Maine's Chris Wright Named NBA Development League Performer of the Week
February 11, 2013 - NBA G League (G League) News Release
NEW YORK, Feb 11, 2013 - Chris Wright of the Maine Red Claws was today named NBA Development League Performer of the Week for games played Feb. 4-10.
Wright (6-8, 225, Dayton) averaged 26.3 points while shooting 66 percent from the field to go with 14.3 rebounds as the Red Claws went 2-1 on the week. Wright notched a season-high 27 points in a 108-94 road win over the Springfield Armor before coming out the next night and matching his point total in a 104-94 loss to the Bakersfield Jam. He finished the week with a 25-point outing in a 104-100 win over Springfield in Maine.
A 2013 NBA D-League All-Star, Wright is averaging 17.9 points, 9.5 rebounds and 35.4 minutes in 22 games, all starts, for the Red Claws this season.
Other top performers considered include Austin's Cory Joseph, on assignment from the San Antonio Spurs, Bakersfield's Jerel McNeal, Canton's Kyle Gibson, Erie's D.J. Kennedy, Fort Wayne's Tony Mitchell, Idaho's Carlon Brown, Iowa's Paul Harris, Los Angeles' Lazar Hayward, Reno's Samardo Samuels, Rio Grande Valley's Glen Rice, Jr., Santa Cruz's Travis Leslie, Sioux Falls' Donald Sloan, Springfield's Carleton Scott, Texas' Justin Dentmon and Texas' Rasual Butler.
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