You're right....thanks, fixed. They have him on their D-League team but another team can still acquire him. If he is not on their 15 man roster, I don't believe they have any more rights to him than anyone else. By having him on their D-League team, they can just watch/coach him more closely.
http://www.sltrib.com/blogs/jazznotes/3100911-155/jazz-add-to-roster-with-d-league The Utah Jazz made two more moves Sunday as the team continues to build its D-League roster in Idaho. Point guard Phil Pressey, who spent training camp with the Portland Trail Blazers, was claimed off waivers and former Notre Dame point guard Eric Atkins was signed. Both players are expected to soon be waived, clearing the way for them to join the Idaho Stampede. Pressey spent the last two seasons in Boston, where he averaged 3.1 points and 2.9 assists per game. Atkins spent last season in Greece, where he averaged 7 points and 2.9 assists per game. The Jazz made a similar move last week when they signed forward E.J. Singler in order to secure his D-League rights and waived him a day later. – Aaron Falk
I'm not sure how the D league rights work, is it like restricted free agency where if another team offers them a contract the team holding his rights can match?
I believe they can have a team, develop, coach and play the players they have in the way they want to but unless their contract is purchased by a team with an available roster spot, they don't have a specific 'hold' on that player.
I'm not sure this is right. It looks like you can draft a player and sign him to a D League contract and still hold his rights. I think this is what's going on. Otherwise Utah had no incentive to sign then release the players to obtain D League rights to them. Maybe @BrianFromWA knows more. Edit: this article says: http://purpleandblues.com/2015/10/2...stem-by-waiving-eric-atkins-and-phil-pressey/ By acquiring Atkins and Pressey, the Jazz also acquired the players’ D-League rights. Per the league’s collective bargaining agreement, as many as four players cut from an NBA team’s roster before the D-League Draft can be allocated to the team’s D-League affiliate provided they sign the standard D-League contract. The D-League Draft is set to take place at the end of this month, so by signing and waiving the backcourt duo, the Jazz keep them in the system and have designated them as affiliate players. Having said that, as D-League contracts are with the league and not individual teams (with a couple of exceptions, contracted NBA players on assignment being among them), other franchises can still acquire either Pressey or Atkins.
That is just what I meant. You could have a whole D-League team of your own but if you have a full roster of 15 players, other franchises can acquire those players without the need of a trade.
There's some special status for up to 4 of those 15 players though. http://dleague.nba.com/faq/ NBA teams can designate up to four players that they cut during training camp as “affiliate players,” meaning those players will join that team’s NBA D-League affiliate (should the players choose to sign into the NBA D-League). These players are signed under contract with the league rather than the team, however, meaning they are technically free agents who can be called up to any of the 30 NBA teams.
Exactly. The NBA team has no special rights, except that they can coach them / oversee their development within their system.
The special status is that they're not subject to the d-league draft (or d-league free agency, if there is such a thing). The parent club is guaranteed to have the players they've designated playing for their specific affiliate club rather than whichever random team has a shot for them. That's all.
