Kevon Harris signing two-way contract with Magic, filling Orlando’s roster

The Orlando Magic have achieved an arrangement with Kevon Harris on a two-way agreement, several league resources confirmed to the Orlando Sentinel Monday morning.

When the offer is signed, Harris will occupy the Magic’s next two-way roster location following Admiral Schofield signed his two-way qualifying present with the Magic on Friday to return to Orlando.

Harris, a 25-12 months-aged guard/forward out of Stephen F. Austin, averaged 15.8 details (57.7% from the discipline, 45.8% on 3-pointers), 2.8 rebounds and 2 helps in five summer time league game titles (27.1 minutes) for the Minnesota Timberwolves previously in July.

He’s put in the last two seasons in the G League and abroad due to the fact going undrafted in 2020.

Harris averaged 15 factors (47.2% taking pictures from the subject, 34.3% on 3s), 5.7 rebounds and 3.5 assists in 24 video games (30.2 minutes) through 2021-22 with Raptors 905, the Toronto Raptors’ G League affiliate.

Introduced in the course of the 2017-18 season, two-way contracts are offers intended for advancement, with players heading back and forth among a franchise’s NBA workforce and G League affiliate. Only gamers with fewer than four a long time of NBA practical experience can signal a two-way agreement with a group. Every single staff can indicator a pair of gamers to two-way deals.

Two-way gamers will at the time once again have a 50-recreation limit in the normal year to be on their NBA team’s active roster in 2022-23 just after the NBA and the National Basketball Gamers Affiliation had scrapped that restrict in 2021-22 for the reason that of teams’ COVID-19 outbreaks.

The Magic will have 18 gamers beneath deal immediately after signing Harris — 15 on certain typical contracts, a single on a non-assured offer (Devin Cannady), and Schofield and Harris on two-way contracts.

Teams can have up to 20 gamers, including two-way players, signed to deals in the course of the offseason before possessing to slash their rosters down to 15 players on normal contracts (moreover a pair of two-way players) before the normal period starts. That signifies the Magic will have to trade or waive at least a single participant to become roster compliant.

With the regular season not beginning right until mid-Oct, Orlando has time to make that final decision.

This posting initially appeared on OrlandoSentinel.com. Email Khobi Price tag at khprice@orlandosentinel.com or observe him on Twitter at @khobi_price tag.

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