NBA G-League

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NBA G-League

sport basketball
abbreviation G-League
Association National Basketball Association
League foundation 2001
Teams 28
Country countries United States / Canada
Title holder Rio Grande Valley Vipers (2019)
Record champions Rio Grande Valley Vipers (3)
TV partner NBA TV, ESPN, Facebook Live
Website gleague.nba.com

The NBA G-League , in short G-League or English G League called, is one of the National Basketball Association officially sponsored (NBA) and organized basketball organization , whose purpose is, in its gaming operations with " Farm Team " youth and spare players use time to so that they can then temporarily or permanently switch to the cadres of the clubs of the NBA. In 2012, almost a quarter of all NBA professionals had played at least once on a G-League team.

As part of a collaboration with the beverage manufacturer Gatorade , the league was originally to be renamed from the NBA Development League ( D-League ) to the NBA Gatorade League from the 2017/18 season . Shortly before the start of the season, NBA G-League was set as the official name.

history

Logo of the former NBA Development League

The league started as the National Basketball Development League (NBDL) its game operations in the 2001/02 season with eight franchises , all of which were located in the southeastern United States. After four seasons, in March 2005, the NBA Commissioner David Stern presented a plan that should expand the D-League to 15 teams and turn it into a real minor league with a farm system, each with two NBA teams share a D-League team. As a result, the league was renamed the NBA Development League (D-League) and the teams were gradually distributed across the United States.

In the 2006/07 season they already played with twelve teams, with the Bakersfield Jam and Anaheim Arsenal settling the first two teams in southwestern California , as well as taking over four teams from the bankrupt Continental Basketball Association (CBA): the Dakota Wizards , Sioux Falls Skyforce , Idaho Stampede, and Colorado 14ers . With the Los Angeles D-Fenders , the first team was included that was completely owned by an NBA team or its owner. Since this season, the D-League All-Star Game has also been played as part of the NBA All-Star Weekend . The first all-star game in this context took place on February 17, 2007 at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas , Nevada, although in Las Vegas there is no NBA franchise and in the state of Nevada with the Reno Bighorns only a year later Franchise of the D-League was settled. In the 114: 100 victory of the selection of the East, the British Pops Mensah-Bonsu was named Most Valuable Player of the game.

From the 2008/09 season onwards the target strength of 16 teams planned at that time was reached. In the past, due to the expansion of the league and the associated higher costs, various franchises stopped playing or changed locations, which often only had short or medium-term success. Essentially, the Lakers / D-Fenders concept prevailed from 2012, whereby D-League franchises were taken over or founded directly or exclusive partnerships were agreed (so-called hybrid model). After the Utah Flash was taken over by the Philadelphia 76ers and returned to the D-League in 2013 as the Delaware 87ers , the previous target strength of 16 teams was exceeded for the first time. With the 2014 D-League champion, the Fort Wayne Mad Ants , there was the last independent team at the beginning of the 2014/15 season. In 2015 the Mad Ants were acquired by the Indiana Pacers . After the new Westchester Knicks were added for the 2014/15 season and two moves, the divisions were redistributed. The three divisions now became four, which were divided into two conferences following the example of the NBA.

With the Raptors 905 , the 19th franchise started playing in the NBA D-League from the 2015/16 season. The Toronto Raptors- affiliated crew is based in Mississauga , about 20 miles (32 kilometers) west of Toronto. Mainly the games will be played in the Hershey Center . There are also occasional games held at the Air Canada Center , the Toronto Raptors ' arena . The Raptors 905 are the first D-League team based outside the United States.

The league has grown steadily ever since. The goal was and is to assign a farm team to each of the 30 NBA teams. For the 2016/17 season, the league was increased to 22 teams with the Greensboro Swarm , the Windy City Bulls and the Long Island Nets . In the 2017/18 season, four teams joined again, based in Lakeland (Florida), Southaven (Mississippi), Ontario (California) and Oshkosh (Wisconsin). There was also a renaming of the league in NBA G-League and a reorganization of the divisions, which were increased to six. For the 2018/19 season, the Capital City Go-Go (Go-go is a local variant of funk ) was announced as a new team in Washington, DC and the Reno Bighorns relocated to Stockton under the name of the parent franchise. 2019/20 which attracted Erie BayHawks as College Park Skyhawks in Atlanta suburb of College to. The future New Orleans Pelicans farm team will be temporarily moving to Erie at the same time. Long term, it's set to be in Birmingham , Alabama . Before that, the Capitanes de Ciudad de México from Mexico City will join the league from the 2020/21 season. The team will not be assigned to an NBA team and the agreement will initially be limited to five years.

