Wizards pick up options on Alex Sarr, Bub Carrington, Kyshawn George, Tre Johnson and Will Riley

The Washington Wizards are keeping all five of their young players whose rookie-scale options were due. The team announced Sunday that it exercised fourth-year options for 2027-28 on Alex Sarr, Bub Carrington and Kyshawn George, and third-year options on Tre Johnson and Will Riley. Together, the five options guarantee about $41.2 million for next season.

The Washington Wizards have exercised fourth-year team options on Bub Carrington, Kyshawn George and Alex Sarr, and third-year team options on Tre Johnson and Will Riley.

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What each option costs

Alex Sarr, No. 2 pick in 2024: $15.61 million for 2027-28
Tre Johnson, No. 6 pick in 2025: $9.06 million
Bub Carrington, No. 14 pick in 2024: $7.26 million
Kyshawn George, No. 24 pick in 2024: $5.44 million
Will Riley, No. 21 pick in 2025: $3.86 million

Why these were easy calls

None of the five was in doubt. Washington is building around young players and No. 1 pick AJ Dybantsa, and all five are part of the rotation for a team that is 3-3. In Friday’s 95-79 win over Charlotte, George made four threes and Carrington went 3 of 3 from deep off the bench.

Sarr is the centerpiece of the group. He is averaging 14.1 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.5 assists over 121 career games, and last season he and Victor Wembanyama were the only players to average at least 16 points, seven rebounds and two blocks. He recorded his 200th career block on Oct. 26 at Charlotte, making him the only Wizard to reach 200 before turning 22 since the NBA started tracking blocks in 1973-74.

Carrington has not missed a game. He has played in all 170 since he was drafted, the second-longest streak to start a career in franchise history behind Wes Unseld’s 238. He is averaging 10.1 points and 4.5 assists for his career and shooting 37.6% from three.

George was one of four players aged 22 or younger to average at least 14 points, five rebounds, four assists and a steal last season. Johnson averaged 12.2 points as a rookie and shot 35.8% from three. Riley averaged 10.3 points in his first season and 17.4 over the final 16 games, including back-to-back 30-point games on April 4 and 5. Washington had not had a rookie do that since Calbert Cheaney in 1994.

What comes next

Sarr, Carrington and George are now under contract through 2027-28 and can sign rookie-scale extensions next summer. If they do not, they would be headed for restricted free agency in 2028.
Johnson and Riley are now signed through 2027-28, and Washington will face their fourth-year option decisions next fall.
Five rotation players for about $41.2 million combined is good value, and it leaves the Wizards flexible as Dybantsa’s rookie deal starts to run.

Where the deadline stands

Atlanta also kept Asa Newell on Sunday, so 10 decisions were still open as of Sunday afternoon before Monday’s deadline:

Charlotte: Kon Knueppel, Tidjane Salaün, Liam McNeeley
Milwaukee: Kel’el Ware, Kasparas Jakučionis
Oklahoma City: Nikola Topić, Jared McCain, Thomas Sorber
Utah: Ace Bailey, Isaiah Collier

Four options have been declined so far this fall: Cody Williams, AJ Johnson, Pacome Dadiet and, on Saturday, Denver’s DaRon Holmes II. We are tracking every team’s choices in our running tracker of option decisions.