Now that Shawn Marion has elected to opt into the final year of his contract, no more decisions remain on 2013/14 NBA options. Every player with a team option, a player option, or an early termination option is now set to either head for free agency or return to his team for one more season.
There's still a chance that some of the players listed below as having declined options could change their minds. For player options, the player only has to file paperwork if he decides to pick up the option — there's no formal procedure for turning it down. So if someone has a last minute change of heart, that paperwork could still be filed by the end of the month. But based on reports to date, we shouldn't expect any changes from this list.
Listed below are the player, early termination, and team options for the 2013/14 season, along with the respective teams, salaries, and decisions.
Player
Ray Allen (Heat) – $3.23MM: Exercised
Trevor Ariza (Wizards) – $7.73MM: Exercised
Jerryd Bayless (Grizzlies) – $3.14MM: Exercised
Kwame Brown (76ers) – $2.95MM: Exercised
Boris Diaw (Spurs) – $4.7MM: Exercised
Ben Gordon (Bobcats) – $13.2MM: Exercised
Aaron Gray (Raptors) – $2.69MM: Exercised
Richard Jefferson (Warriors) – $11.05MM: Exercised
James Jones (Heat) – $1.5MM: Exercised
Andrei Kirilenko (Timberwolves) – $10.22MM: Declined
Linas Kleiza (Raptors) – $4.6MM: Exercised
Carl Landry (Warriors) – $4MM: Declined
Rashard Lewis (Heat) – $1.4MM: Exercised
O.J. Mayo (Mavericks) – $4.2MM: Declined
Patty Mills (Spurs) – $1.13MM: Exercised
Brandon Rush (Warriors) – $4MM: Exercised
J.R. Smith (Knicks) – $2.93MM: Declined
Marreese Speights (Cavaliers) – $4.52MM: Declined
Charlie Villanueva (Pistons) – $8.58MM: Exercised
C.J. Watson (Nets) – $1.11MM: Declined
Early Termination
Andris Biedrins (Warriors) – $9MM: Declined/Opted In
Monta Ellis (Bucks) – $11MM: Exercised/Opted Out
Andre Iguodala (Nuggets) – $16.15MM: Exercised/Opted Out
Shawn Marion (Mavericks) – $9.32MM: Declined/Opted In
Emeka Okafor (Wizards) – $14.49MM: Declined/Opted In
Marvin Williams (Jazz) – $7.5MM: Declined/Opted In
Metta World Peace (Lakers) – $7.73MM: Declined/Opted In
Team
Gustavo Ayon (Bucks) – $1.5MM: Exercised1
Mario Chalmers (Heat) – $4MM: Exercised
Dante Cunningham (Timberwolves) – $2.18MM: Exercised
Francisco Garcia (Rockets) – $6.4MM: Declined
John Lucas III (Raptors) – $1.57MM: Declined
Jodie Meeks (Lakers) – $1.55MM: Exercised
1 Ayon's contract remains non-guaranteed until July 25th.
Umm … aren’t there a number of team option decisions still remaining (including partially guaranteed contracts)? For example: Al Harrington, Hedo Turkoglu, Lance Stephensen, Richard Hamilton, Kyle Lowry, Vince Carter, Matt Bonner, etc.
Those are technically non-guaranteed (or partially guaranteed) contracts rather than team options. Team option decisions are due by today, and involve exercising or declining the option. Guarantee dates vary by contract, and involve simply keeping a player on the roster or releasing him.
For the most part, it’s just a matter of semantics, but there is technically a difference.
— Luke
Gotcha. Thanks for the clarification.