The Wizards have signed first-round pick Johnny Davis to his rookie scale contract, according to NBA.com’s official log of transactions. Davis, who averaged 19.7 PPG, 8.2 RPG, and 2.1 APG in 31 games (34.2 MPG) at Wisconsin as a sophomore in 2021/22, was the 10th player off the board in last Thursday’s draft. He’ll join a Wizards backcourt that is undergoing some changes this … [Read more...] about Wizards Sign Johnny Davis To Rookie Contract
Free Agent Rumors: Bryant, Bridges, Cavs, Paschall, Suns
Veteran center Thomas Bryant, who will be an unrestricted free agent this week, is likely to leave the Wizards and sign with a new team, according to Chase Hughes of NBC Sports Washington, who tweets that Bryant is expected to have multiple suitors. While Hughes’ report doesn’t name any specific teams that will pursue Bryant, a number of clubs around the NBA are believed to be … [Read more...] about Free Agent Rumors: Bryant, Bridges, Cavs, Paschall, Suns
Eastern Rumors: Gallinari, Celtics, Nets, O’Neale, Wizards, Turner
The Hawks and Danilo Gallinari have agreed to push back the forward’s salary guarantee date to July 8, reports Jake Fischer of Bleacher Report (Twitter link). Gallinari’s $21.45MM salary for 2022/23, which is currently only partially guaranteed for $5MM, was originally set to become fully guaranteed if he remained under contract through Wednesday. However, with word breaking … [Read more...] about Eastern Rumors: Gallinari, Celtics, Nets, O’Neale, Wizards, Turner
Wizards, Bradley Beal Agree To Five-Year Max Deal
The Wizards and Bradley Beal have agreed to a five-year, maximum-salary contract that will keep the star guard in D.C., agent Mark Bartelstein tells Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN (Twitter link). Beal’s new contract will pay him a $251,019,650 over the five years. The most a rival team could have offered would have been $186,100,778 over four years. Beal declined his $36.4MM player … [Read more...] about Wizards, Bradley Beal Agree To Five-Year Max Deal
Wizards To Sign Delon Wright To Two-Year Contract
The Wizards have agreed to a two-year, $16MM contract with point guard Delon Wright, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski tweets. Both years are guaranteed, David Aldridge of The Athletic tweets. The contract will eat up a good portion of Washington’s $10.49MM mid-level exception. Wright is the second significant point guard acquisition made by Washington this week. The Wizards are … [Read more...] about Wizards To Sign Delon Wright To Two-Year Contract