The Cavaliers have exercised the fourth-year contract options for Darius Garland and Dylan Windler, along with the third-year option for Isaac Okoro, the team announced in a press release. All the option decisions cover the 2022-23 season.
The moves lock in the salaries of $8,920,795 for Garland and $4,037,278 for Windler, who will both be eligible for rookie-scale extensions next summer. Okoro will receive $7,040,880 in 2022-23 and will be extension eligible during the 2023 offseason, presuming Cleveland picks up his fourth-year option as well.
Garland, the fifth pick in the 2019 draft, showed considerable improvement during his second NBA season and is considered to be a cornerstone for the Cavaliers' future. He averaged 17.4 points and 6.1 assists last season while shooting 39.5% from three-point range and earned three votes in the Most Improved Player balloting.
Windler has been hampered by injuries at the start of his NBA career as he missed his entire first season and played just 31 games in 2020-21. He will need a strong performance this season to show that he’s worthy of a long-term investment.
Okoro, the No. 5 pick in 2020, was a member of the All-Rookie Second Team last season. He led all rookies in minutes per game and ranked in the top 10 in steals, points and assists.
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