Player assignment

G-League players do not sign contracts with clubs, but with the league itself. A G-League team consists of twelve players, including ten (or fewer) G-League players and two (or more) NBA players -Professionals. The team consists of players from the previous season, players selected in the G-League Draft, assigned players (players assigned to a team with which they have a local connection. For example, players from the University of Texas the Austin Toros .), NBA players and a player who impressed in a local elimination.

An NBA player with less than four years of service can, for example, if there is a backlog of training or after a long injury, be posted to the G-League an unlimited number of times and reassigned just as often. Those NBA teams without their own G-League team can assign players using the Flexible Assignment System . If no team is ready to accept the players, they will be drawn to one of the five Hybrid Affiliate Teams (2018/19 the teams of the Celtics, Rockets, Heat, Mavericks and Pistons are hybrid affiliates ).

Many players who had been drafted or terminated by NBA teams began to play in the G-League and so it came about that many players from this development league soon got contracts with the NBA. The most famous and currently active NBA players who have made their way through the NBDL are Rafer Alston , Chris Andersen , Will Bynum , Matt Carroll , Smush Parker , Devin Brown and Bobby Simmons . In addition, many players recommended themselves for the associated NBA team due to their G-League stay. Well-known examples are Andray Blatche , JJ Barea , Marcin Gortat , Ramon Sessions , Jeremy Lin and Danny Green . German professionals are or were active in the G-League as well. These included and still include Tim Ohlbrecht , Elias Harris , Dennis Schröder , Tibor Pleiß , Paul Zipser , Isaiah Hartenstein , Isaac Bonga , Moritz Wagner and David Krämer .

For some time now, young college dropouts have also made it into the NBA draft via the G-League . Mike Taylor was the first player in the 2008 NBA draft to be drafted directly from the G-League. After him, only Latavious Williams (2010), Chukwudiebere Maduabum (2011), Glen Rice Jr. (2013), Thanasis Antetokounmpo and PJ Hairston (both 2014) were selected in the NBA draft. Hairston was the first G-League player to be selected in the first round of the draft and thus received a guaranteed NBA contract.

Two-way contracts

Each NBA team can assign two players with four or fewer years of service in the NBA to its own or contracted G-League team under the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). If more are allocated, the team must reduce the number of G-League players so that the maximum squad size of twelve players is retained. NBA teams can call players into the NBA for 45 days during the G-League season, excluding travel times (unlimited before the start of the season and after the end of the season), but players can only be sent to the G-League three times in a season. Contracts can be concluded for a maximum of two years, after which the player becomes a free agent . In addition to the $ 77,250 G-League maximum income, which will increase to $ 92,241 by 2024/25 (for comparison: a one-way player currently receives $ 35,000 in the 2019/20 season), the player receives a daily income the active list of an NBA team a daily rate of the NBA minimum wage, which was a little over a million for 170 days in 2018/19 . There are also expenses and subsistence allowance. The advantage should be that a two-way player in the G-League team can experience and experience the game system and culture of the associated NBA team and can thus be better embedded in the team structure.

