Wizards owner Ted Leonsis plans to hire Los Angeles Clippers general manager Michael Winger to oversee the franchise, the Capital City Go-Go and the Washington Mystics, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed.
The Washington Wizards have reportedly expressed "formal interest" in Golden State Warriors general manager Bob Myers to replace former executive Tommy Sheppard. But as Washington's search shapes up, the feeling might not be mutual.
Holding the No. 8 pick in the NBA draft which the Wizards do this year after failing to move up in Tuesday's lottery doesn't have to be a waste. Stumbling across an All-Star that seven other teams passed on doesn't happen a lot. But it has happened.
The last time the Washington Wizards had a general manager vacancy, owner Ted Leonsis called it the 'best important open job in all of sports right now.' That arguably wasn't true then and four years later with the job available again it's definitely not true now.