The has rewarded summer league standout with a contract. The announced Thursday that it signed Christopher to a two-way deal. Miami waived guard Zion Pullin from his two-way contract in order to have room to sign Christopher.
With the Heat swapping out Pullin for Christopher, its three two-way contract slots are now occupied by , and Christopher. NBA teams are only allowed to have three players signed to two-way contracts at any one time. Two-way contracts, which pay half the NBA rookie minimum and do not count toward the salary cap or luxury tax, allow for players to be on their NBA team’s active list for as many as 50 regular-season games but do not come with playoff eligibility.
Two-way deals can be swapped out at any time without affecting a team’s salary cap. Christopher, a 6-foot-4 and 215-pound guard, earned a two-way contract with his impressive summer league performance. Christopher averaged 19.
3 points, three rebounds, 1.8 assists and two steals per game while shooting 54.1 percent from the field, 21 of 40 (52.
5 percent) on threes and 15 of 15 (100 percent) from the foul line during the Heat’s six-game run to the Las Vegas Summer league championship. He was also named the Las Vegas Summer League championship game MVP, scoring a team-high 24 points on 6-of-10 shooting from three-point range in Monday’s title-clinching victory over the . Still just 22 years old, Christopher comes with upside as a player who was selected in the first round of the NBA Draft just.