Exotic_Pension_9993 | Suns

190 | 3 hours ago

Buying low on AD and Trae was good business but now they’re paying AD and Trae like $110 million lmao

GooseGang412 | Thunder

97 | 3 hours ago

Nabbed a high mileage Honda Civic and an old pickup with frame damage off FB Marketplace and now refinancing the house to fix them up.

MyLifeIsMyOwn | Lakers

15 | 2 hours ago

If AJ said this I would feel way more relatable

luca3791

2 | 2 hours ago

Look at AJ man so relatable just tryna do good in the world

Good_NewsEveryone | Pelicans

6 | 2 hours ago

But that’s why the price for them was low in the first place

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5 | 2 hours ago

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TyposIncoming | Lakers

2 | 2 hours ago

The thing is, it actually doesn’t. All the floor does is give the players on your roster a bonus essentially

Wrsj | Knicks

1 | 25 minutes ago

I think people be going crazy on that for no reason. The rest of the wizards team is young up and coming players. They can keep these two max slots for 3 or 4 seasons no problem. Trae and AD are positive players too. Only issue is fitness with AD which again doesn’t matter much cause Wizards will be developing talent.

Troll_Enthusiast | Wizards

1 | 6 minutes ago

Everyone else on the team are on rookie contracts

DwnvotesMeansImRight | Thunder

137 | 3 hours ago

Dude accepted his 2029-30 player option right after signing his contract lol

QuileGon-Jin | Thunder

43 | 2 hours ago

Russilo voice: “Mmmyeah, think he’s gonna pick that one up”

Dinobot2_ | Raptors

8 | 3 hours ago

Aww man you stole my joke.

RemarkableTpt | Lakers

109 | 3 hours ago

Wizards just love being a fringe playoff team. This is clearly a money laundering organization.

GGezpzMuppy | Spurs

26 | 3 hours ago

Was surprised he didn’t get the Beal no trade clause on top.

BrettSchirley22 | Hawks

32 | 3 hours ago

The no trade clause is giving Trae 50+ million for 4 years. He won’t be leaving DC

SecondHandFood | 76ers

16 | 2 hours ago

Saying this like the Clippers won’t need a warm body with a name to sell tickets in 2030

OmegaHenron

3 | 2 hours ago

Don’t need one when nobody wants you!

strata888

0 | an hour ago

He doesn’t qualify for a no trade clause with the Wizards. Otherwise he may have gotten it.

dirtypuerhiding | Knicks

14 | 3 hours ago

With the new lotto odds a fringe playoff team is a fine place to be.

daperry4 | Wizards

3 | 42 minutes ago

Which is so much better as a fan than tanking

bigblooddraco | Timberwolves

10 | 2 hours ago

I feel like we’re severely underrating the wizards here. The young core is good, the older star players are good and they’re adding a #1 pick. If it clicks it’ll look great and i really think they’ve set themselves up to succeed more than fail here. They’ll probably be a playoffs team next year and get those young guys important experience

narcistic_asshole | Cavaliers

5 | 2 hours ago

Im definitely interested in watching the Wizards next year which is a crazy thing to say.

It’s a disgusting contract for sure, though a high-level PG makes everything look so much better. He’s probably one of the biggest difference-makers they could have possibly picked up, but there’s also a huge possibility this turns into a Beal level overpay

Huckleberry_Lonely

-7 | 3 hours ago

I don’t understand why they did this. Trae Young is unplayable in the playoffs. Why not just trade for a different point guard who makes half as much? Or just sign Ayo or Ryan Rollins? Ayo is better than Trae Young now

MaintenanceParty7933

14 | 2 hours ago

How is he unplayable in the playoffs?

qotsabama | DAL

4 | 2 hours ago

Unplayable is probably harsh but his splits are 26/3/9 on an awful 40/30/85 shooting splits. 46.3 eFG%, 53.3 TS%. -11 per 100 Poss, and hunted on defense.

ImWicked39 | Wizards

2 | 2 hours ago

We got the players to hide him on defense sorta like the Knicks were doing with Brunson.

qotsabama | DAL

2 | 2 hours ago

This move makes me more confident the Wizards not only keep AD but may extend him. If you’re gonna ride with Trae you need elite defense especially rim protection. Sarr isn’t enough they need AD as well.

ImWicked39 | Wizards

1 | 2 hours ago

Im still uncertain if AD wants to be in DC long term. He’s been pretty quiet about that but I do think Sarr, Coulibaly, George, and Riley have the chops to at least not get ran over on defense. The biggest problem is that we get out rebounded just about every game.

Orpalz

8 | 2 hours ago

Trae’s been to the ECF as a #1 option how is that unplayable?

