NBA G League training camps open on Monday, which means that today is the first day the 45-day NBA clock for two-way players begins to tick.
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Players on two-way contracts are only eligible to spend 45 days per season with their NBA team. However, the days before G League training camps begin and after the NBAGL regular season ends on March 28 don’t count toward that limit. That gives two-way players up to extra 24 days at the NBA level at the start and end of the season.
If a two-way player remains with his NBA team today and isn’t transferred to his G League team at all, he could reach his 45-day NBA limit as early as December 11.
As cap expert Albert Nahmad has noted (via Twitter), a player who spends the entire 2019/20 season on a two-way contract can earn up to a maximum of $410,706.
In order to maximize his salary, a two-way player would have to spend the next 11 days with his NBA team up until the G League regular season begins on November 8, then have his remaining 34 NBA days used during the NBAGL season. In that scenario, the player could earn the following salaries at the two levels:
- $350,189 in the NBA (a prorated portion of $898,310 for 69 days).
- $60,517 in the G League (a prorated portion of $79,568 for 108 days).
The full list of current two-way players around the NBA can be found right here.