The Washington Wizards signed F\/C Tristan Vukcevic to a two-way contract, per ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania.<\/p>\n
The 7-footer flashed his offensive game in 35 appearances in 2024-25, averaging 9.4 points and 3.7 rebounds on 49.6% FG and 37.3% 3pt.<\/p>\n
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Vukcevic, who was selected by Washington with the No. 42 pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, averaged 23.0 points and 6.6 rebounds over the final three games of the 2024-25 campaign, showcasing his offensive potential as a stretch big.<\/p>\n
Vukcevic ended the season on a high note in Miami, scoring 28 points on 9-for-12 shooting while adding 11 rebounds and five assists.<\/p>\n
Retaining Vukcevic gives the Wizards a bit more clarity in the frontcourt but doesn\u2019t exactly solve their depth concerns, as the roster contains just three players 6-foot-9 and taller.<\/p>\n
Alex Sarr will likely start at center. Richaun Holmes, who has only $250k guaranteed on his contract for the 2025-26 season, remains on the roster as a possible backup center.<\/p>\n
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Vukcevic\u2019s return helps, but on a two-way deal, the 22-year-old can only be active for 50 NBA games, which means Washington will likely look to add another center before the season begins.<\/p>\n
Washington\u2019s roster remains at 17 standard NBA contracts \u2014 team\u2019s must be down to 15 standard deals by opening night \u2014 which means more moves are still to come.<\/p>\n
The Wizards\u2019 two-way contracts \u2014 NBA teams can have a maximum of three \u2014 are also full.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Washington Wizards signed F\/C Tristan Vukcevic to a two-way contract, per ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania. The 7-footer flashed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3780],"tags":[979,7,3531,19162,295,6,6337,567,26518,682,468,3892,683],"class_list":{"0":"post-161610","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-wizards","8":"tag-alex-sarr","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-jamir-watkins","11":"tag-jaylen-martin","12":"tag-miami","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-richaun-holmes","15":"tag-shams-charania","16":"tag-tristan-vukcevic","17":"tag-washington","18":"tag-washington-wizards","19":"tag-washingtonwizards","20":"tag-wizards"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114831022412215122","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}