It’s Wednesday, March 4, which means today is the last day that teams can sign players to two-way contracts for the 2025/26 season, as we outlined earlier this week.
As the day begins, 87 of the 90 two-way slots around the NBA are currently occupied, with two more set to be filled shortly. The Hawks and Cavaliers both have two-way openings, but Atlanta is reportedly signing guard Keshon Gilbert and Cleveland is set to add big man Olivier Sarr.
That leaves the Pelicans as the league’s only team with a two-way contract spot available. In all likelihood, New Orleans will fill that slot by the end of the day on Wednesday, since the financial cost would be minimal and the cap impact would be nonexistent.
That doesn’t necessarily mean the Pelicans will be the only team to make a two-way roster move today. Other clubs could make some last-minute changes by either waiving current two-way players or promoting them to standard contracts in order to back-fill their two-way slot with a newcomer. While two-way players can be elevated to the 15-man roster anytime up until the last day of the regular season, a team that does so after Wednesday wouldn’t be able to sign a new two-way player in his place.
Trail Blazers guard Caleb Love, Grizzlies forward Olivier-Maxence Prosper, and Mavericks big man Moussa Cisse are among the notable players on two-way contracts who are nearing their respective games played limits and could be candidates for promotions, though not all of those clubs currently have space available on their 15-man rosters.
A year ago on March 4, seven players officially signed new two-way contracts, with one two-way player waived and four others promoted to standard contracts. Two years ago, March 4 brought six two-way signings and a pair of cuts involving two-way players.
It remains to be seen how busy today will be relative to the last couple two-way contract deadline days, but we’ll be monitoring transaction reports and announcements throughout Wednesday and bringing you all the latest updates.