[ChicagoCaseyParticipant]

 DeAndre Ayton made some interesting comments about some players would consider going to the NBA Developmental League if the price is right, in the low hundred thousands. I find that interesting because I believe that the D-League can prepare players better than playing college ball. DeAndre Ayton did say that he is indeed playing college ball because his mother want him to go and he want the experience. 

I was in favor in players going to the AmeriLeague, a league that the founder was a fraud. I like the idea of the one and done prospects playing in a league outside of college, preferably a domestic league. The D-League offer similar rules as the NBA, while the NCAAB have different rules, three point line, shot clock. The D-League also offers better competition than college basketball do. 

If the NBA and NCAA can come to a ruling that if a prospect want to enter his name in the NBA draft he have to wait 2-3 years, players that are interested in going to the NBA early should go to the D-League. The 2/3 and out rule helps college by having the top talent in the league stay 2 to 3 years/

Each NBA team is planning to own their own developmental team, or at least going in that direction. Top prospects going to the D-League makes the games much more watchable and marketable. The D-League can be competition to NCAAB, and maybe even past it if they can get a TV Deal with ESPN. FOX SPORTS 1, etc….. I would definitely watch the D-League more if they can get guys like DeAndre Ayton, Michael Porter, Trevon Duval, Trae Yound, etc…. play in the league while broadcasting the games on more watchable networks. 

I know that I am not a top prospect, but if I was a top prospect I would go to the D-League. I believe they offer better competition, better chance of developing their game, getting paid actual money to play, and a early chance to get use the to NBA lifestyle/travel. I know some might want the College lifestyle and an education, but you can always go back to college and if you are a one and done player you would leave an 6 months anyway. 

 

 

 

 

[warson24]

There’s no way the D-League can prepare players better than college ball for the NBA…
The coaching is very poor in the D-League right now, to learn the basics of the game and the nuances how to play we can’t compare it with the college ball. D-League coaches makes substitutions and let their guys to play one-ones and jacking up shots to get nice numbers with the hope of an NBA call-up, the rosters completly turn around in a season with call-ups, waivers, players coming/going overseas, there’s no stability, a 17-19 years old guy needs to learn how to play in a system and what to do in certain plays, situations, not run and gun without any plan and try to score before the other call-up hungry veteran does it…
The D-league is an excellent place for players already drafted, if they don’t have the playing time with their NBA team, they can play 30-36 minutes and improve in cathegories what their "owner" teams want to do and face players with different playing styles. I’m a big fan of the D-league, it’s really benefical for NBA teams and their rookies to learn from the mother team and try to do it there, and also good for borderline NBA players, but terrible to begin your development there.
The competition thing is a bit itchy since if you are a Villanova Wildcat the regular season competition in non-conference games are down playing with the Grambling State Tigers compared to a Fort Wayne Mad Ants roster, but that’s the learning curve, when the conference tournaments/march madness begins and you play against UNC there’s a much better competition/test for you than a lackluster game against a bottom feeder D-League team – to be honest nobody cares if his D-League affiliate team makes or miss the playoffs, didn’t have any importance (players wants call-ups, teams wants to scout or train)…
The NBA and NCAA rules are not that different, you can learn it in five minutes, but currenty, you can learn much more from a college basketball’s team coaching staff.
If you want to see Ayton, Porter, Duval and Young play against eachother just watch NCAA, they can meet there aswell, you won’t need ESPN to negotiate with the D-League…

 

[warson24]

There’s no way the D-League can prepare players better than college ball for the NBA…
The coaching is very poor in the D-League right now, to learn the basics of the game and the nuances how to play we can’t compare it with the college ball. D-League coaches makes substitutions and let their guys to play one-ones and jacking up shots to get nice numbers with the hope of an NBA call-up, the rosters completly turn around in a season with call-ups, waivers, players coming/going overseas, there’s no stability, a 17-19 years old guy needs to learn how to play in a system and what to do in certain plays, situations, not run and gun without any plan and try to score before the other call-up hungry veteran does it…
The D-league is an excellent place for players already drafted, if they don’t have the playing time with their NBA team, they can play 30-36 minutes and improve in cathegories what their "owner" teams want to do and face players with different playing styles. I’m a big fan of the D-league, it’s really benefical for NBA teams and their rookies to learn from the mother team and try to do it there, and also good for borderline NBA players, but terrible to begin your development there.
The competition thing is a bit itchy since if you are a Villanova Wildcat the regular season competition in non-conference games are down playing with the Grambling State Tigers compared to a Fort Wayne Mad Ants roster, but that’s the learning curve, when the conference tournaments/march madness begins and you play against UNC there’s a much better competition/test for you than a lackluster game against a bottom feeder D-League team – to be honest nobody cares if his D-League affiliate team makes or miss the playoffs, didn’t have any importance (players wants call-ups, teams wants to scout or train)…
The NBA and NCAA rules are not that different, you can learn it in five minutes, but currenty, you can learn much more from a college basketball’s team coaching staff.
If you want to see Ayton, Porter, Duval and Young play against eachother just watch NCAA, they can meet there aswell, you won’t need ESPN to negotiate with the D-League…

