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Sources: Young to ink $212M deal with Wizards
Key takeaways
- Free agent 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 told ESPN on Monday.
- Young, a four-time NBA All-Star, declined his $49 million player option Monday for a long-term commitment ahead of free agency.
- Young -- who wanted a trade to one team only, the Wizards, in January -- is now stamping his desire to be in D.C.
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Free agent 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 told ESPN on Monday.
Young, a four-time NBA All-Star, declined his $49 million player option Monday for a long-term commitment ahead of free agency.
The Wizards and Young's representatives -- CAA's co-head of basketball Aaron Mintz, agents Ray Young, Andrew Morrison and co-head of basketball Austin Brown -- land on a deal that will be less than the maximum for Young with Washington, but equal to the max he could have signed elsewhere.
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