Even with an hour remaining before this afternoon’s trade deadline, I think it was safe to talk to head coach Flip Saunders. I’m pretty sure he’s not going anywhere, right?

But Saunders didn’t come to Washington to build a team from scratch. In fact, it was the exact opposite. The Wizards were already built, and assuming they were healthy, they were going to be competitive even before Mike Miller and Randy Foye arrived just before the 2009 draft. When they did arrived, that simply solidified that Washington was ready to win this year at all costs. Ernie Grunfeld went all in.

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