NBA D-League
NBA Development League 2009-10
The NBA Development League, founded in 2001, is the NBA’s official minor league whose teams have direct affiliations to NBA franchises. For the 2009-10 season, the league will feature 16 teams – including the debut of the Maine Red Claws and the Springfield Armor. A proven developer of talent, 20 percent of players in the NBA at the conclusion of the 2008-09 season boasted NBA D-League experience, while the league continues to develop coaches, referees, and front office staff for the NBA and its teams.
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NBA D-League Daily
Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010
WARRIORS SIGN ANTHONY TOLLIVER TO SECOND 10-DAY CONTRACT: The Golden State Warriors have signed forward Anthony Tolliver to a second 10-day contract, the team announced. Tolliver, 24, has appeared in five games with Golden State since being called-up from the NBA Development League’s Idaho Stampede on January 17, averaging 9.2 points and 7.4 rebounds in 29.2 minutes during those five contests.
MAD ANTS ACQUIRE JASON STRAIGHT: The NBA D-League’s Fort Wayne Mad Ants announced that they have acquired Jason Straight. To make room on the roster the team has waived Ron Howard due to injury. Straight was the 5th round draft pick of the Dakota Wizards in the 2009 NBA D-League Draft. He played in 13 games for the Wizards and averaged 11.1 points per game before being waived on 1/31/09.
SKYFORCE ACQUIRES NEWSON FROM JAM: The Sioux Falls Skyforce announced that the team has acquired guard Jared Newson from the Bakersfield Jam in exchange for forward Keith Brumbaugh. Newson has appeared in 20 games (eight starts) with the Jam this season and is averaging 10.6 points and 4.2 rebounds. The 6-5, 215-pound guard has summer league experience with the Memphis Grizzlies (2006) and Dallas Mavericks (2007) and also attended training camp with the Mavericks in the fall of 2007. Brumbaugh spent this past fall in training camp with the Denver Nuggets before returning to the Skyforce. In his second year with Sioux Falls, he has played 23 games (18 starts) and averaged 15.9 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.4 steals in 31.3 minutes per game.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT HIGHLIGHTS:
The Red Claws walked away with a win and a franchise record points scored in their first ever game against Idaho. Maine finished the game with six players scoring in double figures, led by Tony Bobbitt with a game-high 31 points to go with seven steals. Alexis Ajinca followed with 25 points and 16 rebounds, Trey Gilder with 22 points and 10 rebounds, Noel Felix with 19, and Will Blalock and Darnell Lazare with 15 apiece. Blalock added 12 assists.
The Stampede’s Mildon Ambres scored 27 points to lead Idaho, Coby Karl and Donell Taylor each ended with 23 points and Roberto Bergersen came off the bench to score 13.
Mike Gansey, in his first game back from injury, was the hero for Erie with 25 points including the game winning free throws in the closing seconds. Cliff Clinkscales notched a double-double with 12 points and 14 assists. Jackie Manuel added 19 points and Alade Aminu hit for 16 on the night.
Morris Almond led the way for the Armor with 24 points. Abdulai Jalloh chalked up a double-double with 17 points and 10 assists and TJ Cummings added 18 points in the loss.
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NBA D-League Daily
Friday, Jan. 15, 2010
SAN ANTONIO’S HAIRSTON REASSIGNED TO NBA D-LEAGUE AFFILIATE AUSTIN TOROS: San Antonio Spurs forward Malik Hairston was reassigned to the Austin Toros, the Spurs NBA D-League affiliate, it was announced yesterday. The reassignment is the 14th of the 2009-10 NBA D-League season, and the fourth for Hairston from the Spurs to the Toros in two years. Hairston was originally assigned to Austin on Dec. 4, 2009 before being recalled to San Antonio on Dec. 6. During that assignment, he averaged 25.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 35.0 minutes in two games. Hairston has appeared in 21 games for the Spurs this season, scoring eight points in 155 minutes of action. During his two-year NBA career, Hairston has appeared in 36 games for the Spurs, and owns career averages of 1.7 points, 1.1 rebounds and 6.3 minutes.
