The NBA’s relationship with the D-League continues to grow, and this season a total of 19 NBA teams had one-to-one affiliations with D-League clubs. Those NBA organizations without their own affiliates were required to assign players to D-League clubs associated with other NBA franchises. D-League teams could volunteer to take on the assigned players, and if no volunteers emerged, the players were assigned at random.
This significant change from the 2014/15 season came about after the Pacers purchased the Fort Wayne Mad Ants and turned them into their one-to-one partner for the 2015/16 campaign. Other NBA teams have interest in following suit in the years ahead, and the NBA’s ultimate goal for the D-League is for all 30 NBA franchises to have their own D-League squads. You can view the complete list of D-League affiliates here.
We at Hoops Rumors are recapping the D-League-related activity for the 2015/16 campaign for each team and we’ll continue with the Dallas Mavericks, whose D-League affiliate is the Texas Legends:
The Mavs made 18 assignments for the 2015/16 campaign, sending three players to the D-League for a total of 20 days. Listed below are all the assignments and recalls made by Dallas for the 2015/16 season:
- November 20th: Assigned Justin Anderson (1st) — Recalled November 22nd
- November 20th: Assigned Salah Mejri (1st) — Recalled November 22nd
- December 11th: Assigned Justin Anderson (2nd) — Recalled December 12th
- December 11th: Assigned Salah Mejri (2nd) — Recalled December 12th
- December 11th: Assigned Jeremy Evans (1st) — Recalled December 12th
- December 12th: Assigned Justin Anderson (3rd) — Recalled December 12th
- December 12th: Assigned Salah Mejri (3rd) — Recalled December 13th
- December 18th: Assigned Justin Anderson (4th) — Recalled December 20th
- December 18th: Assigned Salah Mejri (4th) — Recalled December 20th
- December 19th: Assigned Jeremy Evans (2nd) — Recalled December 20th
- December 26th: Assigned Justin Anderson (5th) — Recalled December 27th
- December 26th: Assigned Salah Mejri (5th) — Recalled December 27th
- January 2nd: Assigned Salah Mejri (6th) — Recalled January 3rd
- January 21st: Assigned Justin Anderson (6th) — Recalled January 22nd
- January 21st: Assigned Jeremy Evans (3rd) — Recalled January 22nd
- January 21st: Assigned Salah Mejri (7th) — Recalled January 22nd
- February 20th: Assigned Justin Anderson (7th) — Recalled February 21st
- February 20th: Assigned Jeremy Evans (4th) — Recalled February 21st
Here is how the Mavs’ players performed while on assignment to the D-League this season:
- Justin Anderson: In seven D-League appearances, the swingman averaged 23.0 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.4 assists in 38.3 minutes per outing. Anderson’s shooting line was .460/.333/.792.
- Jeremy Evans: In four contests for the Legends, Evans notched averages of 16.8 points, 9.0 rebounds and 1.5 steals in 35.8 minutes per game. His slash line was .500/.389/.727.
- Salah Mejri: The center appeared in eight D-League games on the season and averaged 8.5 points, 7.8 rebounds and 2.9 blocks in 23.8 minutes per contest. Mejri’s shooting line was .566/.125/.875.