Salary expert: Although the new labor force added 1 two-way quota, it killed the team s 15th man

The Bucks previously signed Giannis Antetokounmpo to a two-way contract

October 20th. Salary expert Keith Smith wrote an article analyzing the impact of the NBA’s new labor agreement on the player signing market.

The article mentioned that although the new labor agreement added a two-way contract quota, allowing NBA teams to sign up to 18 people (15 formal contracts + 3 two-way), under heavy salary pressure, more and more teams are unwilling to fill the team roster, and two-way contracts have replaced the 15th person at the end of the list.

It is understood that the collective bargaining agreement only limits the number of formal contracts for NBA teams to less than 14 players for a long time. Most teams choose to maintain 14 formal contracts on the roster for most of the season to ensure flexibility. Wait until the end of the season to fill the 15th spot to deal with the problem of two-way players not being able to play in the playoffs.

Thanks to the success of two-way contracts in discovering undrafted players in the past few years, the league has increased the number of two-way contract quotas, but at the expense of the 15th player at the end of the list. It has not essentially increased the number of people active in NBA teams. This makes the NBA's plan to expand potential NBA player resources through two-way contracts empty-handed.

Not only that, an agent said: "In the past year, two-way contracts have almost killed the team's 15th man, training camp contracts and many 10-day contracts. Many teams are no longer in the market looking for 'temporary workers' because they can use their two-way players. Not to mention Said he had an impact on the draft."

Many players and agents have mentioned that two-way contracts have completely lost hope for most NBA fringe players. They have no chance to show their ability to the team on the court through short-term temporary contracts to win a formal contract. NBA teams are reluctant to risk approaching the salary cap and luxury tax lines, but two-way contracts do not count toward the salary cap.