The Austin Toros have re-acquired forward Marcus Williams who had been injured during the preseason and waived their seventh-round selection in this years D-League Draft, guard Daryl "Majic" Dorsey.

Williams who was in uniform today and scored 12 points against the Sioux Falls Skyforce, was the San Antonio Spurs' second round selection in the 2007 NBA Draft after playing two seasons at Arizona. He averaged 13 points a game in 2005-06 and 16.6 points and 6.7 rebounds the following season for the Wildcats. In 2007 he was named to the All Pac-10 team.

The San Antonio Spurs have assigned rookie guard Darius Washington to their NBA Development League affiliate, the Austin Toros. Johnson is the 13th NBA player assigned to a D-League affiliate this season.

The Toros also announced the acquisition of guard DerMarr Johnson, a former NBA lottery selection, from the available player pool and waived guard Patrick Fields. Johnson and Washington are expected to be available for Friday night?s game against Sioux Falls.

The Los Angeles Lakers have assigned guard Coby Karl to the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBA Development League, it was announced today by General Manager Mitch Kupchak.

Karl was signed by the Lakers as a free agent on July 30, 2007. He has appeared in two games this season, averaging 1.0 points and 1.0 assists in 2.0 minutes.

The 6?5? guard from Boise State averaged 14.8 points, 4.1 rebounds and 4.0 assists as a senior and was named First Team All-WAC. Karl?s 1,698 career points ranks third on Boise State?s all-time scoring list while leaving Boise State as the all-time leader in games played (127) and three-pointers made (266).

The Nuggets today are expected to sign center Jelani McCoy of the NBA Developmental League, a team source said. On Tuesday night, Nuggets' Vice President of Basketball Operations Mark Warkentien watched McCoy's game in person in the Los Angeles area. McCoy scored six points with 10 rebounds and five blocks for his team, the Los Angeles D-Fenders.

Late Tuesday, the Nuggets released guard Mike Wilks, with plans to clear a roster spot for a big man. Nene (thumb) and Steven Hunter (knee) are each out for at least a month, and starting power forward Kenyon Martin suffered a bone bruise in his knee last week. Though the Nuggets are hopeful Martin can play Thursday at the Los Angeles Lakers, he is still playing limited minutes because he is returning from knee surgery.

McCoy, the 29-year-old UCLA product, averaged 8.0 points and 6.5 rebounds in the D-League.

The Sioux Falls Skyforce today announced the acquisition of forward Damone Brown from the available player pool.  Brown joined the team in Sioux Falls on Tuesday and is expected to travel to Austin for the game against the Toros on Nov. 30.
 
?We are excited about the return of Damone Brown as he will bring leadership and versatility to our team,? said Head Coach Nate Tibbetts. ?He can play multiple positions and is a proven scorer in this league.?
 
Brown rejoins the Skyforce after having been a member of the team during the 2006-07 season when he played 25 games and averaged 15.1 points and 7.0 rebounds in 33.2 minutes.  A D-League veteran, Brown has played parts of five seasons with North Charleston and Huntsville and maintains a career average of 14.0 points and 5.6 rebounds in 30.2 minutes.  
 
Brown is also a four-year NBA veteran, having played in 39 games, averaging 9.0 minutes, 2.8 points, and 1.3 rebounds as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers (2001-02), Toronto Raptors (2002-03), New Jersey Nets (2003-04) and Washington Wizards (2004-05). Prior to his time in the NBA, the 6-9, 212-pound Brown was a standout at Syracuse where he led the Orangemen with 8.8 rebounds per game and was second on the team with 16.9 points per game.  For his efforts, Brown was named All-Big East Conference Second Team and earned NABC First Team All-District 2 and USABWA All-District 2 honors during that season.  
 
The addition of Brown is the first roster move of the season for the Skyforce that counts towards the nine allowed by D-League rules.  To make room for Brown, the Skyforce released Evan Burns.

Kenny Anderson got his first coaching win for the Atlanta Krunk of the CBA with Zach Marbury, Stephon's brother, running the point.

The Boston Celtics announced on Monday that they have recalled rookie guard Gabe Pruitt from their NBA Development League affiliate Utah Flash.  

Pruitt averaged 21.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists in 37.0 minutes per game for the Flash in two games.  Pruitt hit the game-winner in the season opener for the Flash as they defeated the Anaheim Arsenal 110-109 on November 24 in which he scored 31 points and had eight assists. Pruitt has appeared in two games this season for the Celtics and has averaged 2.0 points per game.

Ramon Sessions of the Tulsa 66ers, on assignment from the Milwaukee Bucks, today was named the D-League.com Performer of the Week for games played during the week of Nov. 19.  

