Luka Samanic
Utah Jazz, Power Forward
Age: 26y-1m-30d (Jan 09, 2000)
Exp: 5 Years
Country: HR
Drafted: Round 1 (#19 overall), 2019
Agent(s): Jason Ranne, Sead Galijasevic (Wasserman)
INACTIVE
2022-2023 rest-of-season
Contract Terms:
2 yr(s) / $2,499,380
Average Salary:
$1,249,690
GTD at Sign:
$1,032,795
Total GTD:
$2,499,380
Signed Using:
non-taxpayer-mid-level-exception
Free Agent:
2024 / UFA
2022-2022 ten-day
Contract Terms:
10 yr(s)
GTD at Sign:
$105,522
Total GTD:
$105,522
Signed Using:
Minimum
2022-2022 exhibit-10
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $1,836,090
Average Salary:
$1,836,090
GTD at Sign:
Total GTD:
Signed Using:
Minimum
Free Agent:
2023 / RFA
2021-2021 two-way
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s)
GTD at Sign:
Total GTD:
Signed Using:
Free Agent:
2022 / RFA
2019-2022 Rookie
Contract Terms:
4 yr(s) / $13,030,303
Average Salary:
$3,257,576
GTD at Sign:
$5,514,240
Total GTD:
$8,473,320
Signed Using:
rookie-scale-exception
Free Agent:
2023 / RFA
Seasons
5 Years
Career Earnings thru 2025
$11,448,419
Earnings w/ Different Teams
2 teams
Earnings Per Year
| Year | Age | Team(s) | Status | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 20 |
|
Active
|
$2,521,800 |
$2,521,800 |
|
| 2020 | 21 |
|
Active
|
$2,824,320 |
$5,346,120 |
|
| 2021 | 22 |
|
Retained
|
$2,959,080 |
$8,305,200 |
|
| 2022 | 23 |
|
Active
Retained
Active
Retained
|
$432,795 $105,522 $432,795 $105,522 |
$8,737,995 $8,843,517 $9,276,312 $9,381,834 |
|
| 2023 | 24 |
|
Active
|
$2,066,585 |
$11,448,419 |
|
| Total |
$11,448,419 |
Earnings Per Team
| Years | Team | Base | Signing | Incentives | Cash Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 |
|
$8,305,200 | - | - | $8,305,200 |
| 2 |
|
$3,143,219 | - | - | $3,143,219 |
| Year | Team(s) | Age | Base | Signing | Incentives | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 |
|
20 |
$2,521,800
|
$2,521,800 |
$2,521,800 |
||
| 2020 |
|
21 |
$2,824,320
|
$2,824,320 |
$5,346,120 |
||
| 2021 |
|
22 |
$2,959,080
|
$2,959,080 |
$8,305,200 |
||
| 2022 |
|
23 |
$432,795 $105,522 $432,795 $105,522
|
$432,795 $105,522 $432,795 $105,522 |
$8,737,995 $8,843,517 $9,276,312 $9,381,834 |
||
| 2023 |
|
24 |
$2,066,585
|
$2,066,585 |
$11,448,419 |
||
| Total |
$11,448,419 |
$11,448,419 |
Earnings Per Team
| Years | Team | Base | Signing | Incentives | Cash Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 |
|
$8,305,200 | - | - | $8,305,200 |
| 2 |
|
$3,143,219 | - | - | $3,143,219 |
Injuries
| Year | Dates | Games Missed | Reason | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 |
|
Dec 13, 2023 - Dec 17, 2023 | 3 | Illness |
| 2020-21 |
|
May 14, 2021 - May 16, 2021 | 3 | Hand |
| 2020-21 |
|
Jan 16, 2021 - Jan 22, 2021 | 3 | Illness |
- Aug 12, 2024 Utah (UTA) renounced their free-agent exception rights
- Oct 23, 2023 Utah (UTA) guaranteed $600k of salary for 2023-24
- Jul 18, 2023 Utah (UTA) guaranteed $400k of salary for 2023-24
-
Apr 07, 2023
Signed a 2 year $2.50 million Rest-of-Season contract with Utah (UTH)
-
Mar 28, 2023
Signed a 10-day contract with Utah (UTH)
-
Oct 10, 2022
Waived by Boston (BOS)
-
Sep 21, 2022
Signed a contract with Boston (BOS) - Exhibit 10
-
Mar 17, 2022
Waived by New York (NYK)
-
Oct 16, 2021
Signed a Two-Way contract with New York (NYK)
-
Oct 11, 2021
Waived by San Antonio (SAS)
-
Dec 21, 2020
San Antonio (SAS) exercised $2.96 million option for 2021-22
-
Jul 01, 2019
Signed a 4 year $13.03 million rookie scale contract with San Antonio (SAS)
-
Jun 20, 2019
Drafted by San Antonio (SAS): Round 1 (#19 overall)
| Year | Team | GP | GS | Min/Gm | Pt/Gm | Reb/Gm | Ast/Gm | Stl/Gm | Blk/Gm | FG% | 3PT% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | UTA | 43 | 7 | 9.4 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | .380 | .203 | .786 |
| 2022 | UTA | 7 | 4 | 22.9 | 9.9 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | .456 | .258 | .692 |
| 2021 | NY | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | |||
| 2020 | SA | 33 | 4 | 9.3 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | .448 | .279 | .552 |
| 2019 | SA | 3 | 1 | 16.0 | 5.3 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 0.7 | .312 | .375 | .750 |
