"I would say the Wizards can't have a bad day today."
The Wizards went into the day knowing they couldn't drop lower than fifth and were confident this draft -- headlined by college stars such as Kansas' Darryn Peterson, Duke's Cameron Boozer, North Carolina's Caleb Wilson and Arkansas' Darius Acuff Jr. -- would yield at least five players with All-Star ceilings. ESPN draft analyst Jeremy Woo projects BYU's AJ Dybantsa to be selected by Washington.
"This draft is pretty deep," Dawkins said before the lottery started. "To know you can't fall further than five in a draft like this, you go in pretty confident knowing that you're going to get a good player anywhere you go... I'll say this: It's definitely more than a one-person draft, and there's always a guy that pops.
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