The start of the NBA regular season is an important time for many players as it is also a deadline for contract extensions . With the 2025-26 season set to tip-off on Tuesday night, the day before was the deadline for many players from the 2022 draft class, and some notable players did not receive a contract extension such as Detroit Pistons guard Jaden Ivey and Houston Rockets wing Tari Eason , as per Bobby Marks of ESPN.
Aside from Jaden Ivey and Tari Eason, the other members of the 2022 NBA Draft class that did not receive contract extensions were Bennedict Mathurin, Jeremy Sochan, Ousmane Dieng, Jalen Duren, Mark Williams, Ochai Agbaji, Dalen Terry, Malachi Branham, Walker Kessler and Peyton Watson. Each of these players will become restricted free agents at the end of the sea