The first card was played for what should be an eventful Free Agency for the Toronto Raptors — on Tuesday afternoon, it was announced that Gary Trent Jr. will opt into his 18.5 million dollar player option for the 2023-2024 season.
Now, we went over this when Fred VanVleet opted OUT of his player option last week, but if you missed it, let’s refresh. A player option is something teams and players agree to during contract negotiations — essentially a player has the option to finish out the last year of their contract at the agreed salary, OR “opt out” of their contract and become a free agent.