 

[ChicagoCaseyParticipant]

 You literally just named teams like Kentucky, Duke, and other great colege basketball teams, not just D-League teams. Kentucky literally have tdifferent rosters each year w/ eery player going staright yo yhe pros. So, it’s a very moot point that it’s a bad idea to go to the d-league because every year there’s team turnaround. And saying "there will be hungy verterans wanting shots", LOL Seniors do the same thing.

I watch D-League games, and to say that all the D-League do is jack up shots and play one on ones is staright up ignorant. Only about 2 teams do that. Now, that all the teams now starting to get their own team, their using their own system.

I fail to get the stance that "college have better competition than the D-League" because literally the D-League is filled w/ college stars, the only difference is they are older, got better, and is more experienced. Also, "It’s terrib;e to start you development there", how so? You get to get used to the NBA lifestyle faster, you get the run actually NBA players, you can practice 24/7, and you play by NBA rules, and you travel 24/7. You literally stay in college for 1 year, not mant will learn the world in that 6 months, college coaches don’t have that much impact.

"The NBA and College rules are not that different". Yes it is, it’s not close to being the same. Different clock, different spacing, and much more. Why are people fixated on "college coaching" when most of the time the coaches let the players run the shot clock out and wait to 14 or so seconds left to actually run a play. Don’t overrate the college coaches. 

Yeah, I would much rather watch the top prosects go the D-League route instead of the college route because the D-League DO have better competition, the DO have NBA set plays. they have the same rules. and is WAY more similar to the NBA than College basketball can dream to become. 

Not trying to call you out or anything,  but this is one of the most ignorant post about "NCAA > D-League" that I’ve seen. Some of the flaws you have about the D-League are the same problems the NCAA have. Players leave after one year, coaches not making any impact.

 

 

  

[ChicagoCaseyParticipant]

 You literally just named teams like Kentucky, Duke, and other great colege basketball teams, not just D-League teams. Kentucky literally have tdifferent rosters each year w/ eery player going staright yo yhe pros. So, it’s a very moot point that it’s a bad idea to go to the d-league because every year there’s team turnaround. And saying "there will be hungy verterans wanting shots", LOL Seniors do the same thing.

I watch D-League games, and to say that all the D-League do is jack up shots and play one on ones is staright up ignorant. Only about 2 teams do that. Now, that all the teams now starting to get their own team, their using their own system.

I fail to get the stance that "college have better competition than the D-League" because literally the D-League is filled w/ college stars, the only difference is they are older, got better, and is more experienced. Also, "It’s terrib;e to start you development there", how so? You get to get used to the NBA lifestyle faster, you get the run actually NBA players, you can practice 24/7, and you play by NBA rules, and you travel 24/7. You literally stay in college for 1 year, not mant will learn the world in that 6 months, college coaches don’t have that much impact.

"The NBA and College rules are not that different". Yes it is, it’s not close to being the same. Different clock, different spacing, and much more. Why are people fixated on "college coaching" when most of the time the coaches let the players run the shot clock out and wait to 14 or so seconds left to actually run a play. Don’t overrate the college coaches. 

Yeah, I would much rather watch the top prosects go the D-League route instead of the college route because the D-League DO have better competition, the DO have NBA set plays. they have the same rules. and is WAY more similar to the NBA than College basketball can dream to become. 

Not trying to call you out or anything,  but this is one of the most ignorant post about "NCAA > D-League" that I’ve seen. Some of the flaws you have about the D-League are the same problems the NCAA have. Players leave after one year, coaches not making any impact.

