GO-GO ACQUIRE ISAIAH CARR, SELECT BARRY EVANS AND BENNY WILLIAMS IN 2026 NBA G LEAGUE DRAFT 

For Immediate Release  

October 24, 2026 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Capital City Go-Go, the NBA G League affiliate of the Washington Wizards, acquired forward Isaiah Carr and selected forward Barry Evans with the 13th overall pick and forward Benny Williams with the 16th overall pick in the 2026 NBA G League Draft.  

Capital City acquired Carr, selected with the second overall pick by the Motor City Cruise, in exchange for the eighth overall pick, a 2027 second-round pick, a 2028 second-round pick, and the returning player rights to forward Akoldah Gak. 

Carr (7-0, 235) played four years in the collegiate ranks, finishing his career with one season at Drake University (2025-26), in which he averaged 3.7 points, 3.2 rebounds, and a team-high 1.2 blocks per game in 32 showings (two starts). Hailing from Las Cruces, N.M., Carr played two seasons at the University of Denver (2023-25), averaging 5.5 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 1.7 blocks per game over 46 appearances (14 starts). In the 2023-24 season, Carr led the Summit League in blocks per game (1.8). His first year of collegiate basketball was spent at Grand Canyon University, where he played nine games (six starts) and averaged 0.9 points, 1.8 rebounds, and 0.9 blocks per game. In total, Carr amassed 87 collegiate showings (22 starts) and averaged 4.4 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks per game while shooting 54.3% from the floor. 

Evans (6-8, 215) finished a four-year collegiate career at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he appeared in 36 games (36 starts), averaging 7.2 points, 4.9 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per game. During VCU’s 2025-26 campaign, the team tied for first in the Atlantic 10 Conference regular season standings and won its fourth conference tournament title before completing the NCAA tournament’s second-largest comeback since 2015, overcoming a 19-point deficit to defeat North Carolina, 82-78, in the first round.  

Previously, Evans played one season at Bryant University (2024-25), where he averaged 13.3 points, 6.8 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 1.3 steals per game in 33 appearances (33 starts). The Baltimore native began his collegiate career at St. Bonaventure University, where he appeared in 65 games (24 starts) and averaged 3.2 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 1.0 assists per game over a two-year span (2022-24). Evans finished his career with averages of 6.7 points, 5.1 rebounds, 1.7 assists, and 1.0 steals per game while shooting 47.6% from the field in 134 total showings (93 starts).  

Williams (6-10, 217) concluded his four-year collegiate career at the University of Central Florida in 2025, appearing in 35 games (one start) and averaging 3.6 points and 2.1 rebounds per game. Prior to the 2024-25 season, the Bowie, Md., native spent three seasons at Syracuse University (2021-24), where he played in 77 games (24 starts) and finished with averages of 4.8 points and 3.1 rebounds per game. He owns collegiate career averages of 4.4 points and 2.8 rebounds per game. Williams played for KK Dubrava in the Croatian Premijer liga for the 2025-26 season, where he averaged 5.8 points and 1.8 rebounds through four games.