Golden State's Perovic send to D-League's Bakersfield Jam
Published on November 18, 2007 under NBA G League (G League)
Bakersfield Jam News Release
NEW YORK, NY, - Nov. 18, 2007 - The Golden State Warriors have assigned center Kosta Perovic (COAST - a PEAR - a - vich) to their NBA Development League affiliate Bakersfield Jam, Warriors' Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations Chris Mullin announced today.
Perovic, 22, was the Warriors second-round pick in the 2006 NBA Draft, and has not appeared in any of Golden State's first seven games during the 2007-08 regular season, spending the first five games on the inactive list.
Perovic is the sixth player assigned to the D-League from the NBA following Ramon Sessions (Milwaukee Bucks), Kyrylo Fesenko (Utah Jazz), Steve Novak (Houston Rockets), Brandon Wallace (Boston Celtics) and JamesOn Curry (Chicago Bulls).
The D-League is way ahead of last years pace in terms of NBA player assignments. During the 2006-07 season there hadn't been one NBA player assigned at this point. The first player sent to the NBA Development League occurred on November 22, 2006 when Ryan Hollins of the Charlotte Bobcats was assigned to the Fort Worth Flyers from the Charlotte Bobcats.
Perovic joins a Bakersfield club led by head coach Jim Harrick who wo the 1995 NCAA Championship with UCLA. The team tips off their second season in the NBA Development League on November 24 when they visit the Austin Toros, the affiliate of the defending NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs.
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.
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