After the first round of the NBA draft Tuesday night, Washington Wizards General Manager Will Dawkins recuperated.
The night before, he was awake at 3 a.m., poring through years of notes, desperate for assurance that selecting AJ Dybantsa with the No. 1 pick was, in fact, the right choice. But once NBA Commissioner Adam Silver took the stage, announcing Washington’s decision, Dawkins described the evening as “refreshing.”