 

 

  

[ChicagoCaseyParticipant]

 You literally just named teams like Kentucky, Duke, and other great colege basketball teams, not just D-League teams. Kentucky literally have tdifferent rosters each year w/ eery player going staright yo yhe pros. So, it’s a very moot point that it’s a bad idea to go to the d-league because every year there’s team turnaround. And saying "there will be hungy verterans wanting shots", LOL Seniors do the same thing.

I watch D-League games, and to say that all the D-League do is jack up shots and play one on ones is staright up ignorant. Only about 2 teams do that. Now, that all the teams now starting to get their own team, their using their own system.

I fail to get the stance that "college have better competition than the D-League" because literally the D-League is filled w/ college stars, the only difference is they are older, got better, and is more experienced. Also, "It’s terrib;e to start you development there", how so? You get to get used to the NBA lifestyle faster, you get the run actually NBA players, you can practice 24/7, and you play by NBA rules, and you travel 24/7. You literally stay in college for 1 year, not mant will learn the world in that 6 months, college coaches don’t have that much impact.

"The NBA and College rules are not that different". Yes it is, it’s not close to being the same. Different clock, different spacing, and much more. Why are people fixated on "college coaching" when most of the time the coaches let the players run the shot clock out and wait to 14 or so seconds left to actually run a play. Don’t overrate the college coaches. 

Yeah, I would much rather watch the top prosects go the D-League route instead of the college route because the D-League DO have better competition, the DO have NBA set plays. they have the same rules. and is WAY more similar to the NBA than College basketball can dream to become. 

Not trying to call you out or anything,  but this is one of the most ignorant post about "NCAA > D-League" that I’ve seen. Some of the flaws you have about the D-League are the same problems the NCAA have. Players leave after one year, coaches not making any impact.

 

 

  

[warson24]

 You were talking about top High School prospects (like Ayton, Duval), those players are almost always going to "teams like Kentucky Duke and other great college basketball teams"……………………….. Good teams has good coaches (K, Izzo, etc). Nobody said to you Ayton should go to Idaho State… I said college could be great for a talented prospect’s development, better than D-League because just as you said it’s an advanced stage of basketball, and most of those young prospects (not basketball players, many are rather athlete) should take it step by step, not skipping the basics or learning tactical element -like running the shot clock (right, exaggerated in college sometimes), 
Seniors playing 4 years in a structured system they won’t shoot everything if they didn’t do that before… Something can’t be said about a newby who just finished the Chinese season and wants a fast 10-day contract. I also watch DL games much more than 2 do this from that 20 teams…
Players leave after one year, right, but not after one week like in the D-L…. and yes low major coaches likely not having any impact, but the prospects you’re talking about isn’t going there…

 

[ChicagoCaseyParticipant]

What?????? The NCAA teaches one and done players how to "run the clock out"? LMAO. 

Going to the D-League is not "skipping steps in development". That point make zero sence and you can not possibly prove that the NCAA can offer more in terms development besides "COACH K AND TOM IZZO". In college you have a certain amount of time to be in the gym and you have a certain amount of time to be w/ the coaches weekly. In the D-League you don’t have to be in school and you have unlimited time to work on your game.

Trust me that a good 4 year senior not going to sacrafice shots for a 18 year old freshman. So, that argument that the D-League players want get them the ball and college seniors will do it is baseless.

And their are not that many players from the D-League get called up on a weekly basis. And even if they do, the top prospects will get more prospects time and more shots.

 

[ChicagoCaseyParticipant]

What?????? The NCAA teaches one and done players how to "run the clock out"? LMAO. 

Going to the D-League is not "skipping steps in development". That point make zero sence and you can not possibly prove that the NCAA can offer more in terms development besides "COACH K AND TOM IZZO". In college you have a certain amount of time to be in the gym and you have a certain amount of time to be w/ the coaches weekly. In the D-League you don’t have to be in school and you have unlimited time to work on your game.

Trust me that a good 4 year senior not going to sacrafice shots for a 18 year old freshman. So, that argument that the D-League players want get them the ball and college seniors will do it is baseless.

And their are not that many players from the D-League get called up on a weekly basis. And even if they do, the top prospects will get more prospects time and more shots.

 

[ChicagoCaseyParticipant]

What?????? The NCAA teaches one and done players how to "run the clock out"? LMAO. 

Going to the D-League is not "skipping steps in development". That point make zero sence and you can not possibly prove that the NCAA can offer more in terms development besides "COACH K AND TOM IZZO". In college you have a certain amount of time to be in the gym and you have a certain amount of time to be w/ the coaches weekly. In the D-League you don’t have to be in school and you have unlimited time to work on your game.

