D-League daily developments
Published on January 7, 2006 under NBA G League (G League) News Release
SERIES NOTES, TODAY'S GAMES - Roanoke at Fayetteville: Dazzle leads 2-0. Rematch of Friday game when nine technical fouls were called. - Arkansas at Tulsa: 66ers lead 3-0 after overtime victory over RimRockers on Friday. Tulsa 6-2 at home.
FIRST TRIPLE: Tulsa guard Will Conroy recorded the first triple-double of the D-League season in an overtime victory over Arkansas on Friday. Conroy had 26 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.
GREEN TO PATRIOTS: The Boston Celtics assigned forward Gerald Green to the Fayetteville Patriots on Friday, making him the 14th NBA player to be designated to the D-league. Green, the 18th overall selection in the 2005 NBA Draft, is the highest draft pick to be assigned to the D-League.
THEY SAID IT: "The theory sounds great where you're practicing with the NBA team, but anybody that's been around NBA teams knows that there's not a lot of intense practice sessions when it gets this time of year. This is a better alternative."...Celtics Executive Director of Basketball Operations Danny Ainge to the Boston Globe in regard to assigning Gerald Green to the Fayetteville Patriots of the D-League.
FIRST TASTE: C.J. Miles, who was assigned to the Albuquerque Thunderbirds by the Utah Jazz earlier this week, got his first taste of the D-League in a huge T-Birds victory at Fort Worth. From nearby Skyline High School in Dallas, Miles scored 11 points and grabbed six rebounds in 19 minutes.
LEAGUE LEADERS
PPG Player
22.9 Anthony Grundy, ROA
21.5 Will Bynum, ROA
21.4 Bracey Wright, FLA
19.8 Erik Daniels, FAY
19.3 Ime Udoka, FTW
RPG Player
12.1 Pape Sow, ARK
11.0 Dwayne Jones, FLA
10.4 Chuck Hayes, ABQ
9.3 Erik Daniels, FAY
8.9 Hiram Fuller, FLA
APG Player
8.4 Kareem Reid, ARK
6.8 Will Bynum, ROA
6.3 Derrick Zimmerman, AUS
6.1 Andre Barrett, FLA
5.3 Vonteego Cummings, FTW
TODAY ON NBA TV: An encore showing of the "D-League Game of the Week" featuring Fort Worth at Arkansas from December 23 is scheduled to be aired at noon ET.
BONUS COVERAGE: The Tulsa at Arkansas game from December 22, not on the original D-League NBA TV schedule, will now be shown January 12 at 2 p.m. ET.
MLK SHOWCASE: The 2006 MLK Showcase, featuring every D-League team in eight games over two days, is scheduled for January 15-16 at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, N.C.
NBA G League Stories from January 7, 2006
- Arkansas defeats Tulsa - Tulsa 66ers
- Fayetteville rebounds, stops Dazzle, 121-105 - Fayetteville Patriots
- Celtics assign top draft pick Green to Fayetteville - Fayetteville Patriots
- D-League daily developments - G League
- Fayetteville surrenders late lead in 126-123 loss to Dazzle - Fayetteville Patriots
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