Throughout the offseason and preseason, NBA teams are permitted to carry 21 players, but that number must be reduced to 15 (plus three two-way players) in advance of opening night. However, up to four players waived by teams prior to the season can be designated as “affiliate players” and assigned to their G League squads.
As we explain in more detail in our glossary entry on the subject, if a player’s NBA team has designated him as an affiliate player and he signs a G League contract, he is automatically assigned to that team’s NBAGL roster.
Of the G League’s 31 teams, 30 are directly affiliated with an NBA club. Only the Mexico City Capitanes are unaffiliated and are ineligible to have affiliate players.
Here are the affiliate players for the other 30 squads to open the 2024/25 season, which tipped off on Friday:
Austin Spurs (Spurs)
Birmingham Squadron (Pelicans)
Capital City Go-Go (Wizards)
Cleveland Charge (Cavaliers)
College Park Skyhawks (Hawks)
Delaware Blue Coats (Sixers)
Grand Rapids Gold (Nuggets)
Greensboro Swarm (Hornets)
Indiana Mad Ants (Pacers)
Iowa Wolves (Timberwolves)
Long Island Nets (Nets)
Maine Celtics (Celtics)
Memphis Hustle (Grizzlies)
Motor City Cruise (Pistons)
Oklahoma City Blue (Thunder)
- Cormac Ryan
- Note: The Blue also designated Chase Jeter and Malevy Leons as affiliate players, but Jeter has since been waived, while Leons got a call-up to the Thunder’s standard roster.
Osceola Magic (Magic)
Raptors 905 (Raptors)
Rio Grande Valley Vipers (Rockets)
- Thon Maker
- Note: The Vipers also designated Matt Bradley as an affiliate player, but he has since announced his retirement and been waived.
Rip City Remix (Trail Blazers)
Salt Lake City Stars (Jazz)
San Diego Clippers (Clippers)
Santa Cruz Warriors (Warriors)
Sioux Falls Skyforce (Heat)
South Bay Lakers (Lakers)
Stockton Kings (Kings)
- Boogie Ellis
- Terry Taylor
- Note: The Kings also designated Shareef O’Neal as an affiliate player, but he has since been waived.
Texas Legends (Mavericks)
Valley Suns (Suns)
Westchester Knicks (Knicks)
Windy City Bulls (Bulls)
Wisconsin Herd (Bucks)
Note: Our affiliate players for 24 teams were officially confirmed by those clubs. Our affiliate player lists for the Delaware Blue Coats, OKC Blue, Rip City Remix, SLC Stars, Valley Suns, and Windy City Bulls have not been officially confirmed and are based on our research.
In addition to these “affiliate players,” G League teams have the ability to fill out their rosters with the following types of players:
- Returning rights: Players whose G League rights were already held by the team from a previous season (or were acquired in a trade from another NBAGL team).
- G League draft rights: Players who were selected in this season’s G League draft.
- NBA draft rights: Players who were drafted by an NBA team and signed a G League contract instead of an NBA contract.
- Local tryout: Players who earned a shot via a local tryout.
- G League player pool: Players who signed G League contracts and went undrafted (or signed their contracts after the draft). Newly signed players go through a waiver process and enter the league’s free agent pool if they go unclaimed.
- Two-way contract: Players who are on a two-way contract with an NBA team and have been transferred to the G League.
- NBA assignment: Players who are on a standard contract with an NBA team and have been assigned to the G League.
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