NBA Draft 2018: 5 targets for the Washington Wizards

4. Troy Brown, Wing, Oregon

Brown is perhaps best known for his youth at this stage — the fact that he’s one of the youngest players in this draft certainly helps when you consider that he already has the ability to handle and pass the ball at 6-foot-7, having played point guard throughout high school. The Wizards, perpetually in need of a backup point guard, could find a little bit of a unique option by drafting Brown.

Take notice of how Washington played while Wall was injured — that smooth, egalitarian setup fit the rest of the roster nicely, and allowed Beal to put together perhaps the best regular season stretch of his career. Yet when Wall came back, Tomas Satoransky (the catalyst for that newfound style) went back to the bench in favor of Frazier.

Throw all that away. Coach Scott Brooks has to know that style helped his team become more confident and loose during the middle of the year, and the Wizards need to be thinking hard about finding ways for Wall to become more involved in that type of offense. He, like many athletic scoring point guards, are inattentive and immobile off the ball. That needs to change, and perhaps drafting a more dynamic secondary ball-handler would be the juice that helps Wall improve his game.

Like most raw young wings, Brown will need to improve his shooting to succeed at the next level. He took over 100 shots from deep as a freshman, which is a positive sign, but finished just 29 percent from 3. Similarly, his 74 percent free-throw shooting makes it tough to be entirely optimistic about his jumper in the NBA.

So how does Washington approach this pick? Their three best players are all in place for the next three seasons, and they are in position to lock up Oubre the same summer they shed a ton of salary elsewhere. Can they afford to wait on an upside player like Brown, or do they need to target win-now guys who can join the rotation immediately?