JULY 21: The Wizards have officially signed Satoransky, the team announced today. “We are very pleased to be able to bring Tomas to the organization after monitoring his development overseas for the last several years,” team president Ernie Grunfeld said in a statement. “He will provide energy and athleticism at both guard positions, giving us more depth and versatility in the backcourt.”
JULY 3: The Wizards and Tomas Satoransky, a 6-foot-7 guard and draft-and-stash prospect from Europe, have agreed to a deal, Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical tweets. Satoransky was the 32nd pick of the 2012 draft. The deal is for three years and $9MM, David Aldridge of NBA.com tweets.
The deal has no options and is a solid value for the Wizards, Tim Bontemps of The Washington Post tweets. This is another bench piece for the Wizards, who have added enter Ian Mahinmi, power forward Andrew Nicholson and Trey Burke all in the last 24 hours.
The addition of Satoransky would give Washington another young player to develop behind backcourt mainstays John Wall and Bradley Beal. Satoransky averaged 9.5 points in 24.0 minutes per game with 38.8% 3-point shooting for his Spanish team this past season, and the year before he shot 43.5% from behind the arc.
What’s his defense like? Even if he can only shoot the three, this seems like a steal. If he can be/become a 3-and-D guy, then this is an insane steal.
That is good new at less they sign him . It’s a shame the way off season has gone and way the Top free agents have disrespect the wizards. With health John wall and Bradley beal I expect see the them to show them why they should have not done that because they are one of best backcourt combo in all NBA . It’s time .
When you F up the way the Wizards did last year, and then try to fix those problems by hiring Scott Brooks (lol), nobody is going to take you seriously as an organization. They cant choose a direction, so how does someone choose to go there? They cant even tell them what they’re doing….That being said, they still have a roster that is capable of more if they figure it out, and there are still guys out there.
From first to second to “one of” the best backcourts in a day. At least the claims are realistic now.
heard Porzingis is high on him. He played with him for 2 years in Europe