The Kings have exercised their third-year option on guard Devin Carter, according to a team press release.
Carter’s third-year salary will carry a cap hit of $5,158,080. Sacramento had until the end of the month to exercise that option, which is for the 2026/27 season. The team’s next contract decision on Carter will come next fall, when his $7,370,896 fourth-year option for ’27/28 will have to be either picked up or turned down.
Selected with the 13th overall pick in the 2024 draft, Carter appeared in 36 games with the Kings during the 2024/25 season. He averaged 3.8 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 11 minutes per game. The Providence product missed a chunk of the season after undergoing left shoulder surgery in July 2024.
Carter was reportedly included in at least one of the packages offered by the Kings in their failed attempts to acquire Jonathan Kuminga from Golden State this summer.
All of this year’s rookie scale team option decisions can be viewed here.
Why, He is absolutely a bust !! Hasn’t shown anything worth giving him the third yr option !!
Because no team has actual cap space. They needed to in order to move him in future.
that is a surprise. He has not even shown close to $5 million a year. Now it makes him not very tradeable because he has another year on the contract.
Dude kind of sucks, but it’s good to keep the depth chart deep so mind as well