Wizards Notes: Smart, Sarr, Poole, Holmes, Middleton

Marcus Smart can be found in one of the worst teams in the league. The veteran guard was treated by Memphis to the wizard Last month and tries to make the best of it, he said Candace Buckner from Washington Post.

“Control of what I can control is now my motto because I got older and I think that helps a lot because we are put to the test.” he said. “If you are such a competitor and (back then) are so passionate to come to a team that is young and is rebuilt in a sense, try to find out. You know, it’s frustrating, but the older you get, this experience, I went through it. So now I can see, sit down and understand by looking from 2017. What can I do differently? And so I answer. “

Smart, who is signed next season, tries to give his new teammate a hard love.

“You know that I am not here to hold your hand. I am here to help you get better. “ he said. “This group is very young, but they have some talented types, the defensive players of the year or all-star candidate, all-NBA candidates can be with a little work. A bit of experience, a bit of instructions, and that’s what I’m here. “

Here is more about the wizards:

• Alex Sarr It fought in his rookie season to score on the edge, but he was an insider force against Utah on Wednesday, collected 21 points and made everyone on track except for one of his seven attempts. “Try to only be aggressive. Get some simple edges on the edge before you are out of the distance. “ He said via Varun Shankar from Washington Post.
• Jordan Poole Shankar missed his third game in a row with a right elbow overwood, Shankar notes. trainer Brian Keefe indicated that Poole did some work on the square on Wednesday. Tall man Richaun Holmes Shankar has missed his first game since the end of January with a left knee defender, added Shankar.
• While intelligent and Khris MiddletonAnother acquisition of trading activity is the important role as mentors for the younger players, it is probably possible-or probably the wizard will try to exchange them after this season or before the trading period of 2026, writes Josh Robbins from The Athletic in his last mailbag. Robbins also asks questions about the draft and the program on the development program of the organization.