.
Corey Kispert has been a major boost in the starting lineup
Corey Kispert was selected by the Wizards in the first round of the 2021 NBA Draft, where he was hoped to be a legit 3-and-D player in Washington.
Between his sharpshooting ability and versatile skillset, the Gonzaga product's upside encouraged the Wizards to take a swing on his potential.
Nonetheless, his inconsistent play has made it seem like at his best, he'd be a role player in D.C.
Fast forward to this season, his poor start to the year made it seem like the most realistic future for him on the Wizards would be a trade ahead of the NBA trade deadline in February.
That was, until Kispert's two-game stretch as a starter may have given the Wizards the answer they'be been looking for all along.
Over the last two games, the 26-year-old is averaging 19.5 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 assists, looking like a major boost for the team's starting unit.
Kispert's strong play is not only boosting his trade value for the Wizards, but he's also giving the team a reason to second guess whether or not he should be moved like many hoped he would be this offseason.
Regardless, there's no way to ignore just how well the forward's been playing over the recent stretch for the Wizards.