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February 19, 2009 - NBA G League (G League) News Release


Thursday's Schedule

Sioux Falls @ Fort Wayne 7:00 ET

Iowa @ Idaho 9:00 ET

Austin @ Bakersfield 10:00 ET Wednesday's Results

Anaheim 120, Rio Grande Valley 116

BOBCATS SIGN MARTIN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON Charlotte Bobcats General Manager Rod Higgins announced that the team has signed forward Cartier Martin for the remainder of the season. Martin, who signed his first 10-day with the Bobcats on Jan. 29 and a second 10-day on Feb. 8, has appeared in seven games with averages of 5.4 points and 1.7 rebounds in 14.4 minutes. He has also connected on .400 (6-15) of his three-point attempts. His best game since joining the team came on Feb. 6 against Atlanta, when he scored 11 points on 3-7 shooting from the field, including two three-pointers in 19:29 minutes. Prior to his callup from the D-League, Martin appeared in 21 games for the Iowa Energy and averaged 20.6 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 37.6 minutes.

ARSENAL AQUIRE MARCUS TAYLOR The Anaheim Arsenal, proud affiliates of the Los Angeles Clippers and Atlanta Hawks, announced that they have signed guard Marcus Taylor while releasing forward Bryson McKenzie. Taylor, a 6'3", 195 pound guard out of Michigan State, was the second round pick (#52 overall) in the 2002 NBA Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves. He participated in the Timberwolves' training camp but was released before the regular season began. He has extensive professional experience with stints in France, Greece, CBA, and the Albuquerque Thunderbirds and Tulsa 66ers of the NBA Development League.

JORDAN RETURNS TO VIPERS ACTIVE ROSTER The NBA D-League Rio Grande Valley Vipers announced that they have added Jared Jordan back to the roster. He replaces Kendall Dartez, who was waived due to injury. Jordan suffered a high left ankle sprain against Tulsa on January 21st and has missed the last four games. Jordan is eighth in the league with 5.9 assists and seventh with 2.2 steals per game. He is averaging 8.0 points per game and shooting .368 from behind the arc, second best on the team and tops among guards.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT HIGHLIGHTS...top performers from Wednesday's games

v In his debut, Jawad Williams set a new season high for a Viper player this season, with a 43 point effort, shattering the previous high of 30 accomplished by Both Alpha Bangura and Smush Parker. Despite being in foul trouble for a good portion of the game, Trent Strickland scored 23 points while hauling in eight rebounds in the Viper loss. Jared Jordan scored only five points, but tied the franchise record for assists in a game with 15 in his return. Kurt Looby tallied his second career double-double with 10 points and 14 rebounds in the loss.

v James White, who scored a D-League season high 47-points in his previous meeting with RGV, scored 35 in Wednesday's game. Cedric Bozeman chipped in with 27 points and 11 rebounds in the Anaheim victory.

ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENTS: A look at D-League Alumni in last night's NBA games: 24 players with D-League experience competed in nine NBA games last night, three as starters.

v Lakers forward Josh Powell finished with 16 points and seven rebounds.

v Philadelphia's Louis Williams scored 15 points off the bench, in 27 minutes of play.

v Milwaukee's Ramon Sessions tallies 12 points as a starter for the Bucks.

v Devin Brown scored 11 points in nine minutes of play for the New Orleans Hornets.

GATORADE CALL-UP BOARD:

Player NBA Team D-League Team Call-Up Dates

Blake Ahearn San Antonio Dakota 11/16/08

Malik Hairston San Antonio Austin 12/22/08

Jermareo Davidson Golden State Idaho 1/5/09

Courtney Sims Phoenix Iowa 1/20/09, 2/13/09

Anthony Tolliver New Orleans Iowa 1/21/09

Cartier Martin Charlotte Iowa 1/29/09

Trey Johnson Cleveland Bakersfield 2/03/09

Eddie Gill Milwaukee Colorado 2/09/08 ASSIGNMENT BOARD:

Player NBA Team D-League

Team Assignment Dates

J.R. Giddens Boston

Utah 11/15-1/8, 2/5

Othello Hunter Atlanta

Anaheim 2/17/09

Hamed Haddadi Memphis

Dakota 2/17/09

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