Kobe Sanders Receives Standard Contract From Clippers
The Clippers have promoted two-way player Kobe Sanders to a standard contract, the team announced (via Twitter).
According to Law Murray of The Athletic (Twitter link), Sanders’ new deal will be a two-year, minimum-salary contract that features a team option for 2026/27.
The 23-year-old shooting guard has become a productive member of L.A.’s rotation in his first NBA season. Through 43 games, he’s averaging 7.0 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 21.5 minutes per night with .448/.381/.814 shooting numbers.
Sanders agreed to the two-way contract after being selected with the 50th pick in last year’s draft. The Clippers acquired him in a draft night trade with New York.
With just 13 players holding standard contracts, L.A. was nearing its “under-15” limit for two-way players to be active. A team carrying fewer than 15 players on its standard roster can only use players on two-way contracts for up to 90 combined games.
Sanders’ promotion and the expected signing of Dalano Banton to a 10-day contract will remove that concern, at least through the All-Star break.
When Banton’s 10-day deal expires, the Clippers will have to re-fill that 15th roster spot to ensure two-way player Jordan Miller can remain active — Miller himself could be promoted into that spot.
Warriors Convert Pat Spencer To Standard Contract
2:16 pm: Spencer’s contract covers the remainder of the season, tweets Shams Charania of ESPN, and will be worth the prorated veteran’s minimum ($857,804), which is all the Warriors could offer him, per cap expert Yossi Gozlan (Twitter link).
Spencer is on track to become a restricted free agent this summer, notes ESPN’s Bobby Marks (via Twitter).
1:46 pm: The Warriors have officially converted Pat Spencer‘s two-way contract into a standard deal, per NBA.com’s transactions log.
The 6’2″ point guard is now eligible to play the rest of regular season. Spencer is playoff-eligible as well, which wasn’t the case on his two-way deal.
Golden State had two openings on its standard roster after Thursday’s trade deadline. The team now has one open standard spot (the Warriors are reportedly eyeing Lonzo Ball) and one two-way vacancy after converting Spencer’s contract.
A former lacrosse star at Loyola Maryland who didn’t play college basketball until he was a 23-year-old graduate student at Northwestern, Spencer is having a career year in his third season with Golden State, averaging 5.8 points, 2.9 assists and 2.2 rebounds on .423/.431/.833 shooting in 36 games (14.4 MPG).
Jake Fischer of The Stein Line reported earlier on Saturday that Golden State was working to promote Spencer, who scored a career-high 20 points and knocked down a career-best six three-pointers in Thursday’s win at Phoenix (story via Kalyb Champion of the team’s website). Thursday marked Spencer’s 50th active game of the season, which is the limit for two-way players.
Spencer, 29, has played a modest role when Stephen Curry has been healthy in 2025/26, but has seen a major uptick in playing time when the superstar guard has been sidelined, averaging 11.0 PPG, 5.3 APG, 3.9 RPG and 1.0 SPG in 13 games (25.3 MPG).
Marc Stein reported in December that Spencer’s promotion was viewed as a near lock, then noted in January that it was likely to occur after the deadline. Spencer also had his two-way deal converted into a standard contract last year.
Bulls, Hornets Amend Coby White Trade
The Bulls and Hornets have amended the terms of the trade that sent Coby White to Charlotte after a physical revealed the seventh-year guard had a left calf injury, which will require him to miss some games, league sources tell Fred Katz of The Athletic (Twitter link).
On the NBA’s official injury report, White is listed as out due to a left calf strain.
White, who turns 26 years old later this month, had played in 11 of Chicago’s last 12 games before being traded to Charlotte, but Hornets president of basketball operations Jeff Peterson suggested White would likely be held out through the All-Star break because of his calf injury.
The Hornets originally agreed to send three second-round picks — the Nuggets’ or Hornets’ 2029 selection (whichever was least favorable), the Nuggets’ 2031 pick, and the Knicks’ 2031 second — to the Bulls in the deal. According to Katz, the Hornets will retain that 2029 pick and will send Chicago the two second-rounders in 2031.
The full deal saw White and Mike Conley head to Charlotte for Collin Sexton, Ousmane Dieng and the pair of 2031 second-round picks. Conley was subsequently waived by the Hornets and intends to rejoin the Timberwolves, while the Bulls rerouted Dieng to the Bucks for Nick Richards.
Although this is the first trade of 2025/26 in which the terms were altered due to a player’s health, it’s certainly not unprecedented. For instance, the Sixers added a second-round pick to last year’s Quentin Grimes–Caleb Martin swap when the Mavericks flagged Martin’s hip injury.
The Lakers also rescinded their deal with the Hornets last February after failing Mark Williams‘ physical, though a voided trade is obviously different than the terms being changed. After the trade deadline has passed, a trade can only be voided or accepted as is — the Hornets and Bulls agreed to amend the terms of the White deal prior to Thursday’s deadline, even though the change wasn’t reported until now.
A North Carolina native who played his college ball at UNC, White has battled calf issues on both legs this season. The impending free agent has averaged 18.6 points, 4.7 assists and 3.7 rebounds on .438/.346/.805 shooting through 29 games in ’25/26 (29.1 minutes per contest).
