The majority of the players in the NBA with option dates on the remainder of their current contracts — team or player — will have to make the choice by November 11th, according to Yahoo Sports’ Keith Smith.
For the Boston Celtics, this is the D-Day of their offseason, barring any friendly deals with the player and team having decided such a move is in everyone’s best interest (more on this shortly).
With one of their best players in veteran forward Gordon Hayward having to tender his choice of whether to remain with the team for one more season, extend, or leave the Butler product will determine much of the other moves his current team makes once he lets the franchise know his plans.
Players with option deadlines that are not 11/19:
Nicolas Batum 11/16 (player option)
Deonte Burton 11/17 (team option)
Anthony Davis 11/16 (player option)
Svi Mykhailiuk 11/17 (team option)All other player and team options deadlines are 11/19.
— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) November 15, 2020
He could, as we alluded, allow for the team to make a move on Monday when the moratorium lifts — but only if the decision is a mutual one.
Big man Enes Kanter is in a similar boat, the pair possessing the team’s player options.
Center Daniel Theis and wing Semi Ojeleye also have decisions to be made about their future with the team by that date, the former almost certain to see his team option picked up, and the latter likely a hostage to the end result of whatever else the team has planned.
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