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The Austin Toros have added guard Brad Wanamaker and forward Julian Wright.
Ronald Allen was waived as a result.
Wanamaker (6-4, 210, Pittsburgh) played with several teams in Italy after participating in the 2011 Atlanta Hawks Mini-Camp and playing in two pre-season games. He played four seasons at Pittsburgh, competing in 34 games his senior season averaging 11.7 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 5.1 assists.
Wright (6-8, 225, Kansas) played two years collegiately before being selected 13th overall in the 2007 NBA Draft by the New Orleans Hornets. Wright played with the Hornets three seasons before being traded to the Toronto Raptors for the 2010-11 season.
Sean Rooks has been named an assistant coach of the Sioux Falls Skyforce for the remainder of the 2011-12 season. The 13-year NBA veteran has two seasons of coaching experience in the NBA Development League.
Rooks previously served as an assistant coach for the New Mexico Thunderbirds (2010-11) and Bakersfield Jam (2007-08). He briefly served as interim head coach of the Jam following the resignation of head coach Jim Harrick. He also worked in other capacities for the Jam as he was a television analyst at home games for two seasons and held the role of team mentor during the 2006-07 season.
The Mad Ants have acquired Kevin Coble and Ben McCauley from the available player pool and have also reacquired Devan Downey who is recovering from an ankle injury. The Mad Ants have waived Sean Sonderleieter and Sadiel Rojas due to injury. Mike Tisdale has left the team due to personal reasons.
McCauley, a 6’9” forward out of NC State, has spent the last two seasons overseas playing in both France and Belgium. He participated in NBA Summer Leagues for the Lakers in 2009 and 2010 and the Magic in 2010. As a senior at NC State he averaged 12.4 points and 7.8 rebounds per game.
Coble, a 6’8” forward, played three seasons at Northwestern. He averaged 15.5 points and 4.8 rebounds per game during his final college season.
Before he was waived due to injury, Downey was averaging 11 points and 3.6 assists per game.
The Maine Red Claws have acquired Hamady N'Diaye from the Available Player Pool. A 2010 Draft selection of the Minnesota Timberwolves, the 7-0, 236 lb. center joins the Red Claws after having spent the past two seasons in the Washington Wizards organization.
N’Diaye, who had never played basketball until high school, set school records at Rutgers University for blocks in a season (145) and career (358) before being named the All Big East Defensive Player of the Year in 2010. The Senegal native was drafted 56th overall by the Minnesota Timberwoves in 2010 before his rights were traded to the Washington Wizards.
The departure of Mike James from the Erie Bayhawks of the D-League one day before signing a 10-day deal with the Bulls was cited as being for "personal reasons."
The Reno Bighorns have acquired Ernest Scott from the Rio Grande Valley Vipers in a three-team trade that sent Terrance Thomas to the Canton Charge and a third round pick in the 2012 NBA D-League draft to the Vipers.
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