NBA News: Orlando Magic extend contract with Wendell Carter Jr.
Orlando Magic apparently agreed on premature contract renewal with Wendell Carter Jr.. The Big you came only over the past season by Trade from Chicago, but should become a long-term component of the Magic future. As Shams Charania ( the athletic ) reports, the 22-year-old receives a four-year contract of over $ 50 million, which comes into force in the summer of 2022 after its rookie contract. Apparently, the full salary is guaranteed, options were not agreed according to Shams. The Center came in the draft 2018 as a seventh pick of the Chicago Bulls in the league, but had always struggled with injury worries in his first two years. Shortly before the Trade Deadline 2021, the bulls finally shipped him in the package for Nikola Vucevic to Orlando. As a starter for the Magic, he ended the 2021/22 season with 11.7 points and 8.8 rebounds on average in 22 inserts. CARTER Jr.. 49.3 percent of its field trolleys and 24.1 percent of Downtown, both sinked, are very close to his career...