Thunder pick up Sorber and McCain options, decline Topic's
The Oklahoma City Thunder exercised team options on Thomas Sorber and Jared McCain but declined Nikola Topic's, a move expected to save around $60m and, per Justin Martinez, not a verdict on the player.
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O Thunder tomou uma série de decisões contratuais no domingo: o Oklahoma City exerceu as opções de equipe de Thomas Sorber e Jared McCain, informou o clube em comunicado, mas não vai renovar a opção de Nikola Topic.
A opção do terceiro ano de Sorber vale US$ 5,12 milhões; a do quarto ano de McCain, US$ 6,78 milhões.
Com lesões pelo elenco, McCain virou parte real da rotação, com média de 10,8 pontos em 24,7 minutos e três titularidades nos quatro jogos da temporada.
Sorber ainda não jogou pelo Oklahoma City. Ele perdeu a temporada de novato depois de romper o ligamento cruzado anterior do joelho direito, e uma segunda cirurgia no joelho, em julho de 2026, o manteve fora do início de 2026/27.
Abrir mão da opção de US$ 7,5 milhões de Topic deve economizar cerca de US$ 60 milhões ao Thunder, segundo Justin Martinez, que escreveu que a medida deve ser lida como corte de custos nas margens, não como veredicto sobre Topic, que acumula lesões incomuns desde que entrou na liga. Topic fica agente livre no próximo verão.
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