{"id":633032,"date":"2026-03-01T20:56:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T20:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/633032\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T20:56:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T20:56:52","slug":"wizards-sign-jamir-watkins-to-two-year-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/633032\/","title":{"rendered":"Wizards sign Jamir Watkins to two-year contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Washington Wizards have signed Jamir Watkins to a two-year standard contract, per ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The first year of Watkins\u2019 deal will likely run through the end of the 2025-26 season, with the second year putting him under contract through the 2026-27 campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Watkins, 24, was selected by Washington with the No. 43 pick in last year\u2019s draft and spent the first half of the season on a two-way contract. In 30 NBA appearances this season, the rookie has averaged 5.3 points and 3.5 rebounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Florida State product is known for his pestering on-ball defense, averaging nearly a steal per game. He\u2019s spent ample time in the G League with the Capital City Go-Go, but due to injuries and an opening in Washington\u2019s rotation, Watkins has seen increased playing time at the NBA level.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Over his last six games, Watkins is averaging 13.2 points on 47.8% FG. He\u2019s improved his 3-point jumper and has an explosive leaping ability that\u2019s generated several emphatic dunks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Washington now has an open two-way spot with Watkins joining Tristan Vukcevic, who recently signed a three-year standard contract, at the NBA level. Here\u2019s a look at the Wizards\u2019 updated two-way spots:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Washington Wizards have signed Jamir Watkins to a two-year standard contract, per ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania. The first&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633033,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3780],"tags":[7,6,682,468,15577,3892,683],"class_list":{"0":"post-633032","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-wizards","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-washington","11":"tag-washington-wizards","12":"tag-washington-wizards-news","13":"tag-washingtonwizards","14":"tag-wizards"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116155924046086121","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633032","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=633032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}