Bucks exercise third-year option on 2022 first-round pick

The Bucks have exercised their third-year option on wing MarJon Beauchamp, a league source tells Eric Nehm of The Athletic.

Beauchamp will now have his $2,733,720 salary for 2024-25 locked in. The Bucks will have until the end of next October to decide if they want to pick up his fourth-year option, which is worth $4,781,276.

The 24th overall pick of the 2022 draft, Beauchamp appeared in 52 regular season games as a rookie last season, averaging 5.1 points and 2.2 rebounds in 13.5 minutes per night. He posted a .395/.331/.730 shooting line.

The 23-year-old has averaged 6.0 points and 1.5 rebounds in his two healthy games this season (16.5 minutes). Beauchamp missed Monday’s game against Miami due to an illness but has been upgraded to probable for Wednesday’s matchup in Toronto, Nehm reports.

As our tracker shows, only two teams have yet to make rookie scale options decisions for 2024-25, with tonight being the deadline. The Pistons are a lock to pick up their options on Cade Cunningham, Jalen Duren and Jaden Ivey, but the fate of Sixers guard Jaden Springer is a little less certain — Philadelphia reportedly wants to maximize its cap room for 2024, and guaranteeing Springer’s salary would eat into that.