G League WiretapMarch 2016 G League Wiretap

D-League All-Star Game Rosters Released

Jan 29, 2016 4:52 PM

Twenty-four top NBA Development League prospects, including 16 with NBA experience, have been selected to play in the 10th NBA D-League All-Star Game.

The game, which tips off at 2 p.m. ET at Toronto’s Ricoh Coliseum on Saturday, Feb. 13, will air live on NBA TV and NBA TV Canada.

Eight current NBA players highlight the rosters of the Eastern and Western Conference teams, with the East squad boasting Keith Appling (Erie/Orlando), Rakeem Christmas (Fort Wayne/Indiana), Sean Kilpatrick (Delaware/Denver), Jordan McRae (Delaware), Jordan Mickey (Maine/Boston) and Jarnell Stokes (Sioux Falls/Miami). West All-Stars Jeff Ayres (Idaho/L.A. Clippers) and Erick Green (Reno/Utah) complete the list.

Four additional players with NBA experience join the East ranks: Lorenzo Brown (Grand Rapids), Jimmer Fredette (Westchester), DeAndre Liggins (Sioux Falls) and Ronald Roberts, Jr. (Raptors). An additional four such players are featured on the West team: Vander Blue (Los Angeles), Justin Harper (Los Angeles), Orlando Johnson (Austin) and Elliot Williams (Santa Cruz).

The East is rounded out by Tre Kelley (Sioux Falls) and Alex Stepheson (Iowa), while the West’s roster is completed with Brandon Ashley (Texas), Will Cummings (Rio Grande Valley), Micheal Eric (Texas), Vincent Hunter (Reno), Xavier Munford (Bakersfield) and Raphiael Putney (Rio Grande Valley).

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Spurs Re-Assign Ray McCallum To D-League

Jan 29, 2016 12:42 PM

The San Antonio Spurs have re-assigned Ray McCallum to the Austin Spurs, the team’s NBA D-League affiliate.

The assignment is the 210th of the 2015-16 campaign and McCallum is one of 57 NBA players to have been assigned to the NBA D-League this season.

McCallum is averaging 17.1 points, 4.9 assists and 3.7 rebounds in 37.7 minutes in seven total appearances with the Austin Spurs this season.

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Jazz To Sign Erick Green To 10-Day Contract

Jan 26, 2016 12:30 PM

The Utah Jazz will sign Erick Green to a 10-day contract.

Green has been playing for the Reno Bighorns of the D-League.

Green was acquired by the Denver Nuggets in a draft night trade with the Jazz in 2013. He was selected with the 46th selection overall after spending four seasons at Virginia Tech.

Green joined the Nuggets on a rookie contract in 2014 and averaged 3.4 points in 46 games. He also played three games with the Nuggets in 2015.

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Pelicans Sign Bryce Dejean-Jones From Stampede To 10-Day

Jan 20, 2016 6:26 PM

The New Orleans Pelicans have signed Bryce Dejean-Jones from the Idaho Stampede to a 10-day contract.

Dejean-Jones will help the Pelicans replace Eric Gordon.

Dejean-Jones was with the Pelicans during training camp.

In nine games this season in the D-League, Dejean-Jones is averaging 19.2 points, 5.1 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 2.0 steals per game.

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Quinn Cook Named D-League Player Of The Week

Jan 18, 2016 2:31 PM

Quinn Cook of the Canton Charge, was today named NBA Development League Performer of the Week for games played Monday, Jan. 11 through Sunday, Jan. 17.

Cook (6-2, 179, Duke) led Canton to a 3-0 week, with all three wins coming on the road, to extend Canton’s winning streak to six games, bringing them back to .500 with an 11-11 record. Cook averaged 26 points (fourth in the league) on 52- percent shooting (30-for-58), including his connection on 8-of-15 attempts from behind the arc. On Jan. 15, in the first game of a back-to-back vs. the Maine Red Claws, he scored 25 points on 11-of-19 shooting to go with six assists and four rebounds in a 105-93 win. On the following night, he recorded career highs with 32 points and three steals in a 96-83 victory over Maine.

For the season, Cook is pacing Canton with 19.0 points to go with 4.7 assists, 3.2 rebounds and 1.2 steals. 

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Hassan Whiteside Realized What He Lost In Leaving NBA

Jan 18, 2016 2:29 PM

Hassan Whiteside rejected a guaranteed multi-year deal in the Chinese Basketball Association to sign a non-guaranteed two-year deal with the Miami Heat.

