Premier Basketball League Holds 2012 Draft in Chicago
November 17, 2011 - Premier Basketball League (PBL)
Lake Michigan Admirals News Release
Following a successful team owners meeting in Chicago this week, the official draft for the Premier Basketball League (PBL) took place this afternoon at 1:00pm CST via conference call with all teams across the country represented. The draft took place in two rounds, the first being in the order selected by the live streaming lottery on November 10th in Chicago. The second round will be in reverse order from the first round lottery position.
With rosters in place, team front office and coaching staff are focusing on the pre-season tournament in December. The current NBA lockout has pushed the Premier Basketball League into the spot light as the leading independent basketball league going into the upcoming sports season.
"The season is only a few weeks away, we're glad to see the teams finalizing their list of players," commented Carrie Ann May, PBL Vice President of Operations. "The teams are coming together and are really making a collaborative effort to do what is best for not only their individual teams, but also the league as a whole."
The lottery placed the teams in the draft order as follows:
First Round
#1 -The Lake Michigan Admirals
Shagari Alleyne
Height: 7 ¬â¢3
Weight: 275 lbs
University of Kentucky 2003-2006
Professional Career:
Eastern Basketball Alliance (EBA)2010-2011
Albuquerque Thunderbirds 2009-2011
Harlem Globetrotters 2008-2009
Philedephia 76ers (NBA)
#2 -Sauk Valley Predators
Justin Tubbs
Height: 6 ¬â¢3 ¬Â
Weight: 205
East Tennessee State
#3- Rochester RazorSharks- (Immediately traded to Chicago Muscle for 2013
1st round pick)
Emmanuel Little
Height: 6 ¬â¢5
Weight: 195
College: North Dakota
Professional Career:
2008-2009: E.. Kentucky Miners (CBA) & Niigata Albirex (Japan-BJ League)
2009-2010: Rayos de Hermosillo (Mexico-CIBACOPA
2011: PBL Chicago Combine
#4- NW Indiana Stars
Daniel Artest
Height:6 ¬â¢5 ¬Â
Weight:240
College of Southern Nevada
#5- Dayton AirStrikers
Avery Smith
Height: 6 ¬â¢ 3 ¬Â
Weight: 185
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
#6- Central Illinois Drive
Mike Gills
Height: 6 ¬â¢6
Weight: 210
Illinois Valley Community College
#7- Indiana Diesels
Billy Pettiford
Height: 6 ¬â¢ 8 ¬Â
Weight: 220
IUPUI
#8- Charleston Gunners
Robbie Jackson
Height: 7′ 0″
Weight: 260
Rio Grande University
#9- St. Louis Phoenix
Dwayne Polk
Height: 5 ¬â¢10″
Weight: 165
St. Louis University
#10- Chicago Muscle
Rico Hill
Height: 6 ¬â¢6
Weight: 250
Professional Career:
Played abroad in Barcelona and for the LA Clippers
#11- Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Steamers
Chris Commons
Height:6 ¬â¢8 ¬Â
Weight:220
USC Aiken
Professional Career:
Asia-Basket.com All-ASEAN League (Brunei)
Second Round
#12- Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Steamers
Ron Malicki
Player bio
Height:6 ¬â¢5 ¬Â
Weight:220
Medaille College
#13- Chicago Muscle
LaPhonso Ellis Jr.
Height: 6 ¬â¢3
Wingspan: 6 ¬â¢10
Weight: 205
Greenville College Division III (2006-2010)
Professional Career:
St. Louis Pioneers (2010-2011)
#14- St. Louis Phoenix
James Booyer
Height: 6 ¬â¢9″
Weight: 225
Indiana University
#15- Charleston Gunners
Defer
#16- Indiana Diesels
Mark Dunn
Height: 6 ¬â¢ 9 ¬Â
Weight: 280
College: Eastern Washington University
#17- Central Illinois Drive
Nate Fuqua
Height: 6 ¬â¢2
Weight: 197
Triton Community College
Iowa Wesleyan ¬" First team all-conference
#18- Dayton AirStrikers
Darron Evans Jr.
Height: 6 ¬â¢ 7 ¬Â
Weight: 200
Indiana St. University
#19- NW Indiana Stars
Obinna Agomo
Height:6 ¬â¢3 ¬Â
Weight:196
Greenville College
#20- Rochester RazorSharks
Marcus Thompson
#21- Sauk Valley Predators
Ricky Reed
Height: 5 ¬â¢9 ¬Â
Weight: 165
Position: Guard
Medaille College
#22- The Lake Michigan Admirals
Romain Martin
Height: 6 ¬â¢4″
Weight: 200
Eastern Illinois Univeristy
2006-2010 at Division I Eastern Illinois University
2008-2009 OVC All-Conference
2007 All-Newcomer Team
2007 Freshman of the Year
Premier Basketball League Stories from November 17, 2011
- Premier Basketball League Holds 2012 Draft in Chicago - Lake Michigan Admirals
- Sauk Valley Predators receive 2nd pick for today's PBL draft - Sauk Valley Predators
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