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The G Leagues 29th franchise has been through quite the journey as the NBAs Mexico litmus test, and even that purpose will be on hold during an inaugural campaign played entirely on the road in the U.S.

Brian Shaw focuses on Ignite games, adopts wait-and-see approach on Kai situation

Was when the nba draft happened, right? and you were not drafted in the nba. was that your first choice? >> yeah. i went to the nba development league. i got drafted in that. i was up and down, i was a friendly guy. which was a little bittersweet. the first time i got called up to the nba was in charlotte, 2006 and 2007. i first arrived. the security didnt believe who i was. its this bittersweet moment. i finally made it, i finally our ride. "no, we dont believe you. -- a buzz kill. >> tom: say ...

Thats not a valid argument. >> part of his argument was we could change aspects of the d-league to make it more appealing. to make it a viable alternative. one of the things i think is undergirding the debate, there is some whatever a race and a class issue. a predominantly -- predominantly african-american young men. with golf and tennis, were much more comfortable with young people going pro at a young age. >> i think youre right. an opportunity to go to college through athletic. this is a gre...

Draft after their freshman year and beth were drafted as top picks. if the new nba commissioner, all three of these players would be college sophomores right now. the nba draft eligibility age is 19. but the new commissioner, adam silver, has made i had a top priority to dhang the age from 19 to 20. he said sit my belief that if players have an opportunity to mature for a longer time before coming into the league, lit lead to a better league. if it happens, it would be great news for the ncaa. w...

Start making money. >> the thing about the -- since 05, the one and done as opposed to high school, 57 guys have gone to the nba. when you look at whats happened, a lot of them, kevin durant, carmelo anthony. anthony davis. these are one and done success stories. there are other stories where guys have not made it. theyre out of the league. theyre in the d-league in europe. by making it a two-year system, youre allowing them to gain maturity. i thought adam silver raised a good point. by allowin...

Were back with more on the debate over whether or not the nba should lift the draft eligibility age from right now, its at 19, to 20. jordan, you wanted to jump in. what do you got? >> i played college basketball for four years. i saw a lot of guys go through different things. not at the level of duke and north carolina. i grew up with guys that went from high school to the nba. i can tell you, if youre dealing with paying players in college, thats an entirely different argument. were talking ab...

One other interesting comment on the table is from mark cuban. he says that the ncaa rules are so hypocritical, there is absolutely no reason for a kid to go the college because hes not going to class. hes actually not even able to take advantage of all the fun, because the first semester he starts playing basketball. if the goal is just to graduate to the flab or be an nba player, go to the d league. hes referring to the nba development league. >> thats true. steven adams was one and done. now ...

Sport at the same time and just taken off here with just the popularity of jeremy. >> lets get to that story, now, how in the world did he come to wear these bracelets. how did you meet? are you shocked by the outcome of it? >> well, ive known jeremy for about a year now, he was actually playing in the nba development league last year, and i was watching a game of his and the first thing he said during the interview after the game was he wanted to thank his lord and savior jesus christ for his a...

change the cost to you for a gallon of gas. if you dont think youre going to see $5 a gallon by summer, the iranians may be telling you to think again. oil prices rose monday to a nine-month high after tehran announced it was cutting off oil exports to britain and france, threatening the same to six other european countries. oil is irans lifeline. it makes up for 80% of all its exports with the top customers being china, which gets 22% of the crude, the eu, which takes 18%, then japan,...