Wizards regret waiving breakout star amid historically bad season

Wizards mistakes continue to haunt them.
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The Washington Wizards aren't exactly known as a team with the reputation for making the best decisions.

In fact, Washington has quietly become notorious for having previous decisions come back to haunt them one way or another.

Looking back at the team's recent moves, the decision to move on from Deni Avdija currently looks like the worst move of all.

Avdija has emerged as a star with the Portland Trail Blazers, averaging 24.9 points, 6.4 rebounds and 5.4 assists to start the season, making the absolute most of his fresh start.

In addition to the decision to move on from Avidja, the team's decision to hold off on trading Kyle Kuzma when they had the opportunity also came back to bite them in the end.

Those two examples alone show just how bad of a repuation the team has built for themselves in recent years, especially as it pertains to roster decisions.

However, arguably the worst decision the Wizards made yet is the fact that the team let the answer to their biggest weakness slip away and now they're forced to watch him blossom into the star he could've become in the DMV.

Ryan Rollins mistake has officially began to haunt the Wizards

Before Ryan Rollins became an emerging star for the Milwaukee Bucks, the Toledo product found himself in Washington, where an off the court issue ended his time short.

After landing in the DMV as part of the Jordan Poole trade, the guard's shoplifting scandel resulted in the Wizards moving on, which led Rollins to join the Bucks,

To start the season, the former second-round pick found himself taking on a much larger role than originally anticipated with Milwaukee searching for an answer in the backcourt after parting ways with Damian Lillard this offseason.

In 18 games, Rollins has turned his career around in a major way, averaging 18.2 points, 6.0 assists and 4.0 rebounds, while shooting 49.2% from field goal range and 42.0% from beyond the arc.

Rollins becoming a rising star is one reason why the Wizards regret is only going to continue to grow, but the fact that the emerging playmaker plays the one position the team has yet to find an answer for only makes the mistake look worse.

If the Wizards aren't able to find an answer to their biggest question on the roster, the noise from their previous mistakes will only grow louder.

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