The Washington Wizards will think about buying and selling Jonas Valanciunas on the commerce deadline, however sources inform The Athletic they are going to be choosy. The Wizards is not going to merely commerce Valanciunas for late second spherical picks and can need a draft choose or a mix of picks that might appreciably assist their rebuild.Â
If the Wizards had been required to take again a extremely paid participant on a multi-year contract, they are going to search further choose compensation. Some imagine two second rounders might be the utmost return the Wizards obtain for buying and selling Valanciunas.
The Wizards signed Valanciunas to a three-year, $30.3 million contract in July. The ultimate 12 months of his contract is non-guaranteed. A part of the reasoning in signing Valanciunas was to guard Alex Sarr from the bodily rigors of defending different facilities.Â
In a career-low 19.9 minutes per recreation coming into Monday, he had averaged 11.7 factors, 8.1 rebounds and a pair of.2 assists per recreation.Â
