After steadily rising through the Eastern Conference ranks each of the last two years, the Washington Wizards face the burden of expectations and a new-look roster in their quest to make a deep playoff run in 2015-16.
Even with key pieces from last year's team departing, the Wizards are still led by the dynamic young backcourt duo of John Wall and Bradley Beal. Having those two players continuing to evolve can offset the loss of veteran Paul Pierce.
Fortunately for Washington, Wall sounds ready to take over the leadership role that Pierce served in last season, as he told Jorge Castillo of the Washington Post:
It’s all on me now. I feel like it is. Going into my sixth year and having three great veterans in Trevor Ariza and Al Harrington and definitely Paul Pierce, those guys taught me to be a leader the best way you can be. And now I have to go in there from Day 1 and try to do what I got to do and do what those guys did in the past and lead my team.
Another major storyline for the Wizards will be rookie Kelly Oubre. The former Kansas star has tremendous length for a wing player with a ...
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