One NBA player will not be heading to Orlando, Florida for the NBA restart. Washington Wizards forward Davis Bertans will be sitting out the remainder of the 2019-2020 NBA season. Bertans is averaging 15.4 PPG for the Wizards and will be come a unrestricted free agent this summer.
The Washington Wizards are currently 24-40 as the ninth seed in the Eastern Conference. The Wizards trail the Orlando Magic by 5.5 games for the final playoff spot in the East.
My Thoughts
I don’t really know why exactly Bertans is sitting out, but I think that with or without Bertans, the Wizards are not going to make the NBA Playoffs. The Washington Wizards would basically have to win almost all their games and hope the Nets and Magic lose a majority of their games.
Bertans is going to be a top free agent in 2020 in a very poor free agency class. He could be offered a big contract by a team this summer, and I’m sure he doesn’t want to get injured that could affect him getting a good contract offer. I mean look at Isaiah Thomas, he was projected to get a huge contract in the summer before his hip injury. Now he is out of the NBA a few years later, when he could’ve been on a max contract if he was healthy.
The Wizards were only invited to the NBA restart to give them a fair chance to get in the NBA Playoffs, regardless if they were invited or not, they were NOT going to catch the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference.
FYI, Davis Bertans would be a great pickup for the Celtics, but I am not sure if we could afford him on the team this offseason. We could’ve had him in a trade at the NBA trade deadline, but Danny didn’t want to give up Brad Wanamaker or a draft pick lol Oh well.
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