A 29-year-old player with a big 5-year, $80 million contract and an annual salary of $16 million, what do you think he should play? Take a look: Averaging 6 points, 1.9 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game this season, shooting 35.1 percent from the field and 32.4 percent from three-point range, both career-lows. Guess who?
He's Wizards Davis Bertans! Take a look at Bertans' performance in the past four games: Playing the Magic on Jan. 13 and scoring 0 points on 3-of-0 shooting; playing the Nets on Jan. 20 with 0-of-1 shooting; playing the Raptors on Jan. 22 with 2 points on 1-of-4 shooting; and playing the Green Army on Jan. 24 with 3 points on 1-of-5 shooting. In total, they scored 5 points on 2-of-13, averaging 1.25 points per game.
Bertans has played 32 games for the Wizards this season, all off the bench. Good guy, with an 80 million contract, the average playing time is only 15 minutes, easy and pleasant. Since heading into January, he has scored in double figures in only one game, but has scored zero in three games.
According to team reporter Neil Dalal, the Wizards are exploring a package trade plan for Bertans, Avdia and Harrell to find new helpers for Bill. But the rest of the league believes that if the Wizards want to send Bertans away, they must take a first-round pick. Because his big contract only expires in the summer of 2025...
Born on November 12, 1992, Bertans is 2.08 meters tall and has an arm span of 2.09 meters. Bertans is 2 meters tall and 69 meters tall, and his static talent is relatively average. For comparison, Kuzma, who is 2 meters 03 tall, stands at a height of 2 meters 73 meters. Bertans is born with a small skeleton and his shoulder width is narrower than most NBA players.
Everyone knows the "nine-finger dunk king" Gerald Green, but they don't know that the NBA also has a "nine-finger shooter" Bertans. When Bertans was 13 years old, while helping out at home, his right ring finger was cut in half by a chainsaw. That didn't affect Bertans' ability to shoot, and he shot 42.9 percent from three-point range with the Spurs in 2018-19.
In the 2011 Draft, Bertáns from Latvia was selected with the 42nd pick, but he chose to continue playing in the Europa League. In the summer of 2013, he suffered a torn cruciate ligament in his right knee and was reimbursed for the 2013–14 season. Bertans, who was not originally very talented in dynamics, gradually became a pure shooter after a major injury.
He then played two seasons in La Liga until the summer of 2016, when Bertans signed with the Spurs and officially landed in the NBA. I am afraid that many people are curious: how did Bertans get a 5-year, 80 million contract? In the 2019 offseason, the Spurs sent Bertans to the Wizards, where he played his career-best performance in a contract year.
In the 2019-20 season, Bertans averaged 15.4 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game, shooting 43.4% from the field and 42.4% from three-point range. In November 2020, wizards gave him a five-year, $80 million contract extension. You know, Bertans' last contract was only $14.5 million for 2 years. The courage of the wizards is admirable...
In the 2020-21 season, Bertans averaged 11.5 points, 2.9 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game, shooting 40.4% from the field and 39.5% from three-point range, all five statistics declined, and he also lost the starting position. Looking at Bertans' performance this season, there is no doubt that this contract has fallen into the hands of the Wizards.
Coupled with Bertans' constant minor injuries, the Wizards want to send him away, it is really not so easy.