Turning around the Wizards might be a heavy lift that takes years to execute, but it’s not a dead-end job prone to constant turnover or afflicted with ownership questions. “We really care about two things: Is the boss invested in his team, and will he prove it by spending the money we ask him to spend?” one longtime executive said. “Ted is 2 for 2. He won the Stanley Cup with the Capitals. He paid John Wall, Bradley Beal, Otto Porter and Ian Mahinmi. He paid Andray Blatche and then paid him to go away. What more could you want?”
Ian Mahinmi Rumors
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Position: C
Born: 11/05/86
Height: 6-11 / 2.11
Weight:229 lbs. / 104.3 kg.
Salary: $16,000,000
Born: 11/05/86
Height: 6-11 / 2.11
Weight:229 lbs. / 104.3 kg.
Salary: $16,000,000
The Wizards are in a rare position. Only two of their current rotation players are under contract for next season. Yet, they don’t have consequential salary cap room — thanks to the cap holds of free agents they’d like to re-sign and the $59 million they owe the threesome of Wall, who will miss at least the vast majority of next season, Ian Mahinmi and Dwight Howard, who seems destined to pick up a player option. Their roster overflows with centers they either don’t prefer playing together or don’t play at all.
31 Mar
Fred Katz: Ian Mahinmi (thumb) and Sam Dekker (back) both available tonight, per the Wizards
Fred Katz: Sam Dekker (back) and Ian Mahinmi (thumb) are both out tonight for the Wizards. Gary Payton II and Devin Robinson with the G League. Jordan McRae is up with the Wiz.
