The NBA and the NBADL, the official minor league of the NBA, today announced the full list of affiliations between NBA and NBA D-League teams for the 2014-15 season, including an all-time high 17 single-affiliation partnerships.
The Detroit Pistons (Grand Rapids Drive), Memphis Grizzlies (Iowa Energy), New York Knicks (Westchester Knicks), Orlando Magic (Erie BayHawks), Phoenix Suns (Bakersfield Jam) and Utah Jazz (Idaho Stampede) all entered into single affiliation relationships with their NBA D-League affiliate during the offseason.
Additionally, the NBA D-League has implemented a new flexible assignment system which will enable the 13 independent NBA teams that will be affiliated with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, the lone independent NBA D-League Team, to continue to assign players to the minor league for development or rehabilitation.
To accommodate assignments to Fort Wayne, a flexible assignment system will be utilized when an independent NBA team assigns a player at a time when the Mad Ants already have either the maximum of four NBA players on assignment or two assigned players at the position of the NBA player who is being assigned.
In either event, the NBA D-League will identify to the assigning NBA team any singly-affiliated NBA D-League team that is willing to accept the assigned player, and the independent NBA team assigning the player will choose a team from among those teams to assign the player.
If no singly-affiliated NBA D-League team is willing to accept the assigned player, he will be assigned to one of the non-NBA-owned single affiliate teams pursuant to a lottery.
Complete affiliation system for 2014-15
AUSTIN TOROS (TX)
BAKERSFIELD JAM (CA)
CANTON CHARGE IO(OH)
DELAWARE 87ERS (Newark, DE)
ERIE BAYHAWKS (PA)
FORT WAYNE MAD ANTS (IN)
- Atlanta Hawks
- Brooklyn Nets
- Charlotte Bobcats
- Chicago Bulls
- Denver Nuggets
- Indiana Pacers
- Los Angeles Clippers
- Milwaukee Bucks
- Minnesota Timberwolves
- New Orleans Pelicans
- Portland Trail Blazers
- Toronto Raptors
- Washington Wizards
GRAND RAPIDS DRIVE (MI)
IDAHO STAMPEDE (Boise, ID)
IOWA ENERGY (Des Moines, IA)
LOS ANGELES D-FENDERS (CA)
MAINE RED CLAWS (Portland, ME)
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER NBA D-LEAGUE TEAM (OK)
RENO BIGHORNS (NV)
RIO GRANDE VALLEY VIPERS (Hidalgo, TX)
SANTA CRUZ WARRIORS (CA)
SIOUX FALLS SKYFORCE (SD)
TEXAS LEGENDS (Frisco, TX)
WESTCHESTER KNICKS (White Plains, NY)