New coach of D.C.'s WNBA franchise, the Mystics.
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Wideman seems like a disaster waiting to happen for a perpetually failing organization that now laughably pretends that the Wizards are succeeding in “player development.” Here is Wideman’s background to be GM:
"Wideman has been in the NBA league office for six seasons and led initiatives focused on personal, professional and social development. She has never worked in a team’s front office or built and managed rosters.
In 1997, Wideman was the No. 3 pick by the Los Angeles Sparks in the first WNBA draft as a point guard out of Stanford. She played four seasons in the league and recorded the first assist in WNBA history. Between her playing career and joining the NBA league office, Wideman earned a law degree from New York University and spent more than 10 years as a public interest lawyer at the Equal Justice Initiative.
“I hope to create a space where player voices and aspirations are centered in all we do on and off the court,” Wideman said in a statement."
Run Sydney, run.
It just gets worse and worse:
"Wideman and Johnson have the authority to fill out their staffs as they see fit, but they are expected to consider those within the organization. Each will report to Winger…
…“Sydney’s well-roundedness and his history of building teams and being able to wrap his arms around those teams — that bodes really, really well for the Mystics,” Winger said. “And then you tack on Jamila’s ability to just lift people. We’re obviously leaning way into human development and less sort of the run-of-the-mill-managerial-operator type of thinking. That’s how we feel like we’re going to rocket through the next era of the ‘W’ and pass a lot of teams that are doing it the way that most teams do. And we just didn’t want to do it the way most teams do.”
Wideman will pull double duty while wrapping up her NBA responsibilities. She will not have roster autonomy; Winger will be involved in decision-making."
What a mess.