Sixers decide to decline club option for Lonnie Walker IV originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
The Sixers are declining Lonnie Walker IV’s club option, a source confirmed Sunday to NBC Sports Philadelphia.
ESPN’s Shams Charania first reported the news.
Walker’s option was for approximately $2.9 million. He’ll now become an unrestricted free agent.
Walker joined the Sixers in February from Lithuania and played for the team he’d watched as a kid from Reading, Pennsylvania.
“Very humbling,” he said at the time. “A step toward my goals, what I’m trying to accomplish. Still processing it all, to say the least. It still feels like a surreal moment to be so close to home, being in Philly of all places. So I’m taking it one day at a time, just staying present, doing what I’ve got to do for the team and playing to the best of my capabilities on the floor.”
He was sidelined by a concussion he suffered in mid-March but otherwise a regular for the injury-stricken Sixers. Walker averaged 12.4 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.5 assists over 20 games. He shot 42 percent from the field, 35.4 percent from three-point range and 80 percent from the foul line.
The 26-year-old two-guard showed his shotmaking chops late in the season and matched his career high with a 31-point performance in the Sixers’ final game vs. the Bulls.
The Sixers have also declined Jared Butler and Justin Edwards’ team options. Edwards is set to ink a new three-year contract.
Sixers decide to decline club option for Lonnie Walker IV
The Sixers are declining Lonnie Walker IV’s club option, a source confirmed Sunday to NBC Sports Philadelphia.
ESPN’s Shams Charania first reported the news.
Walker’s option was for approximately $2.9 million. He’ll now become an unrestricted free agent.
SIGN UP HERE Walker joined the Sixers in February from Lithuania and played for the team he’d watched as a kid from Reading, Pennsylvania.
“Very humbling,” he said at the time. “A step toward my goals, what I’m trying to accomplish. Still processing it all, to say the least. It still feels like a surreal moment to be so close to home, being in Philly of all places. So I’m taking it one day at a time, just staying present, doing what I’ve got to do for the team and playing to the best of my capabilities on the floor.”
He was sidelined by a concussion he suffered in mid-March but otherwise a regular for the injury-stricken Sixers. Walker averaged 12.4 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.5 assists over 20 games. He shot 42 percent from the field, 35.4 percent from three-point range and 80 percent from the foul line.
The 26-year-old two-guard showed his shotmaking chops late in the season and matched his career high with a 31-point performance in the Sixers’ final game vs. the Bulls.
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The Sixers have also declined Jared Butler and Justin Edwards’ team options. Edwards is set to ink a new three-year contract.