Teams

Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
Team name Location there since NBA team assignment
Delaware Blue Coats United StatesUnited States Wilmington, Delaware 2018 Philadelphia 76ers
Long Island Nets United StatesUnited States Uniondale (New York) 2016 Brooklyn Nets
Maine Red Claws United StatesUnited States Portland (Maine) 2009 Boston Celtics
Raptors 905 CanadaCanada Mississauga, Ontario 2015 Toronto Raptors
Westchester Knicks United StatesUnited States White Plains (New York) 2014 New York Knicks
Southeast Division
Team name Location there since NBA team assignment
Capital City Go-Go United StatesUnited States Washington, DC 2018 Washington Wizards
College Park Skyhawks United StatesUnited States College Park (Georgia) 2019 Atlanta Hawks
Erie BayHawks United StatesUnited States Erie, Pennsylvania 2008 New Orleans Pelicans
Greensboro Swarm United StatesUnited States Greensboro, North Carolina 2016 Charlotte Hornets
Lakeland Magic United StatesUnited States Lakeland (Florida) 2017 Orlando Magic
Central Division
Team name Location there since NBA team assignment
Canton Charge United StatesUnited States Canton (Ohio) 2011 Cleveland Cavaliers
Fort Wayne Mad Ants United StatesUnited States Fort Wayne, Indiana 2007 Indiana Pacers
Grand Rapids Drive United StatesUnited States Grand Rapids, Michigan 2014 Detroit Pistons
Windy City Bulls United StatesUnited States Hoffman Estates (Illinois) 2016 Chicago Bulls
Wisconsin stove United StatesUnited States Oshkosh (Wisconsin) 2017 Milwaukee Bucks
Western Conference
Midwest Division
Team name Location there since NBA team assignment
Iowa Wolves United StatesUnited States Des Moines, Iowa 2007 Minnesota Timberwolves
Memphis Hustle United StatesUnited States Southaven, Mississippi 2017 Memphis grizzlies
Oklahoma City Blue United StatesUnited States Oklahoma City (Oklahoma) 2014 Oklahoma City Thunder
Sioux Falls Skyforce United StatesUnited States Sioux Falls, South Dakota 1989 Miami Heat
Southwest Division
Team name Location there since NBA team assignment
Austin Spurs United StatesUnited States Cedar Park, Texas 2005 San Antonio Spurs
Rio Grande Valley Vipers United StatesUnited States Edinburgh (Texas) 2007 Houston Rockets
Salt Lake City Stars United StatesUnited States Salt Lake City, Utah 2016 Utah Jazz
Texas Legends United StatesUnited States Frisco, Texas 2009 Dallas Mavericks
Pacific Division
Team name Location there since NBA team assignment
Agua Caliente Clippers United StatesUnited States Ontario (California) 2017 Los Angeles Clippers
Northern Arizona Suns United StatesUnited States Prescott Valley, Arizona 2016 Phoenix Suns
Santa Cruz Warriors United StatesUnited States Santa Cruz (California) 2012 Golden State Warriors
South Bay Lakers United StatesUnited States El Segundo (California) 2017 Los Angeles Lakers
Stockton Kings United StatesUnited States Stockton (California) 2018 Sacramento Kings

Overview

G-League franchises ( and two locations planned for 2020/21 and 2022/23 )
Divisions: Red pog.svg Pacific Division Pink pog.svg Southwest Division Orange pog.svg Midwest Division Green pog.svg Central Division Cyan pog.svg Southeast Division Blue pog.svg Atlantic Division

Former teams

Former and relocated G-League franchises
Former teams: Gold pog.svg NBDL founding teams (three exist in other locations, the rest are hired) White pog.svg Former location Purple pog.svg Discontinued franchise

