Davis Bertans of Wizards will release the reboot of the NBA in Orlando

With a free and looming agency, Washington forward Wizards Davis Bertans – a candidate for the improved player for the 2019-2020 season – will leave out the NBA restart in Orlando, Florida, as a preventative measure, sources said. ‘ESPN.

Bertans, 27, is on the cusp of a lucrative long-term contract and has had two previous ACL injuries.

As an organization, Wizards fully support its decision to fall behind the restart of 22 league teams and remain determined to sign it into a free agency, sources said.

In Washington this season, Bertans scored career highs across the board, including points (15.9) and minutes (29.3) as he fired 42.4% from the 3 point distance on over eight attempts. per game, making himself one of the best sixth men in the NBA.

If Wizards don’t progress beyond seeding games in Orlando, he risks losing $ 520,000, according to ESPN front office member Bobby Marks. The Force Majeure clause would have applied to his salary, after the 10% commitment and the money already withdrawn from his salary following deductions started on May 15.

He made a significant career jump this season after being swapped with the Magicians in a three-team deal last summer which was made to free up space in San Antonio to sign Marcus Morris for a two-year, $ 20 million contract. – only for Morris to reverse course at the last minute and instead sign a $ 15 million one-year contract with the Knicks.

Mages hope to keep Bertans as an unlimited free agent this summer, especially in what should be a depressed financial market because of the ongoing issues caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Washington will enter the NBA restarted season at Walt Disney World 5.5 games behind Orlando Magic’s eighth place and six games behind Brooklyn Nets’ seventh place. The Wizards will have to arrive within four games of whoever is in eighth place to qualify for the games, and therefore should beat eighth place twice to advance to the playoffs and face the upper East suit, the Milwaukee dollars.

Bertans, who will turn 28 in November, tore his right ACL twice before coming to the NBA in 2016 – in June 2013 with Partizan Belgrade and in March 2015 with Baskonia in the Spanish league.

Originally drafted in the second round in 2011 by the Indiana Pacers – before being sent to the San Antonio Spurs during the Kawhi Leonard trade draw – Bertans joined the Spurs for the start of the 2016-17 season and quickly made a name for himself. himself as a strong 3-point shooter from the bench.