Wizards open NBA season with Bradley Beal in flux, new coach Wes Unseld Jr.

Raul Neto, who’s coming off a profession 12 months, and Davis Bertans, who is not, are among the many different acquainted faces nonetheless on the roster. Bertans, a defensive legal responsibility, shot under 40 p.c from three-point vary in his first 12 months of a five-year, $80 million contract. Heart Thomas Bryant is scheduled to return from a torn ACL in December. He’ll be part of a frontcourt rotation that includes Gafford and Montrezl Harrell, the 2020 sixth man of the 12 months, who was acquired from the Lakers with Kuzma and Caldwell-Pope and appeared good in the course of the preseason.