The 2021–22 NBA G League season is the 21st season of the

NBA G League The NBA G League, or simply the G League, is the National Basketball Association's (NBA) official List of developmental and minor sports leagues, minor league basketball organization. The league was known as the National Basketball Development ...

, the official minor league basketball organization owned by the

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(NBA). The prior season, the league played a shortened season with 18 teams and all games were held at

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in Bay Lake, Florida, in similar to the 2020 NBA Bubble due to the ongoing restrictions during the

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. The 2021–22 season consists of the Showcase Cup from November 5 to December 22 with all 30 teams participating. Following the showcase, 28 of the league's teams began a traditional regular season from January 5 to April 2 followed by playoffs.

League changes

The NBA G League added one new team, had three teams relocate, and two teams rebrand for the 2021–22 season: *The

Capitanes de Ciudad de México The Capitanes de Ciudad de México (English: ''Mexico City Captains'') are a Mexican professional basketball team based in Mexico City, Mexico. The Capitanes competed as a member club in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP) for the ...

were initially planned to start playing in the G League for the 2020–21 season, but pushed back their debut in the G League to the 2021–22 season due to the pandemic. As the travel restrictions continued in the scheduling of the 2021–22 season, the Capitanes will only play during the Showcase Cup from November 5 to December 22 and will not be able to play any home games. *The Canton Charge relocated to

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to play at Cleveland State University's

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and were re-branded as the

Cleveland Charge The Cleveland Charge are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Cleveland, Ohio, and are affiliated with the Cleveland Cavaliers. The team plays its home games at the Wolstein Center in downtown Cleveland. The fra ...

. *The

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purchased and relocated the

Northern Arizona Suns The Motor City Cruise are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Detroit, Michigan, and are affiliated with the Detroit Pistons. The Cruise play their home games at Wayne State Fieldhouse. The franchise began play a ...

franchise to become the

Motor City Cruise The Motor City Cruise are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Detroit, Michigan, and are affiliated with the Detroit Pistons. The Cruise play their home games at Wayne State Fieldhouse. The franchise began play a ...

with home games in

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at Wayne State Arena. *The New Orleans Pelicans relocated their franchise, previously playing as the Erie BayHawks, to

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, as the

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following the renovation of

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. *The Boston Celtics rebranded their affiliate, the Maine Red Claws, as the Maine Celtics. *The

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affiliated with the Grand Rapids Drive, which had previously been affiliated with the Pistons, and the Drive rebranded as the

Grand Rapids Gold The Grand Rapids Gold are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and are affiliated with the Denver Nuggets. The Gold play their home games at Van Andel Arena. They began play as the Anaheim ...

. Additionally, the

Westchester Knicks The Westchester Knicks are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in White Plains, New York, and are affiliated with the New York Knicks. The Knicks typically play their home games at Westchester County Center in Whit ...

temporarily relocated their home games from

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, to

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, as their home arena, the

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, was still being used as a COVID-19 vaccination site. The league changed its season format to be played in two stages: a 14-game Showcase Cup and then a 36-game regular season with a playoff. All 30 teams played in the Showcase Cup that ended with the NBA G League Winter Showcase on the weekend of December 19 to 22. The regular season was then set to start on December 27, but was then pushed back to January 5. The league standings reset for the start of the regular season for qualifying for the playoffs. The

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and

will not participate in the regular season or playoffs, but will play a few exhibition games that do not count towards the other teams standings.

Other changes

This season is the first for Wilson as the G League's official ball brand. On May 14, 2020, the NBA announced a multi-year partnership with Wilson as the manufacturer and supplier of G League game balls, to succeed Spalding, which supplied the league since 2001 as the National Basketball Development League (NBDL).

Winter Showcase

Standings

Central

East

South

West

Showcase Cup

Final results.

Statistics

Regular season

As of January 17, 2022.

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

Awards

Player of the Week

Player of the Month

Winter Showcase

Most Valuable Player

Jarron Cumberland Jarron Cumberland (born September 22, 1997) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Delaware Blue Coats of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Cincinnati Bearcats. High school career Cumberland a ...

Delaware Blue Coats The Delaware Blue Coats are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Wilmington, Delaware, and are affiliated with the Philadelphia 76ers. The Blue Coats play their home games at Chase Fieldhouse. The team was founde ...

All-Showcase Team

* F,

Paris Bass Paris Bass (born August 29, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Suwon KT Sonicboom of the Korean Basketball League (KBL). He played college basketball for the Detroit Mercy Titans. High school career Bass attended Seaholm ...

South Bay Lakers The South Bay Lakers are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Los Angeles. Founded in 2006 as the Los Angeles D-Fenders, the team is owned by the Los Angeles Lakers, who were the first National Basketball Associa ...

* F, D.J. Wilson,

Oklahoma City Blue The Oklahoma City Blue are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and are affiliated with the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Blue play their home games at Paycom Center. The franchise began as ...

* F/C,

Cheick Diallo Cheick Diallo (born September 13, 1996) is a Malian professional basketball player for the Kyoto Hannaryz of the B.League. Diallo was a five-star recruit and the MVP (Most Valuable Player) of the 2015 McDonald's All-American Boys Game. He played ...

* G,

Cat Barber Anthony Ynique "Cat" Barber (born July 25, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for Porto of the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol (LPB). He played three seasons of college basketball for NC State, where he earned first-team All-Atlan ...

College Park Skyhawks The College Park Skyhawks are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in College Park, Georgia, and are affiliated with the Atlanta Hawks. The Skyhawks play their home games at Gateway Center Arena at College Park a ...

Notable occurrences

* On December 26, 2021,

Deividas Sirvydis Deividas Sirvydis (born 10 June 2000) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA G League. Sirvydis was selected 37th overall by the Dallas Mavericks in the 2019 NBA draft and was then traded to the Det ...

of the

received a call-up by the

, making him the 64th player to be called up that season and breaking the record of 63 call-ups in the 2014–15 season.

References

External links

Official website
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