The Maine Red Claws have acquired 7-5 center Will Foster. Foster replaces center Garrett Stutz who has been added to the Inactive List after falling ill during the team’s current five-game road trip.

Foster, 25, spent 30 games with the Sioux Falls Skyforce this season, averaging 3.4 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game in 15.8 minutes played. Foster, a teammate of current Red Claw Micah Downs at Gonzaga, was waived by the Skyforce on March 5. The 7-5, 260 lbs. center is in his third professional season, splitting the 2011-12 season between the Idaho Stampede, Rio Grande Valley Vipers and Skyforce. Foster has also played overseas with teams in Portugal and the Dominican Republic.

The Los Angeles Clippers intend to sign DaJuan Summers of the D-League.

The Clippers waived Trey Thompkins on Thursday.

The Maine Red Claws have acquired guard Josh Selby from the Canton Charge in a trade that will send Maine’s 2013 NBA Development League Draft selection to the Charge.

Selby, 21, played in 11 games for the Canton Charge this season while on assignment from the Cleveland Cavaliers, averaging 15.3 points, 6.5 rebounds and 4.2 assists in 32.9 minutes per games.

Selby appeared in 10 games for the Grizzlies this year, averaging 2.0 points in 5.9 minutes per game. Selby was acquired by the

Selby was waived by the Cavaliers on March 3.

Chris Wright of the Maine Red Claws has been named NBA Development League Performer of the Week for games played Feb. 24 – March 3.  

Wright (6-8, 225, Dayton) averaged 23.0 points on 19-of-35 shooting from the field to go with 11.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 2.0 steals as the Red Claws went 2-0 on the week.  

The Boston Celtics have reassigned Fab Melo to the Maine Red Claws, the Celtics’ NBA Development League affiliate.

Melo (7-0, 215, Syracuse) returns to the Red Claws where he previously appeared in 20 games, averaging 11.0 points, 6.8 rebounds and 3.4 blocks in 27.4 minutes per game. Originally selected in the first round (22nd overall) by Boston in the 2012 NBA Draft, he has played in five games for the Celtics this season, scoring three points in 11 minutes.

Kris Joseph of the Springfield Armor has been named NBA Development League Performer of the Week for games played Feb. 18-24. 

Joseph averaged 24.7 points while shooting 47 percent from behind the arc as the Armor went 3-0 on the week.  

Before being traded to Springfield, Joseph played 12 games this season with the Maine Red Claws, averaging 19.5 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.8 steals.

Other top performers considered include Austin’s Cory Joseph, on assignment from the San Antonio Spurs, Bakersfield’s Damion James, Canton’s Kyle Gibson, Erie’s Kyle Goldcamp, Fort Wayne’s Tony Mitchell, Idaho’s Durrell Summers, Iowa’s Paul Harris, Los Angeles’ Gary Flowers, Maine’s Shelvin Mack, Reno’s Samardo Samuels, Rio Grande Valley’s Andrew Goudelock, Santa Cruz’s Travis Leslie, Sioux Falls’ Demetris Nichols, Texas’ Justin Dentmon and Tulsa’s Rasual Butler.

The Springfield Armor have acquired forward Kris Joseph from the Maine Red Claws in exchange for forward James Mays.

Joseph (6-7, 210, Syracuse) appeared in 12 games (eight starts) with the Red Claws this season, averaging 18.2 points on .437 shooting, 5.3 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.6 steals in 34.1 minutes per game. Joseph scored a season-high 28 points on November 23 at Canton.

Chris Wright of the Maine Red Claws has been named NBA Development League Performer of the Week for games played Feb. 4-10. 

Wright (6-8, 225, Dayton) averaged 26.3 points while shooting 66 percent from the field to go with 14.3 rebounds as the Red Claws went 2-1 on the week.  Wright notched a season-high 27 points in a 108-94 road win over the Springfield Armor before coming out the next night and matching his point total in a 104-94 loss to the Bakersfield Jam.  He finished the week with a 25-point outing in a 104-100 win over Springfield in Maine. 

A 2013 NBA D-League All-Star, Wright is averaging 17.9 points, 9.5 rebounds and 35.4 minutes in 22 games, all starts, for the Red Claws this season. 

The Boston Celtics announced Sunday that they have recalled center Fab Melo from their NBA Development League affiliate, the Maine Red Claws.

Melo scored his first points in the NBA on Thursday.

The Boston Celtics have assigned center Fab Melo to their NBA Development League affiliate, the Maine Red Claws.

Since returning from his last assignment to the Claws, Melo, a 7’0” center, appeared in two games with the Celtics. He appeared in a total of eight minutes in the games against the Magic and Lakers, and recorded two points, a steal and one block.