The Milwaukee Bucks have signed former Alabama All-American Mark Sears to a two-way contract, the NBA team announced on Thursday night.

Sears did not get picked in the NBA Draft on June 25-26 and, as reported by AL.com on June 26, agreed to join the Bucks on a two-way deal.

A two-way contract allows a player to move between an NBA team and its NBA Gatorade League affiliate without needing to pass through waivers. Each team can carry three two-way players who may appear on the active roster of the NBA team for as many as 50 games. A two-way contract is worth $635,000 for the 2025-26 season, which is half of the rookie minimum, and is not guaranteed.

The Bucks’ G League affiliate is the Wisconsin Herd, which is based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

The 6-foot-1 guard is set to play in jersey No. 19 for Milwaukee’s entry in the NBA 2K26 Summer League in Las Vegas. The Bucks open summer-league play against the Denver Nuggets at 8:30 p.m. CDT July 10.

Sears earned All-State recognition for Muscle Shoals for the 2018-19 season, when the Trojans reached the semifinals of the AHSAA Class 6A tournament. Sears played two seasons at Ohio before coming to Alabama for the 2022-23 season.

In his third season with the Crimson Tide, Sears was a first-team consensus All-American as he averaged 18.6 points, 2.9 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game in the 2024-25 season.

Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X at @AMarkG1.