Trust me that a good 4 year senior not going to sacrafice shots for a 18 year old freshman. So, that argument that the D-League players want get them the ball and college seniors will do it is baseless.

And their are not that many players from the D-League get called up on a weekly basis. And even if they do, the top prospects will get more prospects time and more shots.

 

[warson24]

 You were talking about top High School prospects (like Ayton, Duval), those players are almost always going to "teams like Kentucky Duke and other great college basketball teams"……………………….. Good teams has good coaches (K, Izzo, etc). Nobody said to you Ayton should go to Idaho State… I said college could be great for a talented prospect’s development, better than D-League because just as you said it’s an advanced stage of basketball, and most of those young prospects (not basketball players, many are rather athlete) should take it step by step, not skipping the basics or learning tactical element -like running the shot clock (right, exaggerated in college sometimes), 
Seniors playing 4 years in a structured system they won’t shoot everything if they didn’t do that before… Something can’t be said about a newby who just finished the Chinese season and wants a fast 10-day contract. I also watch DL games much more than 2 do this from that 20 teams…
Players leave after one year, right, but not after one week like in the D-L…. and yes low major coaches likely not having any impact, but the prospects you’re talking about isn’t going there…

 

[warson24]

 You were talking about top High School prospects (like Ayton, Duval), those players are almost always going to "teams like Kentucky Duke and other great college basketball teams"……………………….. Good teams has good coaches (K, Izzo, etc). Nobody said to you Ayton should go to Idaho State… I said college could be great for a talented prospect’s development, better than D-League because just as you said it’s an advanced stage of basketball, and most of those young prospects (not basketball players, many are rather athlete) should take it step by step, not skipping the basics or learning tactical element -like running the shot clock (right, exaggerated in college sometimes), 
Seniors playing 4 years in a structured system they won’t shoot everything if they didn’t do that before… Something can’t be said about a newby who just finished the Chinese season and wants a fast 10-day contract. I also watch DL games much more than 2 do this from that 20 teams…
Players leave after one year, right, but not after one week like in the D-L…. and yes low major coaches likely not having any impact, but the prospects you’re talking about isn’t going there…

 

[warson24]

There’s no way the D-League can prepare players better than college ball for the NBA…
The coaching is very poor in the D-League right now, to learn the basics of the game and the nuances how to play we can’t compare it with the college ball. D-League coaches makes substitutions and let their guys to play one-ones and jacking up shots to get nice numbers with the hope of an NBA call-up, the rosters completly turn around in a season with call-ups, waivers, players coming/going overseas, there’s no stability, a 17-19 years old guy needs to learn how to play in a system and what to do in certain plays, situations, not run and gun without any plan and try to score before the other call-up hungry veteran does it…
The D-league is an excellent place for players already drafted, if they don’t have the playing time with their NBA team, they can play 30-36 minutes and improve in cathegories what their "owner" teams want to do and face players with different playing styles. I’m a big fan of the D-league, it’s really benefical for NBA teams and their rookies to learn from the mother team and try to do it there, and also good for borderline NBA players, but terrible to begin your development there.
The competition thing is a bit itchy since if you are a Villanova Wildcat the regular season competition in non-conference games are down playing with the Grambling State Tigers compared to a Fort Wayne Mad Ants roster, but that’s the learning curve, when the conference tournaments/march madness begins and you play against UNC there’s a much better competition/test for you than a lackluster game against a bottom feeder D-League team – to be honest nobody cares if his D-League affiliate team makes or miss the playoffs, didn’t have any importance (players wants call-ups, teams wants to scout or train)…
The NBA and NCAA rules are not that different, you can learn it in five minutes, but currenty, you can learn much more from a college basketball’s team coaching staff.
If you want to see Ayton, Porter, Duval and Young play against eachother just watch NCAA, they can meet there aswell, you won’t need ESPN to negotiate with the D-League…

 

[HitsterParticipant]

 D-League is a good way out for any young player who may want a pay day before he goes to the NBA but it runs a lot of risks as players could be tapped up prior to going into a draft and it could expose a player’s skill level directly.

Lets say a player who was likely to declare next year was a consensus top 10 pick went to D-League instead of college and came up against a prospect who was drafted in 21-30 range this year who had been sent to the D-League. The drafted guy dominates the guy who wants to declare next year and hence the 2nd guy’s stock could fall as he’s been seen in action against an NBA guy.

