From day one, my goal on this site has been to both promote the D-League and the players involved. The internet is filled with great writers talking about any NBA topic that your heart desires, but there seems to be a void when it comes to the D-League. While the guys at Ridiculous Upside and [...]
Categories: D-League Digest, Dakota Schmidt
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Tags: Bakersfield Jam, Jerel McNeal
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Early Monday afternoon, the NBA D-League announced the rosters to the upcoming 2013 D-League All-Star that will take place on February 15th at the NBA Jam Session and air live on NBA TV at 3 p.m. Eastern. The announcement didn’t get the fanfare of their NBA counterpart which was of course broadcast live on TNT [...]
Categories: D-League Digest, Dakota Schmidt
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In the early to mid 2000′s the Dakota Wizards were a dynasty in the minor league circuit wining four championships between 2000 and 2007 in the IBA, CBA and of course in the 2006-07 season in their inaugural season with the NBA D-League. While they had some success after winning the title, the Wizards never [...]
Categories: D-League Digest, Dakota Schmidt
| Tags: Golden State Warriors, Santa Cruz Warriors
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September 19, 2005 was the date that brought the NBA Developmental League into the “modern era” because that was the moment that the NBA and NBA D-League really connected as one unit by allowing the NBA teams to assign their rookie and 2nd-year players to the D-League. Before that D-League players like Chris Andersen or [...]
Categories: D-League Digest, D-League Transactions, Dakota Schmidt, NBA D-League Assignees
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Our journey around the NBA D-League continues as we take a look at the Rio Grande Valley Vipers. The Vipers residein Hidalgo, Texas, which sits on the edge of the Mexico/Texas border, making them the southernmost professional team in all of the United States. This Valley Vipers team could be sitting on the edge of [...]
Categories: D-League Digest, Dakota Schmidt
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Continuing our look around the West Coast of the D-League world, we now take a look at the Los Angeles D-Fenders who are the actual little brothers of the L.A. Lakers (sorry, Clippers). The D-Fenders were two victories away from defeating the Austin Toros and wrapping up the D-League title, but that wasn’t meant to [...]
Categories: D-League Digest, Dakota Schmidt
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The NBA season has started and has already seen the twists and turns that you’d expect in an action flick. But it’s time to put the antics of those superstar players to the side to discuss the world of the NBA Developmental League. The likes of Byron Mullins and Alonzo Gee who both had extended [...]
Categories: D-League Digest, Dakota Schmidt
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According to a tweet from Yahoo’s NBA reporter Adrian Wojnarowski, the Fort Wayne Mad Ants will take former Purdue Boilermaker and Boston Celtic forward JaJuan Johnson with the top pick in Friday’s D-League Draft. Johnson was recently waived by the Houston Rockets on the 29th simply because the Rockets are too loaded at the PF [...]
Categories: Dakota Schmidt
| Tags: 2012 D-League Draft
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In the fall of 2009, five-star high school recruit Latavious Williams made history by being the first player to go straight from high school into the NBA D-League. Williams originally committed to play with the Memphis Tigers and recently hired head coach Josh Pastner, but he struggled to qualify academically and decided to back out [...]
Categories: D-League Digest, Dakota Schmidt, NCAA Basketball
| Tags: Kyle Anderson, Latavious Williams, Shabazz Muhammad
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