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Old Thu Jun 23, 2005, 01:42pm
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Re: Farm system

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Originally posted by MN BB Ref
One of the other provisions of the new NBA collective bargaining agreement is the expansion of the NBADL from 8 to 16 teams. Each team would be associated with two NBA teams so they would be able to send their players down in order to gain experience in a minor league. Think what this would've done for Darko of the Pistons or Ndudi Ebi of the T-wolves. This would allow them to get meaningful playing time in a game situation rather than being practice squad warriors
That sounds good in theory, MN, but do you really think that any team is going to send down a kid that they just gave $20 million to?

My guess is that the D-League will continue to be what it has been, a place for undrafted free agents to play.
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