JANUARY 18: The move is official, per NBA.com’s transactions log.
JANUARY 17: The Wizards will waive center Anžejs Pasečņiks, Fred Katz of The Athletic tweets. Pasečņiks had a $350K partial guarantee on his minimum-salary contract with the club.
Pasečņiks was initially selected by the Sixers (by way of a trade with the Magic) with the No. 25 pick in the 2017 draft. The seven-footer remained in Europe, where he had been playing for Herbalife Gran Canaria in Spain since 2015, through the 2018/19 season.
The Sixers renounced their rights to Pasečņiks that summer. After he impressed the Wizards in their 2019 summer league, he was eventually signed to a two-way contract for the 2019/20 season and split time between the Wizards and their G League affiliate, the Capital City Go-Go.
Pasečņiks appeared in 27 games for the Wizards during his rookie season, averaging 5.8 PPG and 4.0 RPG in 16.2 MPG. This season, the 25-year-old appeared in just one game for Washington.
The Wizards, who have not played a game since their 128-107 defeat of the Suns on January 11 due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols, will now have 14 players on guaranteed standard contracts, with one open spot on their 15-man roster.
Wonder if they’ll keep this roster spot open for a little bit or sign someone soon
I hope you get back in the league soon
Countryman Davis Bertans signed up, time to try a new developmental.
Lol
He will get picked up.
No he won’t.
He has some skills, needs to be with a team that can develop him.
There are plenty of teams in Europe he can play for.
Yeh maybe but in a COVID year there will be some open slots and 10-days so he will have a chance to catch on somewhere.
T-wolves?