Right before the clock striked midnight to end Halloween in the eastern time zone, the deadline also passed for NBA teams to exercise rookie scale team options for the 2025-26 season. While most are for reasonable salaries, it feels as if more were declined this season than previous ones. This could be due in part because of second apron concerns. Players who had their rookie scale team options declined will now be unrestricted free agents next offseason. The Memphis Grizzlies had an interesting decision to make on a player who finished averaging double figures in scoring last season. In the end, they decided to decline the rookie scale team option on power forward Jake LaRavia.
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Selected 19th overall in the 2022 NBA Draft, LaRavia’s option for 2025-26 was to be worth around $5.16 million. According to Drew Hill of the Daily Memphian, the Grizzlies have decided not to exercise the option.
The Grizzlies are encouraged by Jake LaRavia’s development and remain interested in retaining him beyond this season, but to maintain flexibility for a roster with several young wings and 12 players already under contract for 2025-26, they won’t be…
— Drew Hill (@DrewHill_DM) November 1, 2024…