<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Free agent Ian Mahinmi has agreed to a four year, $64M deal with Washington, league source tells The Vertical.</p>— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/749395627675570177">July 3, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I guess you can play Gortat and Mahinmi 24 minutes apiece or something. I like Mahinmi. Fair contract. Not cleanest fit, but Wiz need bodies</p>— Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachLowe_NBA/status/749396093193052164">July 3, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
The Wizards had like 5 players under contract before this, so yeah, they need players and no A-lister wanted to go there.