The relationship between the NBA and the D-League continues to grow, and 17 NBA franchises currently have one-to-one D-League affiliates amongst the 18 D-League teams. The remaining 13 NBA teams shared the Fort Wayne Mad Ants this season. We at Hoops Rumors will be recapping each team’s use of the D-League this season, looking at assignments and recalls as well as the players signed out of the D-League. We’ll continue onward with a look back at how the Grizzlies utilized the D-League during the 2014/15 campaign…
D-League Team: Iowa Energy
Affiliation Type: One-to-one
D-League Team Record: 26-24
Number of NBA Players Assigned To D-League: 3
Total D-League Assignments: 14
Player Stats While On Assignment
- Jordan Adams: 5 assignments, 11 games, 18.1 PPG, 6.9 RPG, 1.8 APG. .462/.383/.795.
- Russ Smith: 3 assignments, 18 games, 19.3 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 3.6 APG. .479/.418/.719.
- Jarnell Stokes: 6 assignments, 23 games, 15.1 PPG, 11.3 RPG, 1.1 APG. .617/.000/.698.
D-League Signings
- JaMychal Green (Austin Spurs-Spurs affiliate): Signed 1st 10-day pact on February 2nd; inked his 2nd 10-day contract on February 19th; signed a multiyear deal on March 2nd.
- Tyrus Thomas (Iowa Energy-Grizzlies affiliate): Signed 10-day pact on January 22nd.
Assignment/Recall Log
- November 8th: Assigned Jordan Adams (Recalled November 10th)
- November 8th: Assigned Jarnell Stokes (Recalled November 10th)
- November 25th: Assigned Jordan Adams (Recalled December 8th)
- December 1st: Assigned Jarnell Stokes (Recalled December 3rd)
- December 12th: Assigned Jordan Adams (Recalled December 21st)
- December 19th: Assigned Jarnell Stokes (Recalled December 21st)
- January 14th: Recalled Russ Smith (Originally assigned by Pelicans prior to being traded)
- January 20th: Assigned Jordan Adams (Recalled January 26th)
- January 20th: Assigned Jarnell Stokes (Recalled February 10th)
- January 20th: Assigned Russ Smith (Recalled February 10th)
- February 7th: Assigned Jordan Adams (Recalled February 8th)
- February 22nd: Assigned Jarnell Stokes (Recalled March 12th)
- February 22nd: Assigned Russ Smith (Recalled March 12th)
- March 17th: Assigned Jarnell Stokes (Recalled March 30th)
- March 24th: Assigned Russ Smith (Recalled March 30th)