Current NBA Two-Way Contracts

As of the 2023 Collective Bargaining Agreement, the NBA added a third two-way roster spot. The goal is to give teams the means to develop players with fewer than four years of experience—part-time in the G League and NBA. Two-way contracts pay half the value of a rookie minimum salary (estimate at $580,272 for the 2024-25 season, pro-rated based on the in-season signing date). Players on two-ways are not playoff eligible and are limited to 50 games on a team’s active list (also pro-rated).

Players can sign up to two years on a two-way contract, with no more than an estimated $77,745 guaranteed per season. A two-way contract can guarantee up to half of base compensation (approximately $290,136 for 2024-25) should the player is not waived by the first day of the regular season (1DoS). Players can have up to half of the pro-rated amount guaranteed if signed in-season.

The cut-down date is January 10, though a player must be placed on waivers by January 7; otherwise, the full remaining salary becomes guaranteed. Some may sign later in the year to a non- or partially-guaranteed pro-rated salary, but since they are past the cut-down date, the salary is functionally guaranteed (FG).

The following lists the current active two-way contracts for 2024-25 (one-year deals unless otherwise noted) with the originally contracted guarantee amount:

Note: The deadline to sign players to two-way contracts is March 4, 2025.

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(Updated on 5/5/24)