The NBA’s relationship with the D-League continues to grow, and this season a total of 19 NBA teams had one-to-one affiliations with D-League clubs. Those NBA organizations without their own affiliates were required to assign players to D-League clubs associated with other NBA franchises. D-League teams could volunteer to take on the assigned players, and if no volunteers emerged, the players were assigned at random.
This significant change from the 2014/15 season came about after the Pacers purchased the Fort Wayne Mad Ants and turned them into their one-to-one partner for the 2015/16 campaign. Other NBA teams have interest in following suit in the years ahead, and the NBA’s ultimate goal for the D-League is for all 30 NBA franchises to have their own D-League squads. You can view the complete list of D-League affiliates here.
We at Hoops Rumors are recapping the D-League-related activity for the 2015/16 campaign for each team and we’ll continue with the Toronto Raptors, whose D-League affiliate is the Raptors 905:
The Raptors made a whopping 47 assignments for the 2015/16 season, sending five players to the D-League for a total of 155 days. Listed below are all the assignments and recalls made by Toronto for the 2015/16 campaign:
- November 13th: Assigned Lucas Nogueira (1st) — Recalled November 21st
- November 13th: Assigned Bruno Caboclo (1st) — Recalled November 29th
- November 24th: Assigned Delon Wright (1st) — Recalled November 27th
- November 27th: Assigned Delon Wright (2nd) — Recalled November 29th
- December 4th: Assigned Bruno Caboclo (2nd) — Recalled December 5th
- December 4th: Assigned Delon Wright (3rd) — Recalled December 5th
- December 7th Assigned Bruno Caboclo (3rd) — Recalled December 7th
- December 7th Assigned Delon Wright (4th) — Recalled December 5th
- December 12th: Assigned Delon Wright (5th) — Recalled December 20th
- December 12th: Assigned Bruno Caboclo (4th) — Recalled December 20th
- December 19th: Assigned Norman Powell (1st) — Recalled December 20th
- December 20th: Assigned Anthony Bennett (1st) — Recalled December 20th
- December 21st: Assigned Bruno Caboclo (5th) — Recalled December 23rd
- December 21st: Assigned Norman Powell (2nd) — Recalled December 23rd
- December 29th: Assigned Norman Powell (3rd) — Recalled January 1st
- December 30th: Assigned Anthony Bennett (2nd) — Recalled January 1st
- December 30th: Assigned Delon Wright (5th) — Recalled January 1st
- January 16th: Assigned Anthony Bennett (3rd) — Recalled January 19th
- January 16th: Assigned Bruno Caboclo (6th) — Recalled January 19th
- January 16th: Assigned Delon Wright (6th) — Recalled January 19th
- January 22nd: Assigned Bruno Caboclo (7th) — Recalled January 26th
- January 22nd: Assigned Norman Powell (4th) — Recalled January 26th
- January 22nd: Assigned Lucas Nogueira (2nd) — Recalled January 26th
- January 26th: Assigned Delon Wright (7th) — Recalled January 27th
- January 26th: Assigned Norman Powell (5th) — Recalled January 27th
- January 26th: Assigned Lucas Nogueira (3rd) — Recalled January 27th
- January 27th: Assigned Anthony Bennett (4th) — Recalled January 30th
- January 27th: Assigned Bruno Caboclo (8th) — Recalled January 30th
- February 2nd: Assigned Bruno Caboclo (9th) — Recalled February 7th
- February 21st: Assigned Bruno Caboclo (10th) — Recalled February 28th
- February 29th: Assigned Bruno Caboclo (11th) — Recalled March 2nd
- March 3rd: Assigned Norman Powell (6th) — Recalled March 4th
- March 3rd: Assigned Lucas Nogueira (4th) — Recalled March 4th
- March 3rd: Assigned Bruno Caboclo (12th) — Recalled March 4th
- March 5th: Assigned Delon Wright (8th) — Recalled March 6th
- March 5th: Assigned Bruno Caboclo (13th) — Recalled March 6th
- March 5th: Assigned Lucas Nogueira (5th) — Recalled March 6th
- March 10th: Assigned Delon Wright (9th) — Recalled March 10th
- March 10th: Assigned Bruno Caboclo (14th) — Recalled March 10th
- March 10th: Assigned Lucas Nogueira (6th) — Recalled March 10th
- March 11th: Assigned Delon Wright (10th) — Recalled March 12th
- March 11th: Assigned Bruno Caboclo (15th) — Recalled March 13th
- March 11th: Assigned Lucas Nogueira (7th) — Recalled March 12th
- March 14th: Assigned Bruno Caboclo (16th) — Recalled March 14th
- March 14th: Assigned Delon Wright (11th) — Recalled March 14th
- March 14th: Assigned Lucas Nogueira (8th) — Recalled March 14th
- March 18th: Assigned Bruno Caboclo (17th) — Recalled March 20th
Here’s how Toronto’s players performed while on assignment to the D-League this season:
- Anthony Bennett: In six appearances Bennett averaged 9.2 points, 3.2 rebounds and 0.7 assists in 17.9 minutes per outing. His shooting line was .339/.250/.786.
- Bruno Caboclo: In 37 appearances Caboclo averaged 14.7 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 34.3 minutes per contest. His shooting numbers were .403/.335/.727.
- Lucas Nogueira: In 11 appearances Nogueira averaged 9.9 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.7 blocks in 25.2 minutes per outing. His shooting line was .570/.250/.762.
- Norman Powell: In eight games Powell averaged 24.9 points, 5.1 rebounds and 4.6 assists in 39.6 minutes per contest. His shooting numbers were .500/.333/.796.
- Delon Wright: In 15 appearances Wright averaged 17.7 points, 5.0 rebounds and 6.5 assists in 35.7 minutes per night. His slash line was .536/.360/.806.