The Washington Wizards will fill injured Antonio Daniels' roster spot with Mike Wilks, who was recently released by Denver last month, according to a league source with knowledge of the situation.
Wilks, a five-year veteran, was released by the Nuggets after eight games. In that time he averaged 3.0 points per game and 0.8 assists.
Wilks will not receive a guaranteed contract mostly because the Wizards (13-10) don’t want to surpass the luxury tax trigger of $67.86 million, the point at the end of the season where teams over the trigger must pay a dollar-for-dollar tax for every dollar they exceed the plateau. His future with the team upon Daniels’ return is unlikely.
Daniels, who replaced Gilbert Arenas in the starting lineup after Arenas underwent knee surgery on Nov. 21, did a good job replacing Arenas. In 14 starts in place of Arenas the Wizards went 9-5 and Daniels averaged 11.0 points, 6.6 assists ad 4.0 rebounds.
Daniels is the third starter to go down this season. The Wizards have already lost center Etan Thomas most likely for the rest of the season (heart surgery) and Arenas is expected to be out at least for next two months.
