ESPN is reporting that Wizards’ forward Antawn Jamison signed a $50 million deal that will keep him in Washington for the next 4 years.  As you probably remember, Gilbert said he would take less money to keep Antawn in town.  Now that Jamison’s deal is done, Antawn expects Gilbert to put his money where his mouth is:

“He said he’d take less money if they got me, and they got me.  So I think everything will get worked out with Gilbert.”

Now that Jamison’s deal is done, Ernie Grunfeld can focus all of his efforts on trying to make a deal with Gilbert in the little time he has left before he heads off on his trip.  No one’s really sure how these negotiations will go since there’s no precedent for Gilbert representing himself, but if it’s any consolation, Jamison thinks the deal will get done sooner rather than later:

“Once he heard that I had reached a deal, he congratulated me, and I said ‘I can’t wait to congratulate you tomorrow.‘”

Does Antawn know something we don’t or is he just exceedingly optimistic?  We’ll see tomorrow.