Volcanoes Tapscott Enters 2013 NBA D-League Draft Friday
October 31, 2013 - International Basketball League (IBL)
Vancouver Volcanoes News Release
While the trick or treaters are preparing to evaluate the goodies they collected tonight, one Volcano is preparing for a chance to be on an NBA Development League (NBADL) team's roster.
The reigning MVP, number 20 6'6" F Chehales Tapscott would be the first IBL player drafted to the NBADL. Awarded the Rookie of the Year in 2012, improving his performance and efficiencies now as a Volcano, setting a record this season of 20 double doubles in a row, Tapscott has proven he is no longer a rookie in the pros.
The D-League as it is referred to, will hold their annual draft this Friday, November 1st with eight rounds and rumor has it Tapscott is on a couple of teams lists to draft and bring in to training camp. First pick goes to the Iowa Energy as the selections begin at 4pm PST for the online event, with the Portland Trail Blazers development team, the Idaho Stampede, which the two time IBL All Star worked out for again this fall, having the fourth pick.
After work outs with three D-League teams last year, going into the 2012 draft and not being picked up, he worked on his game overseas in Luxumberg, averaging a double double of course, then back in the IBL with noted NBA Scout and Volcanoes Head Coach, Joe Navarro, who is currently with Hiroshima in the bj-League, to continue to get noticed.
"Chey has a great skill set that I think would transition very easily to the D-League," his All Star and Volcanoes Coach observed. "He's a bit of a 'tweener', but he makes up for it with his ability to score the ball in so many different ways. He's the best rebounder I've ever seen at his size. With his versatility he can fit into any line-up. He's a big 3 and a small 4 at the same time," Navarro added.
Another Portland State University product to come to the Volcanoes, Tapscott received an All Big Sky Conference accolade in 2012 which means he is not able to be signed directly or protected by any of the seventeen teams in the official farm league to the NBA, and must go into the draft. If selected he will be able to showcase his talents to not only NBADL scouts and teams, but to the NBA as well.
"If I get the chance to be on a D-League roster I am going to take it and make something out of it," Tapscott declared.
"Being with the Volcanoes this season I was on a team with and against other players from the D-League, and I hold my own against them every time in games and practices. I want the opportunity to compete at the highest level," the MVP stated.
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