The NBA’s rookie-scale extension window for 2022 first-round picks closed at 5:00 p.m. CT on Monday, Oct. 20 2025. Nine players reached new deals ahead of the deadline, marking the seventh consecutive year in which at least nine rookie-scale extensions were completed.
Year-by-year totals since 2019:
- 2019: 9
- 2020: 10
- 2021: 11
- 2022: 11
- 2023: 14
- 2024: 11
- 2025: 9
2025 Rookie-Scale Extensions
Projected maximum figures are based on a $166 million salary cap for 2026-27; final amounts will adjust with the actual cap.
Paolo Banchero (Magic): five years, maximum salary, projected $240.7 million; escalates to $288.84 million with All-NBA, MVP or Defensive Player of the Year honors; fifth-year player option; begins 2026-27.
Jalen Williams (Thunder): five years, maximum salary, projected $240.7 million; escalators to $250.328 million (All-NBA Third Team), $259.956 million (Second Team) or $288.84 million (First Team, MVP or DPOY); begins 2026-27.
Chet Holmgren (Thunder): five years, maximum salary, projected $240.7 million; begins 2026-27.
Keegan Murray (Kings): five years, $140 million; begins 2026-27.
Christian Braun (Nuggets): five years, $125 million; begins 2026-27.
Jabari Smith Jr. (Rockets): five years, $122 million; begins 2026-27.
Dyson Daniels (Hawks): four years, $100 million; begins 2026-27.
Shaedon Sharpe (Trail Blazers): four years, $90 million; begins 2026-27.
Nikola Jović (Heat): four years, $62.4 million; begins 2026-27.
Banchero, Williams and Holmgren finalized their maximum-salary contracts within the first two weeks of July. The Thunder’s agreement with Holmgren is set at 25 percent of the cap with no Rose Rule language, while Williams can reach 30 percent only through first-team All-NBA, MVP or Defensive Player of the Year recognition.
Jabari Smith Jr. and the Rockets struck their $122 million deal early in free agency. The remaining five extensions were completed in October, including three on deadline day. Those contracts range from Jović’s $62.4 million pact to Murray’s $140 million agreement.
Players Entering Contract Years
Twenty-two players were eligible for extensions this offseason. With nine signing new deals and Blake Wesley waived, 12 remain on track to enter restricted free agency in 2026:
- Ochai Agbaji (Raptors)
- Malaki Branham (Wizards)
- Ousmane Dieng (Thunder)
- Jalen Duren (Pistons)
- Tari Eason (Rockets)
- Jaden Ivey (Pistons)
- Walker Kessler (Jazz)
- Bennedict Mathurin (Pacers)
- Jeremy Sochan (Spurs)
- Dalen Terry (Bulls)
- Peyton Watson (Nuggets)
- Mark Williams (Suns)
First-Rounders Not Eligible for Extensions
Eight members of the 2022 first round were ineligible for extensions due to declined options, waivers or other circumstances:
- Patrick Baldwin Jr. – fourth-year option declined by Wizards (2024); waived 2025
- MarJon Beauchamp – option declined by Bucks (2024); waived 2025
- Johnny Davis – option declined by Wizards (2024); waived 2025
- AJ Griffin – waived by Rockets (2024)
- Jake LaRavia – option declined by Grizzlies (2024)
- Wendell Moore Jr. – option declined by Pistons (2024); waived 2025
- David Roddy – option declined by Hawks (2024); waived 2025
- TyTy Washington Jr. – waived by Thunder (2023)
Among this group, only LaRavia currently holds a standard NBA contract after earning a two-year, $12 million deal with the Lakers. Baldwin, Beauchamp, Davis, Moore, Roddy and Washington were recently released from Exhibit 10 agreements and are expected to begin the season in the G League, while Griffin stepped away from basketball in 2024.
Source: Hoops Rumors
