League NBA Development League Duration November – April Top seed Sioux Falls Skyforce | Sport Basketball Picked by Idaho Stampede Runners-up Los Angeles D-Fenders Finals champion Sioux Falls Skyforce | |
Period November 2015 – April 2016 Similar 2013–14 NBA season, 2015–16 NBA season, 2014–15 NBA season, 2016–17 NBA season | ||
The 2015–16 NBA Development League season was the 15th season of the NBA Development League (NBA D-League). The NBA D-League is the official minor league basketball organization owned by the National Basketball Association (NBA).
The League expanded to a record 19 teams for the 2015–16 season. An expansion team, Raptors 905, joined the 18 teams from the previous season, while the Fort Wayne Mad Ants were purchased by the Indiana Pacers, leaving just 11 NBA teams without a D-League affiliate for this season (in the 2016–17 season the number of NBA teams without a D-League affiliate will reduce to 8 with the debuts of franchises owned by the Brooklyn Nets, Charlotte Hornets, and Chicago Bulls).
The league consisted of two conferences with two divisions each, three with five and one with four. To even out the divisions, the Canton Charge were moved from the East Division to the Central Division.