D-league

[Piotrowski, Mark A]

This is a great simple way to have each NBA team have a AAA club AND build 
intra-divisional rivalries.

I sure hope JB's right that "it won't be long".... i just think a true minor 
league would be so beneficial to the NBA.

(the other)mark

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Douglas 342 wrote:
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The big difference in minor league baseball is that  there really isn't 
competition with college, at least not directly.  Most  college players go 
into the 
minors.
    Another is that there are so many baseball minors, so  the travel isn't 
bad.  And that's a bind for the NBA.  The D Celtics  won't play the D Lakers 
because the D team won't want top fly them  cross-country.
     The solution, it seems is to have D league in  divisions, paralleling 
the NBA:  the D Celtics (Providence) can play the D  Knicks (Trenton), the D 
76ers (Harrisburg) and the like.  No trips over 350  miles or so, so they can 
uses buses or even (shudder) fly  coach.