NBA D-League Daily Developments
Published on February 11, 2010 under NBA G League (G League) News Release
2010 NBA D-LEAGUE ALL-STAR GAME REPLACEMENTS ANNOUNCED
Dakota's Romel Beck, Bakersfield's Brian Butch, Los Angeles' Joe Crawford, Reno's Desmon Farmer, Austin's Curtis Jerrells, and Los Angeles' Diamon Simpson were today selected to replace Maine's Alexis Ajinca (injured), Idaho's Anthony Tolliver (GATORADE Call-Up to the Golden State Warriors), Utah's Dontell Jefferson (injured), Rio Grande Valley's Antonio Anderson (injured), Idaho's Sundiata Gaines (GATORADE Call-Up to the Utah Jazz), and Rio Grande Valley's Joey Dorsey (recalled to the Houston Rockets) in the 2010 NBA D-League All-Star Game.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT HIGHLIGHTS...top performers from Wednesday's games: (See highlights of last night's games at http://youtube.com/nbadleague)
The Toros were led by Malik Hairston who scored a game-high 29 points and grabbed nine boards. Teammate Dwayne Jones recorded a double-double of 12 points and 12 rebounds while Alonzo Gee poured in 18 points in the win The Red Claws had six different players scoring in double figures. Recently acquired Maurice Ager led the team with 22 points in his first home game with the team while Noel Felix added a double-double of 14 points and 11 rebounds.
Andre Barrett led the way for the Stampede, scoring 24 points with a game-high 15 assists. Donell Taylor scored 26 points to lead seven Idaho players in double figures Reno's Desmon Farmer notched a game-high 32 points and D.J. Strawberry added a spark off the bench for Reno, collecting 28 points and six assists. Rod Benson led the Bighorns with 13 boards, while Will Blalock scored 12 points and dished-out 12 assists.
A career best performance from Albuquerque's Chad Toppert of 27 points led all scorers. Antoine Agudio added 16 points for Albuquerque. D-League All-Star Carlos Powell posted 11 points and seven assists for the T-Birds Alexander Johnson notched 24 points to lead the way for Sioux Falls. Reggie Williams added 22 for the Skyforce.
Tulsa's Mustafa Shakur led all scorers with 26 points while Moses Ehambe finished with 22 points off the bench, while Deron Washington added 18 The D-Fenders were led by Joe Crawford with 22 points and Diamon Simpson finished with a double-double of 15 points and 11 rebounds.
Romel Beck finished with 24 points for Dakota. Renaldo Major had a big night with 17 points and 12 reboundsBlake Ahearn led the Jam with 24 points and Will Daniels put up 23 points and eight rebounds.
ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENTS: A look at NBA D-League Alumni in last night's NBA games:
29 players with NBA D-League experience competed in 10 NBA games last night, nine as starters.
As a starter for Golden State, Anthony Tolliver 29 points. Also starting for the Warriors, CJ Watson added 11 points and eight assists.
Lou Williams scored a game-high 26 points off the bench for the Sixers and added five rebounds.
Ersan Ilyasova tallied 18 points and six rebounds as Milwaukee defeated New Jersey 97-77.
Sonny Weems started and scored 14 points for Toronto.
GATORADE CALL-UP BOARD:
Player NBA Team NBA D-League Team Call-Up Dates
Chris Hunter Golden State Fort Wayne 11/20/09
Anthony Tolliver Golden State Idaho 12/17/09, 1/17/10
Mike Harris Houston Rio Grande 12/23/09
Sundiata Gaines Utah Idaho 1/5/10
Cartier Martin Golden State Iowa 1/10/10
Mario West Atlanta Maine 1/12/10
JamesOn Curry LA Clippers Springfield 1/22/10
Cedric Jackson Cleveland Erie 1/23/10
Will Conroy Houston Rio Grande Valley 1/28/10
Coby Karl Golden State Idaho 1/31/10
Chris Richard Chicago Tulsa 2/5/10
Garrett Temple Houston Rio Grande Valley 2/8/10
ASSIGNMENT BOARD: NBA Players Currently on Assignment in the NBA D-League
Player NBA Team NBA D-League Team Assignment Date G MPG PPG RPG APG
Malik Hairston San Antonio Austin 1/14/10 13 40.9 29.3 4.3 3.2
Joe Alexander Milwaukee Fort Wayne 1/20/10 5 26.4 11.4 4.4 2.2
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