The D-League’s regular season is now complete, and the three-round D-League playoffs are underway. The relationship between the NBA and the D-League continues to grow, and 17 NBA franchises currently have one-to-one D-League affiliates amongst the 18 D-League teams. The remaining 13 NBA teams shared the Fort Wayne Mad Ants this season.
We at Hoops Rumors will be recapping each team’s use of the D-League this season, looking at assignments and recalls as well as the players signed out of the D-League. We’ll begin with a look back at how the Celtics utilized the D-League during the 2014/15 campaign…
D-League Team: Maine Red Claws
Affiliation Type: One-to-one
D-League Team Record: 35-15
Number of NBA Players Assigned To D-League: 6
Total D-League Assignments: 22
Player Stats While On Assignment
- Chris Babb: 1 assignment, 45 games, 15.4 PPG, 5.5 RPG, and 2.7 APG. .432/.375/.793.
- Andre Dawkins: 3 assignments, 7 games, 16.1 PPG. 2.4 RPG, and 2.4 APG. .386/.329/.818.
- Dwight Powell: 5 assignments, 4 games, 21.5 PPG, 10.5 RPG, 1.5 APG. .593/.000/.696.
- Phil Pressey: 1 assignment, 1 game, 34.0 PPG. 7.0 RPG, 9.0 APG. .440/.333/.750.
- Marcus Smart: 1 assignment, 1 game, 6.0 PPG, 5.0 RPG, 7.0 APG. .083/.000/.667.
- James Young: 11 assignments, 17 games, 21.5 PPG, 4.8 RPG, 2.0 APG. .463/.442/.766.
D-League Signings
- Andre Dawkins (Sioux Falls Skyforce-Heat affiliate): Signed 1st 10-day deal on January 23rd; Signed 2nd 10-day contract on February 2nd.
- Chris Babb (Maine Red Claws-Celtics affiliate): Signed multiyear deal on April 6th.
Assignment/Recall Log
- November 9th: Assigned Dwight Powell (Recalled November 10th)
- November 15th: Assigned James Young (Recalled November 17th)
- November 15th: Assigned Dwight Powell (Recalled November 17th)
- November 23rd: Assigned James Young (Recalled November 24th)
- December 4th: Assigned Dwight Powell (Recalled December 5th)
- December 4th: Assigned James Young (Recalled December 5th)
- December 4th: Assigned Marcus Smart (Recalled December 5th)
- December 6th: Assigned Dwight Powell (Recalled December 7th)
- December 6th: Assigned James Young (Recalled December 7th)
- December 9th: Assigned Dwight Powell (Recalled December 11th)
- December 9th: Assigned James Young (Recalled December 11th)
- December 28th: Assigned James Young (Recalled December 29th)
- December 31st: Assigned James Young (Recalled January 1st)
- January 3rd: Assigned James Young (Recalled January 5th)
- January 23rd: Assigned Andre Dawkins* (Recalled January 29th)
- January 30th: Assigned Andre Dawkins (Recalled February 1st)
- January 31st: Assigned James Young (Recalled February 1st)
- February 5th: Assigned Andre Dawkins (Recalled February 10th)
- February 5th: Assigned Phil Pressey (Recalled February 6th)
- March 17th: Assigned James Young (Recalled March 21st)
- March 24th: Assigned James Young
- April 6th: Assigned Chris Babb