Wizards Weekly
This podcast will be about the Washington Wizards, the NBA Draft, and the NBA as a whole. Follow me on X @ Wiz_Weekly
7 Takeaways After 7 Games
Hope you guys enjoy. Thanks for listening!
Preseason Opener Reaction
Hey guys, quick reaction pod to the first preseason game. Hope y'all enjoy!
2025-26 Wizards Season Preview
Brought Jack and Zach back on the podcast to preview the upcoming season. Hope y'all enjoy!
Wizards Offseason Review with Varun Shankar
Hey guys, brought on Varun Shankar to break down the major moves the Wizards made this offseason including the decision to draft AJ Dybantsa, the Trae Young extension, the Deandre Ayton trade, and more. Hope you guys enjoy!
2026 Summer League Preview + NBA Draft Grades
Giving my thoughts on what to look for in Summer League this year and grading every first round pick from the NBA Draft. Hope you guys enjoy!
Full 2026 NBA Draft Wizards Preview: Who Should the Wizards Take at Number 1? Who Are My Favorite Second Rounders for the Wizards?
Giving you guys my thoughts on who I think the Wizards should take at number 1 and my favorite potential second round targets for the Wizards. Hope you guys enjoy!
Some Quick Number 1 Pick Thoughts + Breaking Down the Best Guards in the 2026 NBA Draft
Brought Jack on to break down the top guards in the 2026 NBA Draft. This is such a great class of guards that we watched all year in college basketball so we had to give our thoughts on them. Hope you guys enjoy!
NBA Draft Lottery Reaction with Matt Modderno
Brought on Matt Modderno from the Bleav in Wizards Podcast to talk through the Wizards winning the draft lottery. We share our reactions, thoughts on the players available at the top of the draft, and expectations for next season. Hope you guys enjoy!
The Washington Wizards have won the 2026 NBA Draft Lottery
Giving you guys my initial reaction to the Wizards winning the 2026 NBA Draft Lottery. Let's go!!
Breaking Down the Top 4 Prospects in the 2026 NBA Draft: AJ Dybantsa, Cameron Boozer, Darryn Peterson, and Caleb Wilson
Brought Jack onto the pod today to break down the top 4 prospects in the 2026 NBA Draft. We'll give you guys our thoughts and opinions on all of these players and our rankings at the end of the episode so stay tuned for that. Hope you guys enjoy!
Timestamps:
AJ Dybantsa - (2:04)
Cameron Boozer - (26:21)
Darryn Peterson - (50:06)
Caleb Wilson - (1:04:10)
Our rankings of the top 4 - (1:18:00)
End of Season Wrap-up: Buy, Sell, or Hold with Various Players + Thoughts on Brian Keefe Being Retained and the NBA's New Tanking Reform
Bouncing around a ton of different topics today but I hope you guys enjoy this one. Appreciate you guys for listening!
Takeaways from Trae Young's Performance with the Wizards so far + a Tristan Vukcevic Discussion
What's up Wizards Fans, we're back to give some takeaways on Trae Young's brief stint with the Wizards this year. We also got into a discussion on whether we think Tristan Vukcevic can be the 3rd big on the roster next year. Hope you guys enjoy!
Timestamps:
Trae Young Discussion - (1:48)
Tristan Vukcevic - (43:37)
Favorite Prospects in March Madness
Brought Jack back on the podcast to go over our favorite prospects from each region in March Madness this year, and gave our Final Four predictions at the end of the episode as well.
Timestamps:
East Region - (01:36)
South Region - (24:05)
West Region - (41:28)
Midwest Region - (1:03:08)
Final Four Predictions - (1:09:07)
2026 NBA Lottery Mock Draft
Going through a lottery mock draft today to get my thoughts out on a lot of the top prospects in this year's draft. Will go more in depth in the future on these players but wanted to get some quick thoughts out on a lot of the big names. Hope you guys enjoy!
A Deep Dive On Two Wizards Wings: Will Riley and Bilal Coulibaly + Quick Thoughts on the Pacers Win
Hope you guys enjoy this episode! Bit of a long one but we had a lot of thoughts. I started with a quick recap of the Pacers game and some of my thoughts on the tank before bringing on Zach and Jack to breakdown Will Riley and Bilal Coulibaly.
Timestamps:
(1:00) - Pacers game and tank thoughts
(12:45) - Will Riley Breakdown with Zach and Jack
(51:54) - Bilal Coulibaly Breakdown with Zach and Jack
Is the Tank Safe? + Extended Thoughts on the Anthony Davis Trade
Hope you guys enjoy this one! Bringing on a couple of my friends to talk about the tank and to give our full thoughts on the AD trade and how he fits in with Sarr and the rest of the roster. Had a lot of fun doing this and I hope you all enjoy listening!
