Don Tommy wrote:How do you watch the games?
I haven't tried it yet but I think they're streamed here
https://www.facebook.com/nbagleague/
Don Tommy wrote:How do you watch the games?
JGOJustin wrote:Think it's funny how Clips people were telling me this summer how unnecessary getting a GL team was, and here we reaping the benefits of having our on team.
Ranma wrote:JGOJustin wrote:Think it's funny how Clips people were telling me this summer how unnecessary getting a GL team was, and here we reaping the benefits of having our on team.
What's sad is how most die-hard Clipper fans had more foresight to see the big picture than Doc and his cronies. It's no coincidence that we're benefiting from having our own developmental team as soon as Doc was relieved of front-office leadership and Jerry West was hired to be consultant.
What is surprising is how quickly the Clippers have indeed benefited from such players. I thought it'd take a couple of years before we'd see some kind of progress in that department given the holes in our organizational infrastructure that still need to be addressed. However, the fact that we still have people within the Clippers organization who lack the cognitive ability to see the long-term benefits of player development shows how much work still needs to be done towards cleaning out our front office.
Dec 17, 2015 at 3:00a ET
The Los Angeles Clippers are discussing the possibility of operating their own D-League affiliate, according to the Orange County Register.
“I believe that we all need one,” head coach Doc Rivers said. “ … I believe that every team should have a D-League team. I hope that happens one day. I think it would help in a lot of ways, not just in the ways that we see right now.
Ranma wrote:JGOJustin wrote:Think it's funny how Clips people were telling me this summer how unnecessary getting a GL team was, and here we reaping the benefits of having our on team.
What's sad is how most die-hard Clipper fans had more foresight to see the big picture than Doc and his cronies. It's no coincidence that we're benefiting from having our own developmental team as soon as Doc was relieved of front-office leadership and Jerry West was hired to be consultant.
What is surprising is how quickly the Clippers have indeed benefited from such players. I thought it'd take a couple of years before we'd see some kind of progress in that department given the holes in our organizational infrastructure that still need to be addressed. However, the fact that we still have people within the Clippers organization who lack the cognitive ability to see the long-term benefits of player development shows how much work still needs to be done towards cleaning out our front office.
JGOJustin wrote:It wasn't doc though. Doc has been pushing for a G league team for some time. He and Ballmer didn't butt heads over it, but Doc has been pushing for it. Verbatim it was Ballmer who didn't wanna spend the money on a G-League team.
It was mostly a financial thing along with other heads. The idea of essentially giving away millions by having a GL team didn't appeal to ballmer, and the amount of 'true' G league players who make it to the NBA are pretty slim.
Obviously one can now see how greatly a GL team can benefit an NBA team if used correctly, and hopefully this aids in our player scouting and player development for years to come.
JGOJustin wrote:No team makes money off of their G-League team.
Easy for us to say, F it and get a Minor league team because we 'need it' we're not the one spending millions to get a team, but this is still a business, and while a GL team could be considered an investment, losing money from a venture is never ideal, not when the GL still has a ways to go before it becomes a fruitful minor league for the NBA.
esqtvd wrote:BTW, the NBA prorates eligibility days for 2-way contracts. Tyrone Wallace gets only 25 days [they round the number up] with the Clippers.
Unfortunately, $122K is not enough room to keep Jamil Wilson, so that's the name of that tune. He's a nice player but he's 27 years old and not worth jumping on the luxury tax repeater treadmill in a year we're not serious contenders.
JGOJustin wrote:Think it's funny how Clips people were telling me this summer how unnecessary getting a GL team was, and here we reaping the benefits of having our on team.
QRich3 wrote:JGOJustin wrote:Think it's funny how Clips people were telling me this summer how unnecessary getting a GL team was, and here we reaping the benefits of having our on team.
So I don't wanna get into this whole debate again, but thinking we got Jamil, CJ and Wallace because we got a G League team is misunderstanding the issue greatly, imo. We don't need to own an affiliate to scout, find and sign players to 2-way contracts. The Blazers don't have a G-League team but they have CJ Wilcox on a 2-way contract. The Pelicans and Nuggets don't have one either, and they still have two guys each on those 2-way contracts. What's changed is the Clippers started stressing the need for scouting and developing players, and that started happening before the Agua Caliente Clippers, before Jerry West, and before all of the new regime.
Not saying owning an affiliate team won't end up reaping benefits eventually, I'm convinced it will, but right now it's just a way to spend money with very little benefit. You could do what we did without owning a team.
Dynamix wrote:But isn't it much easier to develop these players when you have your own people running the G-League team? It's one thing for them to get random minutes on some random team, and another to play within somewhat of a system, with guaranteed minutes and fixed positions based on what the main team needs, have better feedback on their progress on the court, during practice, etc. Even being closer to home seems like an important advantage. Or sending a main player to practice with the G-leaguers while rehabing, that could also have a positive impact. Sure, simply having the team does not guarantee anything, but I wouldn't say there's very little benefit to it.
JGOJustin wrote:Think it's funny how Clips people were telling me this summer how unnecessary getting a GL team was, and here we reaping the benefits of having our on team.
Dynamix wrote:QRich3 wrote:JGOJustin wrote:Think it's funny how Clips people were telling me this summer how unnecessary getting a GL team was, and here we reaping the benefits of having our on team.
So I don't wanna get into this whole debate again, but thinking we got Jamil, CJ and Wallace because we got a G League team is misunderstanding the issue greatly, imo. We don't need to own an affiliate to scout, find and sign players to 2-way contracts. The Blazers don't have a G-League team but they have CJ Wilcox on a 2-way contract. The Pelicans and Nuggets don't have one either, and they still have two guys each on those 2-way contracts. What's changed is the Clippers started stressing the need for scouting and developing players, and that started happening before the Agua Caliente Clippers, before Jerry West, and before all of the new regime.
Not saying owning an affiliate team won't end up reaping benefits eventually, I'm convinced it will, but right now it's just a way to spend money with very little benefit. You could do what we did without owning a team.
But isn't it much easier to develop these players when you have your own people running the G-League team? It's one thing for them to get random minutes on some random team, and another to play within somewhat of a system, with guaranteed minutes and fixed positions based on what the main team needs, have better feedback on their progress on the court, during practice, etc. Even being closer to home seems like an important advantage. Or sending a main player to practice with the G-leaguers while rehabing, that could also have a positive impact. Sure, simply having the team does not guarantee anything, but I wouldn't say there's very little benefit to it.
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