Sources: Isaiah Hartenstein agrees to an 87 million-dollar deal with Thunder

Centre for Free Agents Isaiah Hartenstein, 26, has signed a contract for three years that is worth $87 million alongside The Oklahoma City Thunder, sources informed ESPN.

By ESPN

July 1 2024 at 2:18 pm

July 1st, 2024 at 10:18 AM ET

Center for free Isaiah Hartenstein has signed a three-year contract that is worth $87 million with Oklahoma City Thunder sources told ESPN. Hartenstein will leave his team, the New York Knicks to join the top West player. He is eager to grow in strength, size and power.

Hartenstein 26 has established himself as the center of excellence this season for the Knicks at his new position in New York following Mitchell Robinson was injured with an ankle injury in December.

Hartenstein is a significant player in the memorable season for the Knicks who had a win in 50 games as well as a postseason series the second time in succession for the first time since the time of the year the year 2000. Hartenstein scored 7.8 scores and 8.3 rebounding. He also played 75 times (49 games) and shot 64.4 percentage from court.

Hartenstein was one of the three players during the league who scored at least 85 blocks and 85 steals and he also kept his teammates to shoot less than 53% from the perimeter. Alongside his outstanding defense, Hartenstein possesses impressive vision and playmaking skills as a center, however his final phase of the game didn’t make an appearance in Tom Thibodeau’s offensive strategy.

Hartenstein was a rookie by playing two seasons with The Houston Rockets before moving around between his current clubs, which include the Denver Nuggets, Cleveland Cavaliers and the LA Clippers ahead of signing the two-year contract to sign a two-year contract in New York in the summer of 2022.

The Knicks are the only team that has an early Bird access to Hartenstein The maximum New York could offer him was four years and $72.5 million.

The Thunder have also signed extensions to their contracts to a long period of time, with their key reserve players Isaiah Joe and Aaron Wiggins, league sources said to ESPN.

Sources stated that Wiggins was in agreement with a five years of $47 million contract. Joe was willing to sign the 4-year contract with a value of $48 million.

The Thunder decided not to use their team’s options concerning Joe ($2.1 million) and Wiggins ($2 million) in hopes of signing them to long-term contracts.

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