66ers Chris Richard Named NBA D-League All-Star
February 3, 2009 - NBA G League (G League)
Tulsa 66ers News Release
Tulsa, Okla., February 3, 2009 - The Tulsa 66ers announced today that forward Chris Richard is among the fifteen players with NBA experience that highlight the rosters for the third annual NBA D-League All-Star Game, which will be played on Feb. 14 at the NBA's All-Star Jam Session presented by adidas. The game will tip off at 2 p.m. MT on Jam Session's Center Court and will be shown live on NBA TV.
Richard is among twenty of the NBA D-League's top players to be selected as All-Stars by a combination of fan balloting on nba.com/dleague and voting by the League's 16 head coaches. The selections were divided up into two 10-man teams, the Red Team and the Blue Team, by members of the NBA and NBA D-League's Basketball Operations staff. The Red Team will be the home team, while the Blue Team will be the visitors.
Richard is averaging 11.9 points, 8.3 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 20 games for Tulsa, while shooting 50.3 percent from the field.
Richard will be part of the Blue Team roster, among six other players with NBA experience, including San Antonio's Malik Hairston, who has been on assignment in Austin. Additional Blue Team members include Will Conroy (Albuquerque), James White (Anaheim), Antonio Meeking (Reno), Walker Russell (Fort Wayne), Josh Davis (Colorado), Cedric Bozeman (Anaheim), Ronald Dupree (Utah), and Chris Hunter (Fort Wayne).
The Red Team will be coached by Iowa Energy head coach Nick Nurse and his assistant Gary Garner, while the Blue Team will be helmed by Austin Toros head coach Quin Snyder and his assistant Wendell Alexis. Both coaching staffs were selected based on their teams having the highest winning percentage by Jan. 27. Prior to the game Nurse and Snyder will choose starting lineups for their respective teams.
Players who have been selected by coaches and fans must be on an active roster to compete in the NBA D-League All-Star game.
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