Kristaps Porzingis, Wizards In Serious Talks On Contract Extension

Post #1 » by **RealGM Wiretap** » Wed Mar 29, 2023 2:39 pm

Kristaps Porzingis and the Washington Wizards are in serious talks on a contract extension, sources tell Shams Charania of The Athletic.

As part of an extension, Porzingis would opt out of his $36 million player option for 23-24 to sign a long-term deal.

The Wizards can offer Porzingis up to $180 million over four years.

Porziņģis has averaged 23.2 points, 8.4 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.5 blocks over 65 appearances this season.

Via Shams Charania/The Athletic

fuller4379 · Post #2 » by **fuller4379** » Wed Mar 29, 2023 5:22 pm

Empty stats

DoctorDunc · Post #3 » by **DoctorDunc** » Wed Mar 29, 2023 5:26 pm

Perfect match!

Zeno · Post #4 » by **Zeno** » Wed Mar 29, 2023 6:12 pm

fuller4379 wrote:Empty stats

I don't think he is. Perhaps the Wizards best player this year. If he stays heathy he's worth 30m per a year. But that's a big if.

MegaK · Post #5 » by **MegaK** » Wed Mar 29, 2023 7:29 pm

Yo unicorn bout to get another bag bro!

Revived · Post #6 » by **Revived** » Wed Mar 29, 2023 8:06 pm

Porzingis finally got two lucky healthy seasons and gonna get paid and then revert back to being extremely injury prone.

It’s good there’s teams like Washington Wizards that overpay significantly for players that would otherwise these players would get no where close to the $$ they make.

Ezlaif · Post #7 » by **Ezlaif** » Wed Mar 29, 2023 9:28 pm

Great match. Perfect first option for a Team competing for the 10th seed which the Wizards sure love to do

Scalabrine · Post #8 » by **Scalabrine** » Thu Mar 30, 2023 3:25 pm

Revived wrote:Porzingis finally got two lucky healthy seasons and gonna get paid and then revert back to being extremely injury prone.

It’s good there’s teams like Washington Wizards that overpay significantly for players that would otherwise these players would get no where close to the $$ they make.

Two? He played in 51 games last year...

Anyway, he's adjusted his game since leaving the Mavs and it seems to have paid off. He's taking less shots at the rim and playing more in the mid range and at the nail. In Dallas the vast majority of his shots came right at the rim or straight on from 3 (most likely in PnR and as a trailer). He's able to have the ball more, and they run offense through him for stretches so it allows him to get in a better rhythm. He has by far his best TS%, his best FT rate, and his best 2 pt% of his career and his 2nd best 3%. His advanced stats are across the board best of his career too.

If you can get 65 games a season out of him, then I think he's worth around 30 million per season. If you could count on him for that consistently then I think he'd be worth more, but you just have to be concerned with his ability to stay healthy. He does have a very rare and desirable skill-set as a big that can protect the paint and spread the floor. You pretty much have Embiid, Jackson, Lopez, Turner and Porzingis as those guys in the NBA right now.