The Hornets and Josh Okogie have agreed to push back the veteran wing’s early salary guarantee date to July 15, reports Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (via Twitter).
Today was the original deadline for Charlotte to determine whether or not to guarantee Okogie’s $7.75MM salary for 2025/26. Both sides have agreed to delay that date, giving the Hornets a little more financial flexibility with free agency just a few minutes away.
Okogie was incentivized to agree to the new date because he seems unlikely to receive that much money on the open market. If the Hornets decide to keep him around past July 15, his contract could be useful for salary-matching purposes.
The 20th pick of the 2018 draft, Okogie was traded from Phoenix to Charlotte in January. The 26-year-old guard/forward appeared in 40 games last season (15.6 minutes per contest), averaging 7.1 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.2 steals on .448/.348/.741 shooting.