Los Angeles Lakers Reassign Caracter to NBA D-League Affiliate Bakersfield
Published on April 6, 2011 under NBA G League (G League) News Release
NEW YORK, April 6, 2011 - Los Angeles Lakers forward Derrick Caracter was reassigned to the Bakersfield Jam, the Lakers' NBA Development League affiliate, it was announced today. The assignment marks the 54th time in the 2010-11 season an NBA player has been assigned to an NBA D-League affiliate, and it is the second assignment for Caracter, a rookie out of Texas-El Paso.
With Caracter's assignment, the NBA D-League has seen record highs this season in total NBA player assignments (54), individual NBA players assigned (37) and NBA teams assigning a player (25).
Caracter (6-9, 275) was first assigned on March 29. He appeared in three games (one start) with Bakersfield, averaging 8.7 points and 6.0 rebounds in 19.7 minutes. Caracter has played in 40 games this season for the Lakers, averaging 2.0 points and 1.1 rebounds in 5.3 minutes. The Lakers selected Caracter, an early-entry candidate, in the second round (58th overall) of the 2010 NBA Draft, and Caracter led the Lakers' NBA Summer League team in scoring (15.4 ppg) and rebounding (8.6 rpg) over five games.
A highly rated prospect out of Notre Dame Prep (Mass.), Caracter spent his fist two collegiate seasons at Louisville before transferring to UTEP. In one year as a Miner, Caracter averaged 14.1 points and 8.1 rebounds in 26.7 minutes, earning All-Conference USA Second Team honors. Further, his .567 field goal percentage ranked second in the conference and 16th nationally that season.
Caracter is expected to join Bakersfield for the Jam's first-round opener in the NBA D-League Playoffs, at home against the Rio Grande Valley Vipers on Friday at 10 p.m. ET. That game will air nationally on VERSUS at 11:30 p.m. ET. Lakers fans can also keep track of Caracter and the Jam by logging onto nba.com/dleague to watch every other game live, online, for free.
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