NBA shutting down G League Ignite

[MMC]

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[GKJ]

The effects of NIL.

It was an interesting concept.

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

Wonder what this will mean for the Overtime Elite league

 

[LadyStanley]

NBA's G League Ignite will no longer exist after this season

Jalen Green, Jonathan Kuminga and Scoot Henderson are notable G League Ignite alum.

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[LadyStanley]

The complicated legacy of G League Ignite

The organization had the best of intentions, but the constantly changing landscape left it in no man's land.

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[tucker3434]

I would have preferred that NBA and NFL had development leagues that actually worked and left college more as an optional avenue for those that specifically didn't want to turn pro. Maybe in that case, NIL could have been avoided and we wouldn't have ended up with the college UFA we have.

But Americans don't care about developmental leagues unless it's college. So, realistically it was always going to be a money loser. And why should they lose money on this when college athletics are just right there to do the work for you? Stuck around just long enough to poach Green, Henderson, and Kuminga. Who'd want to see those guys participate in March Madness, right?