The Wizards have signed first-round pick Johnny Davis to his rookie scale contract, according to NBA.com’s official log of transactions.
Davis, who averaged 19.7 PPG, 8.2 RPG, and 2.1 APG in 31 games (34.2 MPG) at Wisconsin as a sophomore in 2021/22, was the 10th player off the board in last Thursday’s draft.
He’ll join a Wizards backcourt that is undergoing some changes this offseason — while Bradley Beal will return on a five-year, maximum-salary contract, Ish Smith, Raul Neto, Tomas Satoransky, and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope are out, and Davis, Monte Morris, Will Barton, and Delon Wright are in.
Assuming Davis signs for 120% of the rookie scale, which virtually every first-rounder does, he’ll be in line for a first-year salary of $4.8MM and a four-year deal worth $21.9MM.
Great pick by the Wiz .. stole one from the Knicks .. 8.9 rebounds per as a SF/SG is excellent for the position .. more than the scoring, the rebounding ability will help when the Wiz put KP at C , Kuzma at the 4 .. they should really make a run at Durant tho ..
Durant’s had an/ the opportunity to come, I’d thought? Felt like He wasn’t too keen on Coming back to play for His hometown team, tho!!?