Spierre3

7 | 2 hours ago

What do you mean he is unplayable in the playoffs. He literally led his team to the conference finals before

qotsabama | DAL

1 | 2 hours ago

7 years ago and the roleplayers went off on that run

Spierre3

5 | 2 hours ago

Trae averaged 29 and 10 that run and in his last playoff appearance averaged 29 and 10 again. So what about that is unplayable ? He’s only had one *bad playoff run and that was 2022. Every other time he has been great.

km912 | SAC

4 | an hour ago

Lmfao wonder why the role players went off that run. Crazy to say something like that as a mavs fan, maybe having one of the best playmaking point guards in the league will make role players way better, same as how mavs role players fell off once Luka left.

qotsabama | DAL

1 | an hour ago

Care to explain to me why hawks haven’t done shit since 2019? And immediately posted incredible basketball after Trae stopped playing for them?

Spierre3

2 | an hour ago

2019 ??? Young led to the conference finals in 2021. What are you talking about ?

qotsabama | DAL

1 | an hour ago

You’re 100% correct lol. Going off memory is not a great idea. That being said, still 5 years ago and they’ve done nothing since. He’s clearly not a franchise player, the Hawks knew it and immediately got better. Hell they beat the Knicks twice.

Lildicky91

2 | an hour ago

Here’s my 2cents.

Why are you ignoring there terrible roster construction/draft picks since 2020.
2024 #1 pick was benched in his 2nd season. ²⁰²⁵⁄₂₆.
2023 1st rounder not on team and traded for roster space/2026 1st round pick.
2022 1st rounder not on team traded for roster space.
2021 1st rounder finally showed star potential in ²⁰²⁵⁄₂₆.

Like Trae is definitely flawed, but let’s not ignore the terrible team building around him.

Lacabloodclot9 | Grizzlies

2 | 2 hours ago

Trae Young is not easy to build around but Ayo fucking Dosunmu?

Seriously?

SuchParsnip8070

1 | 2 hours ago

Easy, the Knicks just won a championship and the only thing that scares the Knicks is Trae Young /s

XxStormySoraxX | Timberwolves

3 | 2 hours ago

I know you’re being sarcastic but the Knicks kind of just proved you can win in the NBA with a small guard who’s not a good defender IF you build properly. The issue at this price the contract is going to prevent them from building properly lol.

Asleep_Ground1710 | Bulls

2 | 2 hours ago

Yeah the Knicks arent really a realistic model to build a contender

Brunson took like a 37 mil pay cut. Most stars wont do that because 1. Money, 2. They dont trust owners and FO to follow through(see Harden and Morey), 3. if enough of them do it the NBAPA will yell at them

KAT, a top 20 player got salary dumped basically

OG not requiring any first round picks

XxStormySoraxX | Timberwolves

1 | 2 hours ago

You’re not necessarily going to build their team the exact same, but it shows that small guards aren’t an automatically guaranteed loss in the playoffs like people assume. My overall point is that if it worked for the Knicks who are a solid team but not a super team it can work for others.

MainAd2728 | Washington Bullets

2 | 2 hours ago

Trae/Peterson/Kyshawn/AD/Sarr is basically Trae + four positive defenders. It does get a little tricky if we draft Dybantsa though

machu46 | Bucks

1 | 2 hours ago

Ayo isn’t a point and Rollins isn’t a free agent.

FERFreak731 | Jazz

51 | 3 hours ago

The Wizards GM did a very realistic impersonation of the Spurs GM when they signed Fox last offseason

jdd32 | Spurs

15 | an hour ago

To be fair, it looked like the exact type of situation where overpaying would make sense. No one expected the Spurs young guys to be this ready this fast.

ihatedougford | Toronto Huskies

11 | 3 hours ago

Imagine they draft Peterson too and he wants to be a starter after his rookie year 😂

KorgG29 | Bucks

11 | 2 hours ago

Well he’s not a pg, they can play together

sleepless_inseattle | Supersonics

6 | 3 hours ago

well they got to the finals

dwrek24 | Spurs

5 | 2 hours ago

But he couldnt even win it. What a bum.

MostSmartNuggetsFan

1 | an hour ago

Great comp honestly

Coolcat127 | Wizards

28 | 3 hours ago

I simply don’t see a scenario where this isn’t a top 5 worst contract in the league in a year (or now)

xebex1778 | Knicks

8 | 3 hours ago

I’m trying to think of the ones that are currently worse:

Embiid, Fox, AD (arguable since it’s shorter), PG

that’s all i got

qotsabama | DAL

7 | 2 hours ago

That C for the Raptors

hoi4throwaway | TOR

8 | 2 hours ago

Poeltl - and yes :(

qotsabama | DAL

2 | 2 hours ago

Thank you, I’m lazy. I’m so glad we didn’t do a trade with you guys around AD. I’d be devastated if we anchored the Flagg rookie contract era with his contract.

hoi4throwaway | TOR

2 | 2 hours ago

At least it’s not THAAAT much, and only partially guaranteed. But yeah, if his back is cooked it’s terrible.

