YUTA WATANABE #18

Memphis Grizzlies

Small Forward

Salary: $2,346,614

Cap Hit: $2,346,614

Years of Service

: 5

2023-24 Year of Service Earned

: Yes

BORN: Oct 13, 1994

BIRTHPLACE: Yokohama, Japan

NATIONALITY:

Japan

HEIGHT:

6' 8

203cm

WEIGHT:

215lbs

98kg

AGE: 29

SHOOTS: Left

DRAFT YEAR: Undrafted

AGENT DETAILS

Agency:Wasserman Basketball

Primary Agent:Thaddeus A Foucher

Secondary Agent:Joe Smith

SUMMARY▴▾

Yuta Watanabe's salary is $2,346,614 for the 2023-24 season. He is a 29 year old small forward who was born on Oct 13, 1994. He has signed 6 contracts worth a total value of $11,280,619. He will be a UFA at the end of the 2024-25 season when he is 30 years old. He is represented by the agents Thaddeus A Foucher and Joe Smith of Wasserman Basketball.

Bird Rights: Early-Bird (EQVFA)

CURRENT CONTRACT

Length: 1 - 2 years

Value: $5,001,258

Guaranteed: $5,001,258 (100%)

Expiry Status: UFA

AAV

: $2,500,629

Cap %

: 2.00

Signing Team:

PHX

Signing Method: Minimum Salary Exception

Signing Date: July 2, 2023

Source: SalarySwish

Yuta Watanabe signed a 1-2 year, $5,001,258 contract with the Phoenix Suns on Jul 2, 2023. The contract has a cap hit that ranges from $2,346,614 to $2,654,644.

Season	Option	Cap Hit	Base Salary	Guaranteed	Likely Inctv.	Unlikely Inctv.
2023-24		$2,346,614	$2,346,614	$2,346,614	$0	$0
2024-25	Player	$2,654,644	$2,654,644 (+13%)	$2,654,644	$0	$0
TOTAL		$5,001,258	$5,001,258	$5,001,258	$0	$0

Cap Hold 2025-26: $2,258,755

GUARANTEED DETAILS

2024-25: $2,654,644 Player Option [Decision Pending]

CONTRACT HISTORY

Length: 2 years

Value: $156,818

Guaranteed: $50,000 (32%)

Expiry Status: RFA

AAV

: $78,409

Cap %

: 0.00

Signing Team:

MEM

Signing Method: Two-Way

Signing Date: July 20, 2018

Source: SalarySwish

Yuta Watanabe signed a 2 year, $156,818 contract with the Memphis Grizzlies on Jul 20, 2018. The contract has a cap hit of $0.

Season	Cap Hit	Base Salary	Guaranteed	Likely Inctv.	Unlikely Inctv.
2018-19	$0	$77,250	$50,000	$0	$0
2019-20	$0	$79,568 (+3%)	$0	$0	$0
TOTAL	$0	$156,818	$50,000	$0	$0

Qualifying Offer: $1,678,854 (Guaranteed: $449,115)

Cap Hold 2020-21: $1,445,697

Length: 1 year

Value: $1,620,564

Guaranteed: $0 (0%)

Expiry Status: RFA

AAV

: $1,620,564

Cap %

: 1.48

Signing Team:

TOR

Signing Method: Minimum Salary Exception

Signing Date: November 27, 2020

Source: SalarySwish

Yuta Watanabe signed a 1 year, $1,620,564 contract with the Toronto Raptors on Nov 27, 2020. The contract has a cap hit of $1,620,564.

