NBDL Allocation Lists Announced
October 30, 2002 - NBA G League (G League) News Release
GREENVILLE, S.C., October 30, 2002 â The National Basketball Development League has completed the allocation of players to each of its eight teams, it was announced today by Karl Hicks, Executive Director of the NBDL. On the eve of the league's second draft, each NBDL team now has four allocated players heading into the annual selection process.
NBA Commissioner David Stern and NBDL President Phil Evans will kick off Thursday's draft festivities via conference call. The draft gets underway at 5 p.m. EST from league draft headquarters in Duluth, Ga. Draft parties to give media and fans a glimpse of what goes in a draft "war room" are scheduled in most of the eight NBDL communities.
The draft is scheduled for 14 rounds with the Roanoke Dazzle selecting first, followed by the Fayetteville Patriots, Asheville Altitude, Huntsville Flight, Mobile Revelers, Columbus Riverdragons, North Charleston Lowgators and Greenville Groove. The order of the draft will remain the same through all 14 rounds.
A maximum of 25 players will report to NBDL team training camps, which open Nov. 3. A minimum of one allocation player is guaranteed a spot on each team's final roster of 10 players.
The NBDL preseason gets underway Nov. 7 when Roanoke travels to North Charleston and the regular season begins Nov. 15 with a full slate of games in four cities. The opening-night game featuring Asheville at Fayetteville will be aired on ESPN2 Nov. 22 at 4 p.m.
NBDL fans that can't make it to their local draft party can follow the process via NBDL.COM. The first two rounds of the draft will feature a live audio stream complete with analysis from NBDL Player Personnel Director Milt Newton and NBA Director of Scouting Marty Blake. The first round will be updated live on a ticker and the reminder of the draft will be posted at the conclusion of each round on the NBDL.COM Draft Board.
Designed to help grow the sport of basketball both domestically and internationally, the NBDL serves as a source of on-court talent for the NBA's 29 teams and as a diverse human resources pool for the NBA and its teams by training employees in management, operations, public relations, sales and marketing positions.
A complete list of the 2002 NBDL allocated players follows.
2002 NBDL PLAYER ALLOCATION ROSTER
Team Name Pos Hgt College Last Played
Asheville Warren Bennett SG 6-3 North Carolina Central â00 College
Asheville Steve Bynes PF 6-9 Shaw â02 USBL
Asheville Ervin Murray PG 6-5 Wake Forest '02 College
Asheville Josh Pittman SG 6-6 UNC-Asheville â98 Internationally
Columbus Terrell Bell C 6-10 Georgia '96 CBA
Columbus D.A. Layne SG 6-0 Georgia '01 Internationally
Columbus Carl Mitchell SF 6-9 Northern Kentucky â02 College
Columbus Sean Peterson PG 6-1 Georgia Southern â02 College
Fayetteville Kenyatta Brown SG 6-4 East Carolina â02 College
Fayetteville Jason Capel SF 6-8 North Carolina '02 College
Fayetteville Justin Gainey PG 6-0 North Carolina State '00 Internationally
Fayetteville Jamaal Young PF 6-8 Johnson C. Smith â02 College
Greenville Greg Gray SF 6-7 South Carolina State '02 College
Greenville Joe Hamilton SF 6-6 Virginia Tech '02 College
Greenville Greg Lewis SF 6-6 Winthrop â02 College
Greenville Jamar McKnight SG 6-5 Clemson â02 College
Huntsville Neil Ashby SF 6-8 Chattanooga â02 College
Huntsville Rodney Bias PF 6-9 Shelton State '01 College
Huntsville Schea Cotton SG 6-5 Alabama â00 Internationally
Huntsville Terrance Martin PG 6-3 Alabama NBDL
Mobile Kevin Crosby SG 6-5 Life '02 College
Mobile Ousmane Cisse PF 6-9 St. Jude High School Shaw's
Mobile Rod Grizzard SG 6-8 Alabama '02 College
Mobile Joe Marshall SG 6-2 Purdue â02 College
N. Charleston Jeff Bolton SG 6-4 College of Charleston â02 College
N. Charleston Jamel Bradley PG 6-2 South Carolina â02 College
N. Charleston Thaddeous Delaney PF 6-8 College of Charleston '97 Internationally
N. Charleston Jermel President PG 6-0 College of Charleston '99 IBA
Roanoke Cory Alexander PG 6-1 Virginia'95 NBA
Roanoke SirValiant Brown SG 6-1 George Washington â01 USBL
Roanoke Ryan Charles PF 6-10 Radford â00 Internationally
Roanoke Mibindo Dongo PF 6-9 Virginia Tech '02 College
NBA G League Stories from October 30, 2002
- Groove Coaches Invite Three Players From Open Tryout To Training Camp - Greenville Groove
- NBDL Allocation Lists Announced - G League
- Riverdragons Bring Home a Couple of Bulldogs - Columbus Riverdragons
- Two Former College of Charleston Players Allocated to Lowgators - Charleston Lowgators
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