Erie's Garrett Temple Signs with Milwaukee
Published on January 25, 2011 under NBA G League (G League) News Release
NEW YORK, Jan. 25, 2011 - The Milwaukee Bucks signed guard Garrett Temple of the Erie BayHawks for the fifth 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 83.
In 18 total games (11 starts) this season with Erie and the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, Temple averaged 13.4 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.3 assists. After joining Erie via trade on Dec. 30, Temple averaged 14.4 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.4 assists in nine games (eight starts).
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 Bucks today, and should be available when Milwaukee hosts the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday at Bradley Center.
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