Trae Young agrees to four-year, $212M deal with Wizards

BREAKING: Trae Young intends to sign a four-year, approximately $212 million deal to stay with the Washington Wizards, with a player option in Year 4, sources tell ESPN. The four-time NBA All-Star declined his $49M player option for a long-term commitment ahead of free agency.

My salary model has Trae Young at $115.1 million in value over the next four years, assuming an average of 70 games played / 34 mpg. That makes his $212 million contract underwater by $97 million. Model is here to evaluate every player: nbasalarymodel.xyz

In the past 24 hours, the Atlanta Hawks: - Acquired Aaron Wiggins into a trade exception for only two second-round picks. - Did not pay Trae Young $212 million U.S. dollars. As @johnhollinger.bsky.social would say: CA-CAW

The Wizards did everything possible to get rid of Beal’s contract, only to give Trae Young a $200M contract. #NBA

If Trae Young's new contract with the Washington Wizards follows the standard 8% raise structure, it will look something like this: 26-27: $47.3M 27-28: $51.1M 28-29: $54.9M 29-30: $58.7M (player option) Roughly $9.7M less than the four-year max Young could have gotten.

a quick reaction to the trae young contract (which is ridiculous) nbarankings.theringer.com/the-offer-sh...

I've put a lot of energy into defending Trae Young for 8 years, but it's simply malpractice to be out-leveraged by a player whose best years were 4 seasons ago. The process was a tad shaky, but for the best the Hawks moved on, clearly.

You don't know what it's like to be a Wizards fans. For most of us, the Arenas/Hughes/Jamison years, with first and second round playoff loses, were the best we've had. We don't want a championship. We just want to be slightly better than mediocre. Trae Young gives us that.

Washington didn't even give up a draft pick for Trae Young. McCollum/Kispert are whatever. If Young threatens to sign with Chicago or Brooklyn or whatever if he doesn't get $212M, you tell him 'thanks but no thanks'. And you can tell your fans that it's NBD, it's not like you coughed up a pick.

my analysis of the trae young trade is aging like milk on the surface of the sun

Our @joshrobbins.bsky.social is on it, as he noted last week: the Wizards and Trae Young agree to a new four-year deal worth more than $212 million, with a player option in the fourth year. Free to read here, in @theathletic.com: www.nytimes.com/athletic/738...

This is about Trae Young getting $50 mil a year

I'd say it's great for Trae Young, and for anyone competing with the Wizards

son's reaction to the trae young contract: "that's more than brunson makes. y'all are suckers" (he's not a wizards fan

Of course the Trae Young contract was announced about an hour after we finished recording, pretty comfortable speaking for @jadubin5.bsky.social on this, we would have crushed the Wizards for it. Just a bad contract