Erie's Garrett Temple Signs with Charlotte
March 7, 2011 - NBA G League (G League) News Release
NEW YORK, Mar. 7, 2011 - The Charlotte Bobcats signed guard Garrett Temple of the Erie BayHawks for the 12th GATORADE Call-Up of the 2010-11 NBA Development League season. Temple's call-up increases the number of current NBA players with NBA D-League experience, including players currently on assignment to their NBA D-League affiliates, to 87.
In 24 total games (16 starts) this season with Erie and the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, Temple, an NBA D-League All-Star, averaged 14.0 points, 5.4 rebounds and 3.0 assists. After spending three games with the San Antonio Spurs to start the season, Temple was called up by the Milwaukee Bucks on Jan. 25. He appeared in nine games with the Bucks, averaging 1.9 points in 9.2 minutes.
Temple (6-5, 180) is a second-year pro out of LSU who earned three GATORADE Call-Ups to the NBA last season. In 30 games with the Houston Rockets, Sacramento Kings and San Antonio Spurs, Temple averaged 4.6 points and 1.1 rebounds in 11.8 minutes. Over four years at LSU, Temple averaged 6.7 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.6 assists in 134 games and was named to the SEC All-Defensive Team in 2008.
Temple is expected to join the Bobcats today, and should be available when Charlotte hosts the L.A. Clippers tonight at 7 p.m. ET.
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