The players of the 2018 Draft only have a few days to extend with their respective clubs, and if we wait to see if the situation of Deandre Ayton will be settled, Wendell Carter Jr. has just done it with Orlando!
He wasn’t exactly the most obvious candidate for overtime in the vintage, given his injury history and the fact that Chicago, who drafted him, had parted ways with him, but the Magic are clearly counting on him, and above all the contract is logically quite moderate.
The Athletic thus evokes an offer, fully guaranteed, of $ 50 million over four years.
At $ 12.5 million on average, it’s a decent overtime but one that could turn into a bargain if Wendell Carter Jr. avoids injury and confirms his all-round indoor potential.
Carter has missed time with injuries in his first three seasons, but the 22-year-old averaged 12.5 points, 8.8 rebounds and 1 block in preseason, has shown promise as a versatile big man and now enters the top half of highest center salaries in the league. https://t.co/folDX7tcqf
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) October 15, 2021
| Wendell Carter, Jr. | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Fte | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2018-19 | SPEND | 44 | 25 | 48.5 | 18.8 | 79.5 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 10.3 |
| 2019-20 | SPEND | 43 | 29 | 53.4 | 20.7 | 73.7 | 3.2 | 6.2 | 9.4 | 1.2 | 3.8 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 11.3 |
| 2020-21 * | All Teams | 54 | 26 | 50.3 | 29.4 | 73.2 | 2.4 | 5.8 | 8.2 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 11.2 |
| 2020-21 * | SPEND | 32 | 25 | 51.2 | 36.4 | 73.9 | 2.2 | 5.6 | 7.8 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 10.9 |
| 2020-21 * | ENT | 22 | 27 | 49.3 | 24.1 | 72.1 | 2.8 | 6.0 | 8.8 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 11.7 |
| Total | 141 | 27 | 50.6 | 24.1 | 74.9 | 2.5 | 5.7 | 8.2 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 11.0 | |
