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January 5, 2011 - NBA G League (G League) News Release


BAKERSFIELD'S JOHNSON NAMED NBA DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE MONTH

Trey Johnson of the Bakersfield Jam has been named NBA Development League Player of the Month for games played in December.

The honor, the first of the 2010-11 season, is also the first of Johnson's career. Johnson, a 6-5, 215-pound guard out of Jackson State who earned two GATORADE Call-Ups to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2009, led Bakersfield to an 8-2 record on the month, averaging 27.6 points, 4.9 assists and 4.3 rebounds. Johnson scored more than 20 points in nine of the Jam's 10 games in December, and his 43-point performance in a win over Austin on Dec. 15, a game in which he also had 11 rebounds, is the league's highest single-game individual point total this season. In addition to shooting 98-of-198 (.495) from the field, Johnson also shot 87.8 percent (72-of-82) from the free-throw line. This month's honorable mention selections for NBA D-League Player of the Month were Texas' Joe Alexander, Austin's Marcus Cousin, New Mexico's Shane Edwards, Utah's Orien Greene, Iowa's Othyus Jeffers, Erie's Ivan Johnson, Fort Wayne's Darnell Lazare, Reno's Aaron Miles, Springfield's Scottie Reynolds, Maine's DeShawn Sims, Idaho's Antoine Walker and Tulsa's Latavious Williams.

SHOWCASE ON THE HORIZON

With NBA teams able to sign players to 10-day contracts beginning today, Matthew Brennan takes a closer look at some potential candidates from the D-League, who will be on display at next week's seventh annual D-League Showcase. Names include Othyus Jeffers, Courtney Sims and Kyle Weaver (Iowa), Trey Johnson (Bakersfield), Patrick Ewing Jr. and Aaron Miles (Reno), Joe Alexander and Sean Williams (Texas), Jeff Adrien (Rio Grande Valley) and Antoine Walker (Idaho). andidates_13

TUESDAY NIGHT HIGHLIGHTS...top performers from Tuesday's games: (See highlights of last night's games at http://youtube.com/nbadleague)

Jamine Peterson and Dar Tucker each scored 28 points for New Mexico in a win over Springfield. Shane Edwards added 22 points and nine rebounds for the Thunderbirds. Scottie Reynolds led Springfield with 22 points.

ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENTS: A look at NBA D-League Alumni in last night's NBA games:

19 players with NBA D-League experience competed in seven NBA games last night, two as starters.

The Lakers' Shannon Brown scored nine points in 20 minutes off the bench in a win over Detroit.

Toronto's Amir Johnson had nine points and five rebounds in a loss to Chicago.

GATORADE CALL-UP BOARD:

Player NBA Team NBA D-League Team Call-Up Date

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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

Hassan Whiteside Sacramento Reno 11/29/10 12 15.4 5.1 3.2 0.1

DeMarre Carroll Memphis Dakota 12/14/10 6 35.7 18.3 6.8 2.0

Pape Sy Atlanta Utah 12/27/10 2 24.0 5.5 5.0 3.0

Devin Ebanks L.A. Lakers Bakersfield 12/27/10 4 26.5 12.0 8.0 1.5

Garret Siler Phoenix Iowa 1/4/10 1 16.0 4.0 7.0 0.0

Cole Aldrich Oklahoma City Tulsa 12/30/10 8 28.8 7.3 8.1 0.6

* Roddy Beaubois has yet to appear in a D-League game.

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