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Memphis Grizzlies Guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Exercises $21.6 Million Player Option for 2026-27
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope will return to the Memphis Grizzlies for the 2026-27 season after picking up his $21.6 million option. The 33-year-old guard missed the final 31 games last season following finger surgery.
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Memphis Grizzlies guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is exercising his $21.6 million player option for the 2026-27 season. The decision keeps the two-time NBA champion under contract through the final year of his three-year, $66 million deal. Caldwell-Pope, 33, joined the Grizzlies from the Orlando Magic last summer in the Desmond Bane trade.
He appeared in 51 games last season, starting 14, and averaged 8.4 points, 2.7 assists and 2.5 rebounds in 21.3 minutes per game. The veteran shot 49.5 percent on two-point field goals but hit just 31.6 percent from three-point range. Those figures marked his lowest minutes and scoring output since his rookie season; he remains a two-time NBA champion whose option year completes the final season of his three-year contract.
Caldwell-Pope underwent surgery in February to correct a misalignment in his right pinkie finger and missed the final 31 games of the regular season.
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