Two-way deals in the NBA: 50 games is the cap, but the maths is proportional
In the NBA, a two-way contract signed before the season starts caps a player at 50 active games; sign later and the allowance shrinks in proportion to the remaining days. For Enrique Freeman of the Timberwolves, the maths came out at 48 games.
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Na NBA, um contrato two-way assinado antes do início da temporada limita o jogador a 50 jogos ativos. Qualquer coisa além disso exige uma vaga no elenco padrão.
Assine depois de a temporada começar, porém, e a margem encolhe proporcionalmente aos dias restantes. A matemática é simples quando se vê a conta feita.
Enrique Freeman assinou com o Timberwolves na terça-feira. Aquela data, 27 de outubro, é o oitavo dia de uma temporada de 174 dias, então o contrato cobre 167 desses dias. Divida 167 por 174, multiplique por 50: cerca de 47,99, arredondado para 48. É quantos jogos da temporada regular Freeman pode disputar ativamente.
A mesma aritmética vale para cada contratação two-way em 2026/27, e é por isso que o Hoops Rumors mantém uma tabela de referência para o resto da temporada, atrelada à data em que o jogador assina. As equipes precisam concluir as contratações two-way até 4 de março.
Há uma particularidade coletiva. Cada jogador two-way tem uma margem individual, mas um clube com menos de 15 jogadores com contratos padrão não consegue liberar o valor completo para cada um deles: até um 15º homem ser adicionado, a equipe fica limitada a 90 jogos ativos no total entre seus jogadores two-way.
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