{"id":1603460,"date":"2024-11-01T13:21:12","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T17:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/?p=1603460"},"modified":"2024-11-01T13:21:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T17:21:12","slug":"grizzlies-decline-jake-laravias-5-16m-team-option-for-2025-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/news\/grizzlies-decline-jake-laravias-5-16m-team-option-for-2025-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Grizzlies Decline Jake LaRavia&#8217;s $5.16M Team Option For 2025-26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/tag\/memphis-grizzlies\/\">Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> declined their $5.16 million team option on forward Jake LaRavia for the 2025-26 season. This is part of the four-year, $14.76 million rookie-scale contract he signed in July 2022.<\/p>\n<h2>Memphis Grizzlies intend to re-sign forward Jake LaRavia after declining his $5.16 million team option<\/h2>\n<p>LaRavia, the 19th pick of the 2022 NBA draft out of <a href=\"https:\/\/godeacs.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\">Wake Forest<\/a>, will become an unrestricted free agent after this season. Memphis is striving to maintain roster flexibility since 12 players are already under contract for 2025-26.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Grizzlies are reportedly interested in re-signing LaRavia beyond this season. Overall, Memphis is pleased with LaRavia&#8217;s development, according to Drew Hill of the <em>Daily Memphian<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Through 75 career NBA regular-season games (six starts), LaRavia is averaging 6.9 points, 2.9 rebounds, 1.3 assists, and 17.9 minutes per contest while shooting 39.3% from the floor, 33.5% from 3-point range, and 78% at the free throw line.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking, per sources: <\/p>\n<p>The Grizzlies are encouraged by Jake LaRavia\u2019s development and remain interested in retaining him beyond this season, but to maintain flexibility for a roster with several young wings and 12 players already under contract for 2025-26, they won\u2019t be\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Drew Hill (@DrewHill_DM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrewHill_DM\/status\/1852195936195244275?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Last season, LaRavia averaged career highs of 10.8 points, 3.7 rebounds, 1.7 assists, and 23 minutes per game while shooting 38.9% from the field, 34% from beyond the arc, and a career-best 82.6% at the foul line.<\/p>\n<p>In Memphis&#8217; 110-98 loss to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/tag\/cleveland-cavaliers\/\">Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> on April 10, 2024, the 6-foot-8 wing recorded a career-high 32 points on 10-of-18 (55.6%) shooting from the floor and a career-best eight 3-pointers.<\/p>\n<h2>LaRavia impressed coach Taylor Jenkins last season<\/h2>\n<p>Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins praised LaRavia following the 2023-24 regular-season finale.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The reads he was making, I thought he was playing&#8230; with a lot of force, a lot of pop,&#8221; Jenkins said. &#8220;Obviously figuring it out when he became more of a focal point on team&#8217;s game plans. He was shooting the three-ball with a lot of aggressiveness&#8230;\u00a0 All growth in a lot of different areas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He and I have spoken recently about what the summer holds, knowing health is the biggest thing, but [I&#8217;m] super proud of him the last couple of months to have him come out and be consistent night after night and available night after night.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Now in his third NBA season, this will be another prove-it year for the California native.<\/p>\n<p>LaRavia, who turns 23 on Sunday, is averaging 6.8 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and 23.8 minutes per game this season. He notched a season-high 17 points in Monday&#8217;s loss to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/tag\/chicago-bulls\/\">Chicago Bulls<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Memphis Grizzlies declined their $5.16 million team option on forward Jake LaRavia for the 2025-26 season. This is part of the four-year, $14.76 million rookie-scale contract he signed in July 2022. Memphis Grizzlies intend to re-sign forward Jake LaRavia after declining his $5.16 million team option LaRavia, the 19th pick of the 2022 NBA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":305,"featured_media":1603473,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[447658,447423,4872,91,447424],"class_list":["post-1603460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-grizzlies","tag-main-page","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-nba","tag-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.5 (Yoast SEO v23.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Grizzlies Decline Jake LaRavia&#039;s $5.16M Team Option For 2025-26<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Memphis Grizzlies declined their $5.16 million team option on forward Jake LaRavia for the 2025-26 season. 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