Wizards center Brendan Haywood isn't worried about his future.

Haywood, who is coming off a season in which he missed 75 straight games, will be a free agent at the end of the season.

"I'm not trying to play outside myself. ... You don't have to worry about me gunning because I'm in a contract year - that's not going to happen," he told the Washington Times.

He added that he wants to finish his career in Washington and wants very badly to win this season.

"My biggest thing is winning. If we come out here and win, first of all everybody looks good. Second of all, I feel like I'm going to have a big part in it," Haywood said. "If we come out here and win and make some noise in the playoffs, that helps your contract situation more than anything. When you're coming out playing for yourself and being an individual, nobody wants a guy who's got stats but not on a winning team."