DETROIT — The Magic are declining guard-forward Jett Howard‘s fourth-year rookie club option worth $7.3 million in 2026-27, a league source told the Orlando Sentinel on Wednesday.
Howard will become an unrestricted free agent in the upcoming offseason after his third year in the league.
While Orlando declined Howard’s fourth-year rookie option, the team is exercising its fourth-year rookie option on guard Anthony Black and its third-year team option on forward Tristan da Silva, the Sentinel learned.
The Magic selected Black with the No. 6 pick in the 2023 draft, five spots ahead of Howard.