76ers decline to pick up option on contract of high pick Okafor

The Philadelphia 76ers exercised four contract options but more noteworthy is that they passed on picking up center Jahlil Okafor’s fourth-year option.

The third overall pick of the 2015 NBA draft has fallen out of favor and has seen action in just one game this season. The club’s failure to pick up the option worth $6.3 million will make Okafor an unrestricted free agent after the season.

The 76ers announced that they picked up the third-year options of forward Ben Simmons and Dario Saric as well as guard Timothe Luwawu-cabarrot. Philadelphia also picked up the fourth-year option of forward Justin Anderson.

Okafor averaged 17.5 points and 7.0 rebounds as a rookie before falling to 11.8 and 4.8, respectively, last season.

Cavaliers: Cleveland reserve guard Iman Shumpert could miss another week with a sore right knee.

Shumpert sat out Sunday’s loss to the

New York Knicks and underwent an MRI on Monday. The team says tests didn’t reveal any structural damage, and he will be out five to seven days while undergoing treatment and rehab.

Jazz: Utah forward Joe Johnson will miss at least two weeks with a right wrist injury.

The 17-year veteran had an MRI that found tendon instability in his right wrist. He suffered the injury during a 104-89 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Monday and will be reevaluated in two weeks.