The Boston Celtics have decided to exercise the fourth-year option on Jayson Tatum contract worth $9.9 Million and the third-year option on Robert Williams contract worth $2 Million for the 2020-21 season, according to Shams Charania from The Athletic and Keith Smith from Yahoo Sports.
The Boston Celtics have exercised forward Jayson Tatum's $9.9M fourth-year team option, league sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. Critical third season coming for Tatum.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) October 14, 2019
Per league sources: The Boston Celtics have exercised their 2020-21 rookie scale team option for Robert Williams. This is the third year team option for Williams.
— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) October 14, 2019
Tatum is entering his third year in the league after being drafted with the third pick overall by the Celtics in the 2017 NBA Draft. He has been one of the focal points of the offense and now that Kyrie Irving signed with the Brooklyn Nets, the offense should run through him. In his two seasons with the Celtics, he’s averaged 14.8 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.9 assists, and 1.1 steals in 30.8 minutes per game.
Williams is entering his second season in the league, he was drafted with the 27th pick overall by the Celtics of the 2018 NBA Draft. He spent last season going back and forth from the NBA and the G-League, he played in a total of 32 games and averaged 2.5 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 1.1 blocks in 8.8 minutes per game.
