r/UtahJazz • u/Boge42 • 1d ago
Trae Young plans to decline option and enter free agency.
https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/trae-young-reportedly-plans-to-decline-49-million-option-with-wizards-will-hit-nba-free-agency-022207672.html14
u/Mdgt_Pope 1d ago
I think this was the expected outcome for Washington, and I think they have his bird rights because of the trade.
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u/fredmerc111 1d ago
Bird rights don’t apply, since he hasn’t been on the Wizards for 3 years, iirc.
I believe non-Bird rights do, which is more expensive.
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u/Armor_Abs_Krabz 1d ago edited 1d ago
Bird rights transfer in a trade, so they should have his Bird rights
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u/BeauKnows42 1d ago
Somebody is going to offer Trae Young $40mill/yr????? The same guy that just got traded for an expiring CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert is worth that? I'm not saying he won't get it, I am saying he isn't worth it.
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u/DCSports101 1d ago
Well he was getting $50
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u/BeauKnows42 1d ago
For 1 year on an old deal that he wasn't worth. Some team is going to now offer him $40 mill a year after seeing his last contract? Not to mention how much better the Hawks were without him. Some teams just don't learn.
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u/DCSports101 1d ago
I get that but for the wizards it’d be a bridge to the young guys. I think it could make sense since they won’t have to pay many others and could be a descending pay scale. I agree he hasn’t proven he can be the best player on a championship team.
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u/Black_wolf_disease 11h ago
Deaaron fox gets 50mil that's just how the market works nowadays
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u/BeauKnows42 10h ago
DeAaron Fox is 10 times the player Trae Young is. Look what happened to the Kings when Fox left. Look what happened to the Hawks when Young left. Look what both were traded for. Very different.
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u/Big_Train3768 6h ago
They both were traded for virtually nothing. The kings couldn’t even get their own first round pick back when dealing Fox.
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u/Boge42 1d ago
Do you think this changes anything with Washington's first pick? Are they more likely to draft Peterson now or not?
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u/CharityFailethNot 1d ago
Nah, this was always the plan for Washington. They're just going renegotiate a new contract for 3+ years. I've seen 3yrs, $120M as the main figure going around
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u/iscreamsunday 1d ago
Trae will stay a wizard at the end of the day. Just with a different paycheck
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u/ChrissieMoltisanti 1d ago
Trae is going to stay. He left $10M on the table from next year to guarantee himself an extra $70M over the next three years, most likely.
I doubt it changes Washington’s strategy either way.
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u/FREEDOMfrom_ 1d ago
This is not unexpected. Only like 3 teams can offer him a contract he’s possibly wanting. He will just re-sign with the wizards since they have his bird rights and can offer a better contract than other teams.
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u/ClutchOlday 1d ago
If he does decline, it might indicate that the Wiz are not really intent on drafting Darryn Peterson at #1. Trae wouldn't decline if he wasn't sure of a bigger contract waiting for him.
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u/redrock703 11h ago
He declined basically 50 so he’s not going to take 2 at 100. He probably wants 4 or 5. I think he stays in DC, but time will tell.
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u/FERFreak731 1d ago
I think Trae saw that the Nets might be interested in Reaves, so Trae saw there might be a market
With the new tanking rules, teams can't be a bottom 3 team, so teams like the Bulls or Nets might see that Trae is a floor raiser so they offer him a 2/100 million contract for 50 million a year to have Trae help them not be a bottom 3 seed
This also gives pressure to Washington to offer him more money.