The NBA's addition of two-way contracts has had a number of unintended consequences, perhaps most notably the decreased number of viable players available for teams to sign during the season.

"When you talk to league executives, they'll say that the G League has kind of been, because of the Two-Way contracts, has been kind of mined clear of NBA-ready prospects," said Brian Windhorst on The Hoop Collective podcast.

Windhorst's discussion came in relation to Neil Olshey and the Portland Trail Blazers signing Carmelo Anthony, who hasn't played in the NBA for a year. The Blazers had become perilously thin in the frontcourt with Jusuf Nurkic's continued absence and then losing Zach Collins to injury as well.

"One of the reasons why there's not that many options is even if they wanted to go get a young player, if they don't have him on their roster, there's only a handful of guys that aren't on Two-Way contracts that are NBA-ready, according to people I've talked to. I understand the desperation," added Windhorst.

The Capital City Go-Go, the Washington Wizards’ NBA G League affiliate, added guard Jerian Grant off waivers. Capital City waived guard Jamall Gregory to complete the move. 

Grant, a native of Silver Spring, Md. and a DeMatha product, has appeared in 273 games with 61 starts in his four-year NBA career with the New York Knicks, Chicago Bulls and Orlando Magic. In 60 games with the Magic last season, Grant averaged 4.2 points and 2.6 assists per game and holds career averages of 6.1 points and 2.9 assists per game. Grant appeared in two NBA G League games during the 2016-17 season with the Windy City Bulls, with 34-point and 20-point showings.

Thanasis Antetokounmpo and Dragan Bender were assigned to the Wisconsin Herd, the G League team of the Milwaukee Bucks.

Antetokounmpo signed a two-year deal with the Bucks last offseason. He has appeared in just one game this season.

Bender has yet to appear for the Bucks.

The Milwaukee Bucks have assigned forward Dragan Bender to the Wisconsin Herd of the NBA G League.

The 7-foot forward has yet to appear in a game for the Bucks this season. He will be in uniform on Friday for the Herd as it opens the 2019-20 season against the Windy City Bulls at Menominee Nation Arena.