{"id":274789,"date":"2025-11-06T08:46:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T08:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/274789\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T08:46:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T08:46:15","slug":"2025-26-nba-two-way-contract-conversions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/274789\/","title":{"rendered":"2025\/26 NBA Two-Way Contract Conversions"},"content":{"rendered":"

At Hoops Rumors, we track virtually every kind of transaction, including free agent signings<\/a>, trades<\/a>, contract extensions<\/a>, and many more. One form of roster move that has become increasingly common in recent years is the two-way conversion, involving a player either being converted from an Exhibit 10 contract to a two-way deal or from a two-way deal to his team\u2019s standard roster.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re going to use the space below to track all of the two-way conversions (either to or from the standard roster) completed in 2025\/26.<\/p>\n

Exhibit 10 contracts to two-way contracts:<\/p>\n

When a player signs a contract during the offseason that includes Exhibit 10<\/a> language, he gives his new team the ability to unilaterally convert his deal into a two-way contract. The deadline to convert such a deal is the day before the season begins \u2014 this year that was Monday, October 20.<\/p>\n

A player who signs a training camp contract that doesn\u2019t include Exhibit 10 language could still sign a two-way deal with his club as long as his camp contract doesn\u2019t include a guarantee exceeding $85,300. However, he\u2019d have to clear waivers before inking that new two-way contract.<\/p>\n

Here are the players who had their Exhibit 10 contracts converted into two-way deals in 2025\/26:<\/p>\n

These players were invited to training camp on Exhibit 10 contracts and ultimately earned two-way slots based on their performances in camp and the preseason. Some were battling with other camp invitees for an open two-way spot, while others won a spot that wasn\u2019t technically available, forcing their respective teams to waive players who had previously been signed to two-way contracts.<\/p>\n

With the exception of Harper, who was promoted to the standard roster on October 16, all of these players were converted from two-ways to standard deals on Oct. 18, which was the date most teams set their rosters for the regular season.<\/p>\n

No additional names will be added to this list for the rest of the 2025\/26 season, since players can\u2019t be converted to two-way deals after the regular season begins.<\/p>\n

Two-way contracts to standard contracts:<\/p>\n

A player who is on a two-way contract can have his deal unilaterally converted a one-year, minimum-salary contract by his team (or a two-year, minimum-salary contract if the player\u2019s two-way deal covers two years, though this is rare).<\/p>\n

Generally though, the team\u2019s preference is to negotiate a longer-term contract with the player in order to avoid having him reach free agency at season\u2019s end.<\/p>\n

When converting a player from a two-way contract to the standard roster, the team can use cap room or the non-taxpayer mid-level exception to negotiate a deal of up to four years; the room exception for a deal up to three years; or the taxpayer mid-level exception, bi-annual exception, or minimum salary exception for a two-year deal.<\/p>\n

For any contract that is worth more than the minimum or exceeds the number of years left on the player\u2019s two-way pact, the player must agree to the terms \u2014 a team can\u2019t complete that sort of deal unilaterally.<\/p>\n

Here are the players who have been converted from two-way deals to standard contracts so far in 2025\/26, along with the terms of their new contracts, in chronological order:<\/p>\n

Keaton Wallace<\/a> (Hawks): One year, minimum salary (story<\/a>). Partially guaranteed ($318,217). Signed using minimum salary exception.<\/p>\n

Players on two-way contracts can be converted to standard deals until the last day of the regular season, so this list will continue to grow until April 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At Hoops Rumors, we track virtually every kind of transaction, including free agent signings, trades, contract extensions, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274790,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-274789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}