Season	Option	Option Used	Cap Hit	Base Salary	Guaranteed	Likely Inctv.	Unlikely Inctv.
2020-21 V			$1,620,564	$1,620,564	$0	$0	$0
TOTAL			$1,620,564	$1,620,564	$0	$0	$0

Qualifying Offer: $2,025,705

Cap Hold 2021-22: $1,669,178

GUARANTEED DETAILS

2020-21: Increase from $0 to $1,620,564 (+$1,620,564) if player is not waived [Requirements Unmet]

VOIDED DUE TO CONVERSION: This contract was converted to a Two-Way Contract contract (

TOR - Dec 19, 2020)

Length: 1 year

Value: $449,115

Guaranteed: $0 (0%)

Expiry Status: RFA

AAV

: $449,115

Cap %

: 0.00

Signing Team:

TOR

Signing Method: Two-Way

Signing Date: December 19, 2020

Source: SalarySwish

Yuta Watanabe signed a 1 year, $449,115 contract with the Toronto Raptors on Dec 19, 2020. The contract has a cap hit of $0.

Season	Option	Option Used	Cap Hit	Base Salary	Guaranteed	Likely Inctv.	Unlikely Inctv.
2020-21			$0	$449,115	$0	$0	$0
TOTAL			$0	$449,115	$0	$0	$0

Qualifying Offer: $1,789,256 (Guaranteed: $462,629)

Cap Hold 2021-22: $1,489,065

VOIDED DUE TO CONVERSION: This contract was converted to a Veteran Contract contract (

TOR - Apr 18, 2021)

Length: 2 years

Value: $2,084,689

Guaranteed: $2,084,689 (100%)

Expiry Status: UFA

AAV

: $1,042,345

Cap %

: 0.29

Signing Team:

TOR

Signing Method: Minimum Salary Exception

Signing Date: April 18, 2021

Source: SalarySwish

Yuta Watanabe signed a 2 year, $2,084,689 contract with the Toronto Raptors on Apr 18, 2021. The contract has a cap hit that ranges from $321,893 to $1,762,796.

Season	Cap Hit	Base Salary	Guaranteed	Likely Inctv.	Unlikely Inctv.
2020-21	$321,893	$321,893	$321,893	$0	$0
2021-22	$1,762,796	$1,762,796 (+448%)	$1,762,796 (0→375k) (375k→1.76M)	$0	$0
TOTAL	$2,084,689	$2,084,689	$2,084,689	$0	$0

Cap Hold 2022-23: $1,836,090

GUARANTEED DETAILS

2021-22: Increase from $0 to $375,000 (+$375,000) if the player is not waived by, at the latest, 3 days after the Free Agency Moratorium ends [Requirements Met]

2021-22: Increase from $375,000 to $1,762,796 (+$1,387,796) if the player is not waived prior to the first regular season game [Requirements Met]

Length: 1 year

Value: $1,968,175

Guaranteed: $1,968,175 (100%)

Expiry Status: UFA

AAV

: $1,968,175

Cap %

: 1.48

Signing Team:

BKN

Signing Method: Minimum Salary Exception

Signing Date: August 28, 2022

Source: SalarySwish

Yuta Watanabe signed a 1 year, $1,968,175 contract with the Brooklyn Nets on Aug 28, 2022. The contract has a cap hit of $1,836,090.

Season	Option	Option Used	Cap Hit	Base Salary	Guaranteed	Likely Inctv.	Unlikely Inctv.
2022-23			$1,836,090	$1,968,175	$1,968,175 (0→1.97M)	$0	$0
TOTAL			$1,836,090	$1,968,175	$1,968,175	$0	$0

Cap Hold 2023-24: $2,019,706

GUARANTEED DETAILS

2022-23: Increase from $0 to $1,968,175 (+$1,968,175) if player is not waived [Requirements Met]

SALARY PROGRESSION

CURRENT SEASON STATS

Season	Type	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK
2023-24	Regular	Phoenix Suns	29	382	104	97	35	36.1	75	24	32.0	15	10	66.7	11	34	45	10	9	7
	Regular	Memphis Grizzlies	5	82	13	19	6	31.6	10	1	10.0	2	0	0.0	0	9	9	5	3	0
2023-24	Regular	Phoenix Suns	29	13.2	3.6	1.2	3.3	36.1	0.8	2.6	32.0	0.3	0.5	66.7	0.4	1.2	1.6	0.3	0.3	0.2
	Regular	Memphis Grizzlies	5	16.4	2.6	1.2	3.8	31.6	0.2	2.0	10.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	1.8	1.8	1.0	0.6	0.0

