Songaila signs 5-year, $23M deal with Wizards
The Washington Wizards signed free agent forward Darius Songaila to a five-year, $23 million dollar deal, Songaila's agent, Mark Bartlestein, told ESPN.com.
Songaila's deal includes a player option for the fifth year of the contract.
Songaila is a skilled four man with a sweet outside shot and the ability to go inside and bang. The move means that it's now very likely that the Wizards' first-round pick, Olexsiy Pecherov, will return to Europe for another season, a source close to the Wizards confirmed to ESPN.com.
The moves use the up the majority of the Wizards' mid-level exception, with Songaila's deal taking up around $4 million of Washington's $5.135 million mid-level exception.
Chad Ford covers the NBA for ESPN Insider.
I was never excited about the idea of him coming back to Sac but that is a moot point now. Now that the Wizards have gotten their mobile PF they wanted, how does this affect peoples suggestion of a swap for KT for Etan? .
The Washington Wizards signed free agent forward Darius Songaila to a five-year, $23 million dollar deal, Songaila's agent, Mark Bartlestein, told ESPN.com.
Songaila's deal includes a player option for the fifth year of the contract.
Songaila is a skilled four man with a sweet outside shot and the ability to go inside and bang. The move means that it's now very likely that the Wizards' first-round pick, Olexsiy Pecherov, will return to Europe for another season, a source close to the Wizards confirmed to ESPN.com.
The moves use the up the majority of the Wizards' mid-level exception, with Songaila's deal taking up around $4 million of Washington's $5.135 million mid-level exception.
Chad Ford covers the NBA for ESPN Insider.
I was never excited about the idea of him coming back to Sac but that is a moot point now. Now that the Wizards have gotten their mobile PF they wanted, how does this affect peoples suggestion of a swap for KT for Etan? .
