And away we go, episode 573 of the Algoldi podcast, it is Tuesday, May 16, 2023.

It is the day of the 2023 NBA draft lottery. Tuesday night, 8 p.m. Eastern, the 2023 NBA draft lottery,

aka the Victor Wembaniana sweepstakes Victor Wembaniana, the next big thing in the NBA.

He's 19, he's a seven foot four French phenom who can shoot threes as handle. He's a freak.

He's a franchise changer. Ain't no team in the NBA that could use a franchise changer more than our team, right?

The wizards. Well, they have the eighth best odds to win this draft lottery. If you know your bullet slash wizards NBA draft lottery history,

you know to expect the worst, okay? The NBA draft lottery started in 1985. The bullet slash wizards have participated in an NBA draft lottery 22 times.

The bullet slash wizards over those 22 NBA draft lottery opportunities have received a pick better than the team's a pre-latery position, a mere three times.

Three out of the 22 times. Yes, three at a 22. Nine times, the bullet slash wizards have stayed where they were. Ten times, the bullet slash wizards have fallen.

So the bullet slash wizards essentially are three, ten at nine in NBA draft lottery. That my friends is among the many reasons why I play the drop from Steven A Smith.

The damn Washington Wizards.

Yes, exactly, Steven A. Hello and welcome to this Tuesday installment of the Algoldy podcast. There is no overstating how much things would change for the wizards if they somehow won Tuesday night's NBA draft lottery.

Them winning Tuesday night's NBA draft lottery would appear to be a fantasy given that aforementioned a bullet slash wizards NBA draft lottery history.

The commander's being sold, however, that is not fantasy. That my friends is a reality. That is happening. Interesting nugget from NFL insider Ian Rappaport of NFL Network and NFL.com on Monday afternoon.

He said that the commander's incoming ownership, the Josh Harris group, has it yet truly discussed changing the name of the team.

Rappaport's set this on the Pat McAfee show. Take a listen to this exchange between AJ Hock and Ian Rappaport.

Do you think the new owner who is going to change it eventually?

I asked that to people connected to the new owner and basically the response was that's not something that's on the table. That's not something that we have discussed.

To me, it's like all names are kind of whatever. If you will use it enough, they start to sound like what the name should be.

So I imagine eventually commanders will feel normal, just like eventually the Washington football team felt normal.

Yeah. For the record at Washington football team, it never felt normal.

I was fine with that as a placeholder name, but that to me was never a normal name.

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