Thursday was the final day for NBA teams to waive players who had any non-guaranteed salary without it becoming guaranteed, and few took advantage of the opportunity to retain flexibility. Only six players hit waivers this week, meaning dozens of others have their full-season salaries locked in.
Below is a team-by-team look at what each team did with contracts that included non-guaranteed salary entering this week. Note that the salaries listed are the amount the team pays. Some of those players are veterans of more than two seasons who are on minimum-salary contracts that are partially funded by the league, so they earn more than the figure listed. Also, note that not all the salary that was partially guaranteed is listed. That’s because most of the players with partial guarantees had already earned more than those amounts by virtue of sticking on their respective rosters as long as they had.
Bucks
- No non-guaranteed contracts
Bulls
- Kept Cameron Bairstow ($845,059 — $425K had been partially guaranteed)
- Kept Cristiano Felicio ($525,093)
Cavaliers
- Kept Jared Cunningham ($947,276)
Celtics
- No non-guaranteed contracts
Clippers
- Kept Luc Mbah a Moute ($947,276)
Grizzlies
- Kept James Ennis ($845,059)
- Kept JaMychal Green ($845,059)
- Waived Ryan Hollins ($596,227)
Hawks
- Kept Mike Muscala ($947,276)
- Kept Lamar Patterson ($525,093)
Heat
- No non-guaranteed contracts
Hornets
- Kept Aaron Harrison ($525,093)
Jazz
- Kept Chris Johnson ($981,348)
- Kept Jeff Withey ($947,276)
- Waived Elijah Millsap ($845,059)
Kings
- Kept Eric Moreland ($845,059)
Knicks
- Kept Langston Galloway ($845,059 — $440K had been partially guaranteed)
Lakers
- Kept Metta World Peace ($947,276)
- Kept Tarik Black ($845,059)
- Kept Marcelo Huertas ($525,093)
Magic
- No non-guaranteed contracts
Mavericks
- Kept JaVale McGee ($1,270,964 — $750K had been partially guaranteed)
Nets
- Kept Donald Sloan ($947,276)
Nuggets
- Waived Kostas Papanikolaou ($800,321 — $350K had been partially guaranteed)
Pacers
- No non-guaranteed contracts
Pelicans
- Kept Toney Douglas ($1,164,858)
Pistons
- No non-guaranteed contracts
Raptors
- No non-guaranteed contracts
Rockets
- No non-guaranteed contracts
Sixers
- Kept Robert Covington ($1MM)
- Kept Hollis Thompson ($947,276)
- Kept Ish Smith ($947,276)
- Kept JaKarr Sampson ($845,059)
- Kept T.J. McConnell ($525,093)
- Waived Christian Wood ($525,093)
Spurs
- Kept Matt Bonner ($947,276 — $749,594 had been partially guaranteed)
- Kept Rasual Butler ($947,276)
Suns
- Waived Cory Jefferson ($845,059)
- Waived Bryce Cotton ($700,902)
Thunder
- No non-guaranteed contracts
Timberwolves
- No non-guaranteed contracts
Trail Blazers
- Kept Tim Frazier ($845,059)
- Kept Cliff Alexander ($525,093)
- Kept Luis Montero ($525,093)
Warriors
- Kept Ian Clark ($947,276 — $473,636 had been partially guaranteed)
- Kept James Michael McAdoo ($845,059)
Wizards
- No non-guaranteed contracts
The Basketball Insiders salary pages were used in the creation of this post.