Timestamps:
Thoughts on the Pistons game and the tank - (2:05)
Initial reactions to the trade (12:36)
How do Anthony Davis and Alex Sarr fit together on defense? - (21:01)
How does Anthony Davis...
Reaction to the Anthony Davis Trade
Giving my initial reaction to the Anthony Davis trade. Hope you all enjoy!
Reaction to the Trae Young Trade + Some Quick Thoughts from the 76ers Game
Timestamps:
(2:23) - Reaction to the Trae Young Trade
(22:35) - 76ers Game
Takeaways from the last month + a Tre Johnson breakdown
Timestamps:
Thoughts on the tank - (1:15)
Takeaways - (4:44)
Tre Johnson breakdown - (40:07)
Random Thoughts from the Wizards' Recent Games
Giving some thoughts I have from the Wizards' recent stretch of games. Hope you guys enjoy!
What's wrong with the Wizards defense? + some Bub Carrington and Alex Sarr thoughts
Going over the recent struggles the Wizards have had defensively, and discussing some 2nd-year players and what they have shown so far this season in Bub Carrington and Alex Sarr. Hope y'all enjoy!
Timestamps:
(1:30) - What's going on with the defense?
(18:07) - Bub Carrington
(30:25) - Alex Sarr
(45:40) - Other random thoughts
3 Takeaways From the First 3 Games of the Season
These are my 3 big takeaways from the first 3 games of this NBA season for the Washington Wizards. Hope you guys enjoy!
2025-26 Wizards Season Preview
Previewing the upcoming season for the Wizards!
2026 NBA Draft Initial Impressions
Giving my initial thoughts on top of the 2026 NBA Draft class.
Timestamps:
(1:52) - Darryn Peterson
(12:34) - AJ Dybantsa
(19:59) - Cam Boozer
(27:50) - Mikel Brown Jr.
(30:03) - Jayden Quaintance
Cam Whitmore Trade Thoughts and Scouting Report
Giving my thoughts on the Cam Whitmore trade and a short scouting report on what to expect from him as a player.
Wizards Summer League Thoughts
Just talking through the Summer League games. A bit late with this episode but hopefully you guys still enjoy!
Summer League Preview with Varun Shankar
Previewing Summer League for the Wizards and going through the Summer League roster with Varun Shankar from the Washington Post. Follow Varun on X @ByVarunShankar
2025 NBA Draft Review
Going over all the Wizards picks in the 2025 NBA Draft
Timestamps:
(1:00) - Overall thoughts on the draft class
(4:35) - Tre Johnson
(27:13) - Will Riley
(38:50) - Jamir Watkins
An Ace Bailey Discussion + My Favorite Draft Sleepers for the Wizards
Giving my thoughts on all the Ace Bailey stuff and my favorite sleepers in the draft
Timestamps:
(00:42) - Ace Bailey
(24:05) - Carter Bryant
(34:09) - Thomas Sorber
(40:22) - Collin Murray-Boyles
(46:42) - Rasheer Fleming
(51:42) - Ben Saraf
(57:16) - Asa Newell
(1:00:45) - Jamir Watkins
(1:02:23) - Will Richard
(1:04:35) - Johni Broome
(1:06:09) - Max Shulga
(1:08:38) - Kam Jones
NBA Finals Game 7 Preview
Previewing game 7 of the NBA finals and giving my prediction.
Who Will the Wizards Consider with Pick 6? (Part 2)
Going over 4 names the Wizards might consider with Pick 6.
Timestamps:
(2:39) - Egor Demin
(15:31) - Khaman Maluach
(30:11) - Kasparas Jakucionis
(43:39) - Noa Essengue
Who Will the Wizards Consider with Pick 6? (Part 1)
Going over 4 names the Wizards should be considering with pick 6 after falling in the NBA Draft Lottery.
Timestamps:
(00:00) - Reaction to the lottery
(9:04) - Tre Johnson
(17:02) - Derik Queen
(33:23) - Jeremiah Fears
(43:27) - Kon Knueppel
End of Season Recap
Going over the end of the season for the Wizards.
A discussion about Alex Sarr, plus some AJ Johnson and Bub Carrington thoughts
Wanted to have an honest and fair discussion about Alex Sarr. Also touching on AJ Johnson and Bub Carrington and some of their recent performances.
The Wizards might be watchable again
Going over all of the Wizards' games since the all-star break.
Initial reaction to the Kyle Kuzma trade
Giving my full thoughts on the Kyle Kuzma trade
Thoughts on the Wizards' recent losing streak and some trade deadline talk
Going over the biggest problems I've seen with the Wizards during their recent losing streak and talking through some trade deadline thoughts I have.
2025 NBA Draft early top 5
Going over my early top 5 players for the 2025 NBA draft
The Wizards actually won some basketball games
Talking about the recent stretch of games from the Wizards
Knicks game reaction and 2025 NBA Draft initial impressions
The Wizards are so bad I have to start talking about the Draft