Throughout the offseason and preseason, NBA teams are permitted to carry 21 players, but that number must be reduced to 15 (plus three two-way players) in advance of opening night. However, up to five players waived by teams prior to the season can be designated as “affiliate players” and assigned to their G League squads.
As we explain in more detail in our glossary entry on the subject, if a player’s NBA team has designated him as an affiliate player and he signs a G League contract, he is automatically assigned to that team’s NBAGL roster.
Of the G League’s 31 teams, 30 are directly affiliated with an NBA club. Only the Mexico City Capitanes are unaffiliated and are ineligible to have affiliate players.
Here are the affiliate players for the other 30 squads to open the 2025/26 season, which tipped off last week:
Austin Spurs (Spurs)
Birmingham Squadron (Pelicans)
Capital City Go-Go (Wizards)
Cleveland Charge (Cavaliers)
College Park Skyhawks (Hawks)
- Kobe Johnson
- Deivon Smith
- Note: The Skyhawks also designated Lamont Butler as an affiliate player, but he has since been waived.
Delaware Blue Coats (Sixers)
Grand Rapids Gold (Nuggets)
Greensboro Swarm (Hornets)
Iowa Wolves (Timberwolves)
Long Island Nets (Nets)
Maine Celtics (Celtics)
- Jalen Bridges
- Hayden Gray
- Aaron Scott
- Note: The Celtics also designated RJ Luis and Wendell Moore Jr. as affiliate players, but Luis has since been waived and Moore has since signed a two-way contract with the Pistons.
Memphis Hustle (Grizzlies)
Motor City Cruise (Pistons)
Noblesville Boom (Pacers)
Oklahoma City Blue (Thunder)
- Zack Austin
- Viktor Lakhin
- Payton Sandfort
- Dariq Whitehead
- Note: The Blue also designated Erik Reynolds II as an affiliate player, but he has since been waived.
Osceola Magic (Magic)
Raptors 905 (Raptors)
Rio Grande Valley Vipers (Rockets)
Rip City Remix (Trail Blazers)
Salt Lake City Stars (Jazz)
San Diego Clippers (Clippers)
Santa Cruz Warriors (Warriors)
Sioux Falls Skyforce (Heat)
South Bay Lakers (Lakers)
- RJ Davis
- Arthur Kaluma
- Augustas Marciulionis
- Anton Watson
- Note: The Lakers also designated Jeenathan Williams as an affiliate player, but he has since been traded to the Long Island Nets.
Stockton Kings (Kings)
Texas Legends (Mavericks)
- Dalano Banton
- Matthew Cleveland
- Matt Cross
- Note: The Legends also designated Jeremiah Robinson-Earl as an affiliate player, but he has since signed a pair of 10-day hardship contracts with the Pacers.
Valley Suns (Suns)
Westchester Knicks (Knicks)
- None
Windy City Bulls (Bulls)
Wisconsin Herd (Bucks)
- None
Note: While some G League teams officially listed their affiliate players when announcing their rosters, many of these lists are based on our own research.
In addition to these “affiliate players,” G League teams have the ability to fill out their rosters with the following types of players:
- Returning rights: Players whose G League rights were already held by the team from a previous season (or were acquired in a trade from another NBAGL team).
- G League draft rights: Players who were selected in this season’s G League draft.
- NBA draft rights: Players who were drafted by an NBA team and signed a G League contract instead of an NBA contract.
- Local tryout: Players who earned a shot via a local tryout.
- G League player pool: Players who signed G League contracts and went undrafted (or signed their contracts after the draft). Newly signed players go through a waiver process and enter the league’s free agent pool if they go unclaimed.
- Two-way contract: Players who are on a two-way contract with an NBA team and have been transferred to the G League.
- NBA assignment: Players who are on a standard contract with an NBA team and have been assigned to the G League.