D-League Structure

[CactusNomad]

Hi, I am fairly new to the game. I have been trying to set up my own fictional league. My fictional league has 22 teams. How do I trim down the D-league to the same number of teams, 22?

Thanks
Bob

[GiantYankee]

Hi, I am fairly new to the game. I have been trying to set up my own fictional league. My fictional league has 22 teams. How do I trim down the D-league to the same number of teams, 22?

Thanks
Bob

I don't have the current version but in past versions there were 30 D League teams no matter what the league size was. I wish we could customize or completely disable the D League altogether. As a guy who likes smaller league sizes, I'm waiting for a future version that will allow us to disable the D league. 30 D league teams for a 16 team league has become a deal breaker for me.

[CactusNomad]

Thank you for the reply. I purchased the game and this is a real pain.

[Gary Gorski]

I'm interested in the viewpoint of someone who feels this is a "dealbreaker" in the game because I do not understand why that would be the case. The players who are playing in the d-league are always able to be signed as free agents so even if there were only a limited number of d-league teams those players would just exist as free agents. Instead they're assigned to a d-league team and get to play out games so you can evaluate them even better if you want to sign them. I'm just not sure what limiting d-league teams is going to do except have more players in the FA pool directly as opposed to being in the FA pool but playing for a d-league team at the same time.

[Cleasby]

Agree d-league being on or off doesn't impact anything because they are just free agents at the end of the day

Would be cool to be able to disable the d-league next gen players (the ones that go in the draft next year) for historical replay.

[GiantYankee]

I'm interested in the viewpoint of someone who feels this is a "dealbreaker" in the game because I do not understand why that would be the case. The players who are playing in the d-league are always able to be signed as free agents so even if there were only a limited number of d-league teams those players would just exist as free agents. Instead they're assigned to a d-league team and get to play out games so you can evaluate them even better if you want to sign them. I'm just not sure what limiting d-league teams is going to do except have more players in the FA pool directly as opposed to being in the FA pool but playing for a d-league team at the same time.

Thank you for the response Gary. I enjoy playing with 16 team leagues. Having a 30 team G League with affiliations just kills the immersion for me. "The players who are playing in the d-league are always able to be signed as free agents so even if there were only a limited number of d-league teams those players would just exist as free agents." Does this mean that the free agent pool (including G league) is the same regardless of the league size? So in other words there is a set number of players that are available in any size league? All pro teams have to have affiliations, correct?