Aug. 17, 1999
SportsLine wire reports

WASHINGTON -- Free-agent forward Aaron Williams has agreed to a two-year, $2.3 million contract with the Washington Wizards.

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The Wizards' power forward position has been depleted in the offseason by the departures of Otis Thorpe , Ben Wallace and Terry Davis.

Williams, 28, will become the first free agent Washington has signed this offseason.

"It's a great opportunity for me to come in there and get some minutes," the 6-foot-9 forward told The Washington Post. "That's a big part of why I'm coming there. The possibility of playing some decent minutes was too hard to pass up. Plus the team is going to be a lot better than it was last year.

Williams spent the past two seasons with Seattle, where he played an average of 11 minutes. He spent the previous three seasons with Denver, Vancouver, Utah and Milwaukee -- playing sparingly.