Here's an upbeat article about the Wizards and some of their recent roster additions. Although he said "the product on the court next year won't be pretty", the writer also noted that San Antonio's top talent scout and Coach Popovich "coveted Couibaly. That's good enough for me."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/06/25/wizards-finally-offer-hope/
Supposedly Utah was also interested. I guess Indiana threatened a trade with one of those teams and that’s why they made the trade to move up.
