OKC Thunder Player Agrees To Give Up Potential $16M Guarantee For Next Season

In a rare mid-season contract revision, Oklahoma City Thunder veteran forward  Davis Bertans will no longer be guaranteed $16M next season if he plays in 75% of the team's games. Bertans has agreed to remove the clause that would have triggered the big guarantee from his contract.

Sources: The OKC Thunder and Davis Bertans agreed to a contract revision. A clause was removed that if Bertans played 75% of games this season, it would trigger a $16 million guarantee next season. His salary guarantee has increased from $5 million to $5.25 million next season.

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Instead, according to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype, Bertans' minimum salary guarantee for next season has increased from $5 million to $5.25 million. Considering he's played in just five of the Thunder's 17 games thus far heading into Thursday night, perhaps it's understandable why he took the $250,000 extra money in the bank, rather than try to meet a very unlikely games-played clause. Meanwhile, he'll still earn the $17M he's guaranteed this season, no matter how many games he plays. 

The 7-year veteran floor-spacer out of Latvia hasn't been doing much spacing this season, averaging just 3.4 points in nine minutes per game, while shooting a lowly 25% from 3-point range. He's been a DNP-CD in 12 of OKC's 17 games. 

In his career, however, he's shot a robust 39.7% from long distance, averaging 7.8 points in about 18 minutes a night. 

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