Final List of 2024-25 NBA Two-Way Contracts
[The following is the two-way archive for the 2024-25 season.] 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 ($578,577 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 $77,500 guaranteed per season. A two-way contract can guarantee up to half of base compensation ($289,288 for 2024-25) if the player is not waived by the first day of the regular season (1DoS). Players can have up to half of [Read More]
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