The NBA G League will increase its base player salaries from $35K to $37K this season, sources told Hoops Rumors.
Players previously made $7,000 per month — or $35K per season — numbers that will see slight growth starting with the 2021/22 season. More increases could come in future years, especially with G League players forming their own union in 2020.
Although many G League observers believe players should receive more, these salaries have improved from past years. In 2014, for example, salaries were broken down into three groups: Tier A ($25K), Tier B ($19K) and Tier C ($13K).
Some players also receive bonuses from their Exhibit 10 contracts, which reward them up to $50K if they spend at least 60 days with their team’s G League affiliate. Theoretically, a player could earn $87K when taking into account his Exhibit 10 bonus (if the full $50K is included) and G League salary.
A total of 28 teams, all of which are affiliated with an NBA franchise, will be participating in the G League’s regular season in 2021/22. This doesn’t include the G League Ignite, which is entering its second year, or the newly-added Mexico City Capitanes. The Ignite and the Capitanes will take part in the league’s new Showcase Cup, but won’t participate in the regular season.
This year’s G League draft will take place on Saturday, October 23, with the Showcase Cup tipping off on Friday, November 5. After spending last year’s shortened season in a “bubble” at Walt Disney World, the league will return to a full schedule, with a 36-game regular season set to begin on December 27.
A record 45% of players on 2020/21 opening-night NBA rosters held NBAGL experience.
I’m not very good at math but: ” Players previously made $7,000 per month — or $35k per season”?????
The season lasts 5 months. I hate I had to explain that.
Yeah, high school sports are the closest to actual “seasons” but even those aren’t completely confined to “fall, winter, or spring.”
Don’t be an idiot. It was a question and I didn’t know the answer. I hope your teachers didn’t feel the same way
Now you’re calling me an idiot. I am officially embarrassed for you.
So you ask a stupid question, and then call the person who provided you the correct answer an idiot? Do you know how to tie your own shoes or do you rely on Velcro?
I wonder why G League players don’t make as much as the NBA players do.
Oh probably because they don’t play as many games as the NBA,generate revenue like the NBA,and don’t equal the ticket volume as the NBA,sell as many tv packaging as the NBA,merchandise as the NBA.
ARE YOU LISTENING WNBA?
So I assume your argument is that you just want women in the WNBA to take what they can get and just “shut up and dribble”?
NBA receives about 50% of shared revenue from their CBA with owners. WNBA receives about 20%. WNBA continues to argue for more fair pay, not pay equal to men.
Yeah, pulling the WNBA into this conversation is not the right way to go. A better comparison would be foreign leagues. The question for G-League organizations is what can they do to make it more palatable for successful college players who aren’t drafted to stay here rather than go overseas.
For the most part guys who play in the g league just do it for a few years while they try to make the nba then if they fail they go overseas.
Salary is bu****. They should get paid for whole year.
I totally agree with you, most times I can’t understand why a guy would want to paly in the GL when could go overseas, get paid much more $!
I would like to see NBA expand G League and increase salary to keep good talent from going abroad. There are a lot of cities without NBA franchises who will support these teams. It would be nice when these players can make a decent living playing basketball – something like $250k+.