 

[HitsterParticipant]

 D-League is a good way out for any young player who may want a pay day before he goes to the NBA but it runs a lot of risks as players could be tapped up prior to going into a draft and it could expose a player’s skill level directly.

Lets say a player who was likely to declare next year was a consensus top 10 pick went to D-League instead of college and came up against a prospect who was drafted in 21-30 range this year who had been sent to the D-League. The drafted guy dominates the guy who wants to declare next year and hence the 2nd guy’s stock could fall as he’s been seen in action against an NBA guy.

 

[HitsterParticipant]

 D-League is a good way out for any young player who may want a pay day before he goes to the NBA but it runs a lot of risks as players could be tapped up prior to going into a draft and it could expose a player’s skill level directly.

Lets say a player who was likely to declare next year was a consensus top 10 pick went to D-League instead of college and came up against a prospect who was drafted in 21-30 range this year who had been sent to the D-League. The drafted guy dominates the guy who wants to declare next year and hence the 2nd guy’s stock could fall as he’s been seen in action against an NBA guy.

 

[Bankroll PJParticipant]

 I would love to see the D League built up and become more common for 1st round picks,  It’s starting to get annoying that so many teams would rather draft a foreign kid that will never come over and play just because they don’t like anyone on the board and don’t want to pay anyone.  Hopefully some of this new money can go to the D leauge to help develop it.  However, I think college is a better bet for high profile players at the moment.  The kids at the Kentucky, Duke, Kansas, Indiana, etc are all treated as celebrities, stay in the nicest hotels and buses, have every meal provided for them, and attract much more media attention.  They only downside of college right now is that the players have to go to class.  If the money increases for D League players then it could become a more attractive option, but as of now I think college is the much better basketball option and lifestyle.  

[Bankroll PJParticipant]

 I would love to see the D League built up and become more common for 1st round picks,  It’s starting to get annoying that so many teams would rather draft a foreign kid that will never come over and play just because they don’t like anyone on the board and don’t want to pay anyone.  Hopefully some of this new money can go to the D leauge to help develop it.  However, I think college is a better bet for high profile players at the moment.  The kids at the Kentucky, Duke, Kansas, Indiana, etc are all treated as celebrities, stay in the nicest hotels and buses, have every meal provided for them, and attract much more media attention.  They only downside of college right now is that the players have to go to class.  If the money increases for D League players then it could become a more attractive option, but as of now I think college is the much better basketball option and lifestyle.  

[ChicagoCaseyParticipant]

 You can say the lifestyle is better, but at the end of the day players want to get paid, that’s besically what DeAndre Ayton said. Witht the salary cap going up, the D-League salary cap will be going up as well, lookini in the 100,000 range. Kids don’t care avout being the "big man on campus anymore if they are not getting properly paid to do s. I’m just going off of what Ayton said, players said to him that they want to get "paid". 

The lifestyle is pretty overblown if you lloking for a one and done type of prospects. They stay on campus for a few months, "meals" that they are restricted of, and the D-League would get better hotel rooms/flights/and "buses"  

 

[ChicagoCaseyParticipant]

 You can say the lifestyle is better, but at the end of the day players want to get paid, that’s besically what DeAndre Ayton said. Witht the salary cap going up, the D-League salary cap will be going up as well, lookini in the 100,000 range. Kids don’t care avout being the "big man on campus anymore if they are not getting properly paid to do s. I’m just going off of what Ayton said, players said to him that they want to get "paid". 

The lifestyle is pretty overblown if you lloking for a one and done type of prospects. They stay on campus for a few months, "meals" that they are restricted of, and the D-League would get better hotel rooms/flights/and "buses"  

 

[ChicagoCaseyParticipant]

 You can say the lifestyle is better, but at the end of the day players want to get paid, that’s besically what DeAndre Ayton said. Witht the salary cap going up, the D-League salary cap will be going up as well, lookini in the 100,000 range. Kids don’t care avout being the "big man on campus anymore if they are not getting properly paid to do s. I’m just going off of what Ayton said, players said to him that they want to get "paid". 

