CrushAlot wrote:
How much does a D-League player earn? A lot of factors go into that decision.
The NBA Development League has a three-tiered salary system for simplicity of making deals with players. The “A” salary is $25,000, “B” salaries are $18,500 while “C” salaries are $13,500 according to multiple league sources and agents who spoke to D-League Digest.
A team is required to remain under the salary cap the D-League sets each year, with a team not allowed to have more than five “A” contracts on their roster at one time. The salary designation the D-League sets is roughly around $165,000.
To navigate the salaries and the cap, the rule of thumb according to a league source is as follows:
“A” contracts: 2
“B” contracts: 2
“C” contracts: 6
Adhering to that guideline will assure a team they are just under the salary cap.
NBA parent clubs often sign players to training camp deals in order to offset the low salaries of the D-League and to protect their player rights by waiving and assigning them via the affiliate rule. Some teams, however, will offer a training camp player a “C” level contract on the notion that player made a decent amount of money with their training camp deal.
http://dleaguedigest.com/2015/07/29/asse...
Interesting and it makes sense. The D League salaries are a joke (for professional sports anyway.) Teams are going to probably push the boundaries and eventually get the salaries up there.
I said this before, the NBA made a BIG mistake not adjusting these salaries up with some of that TV money. They could have really put a nicer product on the court, added an (optional) 3rd round to the draft and allowed some of those guys to play in the D-League but not count against the teams cap.
I just don't understand how come large corporations are so slow to change. We saw it in Media with the advent of the internet, in the Music Industry with crazy prices (Thank You Torrent), etc.
Instead of leading Professional Sports, the NBA is YEARS BEHIND.
There is no way to get a players rights in the D-League, outside of drafting and/or signing them though?
If the top players in the D-league are only making $25,000 that is a crime. They to raise the top salaries to at least $75,000. How is a guy supposed to live off of $25,000?
