14ers Return Four, Bring Three Local Products to Camp
November 2, 2007 - NBA G League (G League)
Colorado 14ers News Release
DENVER, November 2 - The Colorado 14ers announced today the 17 man roster for their 2007 training camp. Number one overall draft pick Eddie Gill and the nine other players selected in the D-League Draft last night will join four returning players from the 2007 Western Division Post-Season Championship team, two locally allocated players, and one local tryout invite.
Forwards Elton Brown, Terrence Crawford, Mo Charlo, and guard Eric Osmundson will all be back in Broomfield for a second season. Colorado natives Kaniel Dickens and Brian Greene have also been designated as local allocation players by the NBA Development League, and guard Chuck Davis has been invited to training camp after participating in the 14ers local player tryouts.
"We're excited to have four players returning from a team that reached the championship game last season," said 14ers Head Coach Joe Wolf. "We think that adding Kaniel, Brian, Chuck, and Eddie as our number one pick will give us a solid core capable of going on the road and winning, since 10 of our first 15 games will be away from home."
Brown was a D-League All-Star and First Team All D-League performer in helping lead Colorado to the D-League Finals last season. The 6-9 inside force averaged 18.4 points per game, and led the league in rebounding at 9.6 per game during the regular season. Brown then bettered those numbers with three consecutive double-double performances in the playoffs, averaging 25.3 points and 11.3 rebounds in the post-season.
Crawford also played a key role in Colorado's post-season run last year, averaging 12 points and 9.7 rebounds per game in the playoffs. At 6-6 and 230 pounds, he proved to be Colorado's most versatile player. He started 19 games in the regular season as the 14ers top defender, and averaged six points and 4.3 rebounds per game.
Charlo joined the 14ers for the final four games of the regular season and the playoffs last year. Mo averaged 4.8 points and 2.8 rebounds per game, and had a season high 16 points and nine rebounds in Colorado's playoff win over Albuquerque.
Osmundson was in the starting line-up for three of the first 25 games he played with the 14ers last season. The 6-5 rookie guard averaged 4.8 points and 1.9 rebounds per game before injuring his ankle on January 3 against Tulsa. Eric underwent surgery and missed the remainder of the season.
Dickens is a Denver native whose basketball career has included stints with the Utah Jazz, New Jersey Nets, and Los Angeles Clippers in the NBA, as well as stops in the Continental Basketball Association, Russia, China, and the Euroleague. The former East High School Angel will be reunited with Coach Wolf, who after coaching him with the Idaho Stampede calls the 6-8 forward "a great person and a great player".
Greene is a 6-7 forward who played at Colorado State, and is a product of Horizon High School in Thornton, Colorado. He has competed in the EuroCup and averaged 16 points per game in the French League last season. Greene played for the New York Knicks in the NBA Las Vegas Summer League in 2006 and 2007.
Davis comes to training camp as the lone invitee from the 14ers local player tryouts. "I feel I just have to go out and prove myself," said the 6-3 guard out of Shippensburg University. "There are a lot of good guys in the D-League and I just want to go out there and do the things I do well so I can get looked at."
The complete 2007 training camp roster is below.
HT. WT. POSITION
Elton Brown 6-9 260 Forward
Terrence Crawford 6-6 230 Forward
Mo Charlo 6-7 210 Forward
Eric Osmundson 6-5 200 Guard
Kaniel Dickens 6-8 235 Forward
Brian Greene 6-7 230 Guard/Forward
Eddie Gill 6-0 183 Guard
Kelly Whitney 6-8 240 Forward
Julian Sensley 6-9 235 Forward
Brandon Dean 6-2 200 Guard
Damien Lolar 6-4 220 Guard/Forward
Tyronne Beale 6-8 220 Forward
Marcus Saunders 6-8 220 Forward/Center
Lou White 6-5 205 Guard
Chad Bell 6-11 280 Center
Antonio Griffin 6-5 200 Forward
The 14ers are entering their second season after winning the D-League Western Division Post-Season Championship in 2007. Colorado's 24 game home schedule tips off on the NBA Development League opening night of Friday, November 23 at the Broomfield Event Center against the Anaheim Arsenal at 7:05 p.m.
For more information on the 2007-2008 14ers schedule and team, log on to www.14ershoops.com.
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