Jordan Goodwin signs 2 way contract with Lakers

[2010andBeyond]

JJ Redick LOVES him some Jordan Goodwin. JGood got his second consecutive start today because LA has had some guys out with injury. After the game, JJ called out Goodwin as being “incredible” despite his box score of 2 pts, 4 fouls. 
 

If anyone else is like me and is getting somewhat disillusioned by the Billikens seemingly being stuck at mediocrity and the state of college basketball in general, I highly encourage you to check out the Lakers. They are on TV frequently and Goodwin has become a key piece for them. 

[billiken_roy]

10 hours ago, 2010andBeyond said:

JJ Redick LOVES him some Jordan Goodwin. JGood got his second consecutive start today because LA has had some guys out with injury. After the game, JJ called out Goodwin as being “incredible” despite his box score of 2 pts, 4 fouls. 
 

If anyone else is like me and is getting somewhat disillusioned by the Billikens seemingly being stuck at mediocrity and the state of college basketball in general, I highly encourage you to check out the Lakers. They are on TV frequently and Goodwin has become a key piece for them. 

ive found myself checking for the lakers box scores every morning lately.   plus you know with it being lebron's team, they are scheduled for so many tv appearances.   jgood taking advantage of his opportunity.   i just want to see him get to the pension.  he's worked so hard for this.  

[davidlee]

Roy

How does the NBA pension work? What does Jordan need to do to qualify?

Thanks

[billiken_roy]

i believe you first have to have 3 years of service.   a year of service is credited as long as the player concerned plays one game in that year.   so actually this year makes jordan qualified.   however, the amount he will receive continues to escalate for additional years of service.   and it would also go up if he waits to start collecting.   the specifics on those last two things (additonal years of service and waiting to draw) i dont know.  

[thetorch]

NBA players are vested in the pension fund after playing in games over 3 seasons.  Goodwin was vested last year.  Players hit the maximum pension after 10 years of service.

[Duff Man]

21 hours ago, 2010andBeyond said:

JJ Redick LOVES him some Jordan Goodwin. JGood got his second consecutive start today because LA has had some guys out with injury. After the game, JJ called out Goodwin as being “incredible” despite his box score of 2 pts, 4 fouls. 
 

If anyone else is like me and is getting somewhat disillusioned by the Billikens seemingly being stuck at mediocrity and the state of college basketball in general, I highly encourage you to check out the Lakers. They are on TV frequently and Goodwin has become a key piece for them. 

Here's video of JJ Redick waxing Jordan Goodwin's car saying "he set the tone for us" in yesterday's win...

 

[Old guy]

1 hour ago, thetorch said:

NBA players are vested in the pension fund after playing in games over 3 seasons.  Goodwin was vested last year.  Players hit the maximum pension after 10 years of service.

Torch you make it sound like NBA pensions have no relation to the maximum salary obtained over a number of years. This relation basing payment upon top income over a number of years is the way pensions are calculated for everybody that qualifies for pensions in any organization. First you have to meet the standards to get into the group getting the pension and fully vest, then comes how much you are going to get once you start getting paid from the pension. This "how much you get" issue depends on how much you make in any specific number of years. For example Social Security (which is not a regular style pension) will pay based  upon your three most productive years when you were working and contributing to it.

If J Good is already in the NBA pension, he will eventually get some payment from his pension. How much depends upon how long he is in the NBA and how much he makes per year. I may not be correct, but this is the way pensions everywhere work.

[brianstl]

3 minutes ago, Old guy said:

Torch you make it sound like NBA pensions have no relation to the maximum salary obtained over a number of years. This relation basing payment upon top income over a number of years is the way pensions are calculated for everybody that qualifies for pensions in any organization. First you have to meet the standards to get into the group getting the pension and fully vest, then comes how much you are going to get once you start getting paid from the pension. This "how much you get" issue depends on how much you make in any specific number of years. For example Social Security (which is not a regular style pension) will pay based  upon your three most productive years when you were working and contributing to it.

If J Good is already in the NBA pension, he will eventually get some payment from his pension. How much depends upon how long he is in the NBA and how much he makes per year. I may not be correct, but this is the way pensions everywhere work.

Umm yeah, many pensions don’t work like that and the NBA is one of them.  You get paid a set amount per service year earned in the NBA.  The pension amount is not connected to what you earned.

[Old guy]

43 minutes ago, brianstl said:

Umm yeah, many pensions don’t work like that and the NBA is one of them.  You get paid a set amount per service year earned in the NBA.  The pension amount is not connected to what you earned.

That is news to me, thank you very much.

[almaman]

2 hours ago, thetorch said:

NBA players are vested in the pension fund after playing in games over 3 seasons.  Goodwin was vested last year.  Players hit the maximum pension after 10 years of service.