SecondHandFood | 76ers

4 | 2 hours ago

Paul George only has 2 years left and was a pretty positive player when on the court

Wayyy too much but overall not the end of the world for a contract

Lacabloodclot9 | Grizzlies

3 | 2 hours ago

Yes this season took PG from ‘horrific contract’ to ‘overpay but not disaster’

Sp_Gamer_Live | Timberwolves

1 | 2 hours ago

If adam silver has courage: Kawhi

(also Braun)

hcatehorie | Wizards

2 | 3 hours ago

It might not be Top 5 but its bad

xebex1778 | Knicks

3 | 2 hours ago

I really can’t think of 5 worse

hcatehorie | Wizards

4 | 2 hours ago

Poetl, PG, Pat Williams, Jerami Grant, Fox

xebex1778 | Knicks

5 | 2 hours ago

I’m not giving you Grant or Williams, but I will give you Embiid and Christian Braun

TheyNeedLoveToo | Kings Bandwagon

0 | 2 hours ago

Ima trade em bof

SleepLessTeacher

-2 | 2 hours ago

Maybe Chet is one of the bad ones?

Camelsandham | Pistons

1 | 3 hours ago

This is basically a no trade clause. You’ll have to attach assets to get off it.

The_prawn_king | Wizards

2 | an hour ago

That’s not the same

Camelsandham | Pistons

1 | an hour ago

Yes I understand that

kamicozzy | Knicks

1 | 2 hours ago

I think the upside is you use it as the expiring salary ballast to make a big trade for another star (Booker? idk) work in 3 years once you’re actually paying the young guys.

PlatosLeftTit | Heat

1 | 2 hours ago

My thing is if they offer the same money but it’s a 3 year with a team option on year 3 does Trae say no? I don’t think he would.

kamicozzy | Knicks

1 | 2 hours ago

Oh yeah I’d probably agree. Deal is a year too long here if anything. I’m just looking for the upside here and I think they’ll be able to use Trae as the salary to make a big trade work once their young core is ready to roll in earnest.

LeonardoNoCapri0

27 | 3 hours ago

58m player option in his age 31 season as a undersized guard is a choice for the Wizards

mlpdude | NBA

7 | 2 hours ago

Yeah, I get giving him the money for the first 3 years to help hit the minimum spend, but adding that player option at the end, when I’d guess no one else was offering a deal like that, is kind of crazy.

LeonardoNoCapri0

1 | an hour ago

I just can’t believe they signed him for 4 years. That’s almost the entire #1 picks rookie contract. If he ends up being great, this is going to be horrible for them

YizWasHere | Hornets

6 | 2 hours ago

Bradley Beal walked so Trae Young could run

thy_armageddon | Knicks

15 | 3 hours ago

Aw, so nice of him to take such a pay cut for them.

foye2smith

9 | 3 hours ago

What a saint

pmurt007 | Lakers

2 | 2 hours ago

AD going to go down the same route lol

TheWestRemembers | Lakers

1 | an hour ago

Wizards following the Knicks model

DMking | Wizards

8 | 3 hours ago

Why couldn’t we front load this

gradedonacurve | Knicks

11 | 2 hours ago

It might be; this is Smith speculating what the years look like on a standard contract structure.

RiskyBallaxd | Wizards

8 | 2 hours ago

This is just an assumption. We very well might’ve signed him to a descending contract

DMking | Wizards

4 | 2 hours ago

In really hoping we did. Guess we gotta wait for contract details then

superworriedspursfan | Wizards

1 | an hour ago

yep if we front load this, i like it. if we don’t, i really don’t like it.

TraderJake09

6 | 3 hours ago

The Wizards really just gave Trae Young a near max. smh

Beetle919 | Hornets

3 | 3 hours ago

Patiently waiting for news of Anthony Davis now, no way Rich Paul is not cooking something rn.

Embarrassed_Meal7969 | Lakers

2 | 2 hours ago

A buy out and heading back to LA for 2 Pennie’s please 🙏

SpicyAnal | Celtics

3 | 3 hours ago

Definitely a lot of money but I feel like it isn’t too awful.

If you have a bunch of young wings and bigs Trae is probably one of the better point guards in the league to help them develop.

metaslaves | Toronto Huskies

4 | 2 hours ago

Who has Trae helped develop? He’s good at finding guys off the PnR but you basically have to be a play finisher to play with Trae. IMO being a play creator is where most of the development comes from.

decisionagonized | Bucks

2 | 2 hours ago

This contract feels more like an on-ramp for Dybantsa or whoever they draft #1. surround him with guys who know how to win and get going immediately. but still a huge overpay

Kertia

3 | 3 hours ago

AD doing the birdman handrub because mans found the team dumb enough to give him that 4/275m extension.

sctthuynh | GSW

3 | 2 hours ago

Wizard’s locking in 4 years of Trae is a good move.

