G League players have organized and formed their own union with the help of the National Basketball Players Association, the NBPA announced Tuesday.
The union will be temporarily named the Basketball Players Union, and approximately 80% of G League players voted to authorize the BPU to serve as their collective bargaining representative. In order to form the union, more than 50% of the players needed to sign an electronic authorization card. The G League has agreed to voluntarily recognize the BPU as the players' representative.
"I could not be more excited or impressed with this decision by the G League players," Michele Roberts, executive director of the NBPA, said in a statement.