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France seems like a good fit for him.

Jojogunne wrote:His G League team just folded:

https://erie.gleague.nba.com/news/erie- ... perations/

Au revoir and bonne chance, Monsieur Justin!

Crazy how things work out. Who'd have guessed that after he won the 3x3 tourney MVP during Final Four weekend that it would be Pemberton in the G League and JWF overseas now?

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Jojogunne wrote:His G League team just folded:

https://erie.gleague.nba.com/news/erie- ... perations/

Au revoir and bonne chance, Monsieur Justin!

Crazy how things work out. Who'd have guessed that after he won the 3x3 tourney MVP during Final Four weekend that it would be Pemberton in the G League and JWF overseas now?

Justin is more talented, but Eli is better as a pro because he can be a 3 and D guy at that level. Can't have enough of those. Who is JWFs comparison in the NBA, maybe Lou Williams?

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Wags wrote:

Jojogunne wrote:His G League team just folded:

https://erie.gleague.nba.com/news/erie- ... perations/

Au revoir and bonne chance, Monsieur Justin!

Crazy how things work out. Who'd have guessed that after he won the 3x3 tourney MVP during Final Four weekend that it would be Pemberton in the G League and JWF overseas now?

Sometimes it's about more than just basketball; especially if you aren't a superstar.

More money in Europe if you play for the right team and league.

Yeah I really don't get this fascination around here with the G League - who the heck cares about that? Haven't paid a lick of attention to it and watched 0 minutes of any game, other than a couple of highlights related to HU. That's like major league lax to me. It's a fun side gig while you're working your career path.

Euro hoops still means more to me, more prestige and $, but what do I know, not a player so maybe I'm wrong. I guess the G League provides the direct chance to potentially see the NBA floor at some point, very briefly...? Frankly I don't see much of that happening, and when it does, it's a for blip of time that you miss if you blink. Other than that I don't see it being some big thing.

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Wags wrote:

Jojogunne wrote:His G League team just folded:

https://erie.gleague.nba.com/news/erie- ... perations/

Au revoir and bonne chance, Monsieur Justin!

Crazy how things work out. Who'd have guessed that after he won the 3x3 tourney MVP during Final Four weekend that it would be Pemberton in the G League and JWF overseas now?

Justin is more talented, but Eli is better as a pro because he can be a 3 and D guy at that level. Can't have enough of those. Who is JWFs comparison in the NBA, maybe Lou Williams?

That's a bad thing? Lou Williams is longtime professional bucket getter who's had an extremely impactful NBA career. Any G league guard should be thrilled to turn into Lou Williams. We'd all be extremely proud of JWF years from now if he ever had the kind of NBA career Lou Williams has had (and is still having). Side note: I think Williams might also have the distinction of being the NBA's only second-round pick out of high school.

Polito wrote:Yeah I really don't get this fascination around here with the G League - who the heck cares about that? Haven't paid a lick of attention to it and watched 0 minutes of any game, other than a couple of highlights related to HU. That's like major league lax to me. It's a fun side gig while you're working your career path.

Euro hoops still means more to me, more prestige and $, but what do I know, not a player so maybe I'm wrong. I guess the G League provides the direct chance to potentially see the NBA floor at some point, very briefly...? Frankly I don't see much of that happening, and when it does, it's a for blip of time that you miss if you blink. Other than that I don't see it being some big thing.

Depends on who you are. Both the Euro route and the G League route have led to good NBA career paths many.

But there are a good amount NBA names we all know who went the G League (or then-D league) route:
Danny Green, Jeremy Lin, J.J Barea (who we remember well from NU), Shaun Livingston, Gerald Green, Hassan Whiteside, Robert Covington, to name just a few.

Another option will soon be Professional Collegiate League, which just signed a TV deal and has huge money behind it from the likes of Jeff Bezos and Drake.

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cactus wrote:Justin is more talented, but Eli is better as a pro because he can be a 3 and D guy at that level. Can't have enough of those. Who is JWFs comparison in the NBA, maybe Lou Williams?

That's a bad thing? Lou Williams is longtime professional bucket getter who's had an extremely impactful NBA career. Any G league guard should be thrilled to turn into Lou Williams. We'd all be extremely proud of JWF years from now if he ever had the kind of NBA career Lou Williams has had (and is still having). Side note: I think Williams might also have the distinction of being the NBA's only second-round pick out of high school.

Its not bad, just not a lot of guys who have had a successful career as that kind of a player - have to be ruthlessly efficient off the bench. 3 and D guys are all over the league.

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The number is pretty staggering - something like close to 50% of current NBA players have come through the g league or spent time in it.


