Notable patterns show many teams exercising most of their rookie-scale options for 2026-27, while a few high-profile cases involved declines or waivers, such as Kobe Brown of the LA Clippers opting out and Scoot Henderson of Portland exercising.

The league-wide deadline on October 31 determined whether teams would exercise third- or fourth-year options for 2026-27 rookies, shaping a broad trend across franchises.

The decisions span players from the 2023 and 2024 first rounds, illustrating the breadth of the option process across multiple franchises.

Team-by-team breakdown details which players had options exercised, declined, or waived, including names, contract year, and option value, with examples like Zaccharie Risacher taking a third-year option at roughly $13.83 million and Kobe Brown declining a fourth-year option at about $4.79 million.

Overall, there were 93 decisions: 80 options exercised and 13 declined or waived.

Final totals reinforce the distribution of decisions across the league and serve as a quick reference for the state of rookie-scale option decisions.

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The October 31 deadline set the course for whether teams secured third- or fourth-year options for 2026-27 rookies across the board.