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Some rules to note re: D-League.
There are 5 ways for a D-League team to get players.
First, returning players (teams decide which players they want to keep their rights to). In the 905’s case, it’s an expansion draft on the rights to players that played in the D-League within the past two years (the past two years is also the window for "returning players"). Teams will decide who their returning players are, then the 905 get to assign any of the players not chosen by the other teams as their own returning players.
Second, NBA draft assignees. These guys are guys like Daniels for example to whom the NBA team has draft rights. They can be assigned directly to the team’s affiliate D-League team.
Third, NBA affiliate assignees. NBA teams that cut players in training camp (these players would be signed to a non-guaranteed summer deal and would be waived before the start of the season if they don’t make the NBA roster) can assign their D-League rights directly to their affiliate D-League team. The limit is 4 players for this type of assignment. I expect Roberts to fall into this category, with whatever small guarantee he gets on his NBA summer contract essentially a supplement to his D-League salary.
Fourth, the DL draft. Teams run a draft just like the NBA does, for all players who are not assigned to a team per the above three situations.
Finally, local tryouts can be held to find players to sign, or other players can sign after the draft.
When a player signs a contract, he signs it with the D-League, not his team, and is assigned to a team per the above rules. I’m fuzzy on the rules, as the NBADL CBA is not publicly available like the NBA one, but I’m pretty sure of the following:
Players are paid based on their tier – 25k, 19k or 13k per year, plus living expenses and health care benefits. I believe that any returning players, NBA draft assignees and NBA affiliate assignees would qualify for the top tier. And drafted players would be tiered based on their draft position (or possibly all assigned the 19k tier). While post-draft signings (local tryouts or other) would be relegated to the lowest tier (as an incentive to enter the draft).
There are 5 ways for a D-League team to get players.
First, returning players (teams decide which players they want to keep their rights to). In the 905’s case, it’s an expansion draft on the rights to players that played in the D-League within the past two years (the past two years is also the window for "returning players"). Teams will decide who their returning players are, then the 905 get to assign any of the players not chosen by the other teams as their own returning players.
Second, NBA draft assignees. These guys are guys like Daniels for example to whom the NBA team has draft rights. They can be assigned directly to the team’s affiliate D-League team.
Third, NBA affiliate assignees. NBA teams that cut players in training camp (these players would be signed to a non-guaranteed summer deal and would be waived before the start of the season if they don’t make the NBA roster) can assign their D-League rights directly to their affiliate D-League team. The limit is 4 players for this type of assignment. I expect Roberts to fall into this category, with whatever small guarantee he gets on his NBA summer contract essentially a supplement to his D-League salary.
Fourth, the DL draft. Teams run a draft just like the NBA does, for all players who are not assigned to a team per the above three situations.
Finally, local tryouts can be held to find players to sign, or other players can sign after the draft.
When a player signs a contract, he signs it with the D-League, not his team, and is assigned to a team per the above rules. I’m fuzzy on the rules, as the NBADL CBA is not publicly available like the NBA one, but I’m pretty sure of the following:
Players are paid based on their tier – 25k, 19k or 13k per year, plus living expenses and health care benefits. I believe that any returning players, NBA draft assignees and NBA affiliate assignees would qualify for the top tier. And drafted players would be tiered based on their draft position (or possibly all assigned the 19k tier). While post-draft signings (local tryouts or other) would be relegated to the lowest tier (as an incentive to enter the draft).
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