Two-way contracts are awesome. They give young players an opportunity to play for an NBA team’s G-League affiliate, be around the NBA team AND make some money. For Tyler Cavanaugh of the Utah Jazz, he’s on his second two-way contract of his career.
Last season, he signed one with the Atlanta Hawks. He played well enough to have that two-way converted into a standard NBA contract. He wasn’t kept by Atlanta, but he made the most of his opportunity, averaging five points and three rebounds per game while shooting 36 percent on threes.
The situation Cavanaugh is in right now is a lot different than the one he was in last year, though.