NBA D-League Daily Developments
January 5, 2006 - NBA G League (G League) News Release
Standings W-L Pct. GB Arkansas RimRockers 9-5 .642 --- Florida Flame 9-5 .642 --- Fort Worth Flyers 9-5 .642 --- Albuquerque Thunderbirds 8-6 .571 1 Tulsa 66ers 7-9 .437 3 Austin Toros 5-7 .416 3 Roanoke Dazzle 6-9 .400 3½ Fayetteville Patriots 3-10 .230 5½
Wednesday's Results No Games Scheduled
Today Austin at Florida, 7 p.m. ET
MLK SHOWCASE: The 2006 MLK Showcase, featuring every D-League team in eight games over two days, is scheduled for January 15-16 at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, N.C.
SHOWCASE SCHEDULE Sunday, January 15 11 a.m. Austin vs Arkansas 2 p.m. Tulsa vs Albuquerque 5 p.m. Florida vs Fayetteville 8 p.m. Roanoke vs Fort Worth
Monday, January 16 11 a.m. Albuquerque vs Austin 2 p.m. Arkansas vs Florida 5 p.m. Fort Worth vs Tulsa 8 p.m. Fayetteville vs Roanoke
IME HONORED: Fort Worth's Ime Udoka earned D-League Player of the Month honors for games played in December. The Flyers first pick (third overall) in the 2005 D-League Draft averaged 37.0 minutes, 19.0 points, 7.8 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1.8 steals while leading the Flyers to a 6-3 record in December.
JAZZ ASSIGNMENT: The Utah Jazz assigned guard C.J. Miles to the Albuquerque Thunderbirds on Wednesday, making him the 13th NBA player to be designated to a D-League affiliate. Miles, who was playing at Skyline High School in Dallas at this time last season, will suit up for the T-Birds for the first time at Fort Worth on Friday.
THEY SAID IT: It's just a good opportunity to get him some experience. [He will play for a coach, Michael Cooper] who knows what it takes to play in the league. It should be good for [Miles] as he develops." Utah Jazz Sr. VP of Basketball Operations Kevin O'Connor told the Salt Lake Tribune in regards to C.J. Miles' assignment to Albuquerque.
MORE MIDWEEK COMING AND GOING: Fort Worth acquired G Turner Battle and waived F Anthony Wilkins, while Fayetteville acquired G Melvin Sanders and waived F Mark Karcher. Florida waived G Ricky Shields.
THIS WEEK IN THE D-LEAGUE: NBA TV's weekly magazine-style show, "This Week in the D-League" airs tonight at 9 p.m. ET. In addition to news, highlights and stats, this week's all-access feature focuses on "Life in the D-League". Interviews are scheduled with Roanoke's Anthony Grundy, Fort Worth's Vonteego Cummings and Arkansas' Clay Tucker.
TODAY ON NBA TV INSIDERS: Fort Worth guard Kelenna Azubuike is scheduled to be a guest on "NBA TV Insiders" at 7:20 ET.
ALUMNI CHECK...former D-Leaguers updates from NBA games on January 4 - Eight former D-League referees worked in nine NBA games. - Bobby Simmons (Mobile) had 18 points and 2 rebounds in 39 minutes for Milwaukee. - Anthony Johnson (Mobile) had 11 points, 7 assists and 3 rebounds in 27 minutes for the Pacers. - Dijon Thompson (Albuquerque) scored 5 points in as many minutes for the Suns.
NBA G League Stories from January 5, 2006
- Flame Waive Shields - Florida Flame
- Flame, Flyers Clash on January 24th - Florida Flame
- NBA D-League Daily Developments - G League
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