Eight-time All-Star center Dwight Howard agreed to terms on a one-year deal with the Washington Wizards, The Athletic's Jared Weiss reported Tuesday.
According to Weiss, Howard has finalized his buyout with the Brooklyn Nets and will earn the mid-level exception with the Wizards.
The Nets acquired Howard largely as a means to free up salary-cap space next season. In return for taking on the 14-year veteran, Brooklyn no longer had on its books the $16.2 million owed to Timofey Mozgov in 2019-20.
As many observed, the trade illustrated Howard's steady descent from once being among the NBA's premier big men:
Sean HighkinImagine telling someone in 2009 that Dwight Howard got traded in consecutive summers for Miles Plumlee and Timofey Mozgov.