That will. never happen especially @ this pace

[Duff Man]

Goodwin started last night in the Lakers' win vs the Spurs, scoring 15 on 6-9 FG, 3-6 3PT, 4 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL, 1 BLK, 0 TO in 33 minutes.

In 14 games, Goodwin is averaging 7.1 PPG and 4.1 RPG in 21.1 MPG. 

The Lakers seem content to exhaust his "free" games before converting him to a full NBA contract which should happen by next week. Once that happens, he'll be officially eligible for the Lakers postseason games this year and will most likely be locked up for 2026 if not 2027.

[almaman]

42 minutes ago, Duff Man said:

Goodwin started last night in the Lakers' win vs the Spurs, scoring 15 on 6-9 FG, 3-6 3PT, 4 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL, 1 BLK, 0 TO in 33 minutes.

In 14 games, Goodwin is averaging 7.1 PPG and 4.1 RPG in 21.1 MPG. 

The Lakers seem content to exhaust his "free" games before converting him to a full NBA contract which should happen by next week. Once that happens, he'll be officially eligible for the Lakers postseason games this year and will most likely be locked up for 2026 if not 2027.

B so cool but still biting nails

[Cowboy]

3 hours ago, Duff Man said:

Goodwin started last night in the Lakers' win vs the Spurs, scoring 15 on 6-9 FG, 3-6 3PT, 4 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL, 1 BLK, 0 TO in 33 minutes.

In 14 games, Goodwin is averaging 7.1 PPG and 4.1 RPG in 21.1 MPG. 

The Lakers seem content to exhaust his "free" games before converting him to a full NBA contract which should happen by next week. Once that happens, he'll be officially eligible for the Lakers postseason games this year and will most likely be locked up for 2026 if not 2027.

-if he got a 2 year deal would it be guaranteed?

-I hope he doesn't have the same agent as Willie Reed

[Old guy]

5 hours ago, Cowboy said:

-if he got a 2 year deal would it be guaranteed?

-I hope he doesn't have the same agent as Willie Reed

Willie Reed had multiple problems, his choice of agent, and his choice of wife being two of them. People make mistakes when they are young, unfortunately for him his mistakes cost him a lot.

[almaman]

6 hours ago, Cowboy said:

-if he got a 2 year deal would it be guaranteed?

-I hope he doesn't have the same agent as Willie Reed

good one

[Duff Man]

Here's a 15min Lakers Nation youtube podcast dedicated entirely to Jordan Goodwin for the Lakers superfan perspective 

 

 

[Minerva N. Owl]

On 3/12/2025 at 1:06 PM, QUAILMAN said:

Not sure the specific number of games he had left, but I recall reading from someone who is real clued in on NBA rules back when Goodwin first got called up, and I believe they said he had 19 games he could be on the roster before the lakers need to make a decision (send back down, or give a real contract).

Tick,, tick, tick. JGood is eligible for five more games on his two-way contract. The Lakers will be on a road trip through the Midwest next week when Goodwin's eligibility runs out. If he continues to play (and start) during this stretch of the schedule when the Lakers have lots of back-to-backs (in part because of make up games from the fires in LA in January), his last game of eligibility will be Wed March 26 in Indianapolis. Assuming Goodwin gets a regular NBA contract (and that he remains on the roster through next week), he will play as a regular member of the Lakers in Chicago on Thursday, March 27 and in Memphis on Saturday, March 29.

Road trip?

 

[almaman]

great

[almaman]

our boy all over Nuggets tonight. This is fun

[HoosierPal]

Taken from HoopsHype

Currently, the LA Lakers have three players on two-way contracts: Jordan Goodwin, Trey Jemison III, and Christian Koloko. However, according to Jovan Buha of The Athletic, only two of them are expected to be converted to standard NBA deals. To make room, Cam Reddish and Alex Len are likely to be waived, while no other main roster players are expected to be cut. “There’s a chance [of all three two-way guys being converted], but realistically, it’s probably not gonna happen just because I think that the only two obvious players to cut on the roster are Cam Reddish and Alex Len,” Buha noted on his latest podcast. “Shake Milton has two more years of a non-guaranteed contract, which could be a valuable trade ship. Markieff Morris is a beloved figure in the locker room. He’s an internal leader; Luka loves him, and LeBron loves him,” Buha went on to say.

3 hours ago – via BasketNews

[2010andBeyond]

Please enjoy this 8 minute video of Jordan Goodwin highlights put together by one of the Laker fan sites. 
 

 

[almaman]

his +/- must be triple digits in that 8 minutes  :)

 

 

 

[cgeldmacher]

15 hours ago, 2010andBeyond said:

Please enjoy this 8 minute video of Jordan Goodwin highlights put together by one of the Laker fan sites. 
 

 

Whoa!  When did JG get so jacked?

 

[kmbilliken]

2 hours ago, cgeldmacher said:

Whoa!  When did JG get so jacked?

 

AI

[almaman]

hardly played tonight  I won't rest till he inks the real contract