THURSDAY NIGHT HIGHLIGHTS:
Maurice Baker finished with 32 points, nine rebounds and three assists, leading Dakota over Iowa. Romel Beck added 23 points and Marcus Dove had 15 points and 10 rebounds.
Othyus Jeffers and Earl Barron each scored 24 points for Iowa.
Mustafa Shakur had 22 points, seven rebounds and five assists to lead Tulsa. Deron Washington added 17 points and seven rebounds.
Dwayne Jones tallied 24 points and 18 rebounds for the Toros. Malik Hairston, in his first game since returning on assignment from the Spurs, led Austin with 28 points.
Mike Harris led all scorers with 28 points as Rio Grande Valley avenged a Showcase loss to Albuquerque.
Carlos Powell paced Albuquerque with 20 points.
Dontell Jefferson scored 24 points and Luke Nevill added 23 points and 10 rebounds to lead Utah.
Reece Gaines led Bakersfield with 17 points.
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NBA D-League Daily
Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010
DORSEY RECALLED BY ROCKETS: The NBA Development League Rio Grande Valley Vipers announced that forward Joey Dorsey has been recalled by the Houston Rockets. In 16 games and starts, Dorsey averaged 14.9 points, 13.3 rebounds and 1.38 blocks per game. He also leads the league in field goal percentage at 64.7% and in rebounds per 48 minutes at 20.2. He is tied for third in the league with nine double-doubles.
PORTLAND’S MILLS RE-ASSIGNED TO NBA D-LEAGUE AFFILIATE IDAHO STAMPEDE: Portland Trail Blazers guard Patrick Mills was re-assigned to the Idaho Stampede, Portland’s NBA D-League affiliate. Mills’ assignment is the 12th to an NBA D-League affiliate this season. During his first assignment to the Stampede earlier this month, Mills appeared in two games, averaging 30.0 points, shooting 21-of-37 from the field, to go with 7.5 assists in 34.0 minutes.
MAD ANTS ACQUIRE RASHAD ANDERSON: The NBA D-League’s Fort Wayne Mad Ants announced that they have acquired Rashad Anderson. To make room on the roster the team has waived DeWitt Scott. Anderson, a University of Connecticut standout, was waived by the Iowa Energy on January 9th. He was the 1st round pick of the Energy and the 9th pick overall. Anderson averaged 9.3 points per game in 16 games for the Energy.
BAYHAWKS ADD TOLBERT: The Erie BayHawks have added guard Frank Tolbert from Auburn to the team’s roster. Tolbert was selected by the Fort Wayne Mad Ants in the second round, (23rd overall) of the 2009 NBA D-League draft and was released before the start of the season.
He has been playing in Lithuania and received clearance to play in the NBA D-League.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT HIGHLIGHTS:
Carlos Powell finished with 21 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, leading Albuquerque and pushing the team’s winning streak to six games. Kurt Looby shined in his first game back at Dodge Arena since being traded, scoring 10 points and grabbing a game-high 15 rebounds. Keith McLeod returned from injury after missing the last seven games, scoring 14 points and dishing out six assists. The Thunderbirds winning streak is the longest current streak in the NBA Development League.
Mike Harris recorded a game-high 27 points and a team-high 11 rebounds. Will Conroy also notched a double-double with 20 points and 14 assists in the loss to the Thunderbirds.
Cedric Jackson led the charge for the BayHawks with 31 points and eight assists. Jackie Manuel and Alade Aminu each chipped in 18 points with Aminu rounding out a double-double with 13 rebounds. John Bryant also notched his 11th double-double performance of the season with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Former BayHawk, Oliver Lafayette continued led Fort Wayne with a game-high 32 points, starting out 6 of 6 from 3 point range. Ron Howard also hit double digits for the Mad Ants with 20 points and Sean Sonderleiter added 18 points.