The lifestyle is pretty overblown if you lloking for a one and done type of prospects. They stay on campus for a few months, "meals" that they are restricted of, and the D-League would get better hotel rooms/flights/and "buses"  

 

[Bankroll PJParticipant]

 I would love to see the D League built up and become more common for 1st round picks,  It’s starting to get annoying that so many teams would rather draft a foreign kid that will never come over and play just because they don’t like anyone on the board and don’t want to pay anyone.  Hopefully some of this new money can go to the D leauge to help develop it.  However, I think college is a better bet for high profile players at the moment.  The kids at the Kentucky, Duke, Kansas, Indiana, etc are all treated as celebrities, stay in the nicest hotels and buses, have every meal provided for them, and attract much more media attention.  They only downside of college right now is that the players have to go to class.  If the money increases for D League players then it could become a more attractive option, but as of now I think college is the much better basketball option and lifestyle.  

[DanielcmccartyParticipant]

 I think if the D league paid kids 100k to skip that one year of college more would do it. I hope that isn’t the case because I’m a huge fan of both college baskegball and the NBA. It’s cool to see kids go to college even if it’s for just one year. Unfortunately it would be hard to pass up the 100k to stay in America and get paid to play basketball. The option has been there to go over seas and play but some kids hurt their stock or don’t like the European game or don’t like being that far from home. I hope kids stay in college even if it’s just for one year even though I prefer it to be two. 

[DanielcmccartyParticipant]

 I think if the D league paid kids 100k to skip that one year of college more would do it. I hope that isn’t the case because I’m a huge fan of both college baskegball and the NBA. It’s cool to see kids go to college even if it’s for just one year. Unfortunately it would be hard to pass up the 100k to stay in America and get paid to play basketball. The option has been there to go over seas and play but some kids hurt their stock or don’t like the European game or don’t like being that far from home. I hope kids stay in college even if it’s just for one year even though I prefer it to be two. 

[DanielcmccartyParticipant]

 I think if the D league paid kids 100k to skip that one year of college more would do it. I hope that isn’t the case because I’m a huge fan of both college baskegball and the NBA. It’s cool to see kids go to college even if it’s for just one year. Unfortunately it would be hard to pass up the 100k to stay in America and get paid to play basketball. The option has been there to go over seas and play but some kids hurt their stock or don’t like the European game or don’t like being that far from home. I hope kids stay in college even if it’s just for one year even though I prefer it to be two. 

[goldie92689Participant]

 If the baseball system is a baseline, the Dleague could be very marketable. My Idea is to extend the draft to 3 rounds. Players can choose to attend college for three seasons or enter the draft. 

Salaries should be slotted through pick #90. With 3rd round picks salaries maxing out at $75-100K per year. All contracts will be structured similar to current nba contracts to allow a team to control a player through 4 seasons giving them a fair chance to develop the player and establish a depth chart through the minor league team. There needs to be a minor league min salary set at say $50K and non conract call ups can use the 10 day contract with a limit set on the number of call ups.  

The Dleague needs to more carefully consider the placement of franchises as many teams now just want to keep the team local which in my opinion and focus on larger markets like St, Louis, Cincinnatti, KC, Jacksonville. 

 

 

[goldie92689Participant]

 If the baseball system is a baseline, the Dleague could be very marketable. My Idea is to extend the draft to 3 rounds. Players can choose to attend college for three seasons or enter the draft. 

Salaries should be slotted through pick #90. With 3rd round picks salaries maxing out at $75-100K per year. All contracts will be structured similar to current nba contracts to allow a team to control a player through 4 seasons giving them a fair chance to develop the player and establish a depth chart through the minor league team. There needs to be a minor league min salary set at say $50K and non conract call ups can use the 10 day contract with a limit set on the number of call ups.  

The Dleague needs to more carefully consider the placement of franchises as many teams now just want to keep the team local which in my opinion and focus on larger markets like St, Louis, Cincinnatti, KC, Jacksonville. 

 

 

[goldie92689Participant]

 If the baseball system is a baseline, the Dleague could be very marketable. My Idea is to extend the draft to 3 rounds. Players can choose to attend college for three seasons or enter the draft. 

Salaries should be slotted through pick #90. With 3rd round picks salaries maxing out at $75-100K per year. All contracts will be structured similar to current nba contracts to allow a team to control a player through 4 seasons giving them a fair chance to develop the player and establish a depth chart through the minor league team. There needs to be a minor league min salary set at say $50K and non conract call ups can use the 10 day contract with a limit set on the number of call ups.  

The Dleague needs to more carefully consider the placement of franchises as many teams now just want to keep the team local which in my opinion and focus on larger markets like St, Louis, Cincinnatti, KC, Jacksonville. 

 

 

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