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After buying out with the Wizards, he quickly signed a contract with the Trail Blazers. The former Spurs star made 1 million?

3:06pm, 24 July 2025【Basketball】

According to the news of Michael Scott, a reporter from HoopsHype, after completing a buyout with the Washington Wizards, backcourt star Blake Wesley has reached an agreement with the Portland Trail Blazers, and Wesley will receive a one-year contract from the Trail Blazers. According to Sean Highkin, a reporter from Portland's local media Rose Garden Report, the contract is a full guarantee contract. Although the details of the contract have not been disclosed, if nothing unexpected happens, what Wesley should have received is a basic salary contract with an annual salary of about $2.38 million.

In the NBA regular season last season, Wesley played 58 games for the San Antonio Spurs, averaging 11.8 minutes per game, averaging 3.7 points, 1.1 rebounds, 2 assists, 0.6 steals, and 0.1 blocks, and 0.9 turnovers and 0.8 fouls. His shooting percentage was 43.5%, a three-point shooting percentage of 29.5%, and a free throw shooting percentage of 62.3%. Wesley's performance last season was not ideal, he could not get a stable playing time, and his data was also very bleak. Wesley can still play some role on the defensive end, but the problem is that his performance on the offensive end can be said to be terrible. His progress is very limited, and his shortcomings are still very obvious, which is also an important factor in the Spurs' choice to give him up.

According to previous news, the Wizards completed a deal with the Spurs. The Wizards traded Kelly Olynyk to the Spurs, and exchanged the Spurs for Wesley, Malaki Branham and a 2026 second round pick (from the Dallas Mavericks, Philadelphia 76ers and the Oklahoma City Thunder with the lowest pick). Shortly after the transaction was completed, Wesley made an agreement for the Wizards, who bought out Wesley's contract for next season. In this buyout agreement, Wesley gave up his salary of about $1.4 million. Now Wesley has received another $2.38 million contract, which means that through this buyout and re-signation, Wesley has made nearly $1 million more.

After signing with Wesley, the Trail Blazers lineup has included 15 players holding standard contracts, of which 14 of them are guaranteed for contracts. Duop Reath's contract will be converted into a guarantee contract on August 1. The Trail Blazers also need to make a decision whether to sack Reath before August 1 so that the team still has an extra lineup quota that can be used for signing other players or for regular conversions of players with two-way contracts. I don’t know how the situation will develop next, and what choice will the pioneers make?