When the NBA introduced its new two-way player contracts this past offseason, Marcus Paige was one of the beneficiaries.
Paige, a former All-America guard at North Carolina, signed one of those two-way contracts with the Charlotte Hornets in August 2017 to keep him in North Carolina. Those contracts allow Paige to bounce seamlessly between the Hornets and the Greensboro Swarm, Charlotte’s G-League affiliate.
Paige has only played in one Hornets game this season (recording two rebounds and no points in a handful of minutes), but he has excelled for the Swarm. He is averaging 15 points and 4.