The Sacramento Kings have exercised their third-year option on Devin Carter’s four-year, $22.14 million contract. announced Tuesday in a news release.
Devin Carter is entering his second NBA season
Carter’s third-year salary caps at $5.15 million. Sacramento had until the end of the month to exercise its club option, which covers the 2026-2027 season.
The team’s next contract decision on Carter will come next fall, when his $7.37 million fourth-year option for 2027-2028 must be picked up or declined.
The Kings selected Carter with the 13th pick in the 2024 draft out of Providence. The 6-foot-1 guard is entering his second season with the team after his rookie campaign was cut short due to a shoulder injury.
The Sacramento Kings have exercised their third-year option on guard Devin Carter. He was selected by Sacramento with the 13th overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft and played in 36 games with the Kings during the 2024-2025 season. pic.twitter.com/xEGtJrU91P
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In 36 games off the bench last season, Carter averaged 3.8 points, 2.1 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 11 minutes per game with a shooting line of .370/.295/.591.
The 23-year-old missed part of the season after undergoing surgery on his left shoulder in July 2024.
However, Carter played a key role in leading the Kings to the championship game at this year’s Las Vegas Summer League. He appeared in all six games, averaging 14.5 points, 3.8 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.7 steals.
Carter was reportedly included in at least one of the packages the Kings offered this summer in their failed attempts to acquire Jonathan Kuminga from the Golden State Warriors.
Kings, Russell Westbrook have strong mutual interest
In other news, Free Agent Guard Russell Westbrook and the Kings have a “strong mutual interest” in getting a deal done, ESPN says. Shams Charania reported in Friday’s edition of NBA today.
“There is strong mutual interest between Russell Westbrook and the Sacramento Kings,” Charania said. “And the Kings need a backup point guard. Last season they were 29th in bench points and 29th in bench assists.”
“Russell Westbrook helps with that, and he has relationships within that organization. Domantas Sabonis, who he’s close with, played with him. He also played with Dennis Schroder. DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine, they have ties to LA as well.”
“B.J. Armstrong, the new assistant general manager there, he knows B.J. Armstrong from the agency side, and he has respect for Scott Perry, their new general manager, and Doug Christie, their new head coach. We’ll see if a deal gets done before the start of the season or during the coming year,” Charania continued.
Westbrook, who turns 37 on Nov. 12, is a nine-time All-Star, nine-time All-NBA member, a former league MVP and a two-time scoring champion who was named to the NBA’s 75th Anniversary Team.
The 6-foot-1 guard is the NBA’s all-time leader in career triple-doubles (203). He also averaged a triple-double in four of his seventeen seasons and led the league in assists three times.
Of course, Westbrook underwent surgery on his right hand in May to repair multiple ligament tears.
The Kings visit the Phoenix Suns on Oct. 22 to open their 2025-2026 season.
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