The Cleveland Cavaliers guard is looking for a bigger payday, but it’s unclear if there’s a market to pay him more money.
The Washington Wizards are among several teams interested in Cleveland Cavaliers guard Collin Sexton, according to Sam Amico of Hoops Wire.
Like last weekend’s piece I wrote on rumors involving Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell, I’m not sure how serious of a contender the Wizards are to get Sexton. First, Sexton plays the same position as Bradley Beal, and the Wizards just made a trade to bring Monte Morris in as the starting point guard. With Sexton (or Mitchell), either Beal would play point guard (since I don’t see him as a sixth man given his new contract), or Sexton would be the sixth man. Or perhaps … Morris would be traded to another team.
In Amico’s article, Sexton, who is a restricted free agent, is looking for an annual salary of $20 million per season, but Cleveland is looking to sign him for a three-year $40 million contract. In addition, no teams seem to be ready to sign Sexton for what he wants. Part of the reason why may be because he is coming off a knee injury last season. That said, Sexton averaged 16.0 points per game in 11 appearances before the season and has a career average of 20 points per game.
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