The Cavaliers have exercised their team option on Craig Porter Jr.‘s contract for next season, Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com tweets. The team has confirmed the decision in a press release.
The club option of $2,406,205 is non-guaranteed; it will become fully guaranteed if Porter remains under contract through Jan. 10.
Porter appeared in a career-high 64 games (three starts) last season for Cleveland, averaging 4.5 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 3.2 assists in 17.9 minutes per contest. He played in 51 games in each of his first two seasons in the league after going undrafted out of Wichita State.
Porter’s playing time diminished during the postseason, with the Cavs relying on Donovan Mitchell, James Harden, Sam Merrill and Dennis Schröder in the backcourt. The 26-year-old only appeared in seven playoff games, getting garbage time minutes on each occasion.
Porter will become an unrestricted free agent next summer, unless the Cavaliers reach an extension agreement with him before then.
