Overview
- The Wizards announced Sunday that they exercised fourth-year options for Alex Sarr, Bub Carrington and Kyshawn George and third-year options for Tre Johnson and Will Riley.
- Picking up the options keeps the club’s full 2024 draft class under contract through the 2027–28 season and gives Washington predictable rookie-scale salaries for those years.
- Alex Sarr’s on-court progress helped drive the decision as he reached 200 career blocks before age 22 and improved his per-game numbers, though his minutes have dipped early this season with veteran Anthony Davis in the lineup.
- Reported 2027–28 salary figures tied to the options include Sarr at $15.6 million, Carrington at $7.3 million and George at $5.4 million while Johnson and Riley are owed roughly $9.06 million and $3.86 million next season respectively.
- The club’s selective approach contrasts with its earlier decision not to extend Bilal Coulibaly and sets up July 1 as the earliest date when Sarr, Carrington and George can sign rookie-scale extensions that would alter their longer-term cost to the team.