The N.B.A. is instituting a long-anticipated salary increase in its developmental league, according to two people familiar with the league’s plans. Effective next season, players signed to G League contracts will earn $35,000 — or $7,000 per month — in addition to housing and insurance benefits over the course of the league’s five-month regular season, according to the people, who were not authorized to discuss the plans before they are announced publicly. Players under G League contracts previously earned either $26,000 or $19,000. The increase will represent a pay raise of 35 percent or 84 percent, depending on the player’s classification. The N.B.A. pays all player salaries in the G League. Players also will remain eligible to earn affiliate player bonuses worth as much as $50,000, which are triggered when a player goes to training camp with an N.B.A. team and then plays for that team’s G League affiliate. The G League will expand to 27 teams next season when the Washington Wizards introduce the Capital City Go-Go. That will leave Denver, New Orleans and Portland as the only N.B.A. teams that do not field a direct G League affiliate. read more https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/17/sports/basketball/g-league-salaries-increase.html
