14th CBA player called up to NBA this season
March 9, 2004 - Continental Basketball Association 1 (CBA 1) News Release
Boise, ID (March 9, 2004) — Idaho Stampede All-Star forward Josh Davis signed a 10-day contract with the Atlanta Hawks, it was announced Tuesday by the Continental Basketball Association League Office and Hawks General Manager Billy Knight. The CBA-to-NBA call-up is the 14th overall league call-up since the 2003-04 season began on November 14, and the first of the season for the Stampede.
In 40 games (39 started) with the Stampede, Davis averaged 18.7 points (9th in the league) and 9.6 rebounds (4th in the league) per game. He also added 2.4 assists, 1.5 steals, and 0.7 blocks per contest, while shooting 59 percent (299 of 507) from the floor (7th in the league), 82.4 percent (89 of 108) from the free-throw line, and 41.1 percent (60 of 146) from behind the three-point line (7th in the league).
The University of Wyoming standout was named to the 2004 American All-Star Team, and posted 18 points and four rebounds in 25 minutes during the 20th CBA All-Star Classic. He will join former CBA player Stephen Jackson on the Hawks roster, as well as Head Coach Terry Stotts, who played in the CBA from 1980-83 and 1990-91. Jackson, who played for La Crosse during the 1997-98 season and Fort Wayne during the 1999-2000 season, has career NBA averages of 9.3 points and 2.9 rebounds per game, and won an NBA Title last season with the San Antonio Spurs. Stotts, who played for the Montana Golden Nuggets under George Karl, was named to the 1983 CBA All-Defensive Team, and held career averages of 13.7 points and 1.4 steals per game.
Davis will be filling a vacant roster spot left open when Atlanta released Mamadou NÂ’diaye.
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