{"id":788415,"date":"2026-07-09T04:17:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T04:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/788415\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T04:17:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T04:17:20","slug":"trae-young-vows-to-be-his-best-version-after-signing-new-wizards-contract-in-nba-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/788415\/","title":{"rendered":"Trae Young Vows to Be His &#8216;Best Version&#8217; After Signing New Wizards Contract in NBA Free Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Trae Young pledged his commitment to the Washington Wizards this offseason when he <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25442215-trae-young-wizards-reportedly-agree-new-contract-after-opt-out-updated-nba-salary-cap\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">signed<\/a> a four-year, $212 million deal after entering free agency. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Now, he&#8217;s ready to give the Wizards his all. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The star point guard posted on social media Wednesday that he is going to be the &#8220;best version&#8221; of himself this season. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">At his best, Young is an elite scorer and arguably the best passer in the league. In his last healthy season in 2024-25, he put up 24.2 points and 11.6 assists per game. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Unfortunately, fans didn&#8217;t see that version of him last season when he played just 15 games, five of which came after he was traded to Washington. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">But if he&#8217;s able to come back healthy, the Wizards could be a team to watch to make it out of the East. Along with Young, they&#8217;ll have star big man Anthony Davis, a promising rookie in AJ Dybantsa and a cast of solid role players. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trae Young pledged his commitment to the Washington Wizards this offseason when he signed a four-year, $212 million&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":788416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-788415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=788415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/788416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}