7:28pm: Wiggins’ new contract is official, the Thunder announced (via Twitter).
5:34pm: The Thunder will give two-way player Aaron Wiggins a four-year, $6.4MM contract, tweets Shams Charania of the Athletic. The fourth year will be a team option, and the deal was confirmed by Wiggins’ agent, Austin Walton.
Wiggins will receive $1MM for the rest of this season in addition to what he has already earned, Walton tells Joe Mussatto of The Oklahoman (Twitter link). That means the remaining three years will be worth the minimum.
Next season will be fully guaranteed, but 2023/24 is non-guaranteed. Wiggins is now the fourth highest-paid player from the second round of the 2021 draft, Mussatto adds.
After being selected with the 55th pick, the 23-year-old shooting guard signed a two-way contract shortly after the draft. He has appeared in 31 games, starting 18, and is averaging 7.4 points and 3.5 rebounds in 21.9 minutes per night.
When the move becomes official, Oklahoma City will have a full 15-man roster with an open two-way slot.
Let’s go, big W. Dudes been great, gonna do to him what we did to Dort.
I’m so happy, he has been my favorite rookie in OKC since the summer league.
Between Giddey, Mann, and Wiggins this is an exceptional rookie class for OKC. I know Mann hasn’t been great so far, but he’s still very promising.
Last time I checked, Mann was playing 20 minutes a game and cannot get one assist. 0.7 assist in 20 minutes. Yikes that’s horrible for a pg
Giddey has been as great as expected (at #6 he was clearly a steal), but… the others just meh, right?
Good job, Aaron!! You deserved it!
Alot of people slept on him during the draft .
Now that we’ve already signed Waters to a two-way, we need either Melvin Frazier Jr back in the league, DJ Wilson, or Scotty Hopson to a two-way
Maybe give Hopson a chance . He has been working hard in the g league forever now
Good Job, Aaron!! As a Thunder fan, he definitely deserved it!