Assertion: league | /r/CapableOf | start play
Facets:
value: in the 2001–02 season
type: TEMPORAL
value: as the national basketball development league
type: OTHER
value: in 2020
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: In December 2016, he updated the expansion plans stating that the league will look to approve the 25th and 26th teams in 2017 and to start play in 2020.
text: The league began its play as the National Basketball Development League (NBDL) in the 2001–02 season; the original eight franchises were all located in the southeastern United States (specifically in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, and Georgia).