Denver Nuggets, Grand Rapids Drive partner as single affiliates beginning with 2021-22 season nba.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nba.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Verbatim: Denver, Grand Rapids to affiliate
The Journal Gazette
The NBA G League issued this news release today:
NEW YORK, April 27, 2021 The NBA G League, Denver Nuggets and Grand Rapids Drive today announced that the teams have entered into a single affiliation “hybrid” partnership beginning with the 2021-22 season.
As hybrid affiliates, the Nuggets will control the Drive’s basketball operations and existing local ownership in Grand Rapids, Mich., led by Steve Jbara and a team of investors, will oversee the franchise’s business operations and community engagement. Grand Rapids, which will announce a new name and identity in the coming weeks, was previously the hybrid affiliate of the Detroit Pistons.
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GR Drive Has Decided to Sit Out The 2020-21 Season
As the G League ramps up for a shortened basketball season for 2020-2021 in Orlando, our local franchise has decided they won t be participating.
Fox 17 says the Grand Rapids Drive decided to opt-out of the shortened season because as the team said in a press release, it wasn t worth the risk. As GR Drive President Steve Jbara said in the release on Fox 17, This was the right decision for our team, as we discussed both the safety and logistics surrounding a shortened, single-site season in Orlando,” said Jbara. “Our focus turns now to the 2021-22 season, including an exciting new affiliate that will allow us to further elevate the professional basketball experience in West Michigan for our partners, players and fans.