Hassan Whiteside's tenure with the Miami Heat will continue for one more season after he opted in to his contract for the 2019-20 season.
Per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, Whiteside announced his decision on Friday.
Whiteside will earn $27.093 million in the final season of a four-year deal he originally signed in July 2016, per Spotrac.
Even though the money made it seem like an obvious choice for Whiteside to stay in Miami, there were reasons to think he could have sought out a new team in free agency.