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The '''NBA G League''', or simply the '''G League''', is the
Initially eight teams, the league expanded after 2005 under a plan by NBA commissioner [[David Stern]] to develop it into a true minor-league [[farm team|farm system]], with each NBA D-League team affiliated with one or more NBA teams. By mid-2014, one-third of NBA players had spent time in the NBA D-League, up from 23% in 2011.
As of the [[2024–25 NBA G League season|2024–25 season]], the league consists of 31 teams. All are single-affiliated or owned by an NBA team except the independent [[Mexico City Capitanes]].
== History ==
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== Player allocations ==
NBA G League players generally do not sign contracts with the individual teams, but with the league itself. G League team rosters consist of a total of 12 players, 10 (or fewer) being G League players and two (or more) NBA players. The rosters are made up in a number of ways: the previous
The minimum age to play in the G League is 18,<ref>{{cite web |title=D-League lowers the age requirement to 18 |publisher=[[ESPN]] |work=[[ESPN.com]] |date=April 13, 2006 |access-date=March 29, 2008 |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=2407522 }}</ref> unlike the NBA which requires players to be 19 years old and one year out of high school in order to sign an NBA contract or be eligible for the draft. The base annual salary is US$35,000 plus housing and insurance benefits. Players who are called up for NBA get bonuses totalling up to US$50,000.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/17/sports/basketball/g-league-salaries-increase.html Big Pay Raises Coming for G League Players] - Marc Stein, ''The New York Times'', April 17, 2018</ref>
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=== {{anchor|showcase}}NBA G League Showcase ===
The league stages an annual NBA G League Showcase in which all of the league's teams play each other in a "carnival" format. The showcase was first played in 2005 was originally intended solely as a scouting event for NBA general managers and scouts, but evolved into a four-day event with each team playing two games apiece. From 2005 to 2017, 15 players were called-up or recalled during or immediately following the Showcase.{{
As of 2019, the event's location was the [[Mandalay Bay|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino]] on the [[Las Vegas Strip]]. Because of limited space at the conference center site, all games are played [[behind closed doors (sport)|without spectators]], although TV and Internet coverage is available for all games. The 2019 showcase was a series of mini-tournaments in which the winning team shared a $100,000 grand prize.{{
Before Las Vegas, host cities were [[Columbus, Georgia]] (2005); [[Fayetteville, North Carolina]] (2006); [[Sioux Falls, South Dakota]] (2007); [[Boise, Idaho]] (2008); [[Orem, Utah]] (2009); [[Boise, Idaho]] (2010); [[South Padre Island, Texas]] (2011); [[Reno, Nevada]] in 2012 and 2013; [[Santa Cruz, California]] in 2015; and [[Mississauga|Mississauga, Ontario]] in 2017 and 2018. It was not held in 2016.
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