[DAVID ALDRIDGE] The Wizards have had over four decades of misery. Can No. 1 pick AJ Dybantsa save them? “What pressure? I just put my head down. The ball hasn’t changed. I’m still hooping.”

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• [DAVID ALDRIDGE] The Wizards have had over four decades of misery. Can No. 1 pick AJ Dybantsa save them? “What pressure? I just put my head down. The ball hasn’t changed. I’m still hooping.”

  The Wizards haven’t won 50 games in a regular season since 1979, the last time they made the NBA Finals. They haven’t been to so much as a conference finals since. The totality of the franchise’s futility since is stark. Since 1979, the NBA has gone through the Magic-Bird era, the Jordan era, the Kobe-Shaq era, the Iverson era, the Spurs’ dynasty, the Warriors’ dynasty, multiple teams (the Pistons, Rockets and Heat) winning multiple championships, rebuilds of the Lakers and Celtics into champ...

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  Article published:Oct 15, 2:04 PM ET