D-League Tryouts

[[Q]]

literally a 5 min drive down the freeway.
PDub, you should come down and try just for the hell of it.

May 12 - Los Angeles
Registration: 7:30am
Intro & Chalk Talk: 9:00am – 10:00am
(Featuring NBA Legend AC Green*)
Game Play: 11:00am – 4:00pm
Next Level Sports Complex
12821 Knott Street
Garden Grove, CA 92841
Website: http://www.nextlevelsportscomplex.com

June 2- Chicago
Registration: 7:30am
Intro & Chalk Talk: 9:00am – 10:00am
(Featuring NBA Legend Dee Brown*)
Game Play: 11:00am – 4:00pm
Moody Bible Institute
Solheim Center - 930 N. Wells St
Chicago, IL, 60610
Website: http://www.moody.edu

June 16 - New York
Registration: 7:30am
Intro & Chalk Talk: 9:00am – 10:00am
(Featuring NBA Legend John Starks*)
Game Play: 11:00am – 4:00pm
Basketball City
Pier 36 @ 299 South Street
New York, NY 10002
Website: http://www.basketballcity.com

June 17 - Houston
Registration: 7:30am
Intro & Chalk Talk: 9:00am – 10:00am
(Featuring NBA Legend Robert Horry*)
Game Play: 11:00am – 4:00pm
Legends Sports Complex
602 Pruitt Road
Spring, TX 77380
Website: http://www.thelegendssportscomplex.com

[Nick]

Wait... so you can just go and "try out" for a D-league team? It's that easy?

[benji]

You try out for the D-League in general and are put into a pool to be drafted, they've done it since the league started.

[Nick]

That's pretty cool. So hypothetically you could rock up off the streets and get drafted into a D-League team, so long as you're good enough...?

[benji]

Yes, from the site:

Fifteen prospects identified during the 2011 Boost Mobile® NBA Development League National Tryout went on to play in the NBA D-League during the 2011-12 seasons, with one earning a GATORADE Call-Up to the NBA. Of those 15, five were on end-of-season NBA D-League rosters.

Well, if you have the $150 entrance fee anyway.

[Andrew]

so long as you're good enough...?

I'd say there's the rub for most hopefuls. Still, that's cool. I'm sure anyone who isn't nearly good enough or serious about it will be out of there pretty quick but for anyone with a legitimate shot at the D-League or even the big time, that's a great opportunity.

[RedPhazon8]

I would probably have to train for a good year before I'd be in shape to try-out, it's a pretty neat idea though.