(12-26-2017 10:18 AM)ken d Wrote:  

(12-26-2017 09:20 AM)Wolfman Wrote:  I don't see more than a handful of fans attending these games. You might get some relatives if they are close enough but that doesn't seem likely. There are no college fans that might want to see how a former player is doing.

They might be able to rent HS or city rec-league gyms fairly cheap. Scheduling would still be difficult because HS gyms have a tight schedule with all the boys and girls sports. City gyms are fairly active with adult and youth leagues. The best solution might be to put all the teams in 1 location and hope you get enough ticket/concessions revenue to pay the rent. Maybe play a road game or two in some towns close by.

If I had a child in that position I would try to get him into AAU basketball.

I've often wondered why the G-League doesn't do this. Pick a city that doesn't have an NBA team but is still relatively large, and eliminate all your travel costs. Someplace like St. Louis comes to mind. You could get by with a single arena for the whole league by judicious practice and game schedules.

The whole point is development. Nobody cares about who the G-League champion is. For that matter, who even knows who that is? The NBA could help itself by adding games to their megabucks TV deal to showcase one and done players, billing them as the Stars of Tomorrow. There's no reason why the league can't pay a little more for those players who will be lottery picks after one season.

That is similar to what MLB does with the Arizona Fall League - 6 teams (each with 5 parents MLB teams), playing in 6 of the Spring Training parks. Open to players in AA or below. A lot of stars have played in the Fall League.