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NBA D-League to become Gatorade League

The NBA on Tuesday will announce a renaming of its Development League, with the "D-League"_set to be known as the "G-League"_starting in the 2017-18 season because of a multiyear partnership with Gatorade.

This marks the first time a U.S. professional sports league has named an entitlement partner..

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[ulXrunner]

Wonder how a D-League team would do in a Louisiana city.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Fail miserably.

[Cajunsmike]

Fail miserably.

Pelicans were considering helping sponsor a D League team in Shreveport a few months ago. There is no D1 team in that city now that Centenary has dropped down. I am not sure what the status of that idea is now nor do I know the details of how the D League works. I think any NBA team can call up someone from any D League team with a few exceptions. I believe Shawn Long's situation is one of those exceptions. Someone else can probably chime in with a better explanation.