Five Officials Get the Call
Published on November 1, 2004 under NBA G League (G League) News Release
GREENVILLE, S.C., November 1 â The NBA has assigned former National Basketball Development League officials Robbie Robinson, Olandis Poole, Mark Ayotte, Eric Lewis and Tommy Nunez, Jr. to work NBA games for the 2004-05 season, increasing the number of NBDL referees being called up over the last three seasons to 11.
Robinson, Poole, Ayotte, Lewis and Nunez join Matt Boland, Zach Zarba, Ed Malloy, Tony Brown and Anthony Jordan as former NBDL game officials now calling games in the NBA. Fourteen current NBA officials are also slated to work games in the NBDL this season.
The NBDL, the NBA's minor league, includes the Fayetteville Patriots (N.C.), Florida Flame (Ft. Myers), Huntsville Flight (Ala.), Roanoke Dazzle (Va.), Columbus Riverdragons (Ga.) and Asheville Altitude (N.C.).
The league offers players the opportunity to develop their talent in a highly competitive atmosphere under the NBA's umbrella. Twenty-eight (28) players have been called up the NBA on 39 separate occasions. Nine former NBDL coaches, five athletic trainers, 11 referees and 29 front office executives have also been called up since the start of the league's inaugural season in November 2001.
Designed to help grow the sport of basketball both domestically and internationally, the league also offers fun, family entertainment at affordable prices. The NBDL is a source of on-court talent for the NBA's 30 teams and is a diverse human resources pool for the NBA and its teams by training employees in management, operations, public relations, sales and marketing positions.
The 2004-05 NBDL season gets underway November 19 when the Fayetteville Patriots travel to the Roanoke Civic Center to meet the Roanoke Dazzle.
For additional information please go to NBDL.com.
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