The NBA Finals are going strong, but offseason business looms. The deadline for most option decisions is June 29th, but some players have earlier deadlines, and a few of those come up in a couple of weeks. Most of the players who have player options haven’t decided what to do yet, so we’ll look at where everyone with a player option stands as the end of the 2014/15 season closes in, with the most lucrative options first and the values of the options rounded to the nearest $1K:
- LeBron James, Cavaliers ($21.573MM) — James is widely expected to opt out and re-sign another two-year max deal with the Cavs, as Joe Vardon of the Northeast Ohio Media Group wrote in February.
- Brook Lopez, Nets ($16.744MM) — One GM told Fred Kerber of the New York Post more than a month ago that the prevailing belief was that Lopez would opt out and re-sign with the Nets, though Sean Deveney of The Sporting News later pointed to “genuine uncertainty” about the option.
- Kevin Love, Cavaliers ($16.744MM) — Love told Chris Haynes of the Northeast Ohio Media Group in January that he planned to opt in, though rumors to the contrary have persisted.
- Dwyane Wade, Heat ($16.125MM) — Wade prefers to opt out and seek more financial security and has hinted that he intends to do so, though it appears to remain a matter of negotiation between him and the team.
- Eric Gordon, Pelicans ($15.514MM) — Gordon has signaled that he plans to opt in, but the decision isn’t final.
- Roy Hibbert, Pacers ($15.514MM) — Pacers president of basketball operations Larry Bird in April seemed to encourage Hibbert to opt out, though Bird said that he had “no clue” about Hibbert’s plans.
- Al Jefferson, Hornets ($13.5MM) — Jefferson has said it’s highly unlikely that he’d opt out.
- David West, Pacers ($12.6MM) — Bird said he had a gut feeling that West will opt in but also said he’s not sure what the power forward will do.
- Thaddeus Young, Nets ($10.222MM, early termination) — Young is believed to be leaning toward opting out, as Marc Stein and Mike Mazzeo of ESPN.com recently reported.
- Luol Deng, Heat ($10.152MM) — Deng has said that he’s undecided.
- Jeff Green, Grizzlies ($9.2MM) — The working assumption is that Green will opt in, but that’s not a certainty, as Stein recently wrote.
- Monta Ellis, Mavericks ($8.72MM) — The general expectation is that Ellis will opt out, but the Mavs haven’t received any paperwork from the shooting guard, as Tim MacMahon of ESPNDallas.com said last week.
- Arron Afflalo, Nuggets ($7.75MM) — Stein reported last month that Afflalo intended to opt out, but sources told The Oregonian’s Joe Freeman shortly thereafter that it was still too early to say for sure.
- Goran Dragic, Heat ($7.5MM) — Dragic in April confirmed that he plans to opt out, as he indicated in an interview before the season.
- J.R. Smith, Cavaliers ($6.4MM) — Various reports suggest that Smith remains undecided.
- Gerald Henderson, Hornets ($6MM) — Henderson has indicated that he’s undecided.
- Paul Pierce, Wizards ($5.544MM) — Many around the league believe that Pierce will opt out and sign with the Clippers, as TNT’s David Aldridge reported, though Pierce, in his most recent comments on the matter, said he hadn’t thought about the option.
- Chase Budinger, Timberwolves ($5MM) — Budinger has already opted in.
- Corey Brewer, Rockets ($4.905MM) — Brewer opted out as part of the deal that sent him from Minnesota to Houston.
- Jared Dudley, Bucks ($4.25MM, early termination) — Dudley said he’s undecided about the option but added that he’d like a long-term deal with the Bucks sooner or later.
- Raymond Felton, Mavericks ($3.95MM) — Reportedly opting in.
- Kirk Hinrich, Bulls ($2.855MM) — No reports have given indication about his plans.
- Mike Miller, Cavaliers ($2.855MM) — Miller told Haynes in February that as of that point, he would opt in, though he indicated that he’d made no final decision.
- Jameer Nelson, Nuggets ($2.855MM) — Nelson plans to opt out, as Shams Charania of RealGM reported last week.
- Steve Blake, Trail Blazers ($2.17MM) — Blake told Jabari Young of CSNNW.com in February that he planned to opt in.
- Danny Granger, Suns ($2.17MM) — Granger is reportedly undecided.
- Alan Anderson, Nets ($1.333MM) — Anderson intends to opt out, as Tim Bontemps of the New York Post reported.
- Cartier Martin, Pistons ($1.271MM) — Martin let the Pistons know he’s opting in, Charania reported.
- Brandon Rush, Warriors ($1.271MM) — No reports have given indication about his plans.
- Al-Farouq Aminu, Mavericks ($1.101MM) — Aminu said he’ll opt out.
- Ed Davis, Lakers ($1.101MM) — Davis told Mark Medina of the Los Angeles Daily News in January that he’d opt out.
- Garrett Temple, Wizards ($1.101MM) — Temple said last month that he’s pretty sure he’ll opt in.
The Basketball Insiders salary pages were used in the creation of this post.