As the NBA regular season approaches and teams reduce their rosters from the 21-player offseason limit to the 15-man regular season max, the best way to determine which players will survive preseason cuts is to consider their contracts. Players with guaranteed salaries for 2026\/27 are far more likely to earn spots on 15-man rosters than players whose contracts aren\u2019t fully guaranteed.<\/p>\n
Keeping that in mind, we\u2019re using the space below to keep tabs on the players on each NBA team who don\u2019t have fully guaranteed contracts. The players listed here have non-guaranteed salaries, partially guaranteed salaries, or Exhibit 9<\/a> or Exhibit 10<\/a> contracts, which essentially function like non-guaranteed deals.<\/p>\n Unless otherwise noted, these players are on minimum-salary contracts. Some players on this list have partial guarantees, which we\u2019ve also mentioned below.<\/p>\n Not all of these players will be waived before the regular season begins, so we\u2019ll maintain this list for the next several months, up until January 10, 2027. That\u2019s the day that all players still under contract will have their salaries fully guaranteed for the rest of the 2026\/27 season.<\/p>\n