Magic Sign Jevon Carter To Rest-Of-Season Deal
4:46 pm: Carter’s rest-of-season deal is now official, the Magic announced (via Twitter).
9:55 am: The Magic intend to sign point guard Jevon Carter for the rest of the season, agents Mark Bartelstein and Reggie Brown tell Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link).
Carter was cut by the Bulls earlier in the week in order to accommodate the acquisition of Dario Saric, the first of seven trades Chicago made between Sunday and Thursday. Having been placed on waivers five days ago, the 30-year-old guard went unclaimed on Tuesday and became an unrestricted free agent.
An eighth-year NBA veteran, Carter has appeared in 435 regular season games for Memphis, Phoenix, Brooklyn, Milwaukee, and Chicago since entering the league as a second-round pick in 2018. He had his best season in 2022/23 in Milwaukee, starting 39 of 81 games and averaging career highs in points (8.0), assists (2.4), and rebounds (2.5) per game.
That performance earned Carter a three-year, $19.5MM deal with Chicago that summer, but he ended up playing a limited role in a crowded Bulls backcourt. In 23 games (11.0 MPG) this season, he scored 5.4 PPG on .398/.410/1.000 shooting.
The Magic’s lone move at this week’s trade deadline was to send Tyus Jones and his $7MM salary to Charlotte along with a pair of second-round picks. That move allowed Orlando to duck below the luxury tax line but also removed a veteran point guard from the roster, so adding Carter will help fill a hole on the depth chart.
As a result of the Jones trade, the Magic moved approximately $1.4MM below the tax threshold and opened up a second spot on their 15-man roster. Carter will fill one of those two openings and – if he officially signs on Friday – would carry a prorated minimum-salary cap hit of $871K. That will allow Orlando to stay out of the tax and potentially sign a 15th man later in the season.
While Carter’s cap hit will be $871K, his rest-of-season salary will be approximately $1.17MM, with the NBA making up the gap between the two figures.
Pelicans Waive Dalen Terry
The Pelicans have requested waivers on guard/forward Dalen Terry, the team announced on Friday (Twitter link via Will Guillory of The Athletic).
New Orleans just acquired Terry (and two second-round picks) on Thursday in the trade that sent Jose Alvarado to New York. The Knicks landed Terry in a separate deal with Chicago.
The 18th overall pick in the 2022 draft after two college seasons at Arizona, Terry never developed into a reliable rotation player in his three-and-a-half years with the Bulls. The 6’6″ wing has appeared in 34 games in 2025/26, averaging 3.5 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 11.1 minutes per contest.
Assuming Terry goes unclaimed, which seems highly likely, the Pelicans will carry a dead-money cap hit of $5,399,118. They also opened a spot on their standard roster, and Guillory suggests the team plans to promote Bryce McGowens from his two-way contract.
Still just 23 years old, Terry could be a candidate to catch on with another team before the season ends. For what it’s worth, he would qualify for a two-way deal that covers the remainder of ’25/26 once he hits free agency and is eligible to sign with any team except the Knicks.
Wizards Sign Keshon Gilbert To 10-Day Contract
The Wizards have signed Keshon Gilbert to a 10-day contract, the team announced in a press release.
Gilbert, a 6’4″ guard, spent two years at UNLV and two seasons at Iowa State prior to going undrafted last June. He signed an Exhibit 10 training camp deal with the Wizards in mid-September and was waived at the end of that month, making him an unrestricted free agent.
The 22-year-old has been playing for Washington’s G League affiliate, the Capital City Go-Go, during the 2025/26 season. In 29 appearances with the Go-Go (27.2 minutes per game), he has averaged 13.4 points, 5.5 assists, 4.3 rebounds and 1.5 steals on .457/.220/.781 shooting.
The Wizards had an opening on their 15-man standard roster after Skal Labissiere‘s 10-day deal expired last night, so no corresponding move was required to sign Gilbert, who will earn $73,153 over the next 10 days.
Hornets Waive Simpson, Sign Evbuomwan To Two-Way Deal
3:10 pm: Evbuomwan has officially signed his two-way contract, per NBA.com’s transaction log.
2:11 pm: The Hornets have waived guard KJ Simpson, the team announced today (Twitter link).
The 42nd overall pick in the 2024 draft, Simpson signed a two-year, two-way contract with Charlotte as a rookie that summer and remained on that deal until today. He has appeared in a total of 50 regular season games for Charlotte since making his debut in the fall of 2024, averaging 7.3 points, 2.9 assists, and 2.8 rebounds in 21.3 minutes per game.
Simpson has posted a subpar shooting line of .346/.266/.773 in his 50 NBA outings and struggled with his shot in the G League this year too, making just 37.6% of his attempts from the floor and 24.1% from beyond the arc in 11 games with the Greensboro Swarm. He has been sidelined since mid-January due to a left hip injury.
Charlotte will fill its newly created two-way opening by signing forward Tosan Evbuomwan, agent George S. Langberg tells ESPN’s Shams Charania (Twitter link).
