BREAKING: Stevenson (finally) signs for 4 years and 15 million

by Mike Prada on Jul 14, 2007 2:25 AM EDT in Free Agency

It looks like Stevenson took our advice and accepted Ernie's initial offer of 4 years and 15 million. The only difference is that the fourth year is a player option, which makes the contract even more reasonable. If DeShawn exercises that option, it's as if he accepted a 3 year/11 million dollar deal, which is basically what he rejected last year.

His average salary for the next four years is 3.75 million. No word yet on the specific annual salaries, but I've got to believe it's backloaded significantly, considering how tight the Wiz are up against the cap.

I'll have more tomorrow, because now there's definitely a lot to say. For now, this is the reaction thread. Among poll voters, 52 percent said this was too much for DeShawn, a slight majority over those that felt it was just right (42 percent) and those that said it wasn't enough (5 percent). Feel free to explain yourselves now that it's actually happened.

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Stephenson

Guess the 4 years bother me more than the 4 million. Hopefully Nick Young will show enough to move into the starting lineup by next season. How will Deshawn react to losing his starting position? Of course, given his past history of overrating his bargaining position, its a virtual certainty that he will opt out after the 3rd year. So it will actually be a 3 year deal by the time its done.

by hotplate on Jul 14, 2007 4:08 PM EDT reply actions