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?