Despite falling to the second round of the NBA Draft, former Duke basketball standout Kyle Filipowski received a sizable payday.
Not all second-round picks receive guaranteed contracts. Kyle Filipowski, Duke’s 2022-24 basketball big man, did.
The Utah Jazz confirmed the deal on Monday, after selecting the 20-year-old New York native and former five-star prep at No. 32 overall in late June. HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto later reported that the contract is for four years and $12 million, with only the first two years guaranteed.
Furthermore, ESPN’s Bobby Marks reported that the contract “is the largest for a player selected in the second round the last two years” and that Filipowski’s first-year compensation “is comparable to a player selected 22nd in the first round.”
The Utah Jazz signed rookie Kyle Filipowski to a four-year, $12 million deal, league sources told @hoopshype. The deal is fully guaranteed for the first two years, is non-guaranteed Year 3, and has a team option Year 4. The former Duke star was the 32nd pick of the 2024 NBA Draft pic.twitter.com/5KDWb5lW3h
— Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) August 13, 2024
Filipowski averaged 11.0 points and 6.0 rebounds in 22.2 minutes per game during the Salt Lake City Summer League and the NBA 2K25 Summer League in Las Vegas in July.
As a two-year starter in Durham, the exceptional 7-footer—the first athlete to ever announce a commitment to Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer—led the Blue Devils in points and rebounds in both the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons, averaging 15.8 and 8.6 respectively.
Kyle Filipowski, the 2022-23 ACC Rookie of the Year and a consensus All-American as a sophomore, is the only NBA Blue Devil on the Utah Jazz’s 2024-25 roster.
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