A former Ivy League Player of the Year at Princeton, Evbuomwan went undrafted in 2023 and has spent the two-and-a-half seasons since then bouncing back and forth between the NBA and G League.
The 6’8″ forward signed 10-day contracts with the Grizzlies and Pistons as a rookie before finishing that season on a two-way deal with Detroit, then spent the majority of his second season on a two-way deal with Brooklyn. Evbuomwan was waived by the Nets this past August and signed a new two-way contract with the Knicks in September before being cut by New York last month.
Evbuomwan, who has also made 50 total appearances at the NBA level, has been playing for the Maine Celtics since being let go by the Knicks. He has averaged 19.4 PPG, 5.9 RPG, and 4.7 APG in nine contests (35.2 MPG) for Boston’s NBAGL affiliate in recent weeks.
The Hornets will be able to have Evbuomwan active for up to 19 NBA games for the rest of the season.
Grizzlies Waive Eric Gordon
February 6: Gordon has been placed on waivers, the Grizzlies confirmed today in a press release (Twitter link).
February 5: The Grizzlies are likely to waive veteran guard Eric Gordon, sources tell Kelly Iko of Yahoo Sports (Twitter link).
An 18-year veteran, Gordon was traded from Philadelphia to Memphis in a salary-dump move which saw the Grizzlies acquire a second-round pick swap from the 76ers. He has only made six appearances this season.
Gordon is making $3.6MM this season on a minimum-salary contract, but only carries a $2.3MM cap hit. Assuming he’s released by Memphis, the 37-year-old would be eligible to sign with any team except for Philadelphia.
The seventh overall pick in the 2008 draft, Gordon has averaged 15.2 points, 2.7 assists and 2.3 rebounds on .430/.373/.809 shooting over the course of 931 regular season games (31.1 minutes per contest). However, it’s been a couple years since he was a rotation regular, and it’s unclear if he’ll attract any interest on the open market at this point in his career.
Thunder Waive Youngblood, Sign Boeheim To Two-Way Deal
The Thunder have made a change to one of their two-way contract slots, announcing today in a press release that shooting guard Chris Youngblood has been waived and swingman Buddy Boeheim has been signed to replace him.
Youngblood, who will turn 24 on Monday, joined the Thunder last summer as a rookie free agent after going undrafted out of Alabama. Although the 6’4″ guard signed a two-way contract, he was used frequently by Oklahoma City during the first half of the season.
Youngblood was used so frequently, in fact, that he reached his limit of 50 games on the Thunder’s active roster on Wednesday in San Antonio. If OKC had wanted to continue playing him, he would’ve needed to be promoted to a standard contract, but the team doesn’t have any obviously expendable players on its 15-man squad after sending out Ousmane Dieng and bringing in Jared McCain prior to Thursday’s trade deadline.
With no path to promote him, the Thunder decided to waive Youngblood, freeing him up for a new opportunity, rather than having him finish the season in the G League with the Oklahoma City Blue. The club could’ve made him a restricted free agent at season’s end if he’d remained on the roster but will instead free him up to join a new team.
Boeheim has been playing for the Blue in recent years, including this season. Across nine outings in 2025/26, he has averaged 15.6 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 3.8 assists in 30.4 minutes per game, with a shooting line of .375/.351/1.000.
The former Syracuse sharpshooter, who appeared in 20 NBA regular season games for the Pistons from 2022-24, will be eligible to be active for as many as 19 games for OKC the rest of the way.
Mike Conley Plans To Rejoin Timberwolves
Veteran point guard Mike Conley intends to re-sign with the Timberwolves after he clears waivers, sources tell ESPN’s Shams Charania (Twitter link).
Conley was traded twice this week. Minnesota originally sent him to Chicago in a salary-dump deal on Tuesday, then the Bulls flipped him to Charlotte along with Coby White. The Hornets subsequently cut him.
NBA rules prohibit a player who is traded and then waived to immediately re-sign with the team that traded him away. However, that restriction doesn’t apply to the Timberwolves because Conley was traded twice. Once he clears waivers and becomes a free agent, he’d be ineligible to re-sign with the Bulls, the last team that traded him away, but nothing would be standing in the way of a reunion with Minnesota.
Conley, who is in his 19th NBA season, became the Wolves’ starting point guard when they acquired him at the 2023 trade deadline and maintained that role through last season. However, he ceded his starting role to Donte DiVincenzo this fall and has averaged a career-low 18.5 minutes per night in 44 outings (nine starts) so far this season. His 4.4 points and 2.9 assists per game are also career lows, as is his 32.2% field goal percentage.
Despite Conley’s declining production, there were rumblings ahead of the trade deadline that the team wasn’t eager to move the 38-year-old due to his locker room leadership. With that in mind, getting the opportunity to move off of the guard’s $10.8MM expiring contract and then bring him back on a prorated minimum-salary deal represents the best of both worlds for the Wolves.
Minnesota has two open spots on its 15-man roster following its deadline moves, so no corresponding move will be necessary to create room for Conley.
According to Charania, the two sides are working on the timing of the deal. Conley will clear waivers on Saturday afternoon, but the Wolves may not re-sign him immediately since doing so would increase their projected luxury tax penalty and move them closer to the first tax apron.