A two-time NBA champion is ready to turn into a free agent.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is declining his $15.4 million participant choice for the 2024-25 NBA season and can as a substitute turn into a free agent.
Caldwell-Pope has spent the previous two seasons with the Denver Nuggets and helped them win the championship in 2022-23. He performed in precisely 76 video games in every of the final two common seasons, beginning all the contests. The 31-year-old guard averaged 10.4 factors per sport throughout his Nuggets profession and shot 41.5 p.c on three-point makes an attempt.
Caldwell-Pope was a first-round decide by the Detroit Pistons in 2013 and performed with them for 4 seasons earlier than signing with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2017. He performed 4 seasons with the Lakers and was a part of their championship-winning crew in 2021. KCP was traded to Washington in 2021 as a part of a five-team commerce that introduced Russell Westbrook to the Lakers. The Wizards traded Caldwell-Pope to the Nuggets a yr later.
Caldwell-Pope earned $30.1 million over his two seasons in Denver and hopes to signal a longer-term deal in free company to earn greater than the one-year, $15.4 million choice he had for subsequent season. The Orlando Magic have already been talked about as a attainable suitor for him.