Decisions On 2023/24 Rookie Scale Team Options

While decisions on player and team options for veteran NBA contracts are typically due in June, the deadline to exercise third- and fourth-year team options for players on rookie scale contracts arrives each fall. This year’s deadline for teams to pick up rookie scale options is October 31, 2022.

All the players whose options will be exercised or declined by October 31 are already under contract for the 2022/23 season. Their teams will have to make a decision on whether they want to lock in those players’ contracts beyond the coming season, picking up or turning down team options for the 2023/24 campaign.

For players who signed their rookie scale contracts in 2020 and have already been in the NBA for two years, teams must decide on fourth-year options for 2023/24. For players who just signed their rookie deals last year and only have one season of NBA experience under their belts, teams will already be faced with a decision on third-year options for ’23/24.

In many cases, these decisions aren’t difficult ones. Rookie scale salaries are affordable enough that it usually makes sense to exercise most of these team options, even if a player isn’t a key cog on the roster. And for those players who do have a significant role on a team’s roster, the decision is even easier — it’s not as if the Rockets will consider turning down their option on Jalen Green, for instance.

Still, we’ll wait for a trusted reporter, the NBA, a player (or his agent), or a team itself to confirm that an option is indeed being exercised or declined, and we’ll track that news in this space.

Listed below are all the rookie scale decisions for 2023/24 team options that clubs must make by October 31. This list will be updated through the deadline as teams’ decisions are reported and announced. The salary figures listed here reflect the cap hits for each team.

Here are the NBA’s rookie scale team option decisions for 2023/24 salaries:

Atlanta Hawks

• Onyeka Okongwu (fourth year, $8,109,063): Exercised
• Jalen Johnson (third year, $2,925,360): Exercised

Boston Celtics

• Payton Pritchard (fourth year, $4,037,278): Exercised

Brooklyn Nets

• Cam Thomas (third year, $2,240,160): Exercised
• Day’Ron Sharpe (third year, $2,210,040): Exercised

Charlotte Hornets

• LaMelo Ball (fourth year, $10,900,635): Exercised
• James Bouknight (third year, $4,570,080): Exercised
• Kai Jones (third year, $3,047,880): Exercised

Chicago Bulls

• Patrick Williams (fourth year, $9,835,881): Exercised

Cleveland Cavaliers

• Isaac Okoro (fourth year, $8,920,795): Exercised
• Evan Mobley (third year, $8,882,640): Exercised

Dallas Mavericks

• Josh Green (fourth year, $4,765,339): Exercised

Denver Nuggets

• Zeke Nnaji (fourth year, $4,306,281): Exercised
• Bones Hyland (third year, $2,306,400): Exercised

Detroit Pistons

• Cade Cunningham (third year, $11,055,360): Exercised
• Killian Hayes (fourth year, $7,413,955): Exercised
• Isaiah Stewart (fourth year, $5,266,713): Exercised
• Saddiq Bey (fourth year, $4,556,983): Exercised

Golden State Warriors

• James Wiseman (fourth year, $12,119,440): Exercised
• Jonathan Kuminga (third year, $6,012,840): Exercised
• Moses Moody (third year, $3,918,480): Exercised

Houston Rockets

• Jalen Green (third year, $9,891,480): Exercised
• Alperen Sengun (third year, $3,536,280): Exercised
• Usman Garuba (third year, $2,588,400): Exercised
• Josh Christopher (third year, $2,485,200): Exercised

Indiana Pacers

• Tyrese Haliburton (fourth year, $5,808,435): Exercised
• Aaron Nesmith (fourth year, $5,634,257): Exercised
• Chris Duarte (third year, $4,124,400): Exercised
• Isaiah Jackson (third year, $2,696,280): Exercised

Los Angeles Clippers

• None

Los Angeles Lakers

• None

Memphis Grizzlies

• Ziaire Williams (third year, $4,810,200): Exercised
• Desmond Bane (fourth year, $3,845,083): Exercised
• Santi Aldama (third year, $2,194,200): Exercised

Miami Heat

• None

Milwaukee Bucks

• None

Minnesota Timberwolves

• Anthony Edwards (fourth year, $13,534,817): Exercised
• Jaden McDaniels (fourth year, $3,901,399): Exercised

New Orleans Pelicans

• Kira Lewis (fourth year, $5,722,116): Exercised
• Trey Murphy (third year, $3,359,280): Exercised

New York Knicks

• Obi Toppin (fourth year, $6,803,012): Exercised
• Immanuel Quickley (fourth year, $4,171,548): Exercised
• Quentin Grimes (third year, $2,385,720): Exercised

Oklahoma City Thunder

• Josh Giddey (third year, $6,587,040): Exercised
• Aleksej Pokusevski (fourth year, $5,009,633): Exercised
• Tre Mann (third year, $3,191,400): Exercised

Orlando Magic

• Jalen Suggs (third year, $7,252,080): Exercised
• Cole Anthony (fourth year, $5,539,771): Exercised
• Franz Wagner (third year, $5,508,720): Exercised
• Chuma Okeke (fourth year, $5,266,713): Exercised
• R.J. Hampton (fourth year, $4,220,057): Declined

Philadelphia 76ers

• Tyrese Maxey (fourth year, $4,343,920): Exercised
• Jaden Springer (third year, $2,226,240): Exercised

Phoenix Suns

• None

Portland Trail Blazers

• Keon Johnson (third year, $2,808,720): Exercised

Sacramento Kings

• Davion Mitchell (third year, $5,063,640): Exercised

San Antonio Spurs

• Devin Vassell (fourth year, $5,887,899): Exercised
• Joshua Primo (third year, $4,341,600): Exercised

Toronto Raptors

• Scottie Barnes (third year, $8,008,680): Exercised
• Precious Achiuwa (fourth year, $4,379,527): Exercised
• Malachi Flynn (fourth year, $3,873,025): Exercised

Utah Jazz

• Udoka Azubuike (fourth year, $3,923,484): Declined
• Leandro Bolmaro (third year, $2,588,400): Declined

Washington Wizards

• Deni Avdija (fourth year, $6,263,188): Exercised
• Corey Kispert (third year, $3,722,040): Exercised