The Wizards have officially waived big man Vernon Carey Jr., the team announced today in a press release.
Carey, who turned 22 on Saturday, has appeared in just 11 games this season for the Wizards and 14 overall since joining the team at the 2022 trade deadline in the Montrezl Harrell deal. The former Duke standout, who was drafted 32nd overall by the Hornets in 2020, has played in 37 total games for Charlotte and Washington, with career averages of 1.9 PPG and 1.4 RPG in 5.1 MPG.
Carey’s contract covered one additional season beyond this one, but the Wizards held a minimum-salary team option for 2023/24. By releasing him, Washington is essentially declining that option and will only be on the hook for the rest of this season’s $1.78MM salary, assuming Carey is not claimed on waivers.
The move will create an opening on the Wizards’ 15-man roster for another addition, and the club still has enough breathing room below the luxury tax line after signing Jordan Goodwin to fill that spot without becoming a taxpayer. Washington also still has an open two-way contract slot.
As for Carey, because he’s being waived on March 1, he’ll be playoff-eligible if he catches on with another NBA team. Given his lack of meaningful NBA experience though, it seems unlikely that he’ll be targeted by contenders.
Melo or Whiteside
They’re the Wizards lol they don’t need them
They are a playoff team
Talk about a guy that should have stayed in school!
Nets should pick him up. He’s and old school 4. I have no doubt he can be a double double guy. No one likes post players anymore. It’s kind of hilarious ….
No one likes post players because they aren’t going to be better scorers than Kevin Durant or whoever the top star on the team is. This is how high the bar is.
What else can the player do when the ball isn’t in his hands? In the case of lots of post players who fizzled out in the last 5 years – not much.
We need 15 players jacking up threes pointers. Who cares about post players and veterans. Silver doesn’t care as long as the rich get richer
There are no more talented centers. They are all midgets now. Jokic and Joel are centers but yeah who needs them lol. We don’t need rebounding or defense. We need more threes