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NBA D-League Daily
Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010
MAINE’S MARIO WEST CALLED-UP TO ATLANTA HAWKS: The Atlanta Hawks yesterday signed Mario West of the Maine Red Claws. West, the sixth GATORADE Call-Up of the 2009-10 NBA Development League Season, and the first Red Claws player to earn a Call-Up, joins 65 other NBA players with NBA D-League experience. West has appeared in 11 games for Maine this season, six as a starter, and is averaging 13.7 points, 4.1 assists and 2.9 rebounds. He has scored in double figures on eight occasions, recording a season-high 19 points twice, both victories over the Springfield Armor. West returns to Atlanta following a two-year stint with the team (2007-09), most recently appearing in five games for the Hawks during the 2009 preseason, when he scored 11 points and grabbed 15 rebounds. In 117 career games during the 2007-08 and 2008-09 campaigns with the Hawks he has amassed 102 points and 104 rebounds.
FORT WAYNE REACQUIRES JAMELLE CORNLEY: The NBA D-League’s Fort Wayne Mad Ants announced yesterday that they have reacquired Jamelle Cornley and Jared Reiner has been released due to injury. Cornely, a Penn State standout, was waived on Nov.18 due to a knee injury where he later had surgery. Reiner is suffering from a back injury and will not be traveling with the team this week as they take on the Erie BayHawks and the Sioux Falls Skyforce. Reiner was averaging 15.5 points and 10.3 rebounds in 10 games for the Ants.
TUESDAY NIGHT HIGHLIGHTS:
Ron Howard scored 25 points and Oliver Lafayette added 19 points and 11 assists for Fort Wayne.
Will Blalock led Maine with 19 points, while Noel Felix added 14 points and 11 rebounds.
Earl Barron tallied 21 points and 14 rebounds as Iowa raced past Sioux Falls. Curtis Stinson finished with 12 points and nine assists.
Keith Brumbaugh led Sioux Falls with 27 points and 15 rebounds.
Desmon Farmer tallied 36 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists for Reno in a win over Utah. Rod Benson added 15 points and eight rebounds.
Luke Nevill paced Utah with 28 points.
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2009-10 NBA DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE TEAM AFFILIATIONS
Albuquerque Thunderbirds (NM)
Dallas Mavericks
New Orleans Hornets
Austin Toros (TX)
San Antonio Spurs
Bakersfield Jam (CA)
Golden State Warriors
Los Angeles Clippers
Dakota Wizards (Bismarck, ND)
Memphis Grizzlies
Washington Wizards
Erie BayHawks (PA)
Cleveland Cavaliers
Toronto Raptors
Fort Wayne Mad Ants (IN)
Detroit Pistons
Indiana Pacers
Milwaukee Bucks
Idaho Stampede (Boise, ID)
Portland Trail Blazers
Denver Nuggets
Iowa Energy (Des Moines, IA)
Chicago Bulls
Phoenix Suns
Los Angeles D-Fenders (CA)
Los Angeles Lakers
Maine Red Claws (Portland, ME)
Boston Celtics
Charlotte Bobcats
Reno Bighorns (NV)
Orlando Magic
Sacramento Kings
Rio Grande Valley Vipers (TX)
Houston Rockets
Sioux Falls Skyforce (SD)
Miami Heat
Minnesota Timberwolves
Springfield, Mass.
New Jersey Nets
New York Knicks
Philadelphia 76ers
Tulsa 66ers (OK)
Oklahoma City Thunder
Utah Flash (Orem, UT)
Atlanta Hawks
Utah Jazz
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D-LEAGUE SALARIES
NBA D-League salaries pay around $12,000, $18,000 or $24,000 per season, according to an NBADL player who spoke to InsideHoops.com.
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