Two-way Contract: What is the two-way contract of Vietnamese-born player Johnny Juzang in the NBA?

In the NBA, each team can register up to 15 players on the official roster of the season. All of these 15 players must have contracts and are fully or partially tied up throughout the Regular Season and Playoffs.

But in case the team wants to have some more players outside of the list of 15 mentioned above, they will be entitled to do so by means of an NBA Two-way Contract, which can be called a dual contract or a contract. parallel between the NBA and the G-League.

True to its name, a two-way contract applies to players who will compete in parallel between the NBA and the NBA G-League for the same team.

For example, in the case of Vietnamese-born player Johnny Juzang, he has just signed a two-way contract with the Utah Jazz Club for the upcoming 2023-24 season. Thus, Juzang will compete in parallel in the NBA for the Utah Jazz and the NBA G-League for the Salt Lake City Star (a team under the Utah Jazz).

With a two-way contract, Jazz will have the right to retain Johnny Juzang and avoid losing this name on the free player transfer market - NBA Free Agency.

NBA Two-way Contract was first released in 2017 and has been used until now. Some changes have been updated regarding legality, here are some notable points:

- Each team will only own a maximum of 3 players at the same time under a two-way contract. This number has increased from the previous only 2 players.

- In case the team has 15 players on the official list, players playing with two-way contracts will only be able to play a maximum of 50 NBA Regular Season games, with no limit on the number of G-League matches.

- In case the team does not have enough 15 players on the official list, the player with a two-way contract will not be limited to the number of games in the NBA Regular Season. Instead, they will be limited to the total number of games that can be played in both the NBA and G-League, the maximum number is 90 games.

- The player's salary under a two-way contract for the 2023-24 season will be $ 559,782, half of the minimum salary according to the rookie milestone in the NBA.

The two-way contract system was born to facilitate the development and experience of NBA competition for young talents, players who were not selected in the NBA Draft, or some international players who are not convincing enough to play. formally contracted.

This type of contract allows players to both have the ability to rub in the G-League, and practice regularly with the opportunity to appear in the first team and play in the NBA.

There have been many cases of starting a career with a two-way contract, then performing well and being given the opportunity to sign an official contract in the NBA, with a commitment to salary and term (also known as full-scale). contract).

Duncan Robinson (Miami Heat) or recently famously Alex Caruso (started from the Lakers, now playing for the Chicago Bulls) and Austin Reaves (Lakers) both came from two-way contracts, then pocketed valuable contracts. tens of millions of US dollars.