D-League?

by AnotherStupidSN on Jul 24, 2008 12:59 PM PDT Comment 16 comments

Does anyone here know how the D-League system works? We now have an affiliate team in Reno, but what does that really mean? Are we allowed to have a certain number of players under contract that we can relegate to Reno without taking up a spot on our Active Roster and call them back up whenever we want? What about players on the Reno team that we don't have under contract, can any team in the NBA sign them? If Ron Artest is still on the Kings when the season begins and continues to bitch about it, can we send him off to Reno so he doesn't become a locker room cancer (and to take away some of his spotlight) until we're able to trade him? Can we make Kenny Thomas ride the bench in Reno instead of here, mostly because it's fun be mean to Kenny Thomas? Can we make him be the Reno team's mascot?

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Well the D-League is a league by itself

What’s unusual about it is that it is similar to the minor league farm system that Major League Baseball has like Triple A Double A and the like.

A team, like the Kings, can send any young player they want, as long as they’re under contract, and it’s their first 2 years in the league as a 1st round draft pick. (So Hawes and Thompson would be elgible to play down there for instance. Douby would not.) Singletary, Brown and Ewing Jr could all spend significant time (particularly Singletary) if the Kings try to get them minutes that aren’t available with the Kings.

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get tangled, you tango on

by pookeyguru on Jul 24, 2008 1:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Ahh

So you’re dashing my dreams of making Artest and KT ride a bus from Reno to Tulsa? I appreciate the info, but I kinda wish you’d kept your mouth shut :)

by AnotherStupidSN on Jul 24, 2008 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dang-it!

I just posted in the Bobby Brown thread about sending Artest, Mikki, and Thomas to the D-league to sold a multitude of problems… Way to stick a rusty dagger through my heart and turn it ever so slowly.

by dkons21 on Jul 24, 2008 1:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

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Solve, not sold. Somebody PLEASE code an edit button into the posts ;o/

by dkons21 on Jul 24, 2008 1:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Seriously though

It would be great if teams could send anyone on the roster to the D-League instead of just 1st or 2nd years (like with the Minors in baseball), not just to mess with Artest and KT but also for more noble purposes like allowing Reef to rehab his knee to see if he can get back to being a contributor in the NBA or if it’s time to hang up his sneakers.

by AnotherStupidSN on Jul 24, 2008 1:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

He can shoot, and he looks great in a suit. Hey, everybody - It's REGGIE TIME!

by dalt99 on Jul 24, 2008 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

CBA & League Rules

I doubt that the Players Association would ok something like that.

It could also become a way to stash extra players on your roster without concern of the current roster rules (the D-league would then literally complete the MLB Minor league team analogy . . . and do we really need 30 NBDL teams?).

Otherwise, I think it’s a great idea (especially for rehabbing after injuries).

by smgmatt on Jul 24, 2008 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe they could put that in the CBA

A provision to let players rehab with a D-league team.

The idea, it has merit.

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by LeaguePassAddict on Jul 24, 2008 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Indeed it does

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get tangled, you tango on

by pookeyguru on Jul 24, 2008 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good point

Ball movement ... is like jogging for most people: They do it occasionally, and it makes them happy. Then they go back to not doing it. - Henry Abbott

by Kfan in Korea on Jul 24, 2008 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

minor league rehab - good idea

probably a limit on it for the ‘player stashing’ reason smgmatt mentioned though. Teams with no concerns with the tax could stash guys there.

Hrrrrrrr! I just thought what Isaih would have done if could have had that option

eternal skeptical optimist

by lietothegirls on Jul 25, 2008 1:18 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Even worse

Think of what KP could do in Portland with Paul Allen’s money.

They could keep a D-league team annually stocked with first round picks.

by smgmatt on Jul 25, 2008 7:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hypothetically...

They could do that under the current rules, right? You can send any players under contract in their first two years to the D-League? So they could get 4 first rounders one year (which wouldn’t shock me) and stash two or three of them in the D-League for a couple of years. As for the rehab idea, what if the rehabbing player still took up a spot on your active roster while he was playing in the D-League? That way it might be used by teams genuinely interested in getting some real minutes for a player coming off of serious injury without worrying about losing games because of it, and there’s no way for rich teams to abuse the system by “stashing” healthy players. I’m thinking one thing the Players’ Union might be concerned with though is coaches/GMs using the D-League punitively, like I want to with Artest and KT. Maybe if the player had to agree to the move, then it couldn’t be used punitively but might still be used by a guy like Reef (or even, a guy like KT who gets no time in the real league, if they were in a contract year and wanted to audition for potential teams, though this is getting pretty far from the original intent of the D-League).

by AnotherStupidSN on Jul 25, 2008 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good stuff

I agree with a lot of what you’re saying, and I don’t know much about the current rules for the D-League, so I don’t know how possible it is to abuse currently.

One point I’d like to add is that most players would refuse a D-League assignment for a multitude of reasons.

What does a player like Kenny Thomas have to gain by playing in the NBDL? If he doesn’t dominate then it only hurts his value. This is the same reasoning that most agents use when they don’t let high lottery picks work out before the draft.

You’ve got a lot of good stuff in there though. Nice post.

One suggestion: in the future try to parse it out a little but so that your points don’t all clump together. Space is free on the internet so use that “Enter” key liberally . . . it makes following your points much easier.

by smgmatt on Jul 25, 2008 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You're right

I think that an “established” player like KT using the D-League for their own benefit would probably happen rarely if ever (unless eventually the league earned a reputation for a really high level of play), I was really just daydreaming out loud with that one on what the D-League could be, as I’m intrigued by it (and fairly ignorant about it).

But it would make my day to see Kenny Thomas in a Reno jersey (photoshop anyone?)

Also, thanks for the kudos.

And the advice.

by AnotherStupidSN on Jul 28, 2008 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

A Veteran 'Rehab' contingiency

makes a lot of sense.

They must be counted on the active roster.

Limited to a certain number of games (10?) with no right to refuse assignment.

I think 3rd year players (still in rookie contract) should also be eligible for unlimited…

Might teach a few vets something about being ‘Hungry’ again as well as allowing those hopefully developing young players some opportunities to measure themselves against NBA vets.

eternal skeptical optimist

by lietothegirls on Jul 28, 2008 9:44 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs