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Pistons Sign Boatright, Will Be Assigned To DLeague

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OkaForPrez said:
Wtf?
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I think the plan was to sign him, then waive him and send him to the NBDL. Correct? If they waive him, do they have any rights to Boat? Not sure what the point of it is.
 
Goodman should probably leave the NBA reporting to the actual NBA reporters at ESPN, the fact that he provided no context to why the Pistons did this shows how clueless he is. I already see Kevin Pelton clarifying the signing in his mentions.
 
aceboon said:
That was the plan, sign him and waive him so you have his rights to assign to your own DLeague team.
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If another team wanted to sign Boat, would they be able to?
 
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aceboon said:
That was the plan, sign him and waive him so you have his rights to assign to your own DLeague team.
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Thanks, just gonna merge the 2 Boatright threads then.
 
Dogbreath2U said:
If another team wanted to sign Boat, would they be able to?
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After reading this it appears so since no team has his draft rights.

http://www.nba.com/dleague/santacruz/dleague_faqs.html

How do D-Leaguers make the jump to the NBA?
A call-up occurs when a player is signed by an NBA team. An NBA team is allowed to sign any D-League player as long as they are eligible to play in the NBA under the current Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). However, an NBA team cannot call-up a player whose draft rights are still held by another NBA team. A D-League player is usually signed to a 10-day contract, a short term contract which expires after 10 days. A player can only sign two 10-day contracts with the same team in one season. If the team wants to retain the player after the second 10-day contract expired, the team must sign the player for the remainder of the season.
 
huskysupporter said:
I guess I just don't understand why he doesn't sign a more lucrative deal overseas.
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the dleague is the best route to enter the nba again as a fringe player. you have many opportunies to play in front of nba front office guys stateside, as opposed to in serbia or spain.
 
huskysupporter said:
I guess I just don't understand why he doesn't sign a more lucrative deal overseas.
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He's got a strong lifelong NBA dream...not so hard to understand. Plus, he's had a taste of it, played well and knows he can handle it.

Plus Tanesha said "I'm not moving to Turkey!!"
 
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aceboon said:
Goodman should probably leave the NBA reporting to the actual NBA reporters at ESPN, the fact that he provided no context to why the Pistons did this shows how clueless he is. I already see Kevin Pelton clarifying the signing in his mentions.
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I agree. Goodman is a tool.
 
Bezzz said:
He's got a strong lifelong NBA dream...not so hard to understand. Plus, he's had a taste of it, played well and knows he can handle it.

Plus Tanesha said "I'm not moving to Turkey!!"
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You can reach the nba playing overseas and you can make extremely good money over there. I am not just talking about Boatright.
 
huskysupporter said:
You can reach the nba playing overseas and you can make extremely good money over there. I am not just talking about Boatright.
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Name 5 US players who played overseas then made the jump back to the NBA (excluding lockout overseas players)
 
auror said:
Name 5 US players who played overseas then made the jump back to the NBA (excluding lockout overseas players)
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Joey Dorsey, Udonis Haslem, Darrell Armstrong, Donald Sloan, Chris Copeland, CJ Watson, John Lucas III, Cartier Martin, Anthony Tolliver, Shawne Williams, Lance Thomas, Greg Stiemsma, Brian Roberts, Luke Babbit, Matt Bonner, Patrick Beverly, Sonny Weems, Jeff Adrien
 
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James said:
the dleague is the best route to enter the nba again as a fringe player. you have many opportunies to play in front of nba front office guys stateside, as opposed to in serbia or spain.
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Plus, a Pistons' guard gets injured, plays terribly, or is waived for either or a combination of reasons and Grand Rapids is only a few hours from Detroit or either Wayne County or O'Hare airports. Geography matters!
 
Fishy said:
Yep - he keeps the $75,000 and then the Pistons, I think, had to give him something in order to retain his rights and assign him to the D-League.

I'm guessing he will get the $25,000 level salary from the D-League itself, plus housing and a teeny per diem from the Pistons.

It's not NBA or overseas money, but making $100,000+ right out of school with serious career growth potential is not the worst thing in the world.
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While playing basketball. Not a terrible gig.
 
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huskysupporter said:
Joey Dorsey, Udonis Haslem, Darrell Armstrong, Donald Sloan, Chris Copeland, CJ Watson, John Lucas III, Cartier Martin, Anthony Tolliver, Shawne Williams, Lance Thomas, Greg Stiemsma, Brian Roberts, Luke Babbit, Matt Bonner, Patrick Beverly, Sonny Weems, Jeff Adrien
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I forgot Google exists.
 
Bumping this. Sorry in advance for lack of info.

Anywho, Boatright's D-League team, the Grand Rapids Drive, played it's first (and only) pre-season game yesterday. Props and a beer to anyone that can find any info about the game. I've tried.

Regular season starts 11/14.
 
Bezzz said:
Bumping this. Sorry in advance for lack of info.

Anywho, Boatright's D-League team, the Grand Rapids Drive, played it's first (and only) pre-season game yesterday. Props and a beer to anyone that can find any info about the game. I've tried.

Regular season starts 11/14.
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Relevant info below

On a week in which, for the first time in franchise history, the Mad Ants closed practices to the media and the public, it was announced that the D-League will not permit media to cover the preseason set between the Mad Ants, Grand Rapids and Canton on Saturday in Auburn Hills, Michigan, and that statistics will not be released because the teams will not play full games.
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More here, nothing about Boat though

The Mad Ants played a set of scrimmages against the Canton Charge and Grand Rapids Drive in Michigan and won both two-quarter games Saturday. Against Canton, C.J. Fair had 13 points on 6-of-8 shooting in a 63-41 game. Xavier Thames added 8 points. Against Grand Rapids, Kadeem Jack led Fort Wayne with 11 points in a 58-45 game.
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