Henry Brown

When D'Angelo Russell willingly opted into the final year of his ongoing contract, fans assumed- or, at least, hoped- that the Washington Wizards had a plan for disposing the expendable veteran.

The Washington Wizards' newest returner looks to be embracing a subtly-crowded depth chart.

Basketball-starved NBA fans have had the NBA Summer League's opening night- specifically, the Washington Wizards' matchup against the Utah Jazz- circled for weeks.

It's customary for all prestige NBA Summer League prospects to make multiple appearances once they make the trip to Las Vegas, even if they do prove themselves a level ahead of the rest of their semi-professional competition.

A quick rundown of the Washington Wizards' stacked Summer League roster, followed by a simple glance over to a Las Vegas sideline full of present and rising Wiz

If recent history tells us anything, it's that we've likely seen the last of the Washington Wizards' remaining high-profile NBA Summer Leaguers.

The Washington Wizards' top prospect has an open runway to take advantage of a lighter scoring burden than anything he's seen in years.

The Washington Wizards aren't done building for the future. That isn't just some broad, dreamy assertion for the up-and-coming developers; they

Even though the Washington Wizards still have another game to go before they've officially wrapped up the NBA Summer League-centric portion of their offseason schedule, most outsiders have already begun looking ahead to the next phases of their preparatory approach.

After three years spent prioritizing internal development over chasing impressive end-of-season win counts, the Washington Wizards finally seem prepared to enter this season as something resembling a nightly threat.