5 reasons Washington Wizards should hire Scott Brooks

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May 29, 2014; San Antonio, TX, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Scott Brooks speaks to the media after the loss to the San Antonio Spurs in game five of the Western Conference Finals of the 2014 NBA Playoffs at AT&T Center. San Antonio won 117-89. Mandatory Credit: Soobum Im-USA TODAY Sports /

5. Coaching experience will help with Washington media

It isn’t easy being a head coach of a professional sports franchise in the Washington, D.C. area. The nation’s capital is transient by nature, but does offer top-notch journalists that will tear apart a coach that isn’t ready for intense scrutiny following mixed results.

While the Oklahoma City media is extremely protective of the Thunder and Oklahoma Sooners football, being that Brooks has had to deal with a great deal of shade thrown his way, he’s certainly equipped to handle all the Washington media throws his way.

The Wizards are at a teetering point as a franchise: Do they choose to stay in the Eastern Conference Playoff mix or do they blow the entire team up to rebuild exclusively around All-Star point guard John Wall?

Most Washington teams have a blinding bright star on their roster like Bryce Harper with the Nationals and Alexander Ovechkin on the Capitals. Brooks had spent the previous seven seasons coaching two of the NBA’s top seven players today in small forward Kevin Durant and point guard Russell Westbrook.

Because of his previous coaching experience, experience with two superstar players in Durant and Westbrook, and frankly the respect he has from his peers and an NBA lifer, Brooks is the perfect coach to manage both the D.C. media and the superstar point guard that is Wall.

Next: 4. Will let his players play.

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