The chain ESPN anticipates that the free agent Trae Young intends to sign a 4-year contract worth approximately $212 million to continue in the Washington Wizardsincluding a player option for the fourth year.
Young, a four-time NBA All-Star selection, He declined his $49 million player option on Monday. to secure a long-term commitment before free agency.
Trae Young brings the ball up on a Wizards attack.
The Wizards and Young’s representatives have agreed to a contract that, while It is less than the maximum that Young could have signed with Washington (229 million)equals the maximum that would have been obtained with another team.
Will Dawkins: “We are finding players who want to be in Washington”
Young, who In January he requested to be traded to the Wizardsreaffirms his desire to be in Washington and lead a young project which has players like Alex Sarr, Kyshawn George, Tre Johnson, Will Riley, Bub Carrington and the number 1 of the 2026 Draft.
Last season Trae Young averaged 17.9 points and 8.0 assists in a combined total of 15 games between Hawks and Wizards.
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“In the few games that Trae Young was able to play, we clearly saw the capacity of attraction he exerts on the defense and how he is able to free our players. We are finding players who want to be in Washington, who want to compete together and who, I believe, have something to prove. Those are the horses we want to bet on,” Will Dawkins, general manager of the Wizards, told ESPN.
