{"id":521125,"date":"2026-01-06T22:27:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T22:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/521125\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T22:27:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T22:27:15","slug":"poll-is-the-wizards-improvement-really-hurting-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/521125\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Is the Wizards\u2019 improvement really hurting them?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Wizards fans and fans across the country. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartsurvey.co.uk\/s\/8SCRL8\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up here<\/a> to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In this week\u2019s SB Nation Reacts survey, we ask if you think the Washington Wizards\u2019 goal of keeping their 2026 first round pick is at risk because of the team\u2019s recent improvement. I\u2019ve been on winter vacation since last week, and Washington has \u2026 turned things around.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Wizards won four of their last five games to finish 2025 and are 1-1 so far in 2026. Later today, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bulletsforever.com\/washington-wizards-preview\/67212\/ready-editor-wizards-vs-magic-preview-washington-continues-homestand-on-tuesday\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">they will host the Orlando Magic.<\/a> And there is a non-zero chance that Atlanta Hawks guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bulletsforever.com\/washington-wizards-news\/67226\/report-wizards-eyeing-trae-young\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trae Young could be a Wizard in a month<\/a>. Hmm. Young would be a great addition from a talent standpoint. But it ould also hurt Washington\u2019s chances of keeping their 2026 first round pick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">So fans, vote in our survey below. What do you think about Washington\u2019s recent run \u2014 and now the rumors about Young which came about after I put in this survey question for the SB Nation higher ups. And in the comments, explains what could it mean for the team in the long run!<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">We will share the results later this week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":521126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3780],"tags":[7,38836,6,682,468,3892,683],"class_list":{"0":"post-521125","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-wizards","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-bullets-forever-community-bulletin-board","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-washington","12":"tag-washington-wizards","13":"tag-washingtonwizards","14":"tag-wizards"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115850513298029154","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}