GLeague / 2nd IR Slots

I like the 1 IR spot. That is more than enough or you will start to see some questionable stashing tactics. I don't like that idea at all.

However, I am all for more G league slots. I think we might want to limit it to 2 for each team. I assume that only drafted players that are put in the G league before the season starts will be eligible and that once platers are removed from the G-league they cannot re-enter. If not, we need to establish the rules for entry/exit.

Cavaliers GM (Brandon) Good point on the IR spot, 15 man rosters allow you to carry 7 bench players as is.

Timberwolves GM (Billy) My thinking is that if we add GLeague spots then we will have to shorten our active rosters. There aren't really enough players for everyone to roster 17-18 at a time. 

I'm not really sure where we are at with this, but here are my thoughts. First, I'm not sure why we think that there isn't room for two additional 2 G-league slots. Each NBA team has 15 roster slots + 2 two-way slots. There is also an entire G-league on top of that. If each NBA team has 17 roster slots, why can't we?

Second point: I would be strongly opposed to what Bucks is suggesting here. I think it would a TON of work to monitor teams who are switching G-league players back and forth between their main roster and g-league roster. Tankers could tank more efficiently and good teams would run into problems where they are required to cut active players to make room for G-league players that become "active" but don't play enough minutes to garner a roster spot on a competing fantasy team. It seems like a nightmare for the admins to manage this.

My first proposal would be to add two roster slots to each team for "g-league" players. The players eligible for those g-league slots are ONLY players that are drafted this year. Once the player is drafted, they can be assigned to the G-league BEFORE the start of the season. Once the player is taken out of the G-league and added to the main roster, they can never go back. Players in the g-league can be traded to other team's g-league as well, but one team cannot put them on an active roster and then trade them to another team's g-league afterward.

The biggest problem with this is that some may argue it promotes tanking for the worst teams. In other words, the worst teams can stash their top picks in the g-league so that it doesn't count in favor of their point totals. I don't personally think that is a problem because I don't mind tanking. Plus, stashing a top prospect in the g-league adds value to that player in potential trades while allowing bad teams to take more chances on young prospects and other UFAs that they can flip for other assets.

However, if we are adamantly opposed to the first proposal on the basis that it promotes tanking, we could make the rule that ONLY 2nd-round picks are eligible for g-league. This makes 2nd round picks much more valuable in this league, which are now largely seen as throw-aways. In this second proposal, all 2nd rounders would eligible for g-league spots at the beginning of the year. Once they are taken out of the g-league, they are no longer eligible for the g-league. Doing this likely limits the number of players that will be put on the g-league since most teams will not have two 2nd round picks to add stash guys anyways.

tl;dr: I am in favor of 2 g-league slots in addition to the 15 roster slots. My first proposal suggests we only allow 2019 picks into the g-league - who then become ineligble for the g-league once added to the active roster. My second proposal suggests we only allow 2019 2nd round picks into the g-league - who then become ineligble for the g-league once added to the active roster.