A handful of NBA teams still have two-way openings on the board, and the list is a little more crowded than it looks at first glance.
Right now, 14 teams have at least one two-way spot available, according to the 2026/27 tracker. A few of those jobs are believed to be essentially claimed already, but the paperwork hasn’t been finished yet.
The teams with open two-way slots are the Boston Celtics, Brooklyn Nets, Chicago Bulls, Denver Nuggets, Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat, Milwaukee Bucks, New Orleans Pelicans, New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers and Sacramento Kings.
The Knicks stand out as the only club with all three two-way spots still open. They also still have Tyler Nickel unsigned as a second-round pick, though he could still choose to go back to college after a recent federal court ruling opened up an extra year of NCAA eligibility.
Denver is the only other team with multiple openings. The Nuggets have two two-way spots available, and they also have an unsigned second-round pick in forward Bryce Hopkins.
The rest of the league’s teams on that list have one opening each, though some of those deals appear close to being done. Former Nuggets guard Jalen Pickett is expected to land with the Clippers, ex-Michigan State big man Carson Cooper has a deal lined up with the Grizzlies, and undrafted free agent big man Rafael Castro is expected to sign with the Bucks.
Memphis still has one wrinkle to sort out before Cooper’s two-way deal can be completed. The Grizzlies are at the offseason limit of 21 players under contract, so they need to clear a roster spot first. They also have Richie Saunders as an unsigned second-rounder, but the plan there remains unclear for the former BYU star, who is recovering from a torn ACL.
There are a few other unsigned second-round picks who could wind up on two-way contracts too. That group includes Braden Smith of the Pacers, Lajae Jones of the Warriors, Vsevolod Ishchenko of the Mavericks, Trey Kaufman-Renn of the Timberwolves and Malique Lewis of the Bucks. Ishchenko and Lewis spent last season overseas and could end up as draft-and-stash players, though that hasn’t been confirmed.
And there’s one more route teams can use if they want to keep developing a player: an Exhibit 10 contract can be turned into a two-way deal if the player stands out in training camp, as long as he remains eligible for a two-way spot.
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