typically, teams play their two ways in the G League early and move them up to the NBA team more after the all star break. Two reasons for this - You want them to get as many minutes a possible on the court while you develop them and that doesn't happen if they are warming the end of the NBA bench. Also, they only get so many days with the parent club and if you've blown those days early, when they weren't really needed, you don't have them if you have a rash of injuries and they really are needed.