Wizards' Khris Middleton Makes Decision on Player Option for 2026 Season

Wizards' Khris Middleton Makes Decision on Player Option for 2026 Season

The longtime Bucks forward was traded midseason.

Wizards’ Middleton Picks Up $33.3M Option

This may be the last big payday for one of the NBA’s best Robins. Started off in the ‘Motor City’ Detroit, then made his name in the ‘Deer District’ in Milwaukee and now he is in the nation’s capital. The Washington Wizards have decided to keep veteran Khris Middleton around next season for both his leadership and play on the court. Middleton picked up his $33.3 million player option for the 2025-26 season on Monday, according to ESPN’s senior N…

Wizards Rumors: Khris Middleton Exercises 2025-26 Player Option

Washington Wizards veteran forward Khris Middleton is picking up his $33.3 million player option for the 2025-26 season, sources informed ESPN’s Shams Charania on Monday. This is part of the three-year, $93 million contract he signed with the Milwaukee Bucks in July 2023. Milwaukee traded Middleton to the Wizards at the deadline this past season. […] The post Wizards Rumors: Khris Middleton Exercises 2025-26 Player Option appeared first on Baske…

Wizards' Khris Middleton Opts In For 2025/26

Wizards forward Khris Middleton has exercised his player option for the 2025/26 season, postponing his free agency until next summer, sources tell ESPN’s Shams Charania (Twitter link). Middleton, who will turn 34 in August, was always expected to take this route, since his option will pay him $33,345,679 next season. That’s significantly more than he would’ve earned next season if he had opted for free agency, given his health issues in recent y…

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FROM SHAMS: Washington Wizards three-time NBA All-Star Khris Middleton has picked up his $33.3 million player option for the 2025-26 season, sources tell ESPN.