With just six days left in the 2021/22 season, no more standard 10-day contracts will be signed this spring.
Teams looking to fill open 15-man roster spots will do what the Pistons did with Carsen Edwards or what the Bucks are doing with Luca Vildoza, signing players to rest-of-season contracts, ideally with at least one extra non-guaranteed year tacked onto those deals.
It is possible that one or two more “10-day” contracts will be signed by teams eligible for hardship exceptions. Those clubs have full 15-man rosters but are hardship-eligible either because a player tested positive for COVID-19 or because several of their players are injured.
Those hardship 10-days, like the one the Thunder completed with Georgios Kalaitzakis on Monday, are technically just rest-of-season contracts that don’t give the team any form of Bird rights this offseason. Kalaitzakis will become a free agent immediately after the season ends, and Oklahoma City won’t be able to use the Non-Bird exception to re-sign him in the summer.
Here are the remaining active 10-day contracts, which will expire in the coming days:
- Utah Jazz: Greg Monroe (standard — runs through 4/6)
- Boston Celtics: Juwan Morgan (standard — 4/6)
- Indiana Pacers: Justin Anderson (standard — 4/6)
- Dallas Mavericks: Brandon Knight (COVID hardship — 4/7)
- Portland Trail Blazers: Reggie Perry (injury hardship — 4/8)
- Orlando Magic: Devin Cannady (standard — 4/9)
- Oklahoma City Thunder: Jaylen Hoard (injury hardship — 4/10)
- Oklahoma City Thunder: Georgios Kalaitzakis (injury hardship — 4/10)
- Oklahoma City Thunder: Zavier Simpson (injury hardship — 4/10)
- Portland Trail Blazers: Kris Dunn (injury hardship — 4/10)
- Portland Trail Blazers: Drew Eubanks (injury hardship — 4/10)
The Mavericks, Thunder, and Trail Blazers have full 15-man rosters, so they won’t create any openings on their respective rosters when their current 10-day agreements expire.
However, the Jazz, Celtics, Pacers, and Magic are each using a roster spot on a 10-day player. When those contracts expire, those clubs could either bring back the same player on a rest-of-season contract or use that 15th slot on someone else. For instance, Utah might want to promote two-way player Trent Forrest to its standard roster to ensure that he’s playoff-eligible.
Nearly any free agent signed to a rest-of-season deal using a 15-man roster spot will be playoff-eligible, so the Jazz and Celtics will have plenty of options. Semi Ojeleye, Kyle Guy, Joel Ayayi, Luka Samanic, and Chris Smith are the only players who have been placed on waivers since March 1, making them ineligible for the postseason.