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Season	Type	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK
2018-19	Regular	Memphis Grizzlies	15	0	174	39	51	15	29.4	16	2	12.5	10	7	70.0	4	27	31	8	4	1
2019-20	Regular	Memphis Grizzlies	18	0	105	36	34	15	44.1	8	3	37.5	8	3	37.5	7	13	20	5	5	1
2020-21	Regular	Toronto Raptors	50	4	723	218	180	79	43.9	90	36	40.0	29	24	82.8	36	123	159	40	26	19
2021-22	Regular	Toronto Raptors	38	4	445	163	138	56	40.6	79	27	34.2	40	24	60.0	18	74	92	21	11	16
	Playoffs	Toronto Raptors	4	0	10	4	6	2	33.3	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-23	Regular	Brooklyn Nets	58	1	928	322	232	114	49.1	135	60	44.4	47	34	72.3	30	111	141	48	25	17
	Playoffs	Brooklyn Nets	1	0	5	3	2	1	50.0	2	1	50.0	2	0	0.0	0	1	1	0	0	0
2023-24	Regular	Phoenix Suns	29	0	382	104	97	35	36.1	75	24	32.0	15	10	66.7	11	34	45	10	9	7
	Regular	Memphis Grizzlies	5	0	82	13	19	6	31.6	10	1	10.0	2	0	0.0	0	9	9	5	3	0
2018-19	Regular	Memphis Grizzlies	15	0	11.6	2.6	1.0	3.4	29.4	0.1	1.1	12.5	0.5	0.7	70.0	0.3	1.8	2.1	0.5	0.3	0.1
2019-20	Regular	Memphis Grizzlies	18	0	5.8	2.0	0.8	1.9	44.1	0.2	0.4	37.5	0.2	0.4	37.5	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.3	0.3	0.1
2020-21	Regular	Toronto Raptors	50	4	14.5	4.4	1.6	3.6	43.9	0.7	1.8	40.0	0.5	0.6	82.8	0.7	2.5	3.2	0.8	0.5	0.4
2021-22	Regular	Toronto Raptors	38	4	11.7	4.3	1.5	3.6	40.6	0.7	2.1	34.2	0.6	1.1	60.0	0.5	2.0	2.4	0.6	0.3	0.4
	Playoffs	Toronto Raptors	4	0	2.5	1.0	0.5	1.5	33.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2022-23	Regular	Brooklyn Nets	58	1	16.0	5.6	2.0	4.0	49.1	1.0	2.3	44.4	0.6	0.8	72.3	0.5	1.9	2.4	0.8	0.4	0.3
	Playoffs	Brooklyn Nets	1	0	5.0	3.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2023-24	Regular	Phoenix Suns	29	0	13.2	3.6	1.2	3.3	36.1	0.8	2.6	32.0	0.3	0.5	66.7	0.4	1.2	1.6	0.3	0.3	0.2
	Regular	Memphis Grizzlies	5	0	16.4	2.6	1.2	3.8	31.6	0.2	2.0	10.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	1.8	1.8	1.0	0.6	0.0

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YUTA WATANABE #18

Memphis Grizzlies

Small Forward

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SUMMARY▴▾

CURRENT CONTRACT

VETERAN CONTRACT

CONTRACT HISTORY

TWO-WAY CONTRACT

EXHIBIT 10

TWO-WAY CONTRACT

VETERAN CONTRACT (REST OF SEASON)

CAMP INVITE

SALARY PROGRESSION

CURRENT SEASON STATS

CAREER STATS