<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Washington Wizards guard DeShawn Stevenson will almost certainly opt out of his contract after this season and explore free agency, a source close to the player said yesterday. At the same time, Stevenson knows he wants to be in the District next season. "I want to come back," said Stevenson, who late last summer signed a one-year contract with a player option for a second. "We've got a good veteran team. We've got a coach who is a players' coach. I feel this is a good situation."</div> Link The Wizards will be competing for the Southeast division lead for a while now as long as the big 3 is here, so there's no way Stevenson's value can go down. He's helped us get the lead in the Southeast, something we couldn't get with Hayes starting at the 2.
Deshawn would get a better contract somewhere else. Washington should try to keep him there though, he's a great guard and a solid player (sixth man?). I'd like to see him stay in a Wiz uniform, personally. But this a business too, not just a sport so it's exciting to see what he will do in the off-season.
