The Sacramento Kings have extended their tie with Tyrese Haliburton by executing the team option for the 22-23 academic year included in his contract, according to Adrian Wojnarowski, a journalist from ESPN. As in every contract rookie Of the players chosen in the first round of the draft, the base’s third and fourth seasons were subject to a team option, but for now the Californians have already decided to guarantee the player’s third year.
This, of course, is no surprise, and indeed the opposite would have been quite inexplicable. Haliburton is coming off a fantastic rookie season in the league, in which he has averaged 13 points per game and has been confirmed as one of the most promising players in his draft, as well as one of the most exciting pieces of the roster of the de Sacramento, who can continue to count on it for a small fee. The only thing that remained to be confirmed was when this news would arrive.
The player’s salary for this course will be 4.2 million dollars, slightly higher than the 4 that he will receive this year. For the 23-24 season, the Kings will once again have another team option, in this case for a value of 5.8 million, and later they will be able to sign an extension to Haliburton or let it go on the market as a restricted free agent. However, this is already venturing too far into the future, and for now we can only wait to see how the point guard performs in his second year in the NBA.
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