As the NBA regular season approaches and teams reduce their rosters from the 21-player offseason limit to the 15-man regular season max, the best way to determine which players will survive preseason cuts is to consider their contracts. Players with guaranteed salaries for 2025/26 are far more likely to earn spots on 15-man rosters than players whose contracts aren’t fully guaranteed.
Keeping that in mind, we’re using the space below to keep tabs on the players on each NBA team who don’t have fully guaranteed contracts. The players listed here have non-guaranteed salaries, partially guaranteed salaries, or Exhibit 9 or Exhibit 10 contracts, which essentially function like non-guaranteed deals.
Unless otherwise noted, these players are on minimum-salary contracts. Some players on this list have partial guarantees, which we’ve also mentioned below.
Not all of these players will be waived before the regular season begins, so we’ll maintain this list for the next several months, up until January 10, 2026. That’s the day that all players still under contract will have their salaries fully guaranteed for the rest of the 2025/26 season.
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Only players who have formally signed contracts are listed below, so if a player has reportedly reached an agreement with a team on a non-guaranteed deal, we’ll add him to our list when that deal becomes official and we confirm the details.
Without further ado, here’s the full list of players without fully guaranteed salaries for 2025/26, broken down by team:
Updated 12-12-25 (4:24 pm CT)
Atlanta Hawks
- Vit Krejci
- Partially guaranteed for $1,500,000.
- N’Faly Dante
- Mouhamed Gueye
- Keaton Wallace
Boston Celtics
- Jordan Walsh
- Partially guaranteed for $1,110,839.
Brooklyn Nets
Charlotte Hornets
Chicago Bulls
- None
Cleveland Cavaliers
- Dean Wade ($6,623,456)
- Partially guaranteed for $4,623,458.
- Thomas Bryant
- Craig Porter Jr.
Dallas Mavericks
- Brandon Williams
- Partially guaranteed for $850,000.
Denver Nuggets
- None
Detroit Pistons
- Javonte Green
- Partially guaranteed for $925,106.
- Isaac Jones
Golden State Warriors
Houston Rockets
- None
Indiana Pacers
Los Angeles Clippers
- None
Los Angeles Lakers
- None
Memphis Grizzlies
- None
Miami Heat
- Terry Rozier ($26,643,031)
- Partially guaranteed for $24,924,126.
Milwaukee Bucks
Minnesota Timberwolves
New Orleans Pelicans
- None
New York Knicks
Oklahoma City Thunder
- None
Orlando Magic
- None
Philadelphia 76ers
- None
Phoenix Suns
Portland Trail Blazers
- None
Sacramento Kings
San Antonio Spurs
Toronto Raptors
- None
Utah Jazz
- None
Thanks for this valuable information Luke.
Once rosters get full, we can see who may get let go when a player may becomes available from the outside.
Definitely applies to the Warriors with a couple guys not guaranteed as some dudes fall through the cracks during training camp cuts that Golden State could pick up.
Thanks again.