2020–21 NBA G League season#Regular season

In December 2019, NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced that the Capitanes de Ciudad de México of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional would be joining the G League in the 2020–21 season on a five-year agreement.{{cite web |url=https://gleague.nba.com/news/nba-g-league-expands-to-mexico-city-in-landmark-partnership-with-capitanes/ |title=NBA G League Expands to Mexico City in Landmark Partnership with Capitanes |website=NBA G League |date=December 12, 2019}} The 2019–20 season was then curtailed by the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic and all remaining games after March 12, 2020, and the playoffs were cancelled.

On July 9, 2020, the Phoenix Suns announced they were relocating their G League franchise, the Northern Arizona Suns, from the Prescott Valley to the Phoenix area for the 2020–21 season{{Cite news |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2020/07/09/northern-arizona-suns-leave-prescott-valley.html|title=NAZ Suns announce they are leaving Prescott Valley|work= Arizona Daily Sun|access-date=July 9, 2020}} and subsequently sold the franchise to the Detroit Pistons.{{cite news|title=Pistons purchase Suns' NBA G League team|url=https://www.nba.com/news/pistons-purchase-suns-g-league-team|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=GLeague.NBA.com|date=July 29, 2020|access-date=July 29, 2020}} The Pistons plan to move the team to Detroit in the 2021–22 season under the name Motor City Cruise.{{cite news|title=Detroit Pistons NBA G League Affiliate To Be Named 'Motor City Cruise'|url=https://www.nba.com/pistons/news/detroit-pistons-nba-g-league-affiliate-be-named-motor-city-cruise|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=GLeague.NBA.com |date=October 30, 2020|access-date=November 18, 2020}} The New Orleans Pelicans launched a name-the-team contest for their upcoming team in Birmingham.{{cite news |url=https://www.nba.com/pelicans/news/new-orleans-pelicans-seeking-fan-input-g-league-team-name |title=New Orleans Pelicans seeking fan input for G-League team name |date=December 10, 2020 |access-date=December 10, 2020}}

During the constantly changing restrictions amid the pandemic, no announcements for the 2020–21 season were made by the league or the NBA. The NBA season began in December 2020. It was rumored that all games for the G League season would take place in a bubble similar to the 2020 NBA Bubble in either Atlanta, Georgia, or outside Orlando, Florida, with several teams likely to opt out,{{cite web |first=Dave |last=McMenamin |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30540803/sources-g-league-pushing-forward-eyeing-reduced-bubble-shortened-season |title=Sources: G League pushing forward; eyeing reduced bubble, shortened season |website=ESPN |date=December 17, 2020|access-date=December 17, 2020}} but that the NBA G League Ignite prospects team would be joining.{{cite web |title=Ignite Team Featuring Jalen Green, Jonathan Kuminga Among 18 Teams Expected To Participate In G League Bubble|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamzagoria/2020/12/24/ignite-team-featuring-jalen-green-jonathan-kuminga-among-18-teams-expected-to-participate-in-g-league-bubble/?sh=18c392d1ed73|work=Forbes |access-date=December 24, 2020 |date=December 24, 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-g-league-to-begin-2020-21-season-in-february-at-disney-world-bubble-per-report/ |title=NBA G League to begin 2020-21 season in February at Disney World bubble, per report |website=CBS Sports |date=December 29, 2020}} The bubble season was confirmed by the league on January 8, 2021, to start in February at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World in Bay Lake, Florida. Eleven teams opted out of the season: the Capital City Go-Go, College Park Skyhawks, Grand Rapids Drive, Maine Red Claws, Northern Arizona Suns, Sioux Falls SkyForce, South Bay Lakers, Stockton Kings, Texas Legends, Windy City Bulls, and Wisconsin Herd.{{Cite web |url=https://gleague.nba.com/news/nba-g-league-to-begin-play-at-disney-in-february/ |title=NBA G League To Begin Play at Disney In February |website=NBA G League |date=January 8, 2021}} The Capitanes de Ciudad de México also announced they would postpone their first season in the league until 2021–22.{{Cite web |url=http://capitanes.mx/comunicado-g-league-tempora-2020-2021/ |title=NBA G-LEAGUE ANUNCIA EL INICIO DE SU TEMPORADA 2021 CAPITANES DEBUTARÁ EN LA SIGUIENTE TEMPORADA(2021-2022) |website=Capitanes |date=January 8, 2021}}

The schedule was announced on January 27 with the 18 teams each playing 15 regular season games between February 9 and March 6. There is no conference or divisional alignment in the bubble and the top eight teams play a single-elimination playoff from March 8 through the championship game on March 11.{{Cite web |url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/nba-g-league-tips-off-february-10-at-disney/n-5662965 |title=NBA G League Tips off February 10 at Disney |website=OurSports Central |date=January 27, 2021}}