Sessions, who was the first NBA player assigned to the D-League during the 2007-08 season, led Tulsa to a 2-0 start during the season-opening weekend.  Sessions notched team highs in points (27) rebounds (nine) and assists (four) en route to Tulsa?s 94-86 victory over the Fort Wayne Mad Ants on Friday, Nov. 23 and led Tulsa to a 117-109 win over the Sioux Falls Skyforce with 34 points, six rebounds, and six assists on Saturday, Nov. 24.  

Sessions is second in the league with 30.5 points per game and is among the lead leaders with 7.5 rebounds per game and 5.0 assists per game.  

The 56th overall selection in the 2007 NBA Draft, Sessions joins Amir Johnson of the Detroit Pistons and Jose Barea of the Dallas Mavericks as players on assignment from the NBA to win Performer of the Week during their time in the D-League.

The NBA Development League?s 2007-08 season begins this Friday, Nov. 23 with five games on tap, including the first-ever games for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, Iowa Energy and Fort Wayne Mad Ants.

This season, the league?s seventh, and the third in which D-League teams have direct affiliations with NBA teams, has seen a record nine NBA assigned players prior to the start of the season.  For the 2007-08 season an all-time high 14 teams will be broken into three divisions: the Central Division, Western Division and Southwestern Division.

The Central Division is comprised of the defending champion Dakota Wizards, Fort Wayne Mad Ants, Iowa Energy and Sioux Falls Skyforce while the Western Division includes the Anaheim Arsenal, Bakersfield Jam, Idaho Stampede, Los Angeles D-Fenders and Utah Flash.  The Southwestern Division consists of the Albuquerque Thunderbirds, Austin Toros, Colorado 14ers, Rio Grande Valley Vipers and Tulsa 66ers.

D-League teams play a 50 game regular season schedule which begins Friday and ends April 12, 2008. Playoffs will begin on April 14 at the earliest.

Once again, the D-League All Star Game will take place in conjunction with NBA All Star 2008 in New Orleans on Feb. 16.  One month prior to the All-Star game, all 14 of the D-League teams will take part in another of the league?s marquee events: The D-League Showcase which will run from Jan. 14-17, 2008 in Boise, ID. Those games can be seen live on NBA TV.

Each team recently made final cuts, and opening day roster are set.  

The NBA Development League is the NBA's official minor league and the first-ever basketball league with direct affiliations to NBA teams.  Now in its seventh season, the D-League?s goals are to provide affordable, NBA-caliber entertainment to fans of its 14 teams as well as continue to develop players, coaches, referees and front-office personnel for the NBA.  As the single source for in-season player "call-ups" to the NBA, fans of the D-League enjoy the highest caliber of basketball played outside the NBA.  In fact, former D-League players represented 10 percent of NBA players on 2007-08 opening day rosters, numbering 44 in total.  In addition, the D-League has produced 25 percent of current NBA referees and 16 current NBA coaches, including Head Coach Sam Vincent with the Charlotte Bobcats.  The D-League is an innovative and rapidly growing sports property that also serves as an experimental testing ground for new initiatives of the NBA and its teams, provides continuing education and professional development resources for its players, and is committed to serving its local communities through D-LEAGUE CARES and grassroots efforts.

The San Antonio Spurs announced on Wednesday that they assigned rookie Ian Mahinmi to their NBA Development League affiliate Austin Toros.  Mahinmi has appeared in six games for the Spurs, averaging 3.5 points in 3.8 minutes per game.  He finished with a season high 12 points and two blocks in 12 minutes of action vs. Milwaukee on November 11.  

With Mahinmi?s assignment, the D-League reaches nine assigned players at a record pace.  Nine players were not assigned for the 2006-07 season until December 29, 2006 and December 14, 2005 during the 2005-06 season.  Mahinmi joins Ramon Sessions (Milwaukee/Tulsa), Kyrylo Fesenko (Utah Jazz/Utah Flash), Steve Novak (Houston/Rio Grande Valley), Brandon Wallace (Boston/Utah Flash), JamesOn Curry (Chicago/Iowa) Kosta Perovic (Golden State/Bakersfield), Nick Fazekas (Dallas/Tulsa) and Marcin Gortat (Orlando/Anaheim).  

Mahinmi becomes the first player the Spurs have assigned to the Toros since Spurs Sports & Entertainment purchased the Austin D-League franchise on June 28, 2007.  The Spurs joined the L.A. Lakers as the second NBA team to own a D-League team (the Lakers own the L.A. Defenders).  The Toros are led by first-year Head Coach Quin Snyder.