“No one wants to be in the G League” is a popular saying around basketball circles, and one used by Mamadi Diakite during Valley Suns Media Day on Wednesday, because it’s true.
It usually means much tougher living, training and travel situations all with the obvious drawback of much less pay and a lesser on-court product compared to the NBA. But for the Valley Suns — at least in the early goings — the G League experience is not too far removed from what the Phoenix Suns get up the road.
“Could’ve fooled me that we weren’t in the NBA with the facility that we’re in here today,” point guard David Stockton said Wednesday.