“I never aimed for the money,” Whiteside told Yahoo. “Before I came to the NBA last [season], per year, I would have made more going to China than on my Miami Heat contract. If I went, I might have just stayed in China. I wasn’t chasing the dollars, though. I was chasing the dream of becoming an amazing NBA player. All of that comes, obviously. The contract, the fame. Even before I knew anything about money, I was a little kid and I didn’t know how much these players made. I wanted that – to be on TV, to have people looking up to me.

“Once I left the NBA, I realized what I lost, realized the lessons that I needed in order to stay. I always had faith to keep pushing. It’s tough just to be in the league. There are only about 400 guys in the NBA, so any position that you play, it is impossible. I had a tough journey and I’m still writing my book.”

Whiteside will be a free agent in the offseason and the Heat do not own his Bird rights.

The Iowa Energy acquired the rights to Whiteside from the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.

Iowa's coach, Bob Donewald Jr., wrote a letter to Whiteside before training camp.

“I told Hassan: You have a clean slate here,” Donewald told Yahoo. “His reputation wasn’t where it needed to be, so this was his chance to work. He worked and worked, pouted, and then got back to work. Rinse and repeat. We wanted to make sure he got back to being a grinder. We had to forget about whatever happened in Reno, whatever happened with the Kings.

“When I was with Paul Silas as an assistant, Paul would always say, ‘Cream rises to the top.’ For a player like Hassan, that was the consistent message. And the cream rose.”

Donewald pressed Whiteside in practices and fil studies.

“What do you want out of Iowa?” Donewald asked.

“I want to be the starting center,” Whiteside told the coach.

“No, I want you to leave here and make tens of millions,” Donewald replied.

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Baron Davis Goes Unclaimed On D-League Waiver Wire

Jan 17, 2016 2:10 PM

Baron Davis went unclaimed through the D-League waiver wire process and can sign with any team.

Davis is attempting to resume his basketball playing career despite not playing since 2012.

Davis was an All-Star in 2002 and 2004, while he peaking in his career in 2007 with the Golden State Warriors.

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Jazz Sign J.J. O'Brien To 10-Day Contract

Jan 16, 2016 1:35 PM

The Utah Jazz have signed J.J. O'Brien to a 10-day contract.

O'Brien has been playing for the Idaho Stampede of the D-League.

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Baron Davis Likely To Join D-League Player Pool

Jan 12, 2016 5:52 PM

Baron Davis is expected to join the D-League player pool

Davis hasn't played competitive basketball since breaking his leg with the New York Knicks in 2012.

Davis has maintained he has yet to retire and has frequently talked about making a comeback.

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Raphiael Putney Named D-League Player Of Week

Jan 12, 2016 5:13 PM

Raphiael Putney of the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, has been named NBA Development League Performer of the Week for games played Monday, Jan. 4 through Sunday, Jan. 10. 

The honor is the first of Putney’s career. 

Putney (6-10, 255, Massachusetts) led Rio Grande Valley to a 2-1 week averaging 28.3 points (third in the league) on 47 percent shooting (29-of-62) to go with a league-leading 15.7 rebounds and 3.7 blocks (third). He connected on 15-of-19 free throw attempts. On Jan. 7, at the NBA D-League Showcase he scored a career-high 38 points on 14-of-22 shooting, including 6-of-11 from beyond the arc to go with 18 rebounds in a 111-99 win over the Fort Wayne Mad Ants. In his second game at the Showcase, he tied a season high with six blocks in a 125-119 victory over Raptors 905.  On Jan. 4, he set a career high with 21 rebounds and tallied four blocks in a 126-122 loss to the Reno Bighorns.

For the season, Putney is averaging 20.3 points (tied for ninth in the league), 10.0 rebounds (fifth), 3.1 blocks (second) and 1.8 assists.

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Nuggets To Sign Sean Kilpatrick To 10-Day Contract

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Knicks Scouting Toure Murry At Showcase

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Lorenzo Brown To Sign 10-Day Contract With Suns

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Grizzlies Expected To Sign Elliot Williams To 10-Day Contract

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Christian Wood Clears Waivers, Joins 87ers For D-League Showcase

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Raptors 905 Acquire DeAndre Daniels, Greg Smith

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Jordan Mickey Named D-League Player Of The Month For December

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Jarnell Stokes Named D-League Player Of The Week

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Clippers Assign Branden Dawson To D-League

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Kevin Looney Expected To Make D-League Debut By End Of January

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Celtics Recall Terry Rozier, R.J. Hunter From D-League

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