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Dan is joined by Quinton Mayo (@RealQuintonMayo) of BetMGM, Audacy and Blue Wire Pods for a deeeeeep dive into the Washington Wizards ahead of the 2021-22 NBA season. They talk Bradley Beal's future, Daniel Gafford's development, Rui Hachimura's absence from training camp and prospective role, the Russell Westbrook trade, Spencer Dinwiddie's fit, the importance of Deni Avdija, the frontcourt rotation, trade candidates and so much more! TIMESTAMPSโฌ‡๏ธ ๐Ÿ”˜ 0:00 - Intro ๐Ÿ”˜ 2:57 - Impact of the Russell Westbrook trade ๐Ÿ”˜ 6:17 - Spencer Dinwiddie's fit ๐Ÿ”˜ 10:15 - Expectations for Daniel Gafford ๐Ÿ”˜ 16:00 - Importance of Kentavious Caldwell-Pope/Kyle Kuzma ๐Ÿ”˜ 21:01 - The frontcourt rotation with/without Rui Hachimuraย  ๐Ÿ”˜ 24:03 - Rui's offensive ceiling ๐Ÿ”˜ 26:11 - How Wiz will play under Wes Unseld Jr. ๐Ÿ”˜ 30:15 - Does Washington have enough secondary playmakers? ๐Ÿ”˜ 31:58 - Sophomore expectations for Deni Avdijaย  ๐Ÿ”˜ 35:21 - Corey Kispertย  ๐Ÿ”˜ 38:14 - The perimeter defense ๐Ÿ”˜ 40:42 - Bradley Beal's future ๐Ÿ”˜ 45:58 - Best crunch-time lineup ๐Ÿ”˜ 47:54 - Quirky lineups we want to see ๐Ÿ”˜ 50:20 - Win-total prediction/Washington's place in the East ๐Ÿ”˜ 54:30 - Montrezl Harrell's role ๐Ÿ”˜ 55:43 - Trade candidates Host:ย @danfavale Host:ย @fromal09 Twitter:ย @HardwoodKnocks Instagram: @hardwood_knocks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices