2018-19 NBA Season Preview: Washington Wizards

Squad Weaknesses

Morris and Oubre led the Wizards in technical fouls last year

In the two years that Scott Brooks has coached the team, the Wizards were top-10 in personal fouls committed and free throws attempts allowed. To put this problem in perspective, for every 4.7 field goals Wizards' opponents attempted last year, they scored a free throw. Only four other teams in the 2017-18 NBA allowed a made free throw for less than that. In total, 16.9% of the points Washington conceded came from free throws, sixth most in the league. If their defense will allow that many easy points from the free throw line this year, they should expect another disappointing season.

Additional weakness Wizards' players showed last year was failing to keep their cool. They suffered 42 technical fouls in the previous season, an average of one every two games. Markieff Morris had the "honor" of ranking fifth among all NBA players with 13. Coach Brooks will have to put an emphasis on that before the start of the season, especially considering the team added last year's technical foul leader, Dwight Howard, who amassed 17 of those.