Salary Cap Research: Are Teams Waiving Fewer Players On Non-Guaranteed Salaries?

Today's guarantee deadline came and went with few waivers. It feels like January 7 has been getting quieter each year, so I checked my data since the 2021-22 season to see if that's true.

Today is the leaguewide cutdown date and we saw just three players on standard, non-guaranteed salaries waived: Bruno Fernando, Branden Carlson, and Orlando Robinson. Doesn’t that feel lower than usual in previous years? It feels like January 7 used to have a much larger scale of waivers to keep track of.

In total, 11 players on minimum, non-guaranteed s…