Yuki Kawamura, signed a two-way contract with the NBA, officially becoming the shortest active player in the league.

It is worth mentioning that in order to give Kawamura a two-way contract, the Grizzlies were "painstaking" before this, and the two-way contract was originally full, and Pippen Jr. was given a 4-year standard contract to vacate a two-way contract slot, and then let the former get in the bag.

In this year's preseason, Yuki Kawamura played in 5 games for the Grizzlies, scoring 5 points and 3 assists, 0 points and 1 assist, 2 points and 8 assists, 10 points, 1 board and 7 assists and 0 points and 2 assists, averaging 15.2 minutes per game, contributing 3.4 points, 0.2 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.6 turnovers and 0.4 steals, shooting 21.1% from the field, 25% from three-point range, and 83.3% from the free throw line.

During the pre-season, Yuki Kawamura mainly showed a fearless temperament in the face of danger, excellent passing skills, and a strong ability to revitalize the whole team.

Morant couldn't help but praise the Asian little guard who is only 1.72 meters: "I can always steal the limelight on the court and pay tribute to my good brother." ”

The reason why in the NBA, where there are many strongmen, Kawamura can be so free, thanks to the experience of international competitions in the past, last year's World Cup averaged 13.6 points, 7.6 assists and 2 boards, this year's Olympics averaged 20.3 points, 3.3 boards and 7.7 assists per game, bringing many surprises as the absolute core of the Japan men's basketball team, including almost defeating the host France men's basketball team in Paris.

However, although the contract from Exhibit 10 to a two-way contract does not mean that Kawamura can stand on the NBA main stage, he will have to go to the development league to wait for the call-up.The same goes for our Choi Young-hee, who is expected to make his G League debut for the Long Island Nets on Nov. 8.

Choi Yong-hee was not reused by the Grizzlies like Kawamura Yu-hui in the Nets, and only played two games in the preseason, playing less than 14 minutes in total, shooting 2-of-7 with 6 points and 3 boards.

In short, whether it is Kawamura Yonghui or Choi Yong-hee, the two are now on the same starting line, and the two rookies from Asia will continue to work hard for their NBA dreams.

Introducing two-way contracts, each team has a maximum of 3 two-way contract spots, and two-way players can play a maximum of 50 regular season games and cannot play in the playoffs, but can enter the "non-active list" during the playoffs, train with the team and travel away; A two-way contract can be converted into a formal contract, and the salary becomes a basic salary.

The length of the two-way contract is one or two years, and the salary is half of the rookie base salary for the season and does not count towards the salary cap.This season, the rookie's base salary is 1157153 US dollars, and the two-way contract salary is 578576.5, about 580,000 US dollars, about 4.1 million yuan, CBA's current maximum annual salary is 6 million yuan.

Choi Yong-hee signed a two-year two-way contract with the Nets, the first year is fully guaranteed, and whether it is implemented or changed in the second year is determined by the team's evaluation.

Of course, in the NBA, there is more money and less money, for 21-year-old Choi Yong-hee and 23-year-old Kawamura Yu-hui, this stage is not the most important, the top priority is to stand firm, and there is no need to worry about waking up and being laid off, jumping out of the comfort zone to work in a foreign country, it is never easy!