By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
The Indiana Pacers announced that the team has exercised the 2022-23 team option on the rookie scale contract of center Goga Bitadze. This move guarantees Bitadze’s $4.76MM salary for next season.
The deadline for teams to exercise third or fourth-year rookie-scale options is November 1 and Bitadze was Indiana’s only player with one of these options.
Bitadze was drafted by the Pacers in 2019 as the 18th overall pick. He played 54 and 45 games over the previous two seasons. He logged a total of nine points and 13 rebounds this season over four games and 30 minutes. Last season, Bitadze averaged 5.1 points and 3.3 rebounds.