The New Jersey Nets have signed free agent forward Dennis Horner from the D-League’s Springfield Armor to a 10-day contract.

Horner is the fourth player to sign a 10-day contract with the Nets this season. The 6-9 rookie from N.C. State signed with the Nets prior to training camp on December 9, 2011. He appeared in five games with New Jersey, scoring a total of four points in 16 minutes of action.

The Springfield Armor have re-acquired guard Jerry Smith.  

To make room on the roster, the Armor waived Eugene Spates.

Smith (6-2, 190, Louisville) returns to the Armor after earning his first-career Call-Up with the Armor’s NBA affiliate, the New Jersey Nets.

The Springfield Armor have reacquired center Jeff Foote. 

Foote (7-0, 265, Cornell) returns to the Armor after earning his first-career Call-Up with the New Orleans Hornets. He made his NBA debut on March 9 against the Denver Nuggets, scoring 4 points and grabbing 4 rebounds in 23 minutes off the Hornets’ bench. In four games with New Orleans, Foote averaged 1.0 points and 1.5 rebounds in 9.8 minutes.

The New Jersey Nets have signed free agent guard Jerry Smith from the D-League’s Springfield Armor to a 10-day contract.

Smith, who is the Nets’ fifth D-League call-up to sign with the team this season, has played 32 games with the Armor in 2011-12. He is averaging 19.1 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.5 steals in 35 minutes per game.  

Jeff Foote has signed with the New Orleans Hornets.

Foote, a 7-0 center acquired by the Armor on November 29th from the NBA D-League’s available player pool, has played in 29 games (28 starts) for the Armor this season, averaging 14.8 points (55.1 FG%), 8.6 rebounds and 1.1 blocks in 32.9 minutes per game. Foote has posted a team-high ten double-doubles and was named to the 2012 NBA D-League All-Star team.

The Dakota Wizards announced today that they have acquired forward Leo Lyons in a three-team trade with the Austin Toros and the Springfield Armor. The Wizards traded a 2012 NBA Development League second round draft pick to the Armor and the Toros acquire Josh Davis from the Armor.

Lyons, a 2012 NBA Development League All-Star, appeared in 26 games (16 starts) for the Toros averaging 16.2 points, 8.9 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 28.5 minutes per contest. He holds NBA Development League career averages of 15.4 points, 7.3 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 29.0 minutes per game in two seasons with Austin.

Jerry Smith was named NBA Development League Player of the Month for games played in February.

Smith led Springfield to a perfect 8-0 record in February, averaging 22.1 points, 5.9 rebounds and 5.0 assists in 35.4 minutes. He scored in double figures in all eight games, recording back-to-back double-doubles on Feb. 2 and Feb. 3 and finishing with more than 20 points in five contests. A 2012 NBA D-League All-Star, Smith was Springfield’s leading scorer five times in February.