The 2023–24 NBA G League season will be the 23rd season of the

NBA G League The NBA G League, or simply the G League, is the National Basketball Association's (NBA) official minor league basketball organization. The league was known as the National Basketball Development League (NBDL) from 2001 to 2005, and the NBA De ...

, which is the minor league basketball league of the

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(NBA).

Structure

The Showcase Cup will start in November, 2023, and it will conclude with a

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to crown a champion at the G League's Winter Showcase in December. During the Showcase Cup, teams are will be separated into four regional pods and play 16 games against one another in each of the respective NBA G League markets. The teams with the best winning percentage in each regional pod, along with the next four teams across the league with the best win-percentages, will advance to play for the Showcase Cup during Winter Showcase.

League changes

For the start of the 2023–24 season the NBA G League will be adding one new team and two teams will be relocating: *

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will launch their new G League affiliate, the Rip City Remix, this season in

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, becoming the 31st NBA G League franchise. * The Lakeland Magic moved from

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Kissimmee, Florida Kissimmee ( ) is the largest city and county seat of Osceola County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 79,226. It is a Principal City of the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area, wh ...

and became the

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. * The

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will play their games at

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in Indianapolis for the 2023–24 season in anticipation of moving to a new arena in

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and a team rebrand in 2024–25.

International draft

The league held the first ever NBA G League International Draft on June 28, 2023. Returning player rights for ten NBA draft-eligible international players from ten different countries were selected by G League teams.

References

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