Free agent guard Xavier Silas is finalizing a contract with the Washington Wizards, league sources told RealGM.

Silas was a final release out of the Wizards’ training camp a year ago, but he grew close to several players and continued to work out in the team’s practice facility this summer. The Wizards will give him another opportunity to earn a regular season roster spot.

Silas, a 6-foot-5 two-guard, averaged 19.4 minutes, 5.5 points and two rebounds in two regular season games with the Philadelphia 76ers in 2011-12.

Silas, 26, went undrafted in 2011 after four seasons at Northern Illinois.