NBDL founding teams in bold

Team name Location active there fate
Albuquerque Thunderbirds
New Mexico Thunderbirds
United StatesUnited States Albuquerque (New Mexico) Rio Rancho (New Mexico) 1
United StatesUnited States
2005-2010
2010-2011
Canton Charge
Anaheim Arsenal United StatesUnited States Anaheim, California 2006-2009 Springfield Armor (until 2014)
Arkansas RimRockers United StatesUnited States Little Rock, Arkansas 2005-2007 set
Asheville Altitude United StatesUnited States Asheville, North Carolina 2001-2005 Tulsa 66ers
Austin Toros United StatesUnited States Austin (Texas) 2005-2014 Renamed Austin Spurs
Bakersfield Jam United StatesUnited States Bakersfield (California) 2006-2016 Northern Arizona Suns
(North) Charleston Lowgators United StatesUnited States Charleston, South Carolina 2001-2004 Florida Flame (until 2007)
Colorado 14ers United StatesUnited States Broomfield, Colorado 2006-2009 Texas Legends
Columbus Riverdragons United StatesUnited States Columbus (Georgia) 2001-2005 Austin Toros
Dakota Wizards United StatesUnited States Bismarck, North Dakota 2005–2012 Santa Cruz Warriors
Delaware 87ers United StatesUnited States Newark (Delaware) 2013-2018 Renamed Delaware Blue Coats
Erie BayHawks (2008-2017) United StatesUnited States Erie, Pennsylvania 2008-2017 Lakeland Magic
Erie BayHawks (2017-2019) United StatesUnited States Erie, Pennsylvania 2017-2019 College Park Skyhawks
Erie BayHawks (2019–) United StatesUnited States Erie, Pennsylvania 2019– Planned move to Birmingham, Alabama
Fayetteville Patriots United StatesUnited States Fayetteville, North Carolina 2001-2006 set
Florida Flame United StatesUnited States Fort Myers (Florida) 2004-2007 set
Fort Worth Flyers United StatesUnited States Fort Worth (Texas) 2005-2007 set
Greenville Groove United StatesUnited States Greenville, South Carolina 2001-2003 set
Idaho Stampede United StatesUnited States Boise, Idaho 2006-2016 Salt Lake City Stars
Huntsville Flight United StatesUnited States Huntsville, Alabama 2001-2005 Albuquerque Thunderbirds ,
Canton Charge
Los Angeles D-Fenders United StatesUnited States Los Angeles (California) 2006–2010, 2011–2017 Renamed South Bay Lakers
Mobile Revelers United StatesUnited States Mobile, Alabama 2001-2003 set
Reno Bighorns United StatesUnited States Reno (Nevada) 2008-2018 Stockton Kings
Roanoke Dazzle United StatesUnited States Roanoke (Virginia) 2001-2006 set
Springfield Armor United StatesUnited States Springfield, Massachusetts 2009-2014 → Grand Rapids
Tulsa 66ers United StatesUnited States Tulsa, Oklahoma 2005-2014 Oklahoma City Blue
Utah Flash United StatesUnited States Orem (Utah) 2007-2011 Delaware 87ers

1 Rio Rancho borders directly on Albuquerque in New Mexico. With the home arena, however, the name was also changed.

Champion of the NBA G-League

season winner Result loser
2001/02 Greenville Groove 2-0 North Charleston Lowgators
2002/03 Mobile Revelers 2: 1 Fayetteville Patriots
2003/04 Asheville Altitude 108: 106 (after issue) Huntsville Flight
2004/05 Asheville Altitude 90:67 Columbus Riverdragons
2005/06 Albuquerque Thunderbirds 119: 108 Fort Worth Flyers
2006/07 Dakota Wizards 129: 121 (after issue) Colorado 14ers
2007/08 Idaho Stampede 2: 1 Austin Toros
2008/09 Colorado 14ers 2-0 Utah Flash
2009/10 Rio Grande Valley Vipers 2-0 Tulsa 66ers
2010/11 Iowa Energy 2: 1 Rio Grande Valley Vipers
2011/12 Austin Toros 2: 1 Los Angeles D-Fenders
2012/13 Rio Grande Valley Vipers 2-0 Santa Cruz Warriors
2013/14 Fort Wayne Mad Ants 2-0 Santa Cruz Warriors
2014/15 Santa Cruz Warriors 2-0 Fort Wayne Mad Ants
2015/16 Sioux Falls Skyforce 2: 1 Los Angeles D-Fenders
2016/17 Raptors 905 2: 1 Rio Grande Valley Vipers
2017/18 Austin Spurs 2-0 Raptors 905
2018/19 Rio Grande Valley Vipers 2: 1 Long Island Nets
2019/20 Season canceled

