NBDL daily developments
April 6, 2004 - NBA G League (G League) News Release
WHEN WILL ASHEVILLE HOST? The Altitude will host an NBDL Delta Air Lines Postseason Classic semi-final game April 17 at 7:15 p.m. The opponent is still to be determined.
CAN CHARLESTON HOST? Yes. All they have to do is beat Huntsville at home Friday night.
CAN HUNTSVILLE HOST? Yes. They need to win out and have Charleston lose out.
POSTSEASON TV: NBA TV will televise two of the three games in the NBDL Delta Air Lines Postseason Classic, the semi-final game from Asheville and the championship game. The April 17 game will be aired on a tape-delayed basis April 19.
TODAY ON NBA TV: Today at 6 p.m. "This Week in the NBDL" features D-League MVP Tierre Brown, who sat down with host Rick Kamla Saturday prior to the Lowgators game at Fayetteville. Rookie of the Year Desmond Penigar is also slated to join Kamla live via telephone.
MEYER AND MARTY
On the strength of an incredible late-season run that has Asheville in first place, Altitude coach Joey Meyer is now the all time leader in NBDL coaching victories with 75. Among active NBDL coaches, Charleston's Doug Marty currently holds the winning percentage lead at .543, 51-43 as he finishes his second season.
Active NBDL Coaching Records
By Victories By Percentage
75-Joey Meyer, Asheville .543-Doug Marty, Charleston
(51-43, 2nd year)
72-Jeff Malone, Columbus .527-Jeff Capel, Fayetteville
(68-61, 3rd year)*
68-Jeff Capel, Fayetteville .500-Joey Meyer, Asheville
(75-75, 3rd year)
64-Kent Davison, Roanoke .480-Jeff Malone, Columbus
(72-78, 3rd year)
51-Doug Marty, Charleston .479-Ralph Lewis, Huntsville (45-49,
2nd year)
45-Ralph Lewis, Huntsville .472-Kent Davison, Roanoke
(64-86, 3rd year)
*Jeff Capel took over in Fayetteville January 8, 2002
MILT AND ALEX
Although they coached just one season in the NBDL, Milton Barnes and Alex English still sit atop the all-time winning percentage column for coaches. Both finished 2001-02 with 36-20 records (.642). Barnes bested English, now an assistant with the 76ers, in the 2002 NBDL Finals.
LITTLE KNOWN NBDL FACT: NBDL Sr. Director of Legal and Business Affairs Bobby Sharma once attended a tryout to play for his beloved Blue Devils as an undergraduate at Duke. Unfortunately, a fast break pass that sailed deep into the seats at Cameron Indoor Arena prematurely ended the dream. Fortunately for Sharma, an errant pass on a video game can only travel the width of his big screen, keeping him forever in the virtual Duke starting lineup.
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