NBA D-League Daily Developments
Published on January 26, 2011 under NBA G League (G League) News Release
ERIE ¬â¢S GARRETT TEMPLE SIGNS WITH MILWAUKEE BUCKS
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 ¬â¢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. 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.
SAN ANTONIO ASSIGNS JAMES ANDERSON TO NBA D-LEAGUE AFFILIATE AUSTIN TOROS
San Antonio Spurs guard James Anderson was assigned to the Austin Toros, the Spurs ¬â¢ NBA Development League affiliate, it was announced today. The assignment marks the 33rd 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 Anderson, a rookie out of Oklahoma State. Anderson (6-6, 215) has appeared in six games this season for the Spurs, averaging 7.0 points, 1.5 assists and 1.0 rebounds in 17.7 minutes. Anderson, whom the Spurs selected in the first round (20th overall) of the 2010 NBA Draft, has been out since Nov. 11 with a right foot injury. The 2010 Big 12 Player of the Year, Anderson averaged 17.9 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.6 assists over 101 games in a three-year career at Oklahoma State.
RENO TRADES EWING TO SIOUX FALLS FOR GREEN
The Reno Bighorns traded forward Patrick Ewing, Jr. to the Sioux Falls Skyforce in exchange for Danny Green, a second-round pick (46th overall) of the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2009. Green, who was a member of the 2009 NCAA Champion North Carolina Tar Heels, is the winningest player in UNC history. He is also the only player in ACC history with 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, 250 assists, 150 three-pointers, 150 blocks and 150 steals. Ewing, Jr. had started Reno ¬â¢s first 25 games before coming off the bench Sunday at Iowa. He was averaging 15.8 points and 8.4 rebounds with Reno. He also has recorded eight double-doubles this season, good for 10th in the league.
TUESDAY NIGHT HIGHLIGHTS ¬Â¦top performers from Tuesday ¬â¢s games: (See highlights of last night's games at http://youtube.com/nbadleague)
v No Games Scheduled
ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENTS: A look at NBA D-League Alumni in last night ¬â¢s NBA games:
15 players with NBA D-League experience competed in five NBA games last night, four as starters.
v Dallas ¬â¢ Jose Juan Barea scored 25 points off the bench in a win over the L.A. Clippers.
v Washington ¬â¢s Andray Blatche had 25 points and nine rebounds in a loss to Denver.
GATORADE CALL-UP BOARD:
Player NBA Team NBA D-League Team Call-Up Date
Zabian Dowdell Phoenix Tulsa 1/9/11
Larry Owens San Antonio Tusla 1/16/11
Mustafa Shakur Washington Rio Grande Valley 1/22/11
Chris Johnson Portland Dakota 1/24/11
Garrett Temple Milwaukee Erie 1/25/11
ASSIGNMENT BOARD: NBA Players Currently on Assignment in the NBA D-League
Player NBA Team NBA D-League Team Assignment Date G MPG PPG RPG APG
Pape Sy Atlanta Utah 12/27/10 10 22.9 8.2 3.6 1.5
Jeremy Lin Golden State Reno 1/9/11 11 33.0 18.6 5.8 4.3
Cole Aldrich Oklahoma City Tulsa 12/30/10 16 28.6 9.4 7.6 1.3
Hamady Ndiaye Washington Dakota 1/7/11 9 17.9 3.9 4.2 0.3
Dexter Pittman Miami Sioux Falls 1/6/11 15 27.9 15.2 8.1 1.3
Avery Bradley Boston Maine 1/14/11 5 26.8 15.0 2.0 3.8
Craig Brackins Philadelphia Springfield 1/15/11 9 35.2 20.6 8.3 1.3
NBA G League Stories from January 26, 2011
- Legends Use Big Fourth Quarter Run to End Two-Game Skid - Texas Legends
- Spurs Sign Larry Owens to Second 10-Day Contract - Tulsa 66ers
- BayHawks Acquire Guard Loren Stokes - Erie BayHawks
- Vipers Looking to Win Twice on Wednesday - Rio Grande Valley Vipers
- Bighorns Fall Late in Austin, 97-95 - Reno Bighorns
- Toros Win Close One at Cedar Park Center - Austin Spurs
- Johnson Earns Gatorade Call-Up to Toronto - Bakersfield Jam
- Bakersfield's Trey Johnson Signs with Toronto - G League
- Tulsa Travels to Springfield for Back-to-Back Contests - Tulsa 66ers
- Austin Toros Games to be Televised on Fox Sports Southwest - Austin Spurs
- San Antonio Spurs Assign James Anderson to NBA D-League Affiliate Austin Toros - Austin Spurs
- NBA D-League Daily Developments - G League
- San Antonio Spurs Assign James Anderson to NBA D-League Affiliate Austin Toros - G League
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