Washington Wizards Salary Archive – 2020/21

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Name 2020-21
Russell Westbrook $41,358,814
Bradley Beal $28,751,774
Davis Bertans $15,000,000
Thomas Bryant $8,333,333
Robin Lopez $7,300,000
Ish Smith $6,000,000
Rui Hachimura $4,692,840
Deni Avdija $4,469,160
Jerome Robinson (waived) $3,737,520
Chandler Hutchison $2,443,440
Isaac Bonga $1,663,861
Raul Neto $1,620,564
Daniel Gafford $1,517,981
Alex Len $1,265,372
Anthony Gill $898,310
Anzejs Pasecniks (waived) $374,297
Jordan Bell (expired 10-day) $110,998
Jordan Bell (expired 10-day) $110,998
Caleb Homesley $20,000
Cassius Winston (two-way)
Garrison Mathews (two-way)
Total $129,669,262

Quick: Over the cap and hard-capped by the Robin Lopez contract via the non-taxpayer mid-level exception.

Salary Cap: $109,140,000

Luxury Tax Threshold: $132,627,000

Hard Cap: $138,928,000

Roster Count: 15 guaranteed, two two-ways

Depth Chart
PG: Russell Westbrook, Raul Neto, Ish Smith, Cassius Winston (two-way)
SG: Bradley Beal, Chandler Hutchison, Caleb Homesley
SF: Deni Avdija, Garrison Mathews (two-way), Isaac Bonga
PF: Rui Hachimura, Davis Bertans, Anthony Gill
C: Alex Len, Robin Lopez, Daniel Gafford, Thomas Bryant (injured)

Note: Teams often adjust their depth chart throughout the season, sometimes game by game.

Exceptions

  • Trade Exception (Admiral Schofield, expiring 7/28/21) — $1 million
  • Trade Exception (Moritz Wagner, expiring 2/11/22*) — $2,161,920
  • Mid-Level Exception — $1,938,000 (Robin Lopez, Caleb Homesley)
  • Bi-Annual Exception — $3,623,000

* Exact Date TBD

Waived Players: Yoeli Childs, Caleb Homesley, Marlon Taylor, Jordan Bell, Anzejs Pasecniks, Jerome Robinson

Traded Players: Admiral Schofield, John Wall, Troy Brown Jr, Moritz Wagner

Expired 10-Day Contracts: Jordan Bell (two)

G-League Affiliate: Capital City Go-Go (Amber Nichols general manager, Ryan Richman head coach)

Two-Way Contracts: Garrison Mathews, Cassius Winston

Note: Two-Way Contracts pay $449,115 for the full 2020-21 season, pro-rated based on in-season signing date. Once a player reaches 50 games played, his salary will jump to the minimum for his years of service.

Governor: Ted Leonsis

Basketball Executives

  • Tommy Sheppard — general manager
  • Rod Thorn — senior advisor to the general manager
  • Brett Greenberg — assistant general manager for strategy and analytics
  • Frank Ross — vice president of college personnel
  • Johnny Rogers — vice president of pro personnel
  • Antawn Jamison — director of pro personnel
  • Tony DiLeo — director of college personnel

Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Scott Brooks

Assistants: Tony Brown, Mike Longabardi, Robert Pack, David Adkins, Jarell Christian, Dean Oliver, Corey Gaines, Mike Terpstra, Eric Sebastian

Trainer: Dr. Michael Ashton (director of player health), Jesse Phillips (director of player rehabilitation and therapy), Dr. Michael Davis (director of physical and performance therapy), Adam Petway (director of athletic performance)

Pick Swaps

  • 2021 — Owe a second-rounder to the New Orleans Pelicans (Trey Burke, Kyle Korver, George Hill, Nikola Mirotic).
  • 2022 — Owed second-rounder from either the Los Angeles Lakers, Chicago Bulls or Detroit Pistons (Anthony Davis, Tomas Satoransky).
  • 2022 — Owe second-rounder to Cleveland Cavaliers (Sam Dekker).
  • 2023 — Owed second-rounder from the Chicago Bulls (Otto Porter).
  • 2023 — Owe a first-rounder (lottery protected in 2023, top-12 in 2024, top-10 in 2025, top-8 in 2026, otherwise converts to 2026 and 2027 second-rounders) to the Houston Rockets (John Wall).
  • 2023 — Owe second-rounder to the Oklahoma City Thunder (Markieff Morris, Steven Adams).
  • 2024 — Owed a second-rounder from the Memphis Grizzlies (Brandon Clarke, Admiral Schofield).