Doing so for less than the max is a good move.

Doing so for ONLY 9 million less than the max is insanely stupid.

While I’m still a Trae optimist, his value around the league is clearly not great, hence the paltry trade return for ATL.

Wizard’s had all the leverage to get a better deal and Trae had zero leverage to get an offer even 80% of this.

This reminds me of another terrible recent signing. The Spurs prematurely giving Fox a huge extension when there were zero reasons to do so.

ColtCallahan

2 | 3 hours ago

This is how bad franchises stay bad.

cynicallogic | Wizards

2 | 2 hours ago

I can’t believe the next time my team has even a chance at having a PG with okay defense isn’t until next decade.

metaslaves | Toronto Huskies

2 | 2 hours ago

I’m one of the few pro-Trae people and this is not the type of money you’d want to commit to a guy that’s made one all NBA team in his career.

IamSofakingRAW | Raptors

2 | 2 hours ago

Disgusting. Literally just watched Fox severely underplay his contract and he’s the same tier of PG as Trae.

Wizards bidding against no one as well lmao

Jimmy0034 [OP] | Clippers

2 | 2 hours ago

Wizards bidding against no one as well lmao

Heat and Nets were linked with Trae young

IamSofakingRAW | Raptors

2 | 2 hours ago

Heat don’t have $50M in cap room and are actively trying to get Giannis. Nets maxing him to be a shit team makes no sense imo. Sure they probably offer him something but not $50M

Jimmy0034 [OP] | Clippers

1 | 2 hours ago

Trae was supposed to be the backup if heat dont land Giannis according to Fischer and Stein.

IamSofakingRAW | Raptors

1 | 2 hours ago

When did they have up to 50M in cap space with a full roster to play around Trae?

Harleytk24 | Lakers

1 | 3 hours ago

Good god 58 million PO in the final year

harukaze89

1 | 3 hours ago

so Trae took a pay cut?

jdono927 | Wizards

1 | 3 hours ago

Believe it’s basically equivalent to what his max would be if he signed elsewhere. Paycut on the max we could offer but not overall really

Starveiled | Hornets

1 | 3 hours ago

It might come back to bite them but I am excited to watch their team next year, at least. Should be a fun watch especially if they keep AD.

JordanHawkinsMVP | United States

1 | 2 hours ago

“If”? Aren’t you a reporter? Shouldn’t you be able to find that out?

Electronic-Cicada352 | Knicks

1 | 2 hours ago

Looks like they’re drafting AJ

DarthGringotts

1 | 2 hours ago

Or it could look like cock n ball tortureee

PVT_Stanley | Lakers

1 | 2 hours ago

Idk small guards on a pay cut is kinda in right now league might be cooked

WARLOCK1239 | Bulls

1 | 2 hours ago

They probably don’t think they’ll be competing for a championship until year 5. By that point Trae will either be traded or they’ll let him walk.

jfrodriguez1983 | Mavericks

1 | 2 hours ago

Nice guy Trae Young took a discount. Now instead of an overpay, it is an overpay but 9.7 million less

TooCozy21 | Lakers

1 | 2 hours ago

Good move by the wizards they have essentially what Dallas had last year with more youth, and getting AJ to this team they could make a lot of noise next year.

CurrentCostanza | Trail Blazers

1 | 2 hours ago

Almost as bad as the fox contract

IRanOutOf_Names | Heat

1 | 2 hours ago

Surely it descends right?

JackTwoGuns | Hawks

1 | 2 hours ago

I’m a Trae fan but damn. Wizards are not a serious organization

StudioNo5811

1 | 2 hours ago

Got off wall and beal to enter this lol

heat_fan_ | Raptors

1 | 2 hours ago

Trae and AD making 110M holy shit

Limp_Screen7405

0 | 2 hours ago

Lmao now everyone is out on Trae when just before the season started, everyone was on my ass for calling him a lemon. NBA fans are always behind the curve

ThrowRA_neurotic69

0 | 2 hours ago

Hawks so clearly won the trade, give me $20 mil for CJ over this anyday

Rrypl | Celtics

-3 | 3 hours ago

Insted of dumb fascist reality tv hosts your country should elect NBA agents as Presidents, because THOSE MOTHERFUCKERS GET SHIT DONE hoooly shit.

[Keith Smith] If Trae Young’s new contract with the Washington Wizards follows the standard 8% raise structure, it will look something like this: 26-27: \(47.3M 27-28: \)51.1M 28-29: \(54.9M 29-30: \)58.7M (player option). Roughly $9.7M less than the four-year max Young could have gotten