Birmingham Squadron Announces Inaugural Season Schedule

BIRMINGHAM, AL — Birmingham's new professional basketball team will tip off its inaugural season Nov. 5. The Birmingham Squadron, the NBA G-League affiliate of the New Orleans Pelicans, released its full 2021-22 schedule Tuesday.

The Squadron’s 50-game schedule for 2021-22 includes 24 home games, 24 road games and two neutral site games at the annual NBA G League Winter Showcase. Showcase is the NBA G League’s annual in-season scouting event, when all of the league’s teams converge in one city to play in front of NBA general managers and player personnel executives from all 30 NBA teams. The 2021 event will be the 17th edition of the showcase.

The Squadron begins the season on the road at Greenville, and will not play their first home game until Dec. 5. at the BJCC Legacy Arena, which is undergoing a $123 million renovation.

“This is an exciting day for the Birmingham Squadron franchise,” said David Lane, general manager of business operations for the Squadron. “Over the last several months we have spent so much time planning and putting together an NBA-caliber in-arena experience for the city of Birmingham. Now we have the official dates to look forward to seeing our fans in the stands, and we can officially begin counting down the days to our first game in Legacy Arena on Sunday, December 5th.”

Much like the NBA, the G league is divided into two conferences, the Eastern Conference and Western Conference. The Squadron is one of 13 teams in the Western Conference this season, and will play mostly Western Conference opponents