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NBA G League
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<p>The NBA G League, or simply the G League, is a professional <a href="/facts/Basketball/M5pl4Pzo">basketball</a> league in <a href="/facts/North_America/djNjCQIl">North America</a> that serves as the <a href="/facts/Minor_league/6UDB7Sar">developmental league</a> of the <a href="/facts/National_Basketball_Association/Vd3EUFfa">National Basketball Association</a> (NBA). The league comprises 31 teams; as of the <a href="/facts/2024%E2%80%9325_NBA_G_League_season/yBAsCEFQ">2024–25 season</a>, all are single-affiliated or owned by an NBA team except for the independent <a href="/facts/Mexico_City_Capitanes/SpV6IeoJ">Mexico City Capitanes</a>. </p><p>The league was founded in 2001 as the National Basketball Development League (NBDL), renamed the NBA Development League (NBA D-League) in 2005. It received its present name in 2017 under a deal with <a href="/facts/Gatorade/PB0WR3Ad">Gatorade</a>, becoming the first U.S. professional sports league named for an advertiser. </p><p>Initially eight teams, the league expanded after 2005 under a plan by NBA commissioner <a href="/facts/David_Stern/u50dCAry">David Stern</a> to develop it into a true minor-league <a href="/facts/Farm_team/P0f6p6sM">farm system</a>, with each team affiliated with one or more NBA teams. By mid-2014, one-third of NBA players had spent time in the league, up from 23% in 2011. </p>