re: Garret Temple in the NBA DL

The parent NBA team can send one player to the D-league to get more PT than they would get in the bigs, but they have to pay their full salary as opposed to the unaffiliated NBADL guys who make in the high 5 figures.
With Pat Patterson, he is without a doubt the best guy on their team. But he is 6'9" and may no be tall enough to play as a 5 in the NBA and may not be athletic enough to play a 4. Most of the D-league guys are like that, either a bit small for one position and not quick enough for another. I have season tickets for the Reno Bighorns and our best player is Patrick Ewing, Jr. He has bounced around a few NBA teams and is a super athletic 6'8" forward. His main weakness is that he makes at least 5 stupid bonehead gambles for steals on defense per game which just doesn't fly in the NBA.