July 12, 4:10pm: The signing is official, according to NBA.com.
JULY 2, 11:38am: The Wizards have added some more outside shooting to their roster, according to Shams Charania of The Vertical (via Twitter). League sources tell Charania that Washington has reached an agreement with veteran free agent Jodie Meeks, who will sign a two-year, $7MM contract.
Meeks has seen his last two seasons derailed by injuries, having appeared in just 39 total games for the Pistons and Magic since the start of the 2015/16 campaign. However, he was an effective outside threat for Orlando when he suited up last year, averaging 9.1 PPG on 40.9% three-point shooting.
According to Tim Bontemps of The Washington Post (Twitter link), the Wizards will sign Meeks using their bi-annual exception. The BAE can be used for deals worth up to $6,744,500 over two years, so that makes sense. However, using that exception would limit the Wizards to a hard cap of $125.266MM for the 2017/18 league year.
Washington has about $94MM in guaranteed salaries on its books prior to adding Meeks or re-signing Otto Porter, so if the team intends to match a max offer for Porter, that hard cap could become a problem. If the Wizards instead opt to use a portion of their taxpayer mid-level exception to complete the Meeks signing, the team wouldn’t be subject to a hard cap.
The addition of Meeks probably doesn’t bode well for Bojan Bogdanovic‘s return to the Wizards. Meeks figures to fill a similar role in Washington, and Bogdanovic will likely be able to land a better offer from another club, with the Wizards focusing on Porter.
Since the offseason began, the Wizards have now traded for Tim Frazier and committed to sign Meeks in an effort to bolster one of the NBA’s lowest-scoring benches.
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Bogdanovic is obviously gone…Meeks gives them shooting off the bench, which they can use, but I think he probably fit better on a couple of other teams. That being said, I wouldn’t want to give him guaranteed money, considering he’s been hurt the last 3 or 4 years
If the Celtics don’t sign Hayward, Washington will be in the ecf
Solid signing, he can get Washington 10 to 25 points a night off the bench.
This is why everybody hates you Jodie Meeks has the potential to drop 25 a night smh
He averaged 9 points a game last year and his game high last year was 23, I’m pretty sure he’s not saying he’s gonna drop 25 a night just that he’ll give you 10 a game and can get you 25 once in a while.
Oh lol that makes more sense
Grunfeld loves damaged goods. He is the worst GM in the history of the NBA!
Grunfeld loves damaged goods!
I agree with Dunton Other than Starting Lineup Wizards have made terrible moves like trading picks every year stop the Madness Grunfield