Bertan on his impressive contract: It was not a question of money…

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The National Basketball Association (NBA) Washington “Wizards” basketball player Davis Bertan’s remote “Zoom” press conference.

From the very beginning, the Latvian smiled at the journalists, because his name at the press conference was “Latvian Laser”, moreover, NBC Washington reporter Kriss Millers also asked the first question with introductory words – “Hello, Laser!”

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.@cmillsnbcs just began a question by addressing Davis Bertans: “Hey, Laser…”

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Last weekend, Davis signed a $ 80 million five-season deal with Wizards.

“I am happy,” Bertāns admitted at the press conference. “It was definitely not a question of money – I’m just glad to be able to enjoy basketball.”

Bertan’s replica of the amount of salary is most likely just a courtesy phrase. It is not for nothing that the Latvian missed the end of last season, although he was not injured. Also his agent Artūrs Kalnītis stressedthat Bertāns did not want to risk being upset, because then the teams would not want to pay such a large amount.

“I am glad that the desire to sign a new contract with me did not come only from Tommy Shepard [“Wizards” ģenerālmenedžeris], ”Said“ Latvian Laser ”. “They really wanted me back on the team, and I also wanted to continue my career in Washington.”

“Last season I was given the green light – the coaches trusted me and allowed me to play the way I used to in Europe,” Bertan looked back for the best season of his career, estimating that head coach Scott Brooks allowed him to be free to attack. “It’s not something you can get on any NBA team.”

“I had a conversation with the coach, in which he emphasized that it is easy to work with me,” Bertāns said. “I don’t care if I come from the reserve bench or start the game in the main line-up. If I can win games – I’m happy! I started most of the matches last season from the bench, but at the same time I was on the field at the end of most matches. ”

Davis can’t wait to go out with John Vol. Significantly, last season Bertāns heard on the reserve bench that Vols had told another “Wizards” player that “the team needs to extend the contract with this guy”, pointing to the Latvian player.

“We want to see him whole and ready to play,” Bertan said of Vol. “We will not make any more changes and will play with the current line-up. I can’t wait for the start of the season – I watched a video of him playing the 2017 play-off and realized I wanted to play with him. I have heard the same from him. I’m sure that when John is on the field, my stats will only grow. “

Bertan revealed that his wife is also happy to be able to continue living in the US capital.

The Latvian also gave advice to the team leader Bradley Bill: “If you want to throw more” deep “three-pointers, then just make such throws! It’s that simple – you need to do a lot of repetition. ”

Bertan’s salary “on paper” in the coming seasons will be 13.8, 14.9, 16, 17.1 and 18.2 million dollars, respectively. In the previous two seasons, the royalist earned seven million each.

In the 2019/2020 season, Bertāns played 54 games as a member of “Wizards”, during which he scored 15.4 points in every 29.3 minutes played in an average match, collected 4.5 rebounds, scored 1.7 times, as well as long shots. realized with 42.4% accuracy, making 8.7 trejachus. It was the best season of his career ever.

He also won third place in the Star Game long shot competition, as well as “Wizards” nominated a Latvian for the “sixth player” award, which he did not win.

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