Los Angeles Lakers Assign Caracter to Bakersfield Jam
March 29, 2011 - NBA G League (G League)
Bakersfield Jam News Release
BAKERSFIELD, March 29, 2011 - Bakersfield's NBA affiliate, Los Angeles Lakers, have assigned their rookie forward, Derrick Caracter, to the Jam, it was announced today. The assignment marks the 51st time in the 2010-11 season an NBA player has been assigned to an NBA D-League affiliate, and it is the first assignment for Caracter, a rookie out of Texas-El Paso.
Caracter (6-9, 275) has played in 40 games this season for the Lakers, averaging 2.0 points and 1.1 rebounds in 5.3 minutes. The Lakers selected Caracter, an early entry candidate, in the second round (58th overall) of the 2010 NBA Draft, and Caracter led the Lakers' NBA Summer League team in scoring (15.4 ppg) and rebounding (8.6 rpg) over five games.
A highly rated prospect out of Notre Dame Prep (Mass.), Caracter spent his fist two collegiate seasons at Louisville before transferring to UTEP. In one year as a Miner, Caracter averaged 14.1 points and 8.1 rebounds in 26.7 minutes, earning All-Conference USA Second Team honors. Further, his .567 field goal percentage ranked second in the conference and 16th nationally that season.
Caracter is the 36th NBA player to be assigned to the NBA D-League this season, extending an all-time high.
Caracter will join Bakersfield, which has clinched a spot in the NBA D-League playoffs, for its game at Utah tomorrow night.
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