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dutchalum01 wrote:The number is pretty staggering - something like close to 50% of current NBA players have come through the g league or spent time in it.

Yeah, I don't know the current numbers, but below is what they were at the end of the 2018-19 NBA season. Granted, some of it is guys in the NBA going to the G League and coming back to the NBA, but there are still many players going from the G League initially to the NBA.

* A record 272 of 526 NBA players (52%) on end-of-regular-season NBA rosters had G League experience.

* All 30 NBA teams finished that season with at least five G League vets on their rosters, with a record 10 teams featuring 10 or more such players.

* 48 G League players earned 55 call-ups to the NBA during that season.

* A record 105 NBA players were assigned a record 482 times to the G League for rehab or development.

* 37 players selected in the 2018 NBA draft played in the G League that season, including 12 first-round selections.

So, to say that the G League hasn't had much of an impact on the NBA is just inaccurate. The NBA is littered with former G League players, including many who spent time in the G League before going to the NBA.

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dutchalum01 wrote:The number is pretty staggering - something like close to 50% of current NBA players have come through the g league or spent time in it.

Yeah, I don't know the current numbers, but below is what they were at the end of the 2018-19 NBA season. Granted, some of it is guys in the NBA going to the G League and coming back to the NBA, but there are still many players going from the G League initially to the NBA.

* A record 272 of 526 NBA players (52%) on end-of-regular-season NBA rosters had G League experience.

* All 30 NBA teams finished that season with at least five G League vets on their rosters, with a record 10 teams featuring 10 or more such players.

* 48 G League players earned 55 call-ups to the NBA during that season.

* A record 105 NBA players were assigned a record 482 times to the G League for rehab or development.

* 37 players selected in the 2018 NBA draft played in the G League that season, including 12 first-round selections.

So, to say that the G League hasn't had much of an impact on the NBA is just inaccurate. The NBA is littered with former G League players, including many who spent time in the G League before going to the NBA.

100%. I only think the G League will continue to grow as well and continue to poach top flight high school players. I watched a number of Utah games when Justin played and it was fun to watch. Eerie I didn’t really watch because it was in the bubble and just not the same. The comment about Eerie folding was set for years. I havent read into this, but I’m assuming it’s pertaining to the team relocating their club from Eerie to a larger market that I can’t recall.


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I think the G-Leagues is much quicker path to the NBA than Europe. You have to really excel over in Europe to get called back to the states. In the G-League, you are always on injury away from a call up.

Eli and JWF are very different people. Both super talented, I think Eli has built a much better resume. He is a complete player, including defense. He is also built stronger.

I know people will dislike hearing this, but what JWF said in the public eye def. hurt his chances of playing. Meyers Leonard was traded within days of his anti semitic rant on a video game. JWF didnt have the NBA contract, so they just let him fill a spot in the G-League for the time being, and now he is in Europe, most likely to never be heard from again in regards to an NBA roster.

I hope Eli catches on somewhere. I really think he has a shot. He has gotten better year after year.

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Wags wrote:

dutchalum01 wrote:The number is pretty staggering - something like close to 50% of current NBA players have come through the g league or spent time in it.

Yeah, I don't know the current numbers, but below is what they were at the end of the 2018-19 NBA season. Granted, some of it is guys in the NBA going to the G League and coming back to the NBA, but there are still many players going from the G League initially to the NBA.

* A record 272 of 526 NBA players (52%) on end-of-regular-season NBA rosters had G League experience.

* All 30 NBA teams finished that season with at least five G League vets on their rosters, with a record 10 teams featuring 10 or more such players.

* 48 G League players earned 55 call-ups to the NBA during that season.

* A record 105 NBA players were assigned a record 482 times to the G League for rehab or development.

* 37 players selected in the 2018 NBA draft played in the G League that season, including 12 first-round selections.

So, to say that the G League hasn't had much of an impact on the NBA is just inaccurate. The NBA is littered with former G League players, including many who spent time in the G League before going to the NBA.

100%. I only think the G League will continue to grow as well and continue to poach top flight high school players.

Jaden Hardy, the No. 2 prospect on ESPN's Top 100 list and considered the best scorer in high school basketball, is opting for the G League. The No. 7 prospect, Michael Foster, and former Gonzaga commit, Fanbo Zeng, did the same from this year's class.

Last year, Jalen Green, Jonathan Kuminga, Isaiah Todd and Daishen Nix - all five-star recruits - also went the G League route. Green was considered the nation's top prospect.

If someone can figure this out, here is the site to watch JWF in France. His team is Roanne:

https://www.lnb.tv/fr-int/playerpage/56 ... hId1WaAY-0