The Nets have exercise the fourth-year option on Landry Shamet‘s rookie contract, the club announced (via Twitter). The move locks in Shamet’s $3.77M salary for the 2021-22 season.
Shamet, 23, has averaged 9.2 PPG on .420/.402/.828 shooting in his first two NBA seasons with the Sixers and Clippers. He was dealt from Los Angeles to Brooklyn in a three-team trade last month — the Nets also acquired Bruce Brown in that deal, sending Dzanan Musa and the No. 19 pick to Detroit.
Shamet will now become eligible for a rookie scale extension during the 2021 offseason. If he doesn’t sign a new deal at that point, he’d be on track to reach restricted free agency in the summer of 2022.
We’re keeping tabs on all the 2021-22 rookie scale team option decisions right here.
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