Go ahead and add another few zeros or so to John Calipari’s former players’ NBA contract total. Adrian Wojnarowski dropped the bomb that PJ Washington signed a three-year deal to return to the Charlotte Hornets worth $48 million.
Washington is entering his fifth year in the NBA, all with Charlotte, but his future was amid this offseason uncertainty as a restricted free agent. The Hornets wanted him back and could have matched any offer from another team to retain his rights, but it did not have to go that far.