Magic is muddy again - Magic rejects Big Wagner 800 team option!
Just now, the Magic refused to exercise the team's center Moritz Wagner's $800w team option for next season, which means that Big Wagner has officially become a free agent, and the Magic is really crazy about this kind of operation! Let's take a look at what he did last season, Big Wagner played 80 games in the regular season last season, averaging 10.9 points, 4.3 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 0.5 steals and 0.3 blocks in 17.7 minutes per game! Shooting percentage: 60/33/81%! This efficiency is converted into 36 minutes of playing time, which is almost 20+10+5 super inside level! The most important thing is that he is only 21 years old! He can play inside and out on the offensive end, and has three-point ability! It is the template of the center in the modern small-ball era, and the defensive end is not bad, with a positive attitude and a tough style of play! No matter how you look at it, Big Wagner is worth an annual salary of about $1,400w, and Magic gave up the $800w team option on its own! It can only be said that the Magic management has a peculiar idea! The Nets also sent away the star for nothing, and now the Magic is also here, and the Eastern team is really a fan!
The Nuggets and Lakers are starting to grab people? That's the perfect puzzle!
Big Wagner becomes a free agent, which will definitely cause the team to scramble! The first is that although the Nuggets won the championship last year, they also reached the Western Conference semifinals this year! But the lack of a qualified bench at the center position is one of the team's biggest problems, and the Nuggets can also rely on Jokic's strong dominance to stabilize the record in the regular season, but after the playoffs, with the escalation of the intensity of the game, Mr. Jokic is prone to physical exhaustion in the game, and the arrival of Wagner will perfectly solve this problem, he has been playing as a substitute in the Magic, and he will not be unfamiliar with this role after coming to the Nuggets, There is no problem with his current performance to sign an annual salary of about $1400w, which is not much pressure for the Nuggets, the main problem is that the Nuggets were eliminated by the Timberwolves this year, because Jokic was isolated on the inside and restrained by the three-tower lineup, and the Timberwolves will be the Nuggets' enemies in the West for the next few years, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the Nuggets' biggest nemesis! With his arrival, the Nuggets will no longer be afraid of the Timberwolves' three-tower lineup, and the probability of breaking out of the West will be greatly improved!
Not to mention the Lakers, James is said to have made the most interesting decision of his career now, he is going to take the initiative to take a salary cut to provide reinforcement opportunities for the team! So if he chooses to cut his salary by 1500w, the team can use this salary space to sign Big Wagner, which solves the Lakers' interior problem in one fell swoop, and the thick eyebrows will also return to their favorite position, the team was reluctant to miss Murray because Rivers was reluctant to do so, and now there is a good opportunity, can the Lakers grasp it? Compared with Da Wagner, it is obvious that Da Wagner has an absolute advantage in terms of offensive and defensive level and development potential, and the Lakers should really use the team's middle-class contract on this potential center instead of choosing a pure meat shield! So are you optimistic about the Lakers and Nuggets acquiring this potential star?