Season MVPs

Records

  • Morris Almond set the D-League points record on January 30, 2008. In the 102-87 victory of his Utah Flash against the Bakersfield Jam , he scored 53 points. So he surpassed his own record of 51 points, set on December 21, 2007 in the game against the Austin Toros .
  • The NBA D-League record for rebounds in one game was set on December 9, 2007 by Rod Benson of the Dakota Wizards with 28 rebounds in the game against the Sioux Falls Skyforce . He exceeded the previous record (26 rebounds) set by Rodney Bias on March 24, 2005.
  • On March 31, 2007 in the 145: 122 victory over the Colorado 14ers , the Sioux Falls Skyforce set a D-League record for points in a game (145). In addition, the Skyforce also broke the record for points in the second half (83). In that game, both Stephen Graham (Sioux Falls) and Von Wafer (Colorado) each scored 43 points.
  • The MVP of 2006/07, Randy Livingston , put the season record for assists at (488 templates during the 2006-07 season). He also posted on December 26, 2007 the D-League assist record with 22 assists against the Bakersfield Jam .
  • Courtney Sims of Iowa Energy scored a triple-double against Sioux Falls on November 28, 2008 (22 points, 17 rebounds and 11 blocked throws). His 11 blocks offset Cheikh Samb's D-League record .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. 2011-12 NBA Development League Season Sets Records for GATORADE Call-Ups and NBA Player Assignments. (No longer available online.) NBA Development League, April 10, 2012, archived from the original on November 2, 2012 ; accessed on April 16, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nba.com
  2. ^ NBA Development League to Become NBA Gatorade League
  3. Chris Sheridan: NBA approves Lakers' ownership of the D-League team. ESPN , April 19, 2006, accessed April 16, 2012 .
  4. Mensah-Bonsu Leads East To D-League All-Star Victory. (No longer available online.) National Basketball Association , February 17, 2007, archived from the original on May 20, 2014 ; accessed on May 17, 2014 (English, match report). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nba.com
  5. Marc Stein: The 14 things to know for D-League tipoff. ESPN , November 14, 2014, accessed December 5, 2014 .
  6. NBA D-League 101: What's New in 2014-2015. NBA Development League, November 13, 2014, accessed December 5, 2014 (English, media info).
  7. MLSE Purchases NBA D-League Team As League Expands To 19 Teams For 2015-16 Season. raptors905.dleague.nba.com, June 29, 2015, accessed July 9, 2015 .
  8. ^ NN: NBA G League Expansion. On: NBA website; New York, NY, undated 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018 (in English).
  9. Mika Honkasalo: HoopsHype explains: How do two-way contracts work? On: USA Today's HoopsHype blog; McLean, VA, July 19, 2017. Retrieved September 10, 2018 (in English).
  10. Tim Cato: How the NBA's new 2-way contracts work and why some agents are worried about them. The new two-way contracts are great for teams but worse for most players. Let agents explain why. On: SBNation website; Washington, DC, July 18, 2017. Retrieved September 10, 2018 (in English).
  11. NN: Flight can't reach Altitude for NBDL title On: USA Today website, MacLean, VA, April 26, 2006, updated April 30, 2006. Retrieved September 11, 2018 (in English).
  12. NBA.com/dleague ( Memento of the original from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Asheville 90, Columbus 67: Altitude Repeat as NBDL Champions @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nba.com
  13. ^ Stefan Stevenson: T-Birds get an A-plus, take home a trophy. ( Memento from September 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (From: Albuquerque Tribune; Albuquerque, NM, April 23, 2006)
  14. NBA.com/dleague ( Memento of the original from November 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Idaho Stampede Capture 2007-08 D-League Championship @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nba.com
  15. NBA.com/dleague ( Memento of the original from January 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Colorado 14ers Capture 2009 D-League Championship @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nba.com
  16. NBA.com/dleague ( Memento of the original from April 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Randy Livingston Named NBA D-League MVP @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nba.com
  17. NBA.com/dleague ( Memento of the original from April 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Kasib Powell Named 2007-08 D-League Most Valuable Player @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nba.com
  18. NBA.com/dleague ( Memento of the original from November 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Rio Grande Valley's Mike Harris Named NBA D-League MVP @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nba.com
  19. Archived copy ( memento of the original dated August 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Iowa's Curtis Stinson Named NBA D-League Most Valuable Player @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nba.com
  20. Archived copy ( memento of the original from April 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Austin's Justin Dentmon Named 2012 NBA Development League Most Valuable Player @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nba.com
  21. NBA.com/dleague ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Almond Sets D-League Record with 53 Points @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nba.com
  22. NBA.com/dleague ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : D-League Performer of the Week: December 10 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nba.com
  23. NBA.com/dleague ( Memento of the original from December 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Stampede Roll Over Jam , December 26, 2007 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nba.com
  24. NBA.com/dleague ( Memento of the original from May 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. NBA D-League Performer of the Week: December 1, 2008 , December 2, 2008 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nba.com