The Oklahoma City Thunder have reportedly reworked veteran wing Davis Bertans’ contract, per HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto.
The Thunder and Bertans agreed to remove his 2024-25 clause that would’ve guaranteed $16 million next season if he played 75% of regular-season games this season.
If he didn’t meet this threshold, then his guaranteed salary for next season — which would’ve been an early termination option — would’ve been just $5 million.
Instead, with the clause removed, Bertans will be guaranteed $5.25 million next season in the final year of his current deal. He is owed $17 million this season.
This means that the Thunder no longer have to keep an eye on which games the 31-year-old sharpshooter can play. Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault will presumably be able to play him as often as he likes without being concerned about passing 62 games.
The Thunder acquired Bertans from the Dallas Mavericks this past offseason in a trade that also landed them the No. 10 pick, which turned out to be Cason Wallace. In return, OKC sent Dallas its No. 12 pick, which materialized to Dereck Lively II.
In five games this season, Bertans is averaging 3.4 points on 23.1% shooting. He is shooting 3-of-12 from 3.
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