Yes, and the players are willing to do it (in theory) because the non-guaranteed/increased base in year 2 comes at a time that the cap will go up and teams will be spending more - so that isn't just a dummy year if the player could easily replace it in the market. Caveat: I haven't seen Algolor's deal yet, so I don't know if that report is accurate.Are other teams doing this?
However, what it does is make the player earn his year 2 money with his year 1 play, so its still team friendly from that perspective. After year 1, if it makes sense, the team and player can rework/extend the contract, guarantee the year 2 salary, and extend the contract to fix the cap hit.