During the shortened 2020/21 season, two-way deals will work a little differently than usual. Rather than being limited to spending 45 days with their NBA teams, two-way players will be eligible to be active for up to 50 of their team’s 72 NBA games. And instead of having their salaries by how many days they spend in the NBA, they’ll receive flat salaries of $449,155.
This is huge news for Karim Mané and Jordan Bone.
The Magic essentially can carry a 17-man roster to the post-season.
Mané was a 5-star recruit in high-school and it is quite shocking he did not get drafted given how well he played professionally in Canada.
Bone is a more mature PG. He was solid in the G-league and looks to be a workman like player.
The Magic has a clear FIVE-player rotation at PG and that roster slot is clearly locked.
It is really quite curious to the how's-and-why's the Magic would have chosen to go this approach. A combo forward as a two-way player may have made some sense. Perhaps these PG's were signed before management knew how many games a two-way player could play.
