{"id":495129,"date":"2026-02-21T17:57:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T17:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/495129\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T17:57:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T17:57:12","slug":"tristan-vukcevic-signs-new-nba-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/495129\/","title":{"rendered":"Tristan Vukcevic signs new NBA contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Wizards have signed 22-year-old center Tristan Vukcevic to a new three-year, $9 million deal, with a team option in the third season.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/teams\/720-washington-wizards.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Wizards<\/a> are signing two-way center <a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/players\/34948-tristan-vukcevic.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tristan Vukcevic<\/a> to a new three-year, $9 million deal, with a team option for the third season, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/2025261764267372776\" rel=\"nofollow\">Shams Charania of ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/players\/34948-tristan-vukcevic.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tristan  Vukcevic<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/leagues\/59-nba.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-126312-any150x150.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Tristan  Vukcevic\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/players\/34948-tristan-vukcevic.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-392757-crop100x150.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Tristan  Vukcevic\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tMIN:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t11.82<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tPTS:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t7.36 (54.44%)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tREB:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t2.67<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tAS:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t1<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tST:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t0.42<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tBL:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t0.73<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tTO:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t1.09<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGM:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t33<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old, in his third NBA season, agreed to the contract with the Wizards on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Vukcevic is averaging 7.9 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 1.1 assists this season over 35 games. He appeared in 10 games as a rookie and 35 in his second season.<\/p>\n<p>Selected 42nd overall in the 2023 NBA Draft, Vukcevic began his professional career with Real Madrid in Spain before moving to Partizan Belgrade in Serbia.<\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/plus?utm_source=basketnews_com&amp;utm_medium=bn_plus&amp;utm_id=UA-259273-31&amp;utm_campaign=banners_free_content_for_not_members_bottom_7\" class=\"banners_paid_content_info_block_white banners-paid-content-info-block-white\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bn-plus-img img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bn-plus.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                            Thank you for reading us! 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