{{#invoke:Sports table|main |style=WL |ranking_style=percentage |show_GB=yes |hide_played=yes |GB_team=1 |for_against_style=none |class_rules= |update=complete |split8=yes |source=[https://gleague.nba.com/standings/ GLeague.NBA.com]

|team1=905 |name_905=Raptors 905 (TOR) |win_905=12 |loss_905=3 |status_905=y

|team2=SCW |name_SCW=Santa Cruz Warriors (GSW) |win_SCW=11 |loss_SCW=4 |status_SCW=X

|team3=ERI |name_ERI=Erie BayHawks (NO) |win_ERI=11 |loss_ERI=4 |status_ERI=X

|team4=DEL |name_DEL=Delaware Blue Coats (PHI) |win_DEL=10 |loss_DEL=5 |status_DEL=X

|team5=AUS |name_AUS=Austin Spurs (SAS) |win_AUS=10 |loss_AUS=5 |status_AUS=X

|team6=LAK |name_LAK=Lakeland Magic (ORL) |win_LAK=9 |loss_LAK=6 |status_LAK=X

|team7=RGV |name_RGV=Rio Grande Valley Vipers (HOU) |win_RGV=9 |loss_RGV=6 |status_RGV=X

|team8=IGN |name_IGN=NBA G League Ignite |win_IGN=8 |loss_IGN=7 |status_IGN=X

|team9=OKC |name_OKC=Oklahoma City Blue (OKC) |win_OKC=8 |loss_OKC=7

|team10=LIN |name_LIN=Long Island Nets (BKN) |win_LIN=7 |loss_LIN=8

|team11=WES |name_WES=Westchester Knicks (NYK) |win_WES=7 |loss_WES=8

|team12=MEM |name_MEM=Memphis Hustle (MEM) |win_MEM=6 |loss_MEM=9

|team13=FTW |name_FTW=Fort Wayne Mad Ants (IND) |win_FTW=6 |loss_FTW=9

|team14=CAN |name_CAN=Canton Charge (CLE) |win_CAN=5 |loss_CAN=10

|team15=GRE |name_GRE=Greensboro Swarm (CHA) |win_GRE=5 |loss_GRE=10

|team16=ACC |name_ACC=Agua Caliente Clippers (LAC) |win_ACC=5 |loss_ACC=10

|team17=SLC |name_SLC=Salt Lake City Stars (UTA) |win_SLC=4 |loss_SLC=11

|team18=IOW |name_IOW=Iowa Wolves (MIN) |win_IOW=2 |loss_IOW=13

|res_col_header=Q

|status_pos=before

|status_text_E=Eliminated from playoff contention

|status_text_X=Qualified for playoffs

|status_text_Y=Clinched top seed

}}

For the first time since the 2006–07 NBA Development League season, the playoffs were held entirely as a single-elimination bracket (the league held this type of format from 2003 to 2007, albeit with four teams for the first three seasons and six for the last season). The Lakeland Magic became the lowest seeded team to win a G League championship.

{{8TeamBracket

| RD1=Quarterfinals
March 8

| RD2=Semifinals
March 9

| RD3=Championship
March 11

| RD1-seed1=1

| RD1-team1= Raptors 905

| RD1-score1= 127

| RD1-seed2=8

| RD1-team2= Ignite

| RD1-score2= 102

| RD1-seed3=4

| RD1-team3= Delaware Blue Coats

| RD1-score3= 124

| RD1-seed4=5

| RD1-team4= Austin Spurs

| RD1-score4= 103

| RD1-seed5=2

| RD1-team5= Santa Cruz Warriors

| RD1-score5= 110

| RD1-seed6=7

| RD1-team6= {{nowrap|Rio Grande Valley Vipers}}

| RD1-score6= 81

| RD1-seed7=3

| RD1-team7= Erie BayHawks

| RD1-score7= 110

| RD1-seed8=6

| RD1-team8= Lakeland Magic

| RD1-score8= 139

| RD2-seed1= 1

| RD2-team1= Raptors 905

| RD2-score1= 100

| RD2-seed2= 4

| RD2-team2= Delaware Blue Coats

| RD2-score2= 127

| RD2-seed3= 2

| RD2-team3= Santa Cruz Warriors

| RD2-score3= 96

| RD2-seed4= 6

| RD2-team4= Lakeland Magic

| RD2-score4= 108

| RD3-seed1= 4

| RD3-team1= Delaware Blue Coats

| RD3-score1= 78

| RD3-seed2= 6

| RD3-team2= Lakeland Magic

| RD3-score2= 97

}}

{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee

|date= March 11, 2021

|time=4:30 p.m. ET

|place= AdventHealth Arena, Orlando, Florida

|team2=Delaware Blue Coats |score2=78

|team1=Lakeland Magic |score1=97

|report= [https://stats.gleague.nba.com/game/2042000301/ Boxscore]

|Q1=21–11|Q2=25–23|Q3=31–20|Q4=20–24

|points2=Rayjon Tucker 20| points1= Devin Cannady 22

|rebounds2=Paul Reed 11|rebounds1= Karim Mane 8

|assist2=Justin Robinson 5|assist1= Jeff Dowtin Jr. 7

|attendance= Game was behind closed doors

|referee=

• #18 Isaac Barnett
• #55 Cheryl Flores
• #80 Jamahl Ralls
• #36 Tyler Ricks

}}

• On July 9, 2020, Tori Miller became the first female general manager (GM) in the NBA G League when she was promoted to the position by the College Park Skyhawks.{{Cite web|title=Hawks make Tori Miller first woman general manager in G League|url=https://www.nba.com/news/hawks-make-tori-miller-first-woman-general-manager-g-league|url-status=live|access-date=October 25, 2021|website=NBA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120014651/https://www.nba.com/news/hawks-make-tori-miller-first-woman-general-manager-g-league |archive-date=2021-01-20 }}
• On January 15, 2021, Amber Nichols became the second female general manager in the NBA G League when she was promoted to the position by the Capital City Go-Go.{{Cite web|title=CAPITAL CITY NAMES AMBER NICHOLS GENERAL MANAGER|url=https://capitalcity.gleague.nba.com/news/capital-city-names-amber-nichols-general-manager/|url-status=live|access-date=October 25, 2021|website=NBA G League|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116041431/https://capitalcity.gleague.nba.com/news/capital-city-names-amber-nichols-general-manager/ |archive-date=2021-01-16 }}

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