Hubbard Part of Team NBA at Asia Challenge
September 1, 2009 - NBA G League (G League)
Rio Grande Valley Vipers News Release
MCALLEN, TEXAS - The NBA D-League Rio Grande Valley Vipers announced today that forward Marcus Hubbard will be part of a team of NBA legends and NBA D-League players in the Asia Challenge.
The team is made up of NBA legends Dominique Wilkins, Vlade Divac, Robert Horry and Tim Hardaway, as well as Hubbard, Billy Thomas (Colorado), Derrick Dial (Tulsa), Chris Ellis (Sioux Falls), Russell Robinson (Reno) and Lanny Smith (Idaho) from the D-League. The head coach will be new Dakota Wizards head coach Rory White. He will be assisted by Los Angeles Lakers special assistant coach and basketball Hall-of-Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Team NBA is accompanied by New Jersey Nets mascot Sly Fox and six members of the Nets dance team.
Hubbard averaged 8.2 points and 4.1 rebounds per game, including 9.0 points and 4.7 rebounds in 27 contests (eight starts) with the Vipers, after being traded from the Wizards on January 7.
He scored a season-high 20 points against the Colorado 14ers on January 14 and recorded two double-doubles, including an 11-point, 17- rebound performance against the Tulsa 66ers on January 21. Both games were at Dodge Arena.
The team is traveling to Asia today. They will play their first two games in South Korea on September 5 against the KBL All-Stars in Seoul, and September 6 against the ETLAND Blackslammers in Incheon. They finish up in the Philippines on September 11 against the PBA All- Stars in Manila.
The Rio Grande Valley Vipers are a professional basketball team in the NBA Development League (NBA D-League). The NBA Development League, founded in 2001, is the NBA's official minor league whose teams have direct affiliations to NBA franchises. For the 2009-10 season, the league will feature 16 teams - including the debut of the Maine Red Claws and the Springfield Armor. A proven developer of talent, 20 percent of players in the NBA at the conclusion of the 2008-09 season boasted NBA D-League experience, while the league continues to develop coaches, referees, and front office staff for the NBA and its teams. In fostering the league's connection to the community, its teams, players and staff promote health and wellness, support local needs and interests, and assist in educational development through NBA D-League Cares programs. The NBA D-League also advances the game of basketball as the research and development arm of the NBA. Throughout the season fans can watch all NBA D-League games on NBA Futurecast, the free live Web-streaming initiative found at nba.com/futurecast. The Vipers' NBA affiliate is the Houston Rockets.
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