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Wizards Exercise Options On Deni Avdija, Rui Hachimura

The Washington Wizards have picked up their 2022-23 rookie scale team options for Deni Avdija and Rui Hachimura. It's the third-year option for Avdija and the fourth-year option for Hachimura.

Avdija was drafted with the ninth pick of the first round at the 2020 NBA Draft. The 6-foot-9 wing then played in 54 games with 32 starts as a rookie. He averaged 6.3 points and 4.8 rebounds per game.

Hachimura battled some injuries during his sophomore season in the NBA, but showed notable improvement. Hachimura started all 57 games he played and upped his minutes per game to 31.5. The Gonzaga product averaged 13.8 points and 5.5 rebounds. Hachimura improved his shooting to 47.8% overall and jumped up to 33% from behind the arc.

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, Khareem Sudlow