I don't think there is much mystery about why Washington signed Valuciunas. He's signed to a quality contract and beween his signing and the Avdija for Brogdon trade, the Wizards climbed over the salary floor. Now they can tank and collect luxury tax payouts
and, Valunciunas with that budget contract might be a really attractive trade chip as the deadline approaches
tell me which player was better last season:
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then tell me whether a team would rather have the 10M/year guy or the 35M/year guy
now, why Val signed in Washington, so early might be a mystery