The Wizards have turned down a $2.42MM team option on Tristan Vukcevic, sources told Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (Twitter link).
The Serbian center, a rookie in 2023/24, was eligible for a qualifying offer, but there’s no indication he received one ahead of Saturday afternoon’s deadline. Unless word of that QO trickles in late, he will be unrestricted when free agency starts on Sunday.
Washington drafted Vukcevic with the 42nd pick in 2023, but he spent most of the season with KK Partizan in Serbia before joining the Wizards in March. He started four of the 10 games he played during his brief time in the NBA, averaging 8.5 points and 3.6 rebounds in 15.3 minutes per night.
Washington is optimizing its financial flexibility going into free agency, Scotto adds. The Wizards are also expected to be active on the trade market, with several teams expressing interest in Kyle Kuzma, Corey Kispert and others.
So my rebuilding team resigns Holmes but gives up on the 21 year old who in the last summer league looked like he could be a decent contributor if given an opportunity? There has to be something I’m not seeing because this doesn’t make much sense to me.
It’s simple , One guy has experience the other one doesn’t. Not every team needs to have 10 20yr olds on a roster.
Signing Holmes for another 2 years isn’t really worth anything to the Wizards currently, theyre not going anywhere but the bottom of the division barring some absolute miracle. Why would the current front office ditch Vukcevic when they drafted him, while not even giving him any opportunity. Something else has to be in the works is all I’m saying.
They just drafted Sarr. Maybe he asked to leave, so he could get a bigger role.
Definitely makes sense probably going back overseas
The thing you’re missing is that you don’t need certain types of bigs anymore, and if you already have certain other types of bigs that have actual value, you cut ties with those bigs you don’t need
They did him dirty. Brought him over to give him promise to just waive him. You could of waived or traded him with a pick for something but do him dirty. Bad karma. Bucks paid last year for firing Griffin and signing thief Rollins right after he was waived.
Maybe you need to learn the difference between could’ve, could have, could of, bro
Holmes signing is a head scratcher but he what have the wizards done right. John Wall was the consensus 1st pick. Hopefully Poole will prove us all wrong
The Holmes deal is non guranteed next year. They gave him 250k incase he had a career resurgence or something. Its not a bad move
Bad move.
Absolutely loved Tristan Vukcevic, he was, in essence, a Unicorn-Light…
Would have been excitin’ running him & Sarr out there together when we needed a Shutdown Defense (late in the game)…
You’re telling me (Salary-Wise) that Holmes is 6x times the player that this “smooth” Siberian Player was?
Hardly!!!
Just saw an article wherein “Now, with Washington declining Vukcevic’s option, the sides are free to negotiate a new, multiyear deal.”
Will Dawkins, you’re startin’ to make a “believer” out of me!!!
If thats the plan I support this. Vukcevic is a nice high upside center. Playing him over marvin bagley would be an amazing move. If kuzma is traded then I might even start him with sarr. Have like Bub/Poole/Bilal/Sarr/Vuk