<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The Indiana Pacers, along with Chicago, Milwaukee and New Orleans, will share a minor-league basketball affiliation with Tulsa, Okla., this season. The NBA will be directly involved with the eight-team NBA Development League for the first time this season. NBA teams can send players with fewer than two years of experience to play for NBADL teams. Pacers Danny Granger, David Harrison and Sarunas Jasikevicius are eligible to be sent down, but that isn't expected to happen. Teams can option a maximum of two players at one time to the minors. A player can't be optioned more than three times during any season. "These affiliations and assignment-systems will, for the players, provide them with the opportunity to get playing time," Stu Jackson, the NBA's senior vice president of basketball operations, said during a media conference call.</div> Source
