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<blockquote data-quote="AZeer" data-source="post: 129916360" data-attributes="member: 1391975"><p><strong><em><span style="font-size: 22px">Opportunity and reality are two very different things.</span></em></strong></p><p></p><p>[Salaries in the NBA D-League have long been a lightning rod for debate and discussion. There are definite benefits of a player staying on the NBA’s doorstep by playing in the NBA, but the lack of compensation leads a lot of top players to head overseas for bigger paydays as well.</p><p></p><p>For the past couple seasons the salary structure in place has consisted of tiers. There were three tiers of salaries: $13,000 (C), $19,000 (B) and $25,500 (A) and each team had a salary cap of $173,000 on top of that.</p><p></p><p>A league source has told Upside & Motor the structure will be altered for the 2016/17 season. Now there will only be two tiers for salaries as the “C” has been eliminated. The new salary levels will be $19,500 (B-Level) and $26,000 (A-Level) and the salary cap will rise to $209,000 also.]</p><p></p><p>After going undrafted in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_NBA_draft"><u>2016 NBA draft</u></a>, Williams joined the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks"><u>Milwaukee Bucks</u></a> for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_NBA_Summer_League"><u>2016 NBA Summer League</u></a> in Las Vegas.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Williams#cite_note-13"><u>[13]</u></a> In five games for the Bucks, he averaged 2.0 points and 2.4 rebounds in 7.6 minutes per game.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Williams#cite_note-bucks-10"><u>[10]</u></a></p><p></p><p>On August 9, 2016, Williams signed with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne_United"><u>Melbourne United</u></a> for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_NBL_season"><u>2016–17 NBL season</u></a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Williams#cite_note-14"><u>[14]</u></a> Williams struggled to make an impact for United off the bench over the first month of the season, which led to speculation of him being released by the club.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Williams#cite_note-15"><u>[15]</u></a> That was not to be, and on November 6, he had a season-best game with 13 points and seven rebounds in an 82–73 loss to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illawarra_Hawks"><u>Illawarra Hawks</u></a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Williams#cite_note-16"><u>[16]</u></a> His next best game came on December 11, as he had a 6-point, 10-rebound effort in an 88–81 win over the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Kings"><u>Sydney Kings</u></a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Williams#cite_note-17"><u>[17]</u></a> In the following game however on December 17, Williams went down with a knee injury early in United's 100–90 loss to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisbane_Bullets"><u>Brisbane Bullets</u></a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Williams#cite_note-18"><u>[18]</u></a> and was subsequently ruled out for four to six weeks with a Grade 2 medial ligament strain.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Williams#cite_note-19"><u>[19]</u></a> On January 31, 2017, after fully recovering, Williams was granted a release from his contract to source opportunities to play in the US.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Williams#cite_note-20"><u>[20]</u></a> On February 14, 2017, he was acquired by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensboro_Swarm"><u>Greensboro Swarm</u></a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Development_League"><u>NBA Development League</u></a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Williams#cite_note-21"><u>[21]</u></a></p><p></p><p>Devin is living his dream, but he ain't making the big bucks. One day he may make a nice living from basketball, but not right now. The road to the gold is one ruff and tuff ride.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AZeer, post: 129916360, member: 1391975"] [B][I][SIZE=6]Opportunity and reality are two very different things.[/SIZE][/I][/B] [Salaries in the NBA D-League have long been a lightning rod for debate and discussion. There are definite benefits of a player staying on the NBA’s doorstep by playing in the NBA, but the lack of compensation leads a lot of top players to head overseas for bigger paydays as well. For the past couple seasons the salary structure in place has consisted of tiers. There were three tiers of salaries: $13,000 (C), $19,000 (B) and $25,500 (A) and each team had a salary cap of $173,000 on top of that. A league source has told Upside & Motor the structure will be altered for the 2016/17 season. Now there will only be two tiers for salaries as the “C” has been eliminated. The new salary levels will be $19,500 (B-Level) and $26,000 (A-Level) and the salary cap will rise to $209,000 also.] After going undrafted in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_NBA_draft'][U]2016 NBA draft[/U][/URL], Williams joined the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks'][U]Milwaukee Bucks[/U][/URL] for the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_NBA_Summer_League'][U]2016 NBA Summer League[/U][/URL] in Las Vegas.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Williams#cite_note-13'][U][13][/U][/URL] In five games for the Bucks, he averaged 2.0 points and 2.4 rebounds in 7.6 minutes per game.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Williams#cite_note-bucks-10'][U][10][/U][/URL] On August 9, 2016, Williams signed with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne_United'][U]Melbourne United[/U][/URL] for the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_NBL_season'][U]2016–17 NBL season[/U][/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Williams#cite_note-14'][U][14][/U][/URL] Williams struggled to make an impact for United off the bench over the first month of the season, which led to speculation of him being released by the club.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Williams#cite_note-15'][U][15][/U][/URL] That was not to be, and on November 6, he had a season-best game with 13 points and seven rebounds in an 82–73 loss to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illawarra_Hawks'][U]Illawarra Hawks[/U][/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Williams#cite_note-16'][U][16][/U][/URL] His next best game came on December 11, as he had a 6-point, 10-rebound effort in an 88–81 win over the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Kings'][U]Sydney Kings[/U][/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Williams#cite_note-17'][U][17][/U][/URL] In the following game however on December 17, Williams went down with a knee injury early in United's 100–90 loss to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisbane_Bullets'][U]Brisbane Bullets[/U][/URL],[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Williams#cite_note-18'][U][18][/U][/URL] and was subsequently ruled out for four to six weeks with a Grade 2 medial ligament strain.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Williams#cite_note-19'][U][19][/U][/URL] On January 31, 2017, after fully recovering, Williams was granted a release from his contract to source opportunities to play in the US.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Williams#cite_note-20'][U][20][/U][/URL] On February 14, 2017, he was acquired by the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensboro_Swarm'][U]Greensboro Swarm[/U][/URL] of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Development_League'][U]NBA Development League[/U][/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Williams#cite_note-21'][U][21][/U][/URL] Devin is living his dream, but he ain't making the big bucks. One day he may make a nice living from basketball, but not right now. The road to the gold is one ruff and tuff ride. [/QUOTE]
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