MikeSU02
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Some interesting comments on Zach Lowe's podcast with Adam Silver when Zach was asking about potential new items for the NBA:
http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=14417801
- Increased D-League salaries
- Additional NBA roster spots (increasing from 15 to 17 for two-way contracts)
- Two-way contracts (meaning that if one of those rosters new roster spots has a guy that bounces up from the NBA to the D-League, his contract adjusts with the league, bouncing between, for example, $500K annual salary and $80K annual salary)
- Third round to the NBA draft
The overall goal is to make the NBA D-League more appealing to guys who would otherwise go to Europe or China (where it is very difficult to come back to the NBA). And, with the additional roster spots, allow teams to get fringe guys working on their system and be able to bounce between the leagues with less friction to the teams that need them to produce.
My own take is that this is just a first step in the eventual expansion of the D-League to mirror a full throttle minor league system that would be an alternative to college, mostly for the top 20-50 players each year. The NBA caps league entrance as +1 year post-graduating HS class, but allows HS graduates to go directly to the D-League. Just my 0.02.
[EDIT: Link to podcast added]
http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=14417801
- Increased D-League salaries
- Additional NBA roster spots (increasing from 15 to 17 for two-way contracts)
- Two-way contracts (meaning that if one of those rosters new roster spots has a guy that bounces up from the NBA to the D-League, his contract adjusts with the league, bouncing between, for example, $500K annual salary and $80K annual salary)
- Third round to the NBA draft
The overall goal is to make the NBA D-League more appealing to guys who would otherwise go to Europe or China (where it is very difficult to come back to the NBA). And, with the additional roster spots, allow teams to get fringe guys working on their system and be able to bounce between the leagues with less friction to the teams that need them to produce.
My own take is that this is just a first step in the eventual expansion of the D-League to mirror a full throttle minor league system that would be an alternative to college, mostly for the top 20-50 players each year. The NBA caps league entrance as +1 year post-graduating HS class, but allows HS graduates to go directly to the D-League. Just my 0.02.
[EDIT: Link to podcast added]