Cash Paid ($5,617,000 max): $0

Cash Received ($5,617,000 max): $0

Transactions

  • 11/18/20 — Drafted Deni Avdija (2020-9th) and Vit Krejci (2020-37th).
  • 11/18/20 — Issued a qualifying offer to Garrison Matthews.
  • 11/19/20 — Traded Admiral Schofield and the rights to Vit Krejci (2020-37th) to the Oklahoma City Thunder for the rights to Cassius Winston (2020-53rd) and a Memphis Grizzlies 2024 second-rounder.
  • 11/19/20 — Declined to issue a qualifying offer to Johnathan Williams.
  • 11/19/20 — Isaac Bonga’s $1,663,861 guaranteed for 2020-21.
  • 11/21/20 — Re-signed Garrison Mathews to a two-way contract ($50,000 guaranteed).
  • 11/21/20 — Signed Raul Neto to a $1,882,867 minimum contract.
  • 11/22/20 — Re-signed Davis Bertans to a partially-guaranteed five-year $80 million contract, early termination option on final season.
  • 11/22/20 — Signed Robin Lopez to a $7.3 million contract.
  • 11/23/20 — Tomas Satoransky trade exception ($1,432,280) expired.
  • 11/27/20 — Signed Cassius Winston (2020-53rd) to a two-way contract ($50,000 guaranteed).
  • 11/27/20 — Signed Marlon Taylor to non-guaranteed $898,310 minimum summer contract (Exhibits 9 and 10).
  • 11/27/20 — Signed Yoeli Childs to non-guaranteed $898,310 minimum summer contract (Exhibits 9 and 10).
  • 11/27/20 — Signed Caleb Homesley to non-guaranteed $898,310 minimum summer contract (Exhibits 9 and 10).
  • 11/30/20 — Signed Anthony Gill to a partially-guaranteed two-year $2,416,291 minimum contract.
  • 12/1/20 — Signed Deni Avdija to a $20,341,348 rookie-scale contract (including $375,000 international buyout).
  • 12/2/20 — Traded John Wall and a protected 2023 first-rounder (lottery protected in 2023, top-12 in 2024, top-10 in 2025, top-8 in 2026, otherwise converts to 2026 and 2027 second-rounders) to the Houston Rockets for Russell Westbrook.
  • 12/18/20 — Waived Yoeli Childs, Caleb Homesley and Marlon Taylor.
  • 12/18/20 — Signed Jordan Bell to a non-guaranteed $1,678,854 minimum summer contract (Exhibits 9 and 10).
  • 12/19/20 — Waived Jordan Bell.
  • 12/28/20 — Picked up Rui Hachimura’s third-year rookie-scale option.
  • 12/28/20 — Picked up Troy Brown Jr’s fourth-year rookie-scale option.
  • 12/29/20 — Declined the fourth-year rookie-scale options on Jerome Robinson and Moritz Wagner.
  • 1/17/21 — Waived Anzejs Pasecniks.
  • 1/23/21 — Signed Alex Len for the rest of the season at a non-guaranteed $1,697,755.
  • 1/23/21 — Signed Jordan Bell to a 10-day $114,990 contract (hardship).
  • 1/30/21 — Ended Jordan Bell’s 10-day contract.
  • 2/6/21 — Isaiah Thomas ($1,620,564) and Jordan McRae ($1,645,347) trade exceptions expired.
  • 2/24/21 — Alex Len’s $1,697,755 guaranteed for 2020-21.
  • 3/25/21 — Traded Troy Brown Jr to the Chicago Bulls and Moritz Wagner to the Boston Celtics for Chandler Hutchison and Daniel Gafford from the Bulls. The Celtics also sent Javonte Green, Daniel Theis and cash (TBD) to the Bulls for Luke Kornet.
  • 4/8/21 — Waived Jerome Robinson.
  • 4/14/21 — Re-signed Jordan Bell to a second 10-day $114,990 contract.
  • 4/19/21 — Thomas Bryant disabled player exception ($4,166,667) expired.
  • 4/24/21 — Jordan Bell’s 10-day contract expired.
  • 5/15/21 — Signed Caleb Homesley to a partially-guaranteed $5,231,283 contract, team option on the final season.

Trade Kickers:

  • Bradley Beal (15 percent)

Note: Players can waive their trade bonuses.

No-Trade: Alex Len (signing restriction)

Free Agents (with Cap Holds)

  • Full Bird: Ian Mahinmi ($23,175,077)
  • Early Bird: Shabazz Napier ($1,620,564)
  • Non-Bird: Ramon Sessions*** ($1,620,564), Ty Lawson*** ($1,620,564), Johnathan Williams (two-way)

*** Cannot be included in a sign-and-trade

Unsigned Draft Picks

  • None

Qualifying Offers

  • None

Rookie-Scale Options

  • None

Non-Guaranteed Salaries — Next Cut-Down Date*

  • None

* Players and teams can agree to push back cut-down dates but not past January 7 each year.

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(Updated on 5/30/21)

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