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Nuggets Exercise Options On Faried, Hamilton

October 22nd, 2012 at 5:47pm CST by Zachary Links

The Nuggets announced that they have exercised their third-year options on forward Kenneth Faried and guard/forward Jordan Hamilton. The two players were taken with the 22nd and 26th pick, respectively, in the 2011 draft.

Faried will earn $1.348MM in 2012/13 and will see his salary rise to $1.442MM in 2013/14. Hamilton will see a similarly modest pay increase as he goes from $1.153MM in his sophomore campaign to $1.234MM in 2013/14. Faried made a name for himself heading into the draft as a tough rebounder and didn't disappoint as he averaged 7.7 RPG to go along with 10.2 PPG. Hamilton didn't see the same kind of playing time as his fellow rookie, averaging 4.4 PPG and 2.4 RPG in 9.9 minutes across 26 games.

You can keep up with all of this offseason's decisions on 2013/14 rookie contract options by using our handy tracker.

Western Notes: Warriors, Lakers, Davis

September 27th, 2012 at 9:39pm CST by Ryan Raroque

Marcus Thompson II of the Bay Area News Group summarized Warriors GM Bob Myers' meeting with the local media today, and writes that the team has very important decisions to make in the near future. Thompson mentions that Golden State has the ability to significantly be under the salary cap in two years, but will also have to deal with the possible contract extensions of Stephen Curry and Andrew Bogut in addition to deciding the futures of players that are still on their rookie-scale deals. "The players can stay as long as they want if we win…but if we don't win, maybe some things do get turned over," said Myers.

With that being said, we have a few more links to share with you tonight out of the Western Conference:

Andrew Bogut is on schedule to play on opening night and possibly in some pre-season games, although the Australian center has not yet been cleared for five-on-five scrimmages yet, writes Rusty Simmons of SF Gate. GM Bob Myers also talked about Festus Ezeli, adding that he is a "team-first" guy who gives multiple efforts make him a quality prospect. Myers chose to remain neutral on Andris Biedrins not showing up for voluntary pre-training camp workouts, but added that he will have the opportunity to compete in camp and that his role will ultimately be left up to head coach Mark Jackson.
Arash Markazi of ESPN Los Angeles thinks that the last three roster spots on the Lakers will ultimately be decided between Andrew Goudelock, Darius Morris, Darius Johnson-Odom, and Robert Sacre (Twitter link). In another tweet, Markazi says that Goudelock seems to be the odd man out at this point.
Hornets rookie Anthony Davis spoke about what he took away from his experiences at the Olympics, teaming with Robin Lopez this season, and head coach Monty Williams' expectations (Jimmy Smith of the Times-Picayune reports).
Aaron J. Lopez of Nuggets.com spoke with Nuggets assistant coach Melvin Hunt to evaluate Jordan Hamilton's rookie season and what he was told to work on this summer.