If there was one thing we could take away from the Washington Wizards‘ run during the NBA Playoffs, it was their need to continue playing small-ball once the regular season began.

Randy Wittman, who’s been criticized for being reluctant to change his archaic offense, finally decided to utilize his players correctly during the postseason and the team flourished as a result.

With Paul Pierce at the four spot, both John Wall and Bradley Beal had room to create offense while Marcin Gortat wasn’t clogged in the paint. The improved spacing helped the Washington Wizards become one of the most efficient teams in the playoffs, and surprisingly, their defense didn’t suffer.

After their success in the playoffs, it became clear that Washington wanted to add versatility to their roster this summer.

Ernie Grunfeld went out and acquired arguably the most versatile player in the NBA Draft, Kelly Oubre, and he supplemented the core with more veteran wing players — Alan Anderson, Jared Dudley and Gary Neal.

For the first time in what seems like forever, the Washington Wizards will finally have a competent NBA roster from top to bottom.

However, there were still some questions about whether or not Wittman would eventually go back to his old, traditional system.

This morning during media day, Wittman spoke like a coach who was ready to move forward with a changed system.

Wittman: "We have to play at a faster pace." He's saying all the right things. Playoff Witt is here to stay? — Ben M (@BenMehicNBA) September 28, 2015

The Wizards are talked about as if they’re a run-and-gun team, but in reality, they actually haven’t been an up-tempo club since Wittman took over as the head coach in 2012. John Wall is the fastest player in the NBA, but he hasn’t had a supporting cast that could run with him.

This upcoming season, Washington will have athletic wing players that will benefit from playing along side Wall. Bradley Beal, Otto Porter, Kelly Oubre, Anderson, Dudley, etc. are all capable of playing a transition-oriented style of basketball, which is something that Washington hasn’t done.

Along with playing faster, Wittman will also look to utilize some of his wing players in ways that he failed to do last season. He specifically noted wanting a few of his wing players to test out playing the stretch four:

Wittman also says he'll find out if Otto Porter, Martell Webster and Kris Humphries can play stretch four. — Ben M (@BenMehicNBA) September 28, 2015

Oh, and Wittman also through out some advanced stats during an interview this morning:

Wittman just cited points per 100 possessions on the @MonumentalNtwrk live feed. Advanced stats! — Umair Khan (@UKhanNBA) September 28, 2015

Playoff Wittman might actually be here to say.

As of right now, he’s saying all of the right things. But as we all know, we have to see these things put into practice.

Will we actually see Wall play with three wing players this season? If things don’t go according to plan immediately, will Wittman rely on his old style? These are just some of the questions we’ll have to see answered before getting too excited.

Wittman will have the most versatile group of players he’s coached in Washington this upcoming season. Training camp will begin very soon and he’ll have a better understanding of how well the players adapt to their new roles. For now, let’s just be happy that Wittman is changing his stubborn way of coaching.