Wizards Roll Out Chaotic Starting Five Against Hornets

The Washington Wizards are officially rolling out a starting five of Trae Young, Kyshawn George, Bilal Coulibaly, Johnny Davis, and Alexandre Sarr for Monday's matchup against the Charlotte Hornets.

If you read that list of names and assumed it was a summer league roster that accidentally boarded the main charter flight, nobody would blame you. This is the kind of lineup that proves the NBA regular season is just a very expensive testing lab.

"Lineup alert: Wizards will start Young, George, Coulibaly, Davis, Sarr on Monday."

For anyone staring at the betting board or setting a daily fantasy lineup, this rotation is a chaotic puzzle with one massive neon sign pointing directly at Trae Young. The point guard is going to have the ball in his hands for roughly 95 percent of the shot clock. His usage rate tonight might actually break the arena's scoreboard.

Washington is desperately trying to build some momentum after scraping out a 124-120 win over the Chicago Bulls on Sunday. That victory finally snapped a rough stretch that included a 112-102 loss to the Toronto Raptors and a 128-116 shootout loss to the Milwaukee Bucks.

Now they have to keep it going on the second night of a back-to-back. The game plan essentially boils down to relying on their 7-foot center in Sarr to anchor the paint and praying Young can pull a rabbit out of his hat on offense.

Meanwhile, Coulibaly and Davis are basically out there to run wind sprints and hopefully catch a pass when the defense inevitably sends three guys at the primary ball-handler.

We will see if this experiment actually translates to competitive basketball when they tip off in Charlotte. If nothing else, this rotation gives us a very clear picture of just how weird the rest of this Wizards season is going to get.