This year, a record 16 players with NBA G League experience will be playing on basketball’s biggest stage. This year, the NBA opened training camps with its single highest number of G League alum at 198, or roughly 40% of the league. The use of the G League for medical rehabilitation assignments, in the mold of Major League Baseball, is why players such as DeMarcus Cousins technically become G League alum, too. GettyFor Golden State, Quinn Cook and Alfonzo McKinnie represent G League journeymen who kept knocking on the NBA’s door and eventually broke through. He’s also credited for bringing G League basketball to Des Moines which has proven to be one of the strongest markets in the league.

Source: Forbes June 01, 2019 03:00 UTC