
Trail Blazers Extend Offers to Butler and Badji, Exclude Knox in Free Agency
The Portland Trail Blazers have extended qualifying offers to Ibou Badji and John Butler Jr., making them restricted free agents, while declining to pick up the option year for Kevin Knox II, who will become an unrestricted free agent. The Blazers will have the right to match any contract offered to Badji and Butler, retaining them for the upcoming season. The team is carefully managing salary commitments due to the narrow gap between their current obligations and the luxury tax threshold.
