They're really going to benefit both players and teams, ... For players, it will allow them to get playing time that they might not have gotten under the old system. For teams, it gives them another option and flexibility in player development. |
This has been received very positively by the clubs. As our league is continuing to get younger and younger, and our draft is one of drafting potential, this gives them an avenue to develop the player quicker and under game conditions. |
This is another step in the right direction to assist in the continuing development of players. |
This is another step in the right direction to assist in the continuing development of players. It has long been our goal to have team affiliations between the NBA and the D-League, and this structure should be mutually beneficial to both leagues and the players. |
This is another step in the right direction to assist in the continuing development of players, ... It has long been our goal to have team affiliations between the NBA and the D-League, and this structure should be mutually beneficial to both leagues and the players. |
This is another step in the right direction to assist the continuing development of players, |
This is really going to benefit the players and teams in our league, |
This was another perfect storm of sorts in that the timing was such that he wasn't available. |
We are saying you can't go in the stands under any circumstances. But we recognize in this case Antonio, when he looked up into the crowd, felt his family needed some assistance. And we did take that into consideration, as we do circumstances around every incident we review. |
We felt since neither team played (Thursday), we had some extra time to review the situation. There is no black mark for Ray. It is one incident and you move on and hope it doesn't happen again. We had not received anything on our desk from either player before, so we wanted to make sure we talked to everybody. |
We have made it plain to our players and our fans that players may not enter the spectator stands, no matter the provocation, and that violations of this policy will be treated with the utmost seriousness. |
We tried to as best we could to maintain affiliations in close proximity, ... We certainly are not going to get every necessary tie between an NBA D-League team and an NBA team. |
We're looking at the severity of the conduct, whether a player wound up and followed through. It was a hard foul, but I did not feel it was flagrant -- and I've reviewed hundreds of these. |
We're not going to suspend him immediately. We will make him aware of the violation and tell him to clean up his act. If he doesn't, we'll take further action. |
When the foul is to the head, it's considered much more serious. |