NBA D-League Affiliations Announced

[Louis]

NBA Announces D-League Affiliation

NEW YORK, Sept. 19 – The National Basketball Association announced today its new affiliation and assignment system for the NBA Development League. Under this system, each of the eight current D-League teams will be affiliated with either three or four NBA teams, and the NBA teams may assign players in their first two seasons to play in the D-League.

“This is another step in the right direction to assist in the continuing development of players,” said Stu Jackson, NBA Senior Vice President, Basketball Operations. “It has long been our goal to have team affiliations between the NBA and the D-League and this structure should be mutually beneficial to both leagues and the players.”

“This is terrific news for basketball fans in D-League markets”, said Phil Evans, NBA Development League President. “Now, in addition to seeing the best basketball players in the world not currently in the NBA, they will have the opportunity to see current NBA players as well, some of whom will be future NBA stars. We've now made a quality entertainment product even better.”

This affiliation and assignment system will be reviewed by the NBA after the 2005-06 season, and if additional D-League teams are added for the 2006-07 season, affiliations will be adjusted to correspond with the total number of D-League teams..

Assignment Rules:

An NBA team may assign any player on its Active List or Inactive List to play in the D-League, provided that the player has zero or one Years of Service at the time of Assignment.

No players may be given more than three Assignments during any season. There is no minimum or maximum length of a D-League assignment.
During the 2005-06 season, no NBA team may have more than two players on assignment at the same time.

A player on Assignment will be carried on the Inactive List of his NBA Team.

The D-League offers players the opportunity to develop their talent in a highly competitive atmosphere under the NBA’s umbrella.

Thirty-four (34) players have been called up from the D-League to the NBA on 50 separate occasions. Eleven (11) former D-League coaches, five athletic trainers, 11 referees and 29 front office executives have also been called up since the start of the league’s inaugural season in November 2001.

Designed to help grow the sport of basketball both domestically and internationally, the league also offers fun, family entertainment at affordable prices. The D-League is a source of on-court talent for the NBA’s 30 teams and is a diverse human resources pool for the NBA and its teams by training employees in management, operations, public relations, sales and marketing positions.

2005-06 NBA DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE TEAM AFFILIATIONS

Albuquerque Thunderbirds with Michael Cooper as Coach
Phoenix Suns
Sacramento Kings
Seattle SuperSonics
Utah Jazz


Arkansas RimRockers
Atlanta Hawks
Cleveland Cavaliers
Memphis Grizzlies
Toronto Raptors


Austin Toros
Denver Nuggets
Houston Rockets
Los Angeles Clippers
San Antonio Spurs


Fayetteville Patriots
Charlotte Bobcats
Detroit Pistons
New York Knicks


Florida Flame
Boston Celtics
Miami Heat
Minnesota Timberwolves
Orlando Magic

Fort Worth Flyers
Dallas Mavericks
Golden State Warriors
Los Angeles Lakers
Portland Trail Blazers

Roanoke Dazzle
New Jersey Nets
Philadelphia 76ers
Washington Wizards

Tulsa 66ers
Chicago Bulls
Indiana Pacers
Milwaukee Bucks
New Orleans Hornets
http://www.nba.com/dleague/nbdl/dlea...on_050919.html
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No breaking news, just found it interesting.

[ZONACAT]

Nice link, I find it funny that Dallas and the LAL share a team.

[JMarkJohns]

For teams finding talent late and out of the draft, I think the best teams will be either Albuquerque (Phoenix, Sacramento...Seattle, Utah) or Fort Worth (Golden State, Dallas...Trail Blazers, Lakers)...

[the goat]

Just wondering how there can be teams with only 3 teams feeding them? Wouldn't those teams have less players??

[JMarkJohns]

I think each NBA team is allowed 3 roster spots and the remaining roster would just be filled out with players earning the NBADL salaries, unemployed and unaffiliated with any pro team.

[bhanson]

If I read it right I guess Ebi is not eligible.

[JMarkJohns]

Originally, the League was discussed for players with three years or less tenure in the NBA. I guess when everything was hammered out, a year got cut off.

So then, yes, Ebi does not qualify.

[Ben Hansen]

I keep saying...Ebi will eventually be really good when he gets PT.

[JMarkJohns]

Ebi averaged good numbers towards the end of last season. Granted, it was garbage time when nothing mattered, but he was playing around 25 minutes a game and was doing quite well.

[Class of 1990]

With the South and Southwest represented it too bad Tucson could never get a team.

TCC needs to be rebuilt and this town someday can move above Monster Trucks and WWE events. Not that there is anything wrong with those events.

Seriously.

[DCCat]

Originally Posted by JMarkJohns

I think each NBA team is allowed 3 roster spots and the remaining roster would just be filled out with players earning the NBADL salaries, unemployed and unaffiliated with any pro team.

As the story above noted, for the coming season teams will only be able to assign two players at a time. I think the CBA in general allows for three and I imagine that's how it'll be in the 06-07 season when there are more NBADL teams and only two NBA teams affiliated with each of them, but for this year they probably cut it to two players because three at a time would basically fill an entire NBADL roster, leaving little room for anyone else.