Clippers Sign Six Free Agents

POSTED: October 1st, 2005

The Clippers today signed free agents Jan Jagla, Amal McCaskill, Boniface N’Dong, Jared Reiner, Fred Vinson and Frank Williams it was announced by Vice President of Basketball Operations Elgin Baylor. Per team policy, terms of the contracts were not released.

Jagla averaged 6.7 points and 3.3 rebounds with Quakenbrueck (Germany) in 2004-05 after three years at Penn State, where he was named Honorable Mention All-Big Ten as a junior in 2003-04.

McCaskill has averaged 1.8 points and 1.9 rebounds per game in four NBA seasons with Orlando, San Antonio, Atlanta and Philadelphia. The 6’11” McCaskill played in Beirut last season.

N’Dong averaged 14.6 points, 8.4 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.1 blocks for J.D.A. Dijon in France last season. The 7’0” N’Dong averaged 8.7 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game for the Denver Nuggets entry in the 2005 Reebok Vegas Summer League.

Reiner averaged 1.1 points, 2.0 rebounds and 6.9 minutes in 19 games played with the Chicago Bulls last season after signing as a free agent following four years at the University of Iowa.

Vinson averaged 19.8 points, 1.0 rebounds and 2.4 steals per game for Guaiqueries de Margarita in Venezuela last season. The 6’4” Vinson has played in 13 NBA games over two seasons with Atlanta and Seattle.

Williams has averaged 2.9 points and 1.9 assists in his first three NBA seasons after being selected by Denver with the 25th overall selection in the 2002 NBA Draft. Williams spent the first two years of his career with the New York Knicks before being traded to Chicago, where he played during the 2004-05 campaign.

The Clippers 2005 Training Camp roster now stands at:

Name Position Height Weight Birthdate From Yrs
Elton Brand F 6-8 254 03/11/79 Duke 6
Sam Cassell G 6-3 185 11/18/69 Florida State 12
Daniel Ewing G 6-3 185 03/26/83 Duke R
Jan Jagla F 6-11 232 06/25/81 Penn State R
Chris Kaman C 7-0 265 04/28/82 Central Michigan 2
Yaroslav Korolev F 6-9 203 05/07/87 Russia R
Shaun Livingston G 6-7 182 09/11/85 Peoria Central HS (IL) 1
Corey Maggette F 6-6 225 11/12/79 Duke 6
Walter McCarty F 6-8 230 02/01/74 Kentucky 9
Amal McCaskill C 6-11 235 10/28/73 Marquette 4
Cuttino Mobley G 6-4 215 09/01/75 Rhode Island 7
Boniface N’Dong C 7-0 205 09/03/77 Senegal R
Zeljko Rebraca C 7-0 265 04/09/72 Serbia-Montenegro 4
Jared Reiner C 6-11 255 04/08/82 Iowa 1
Quinton Ross G 6-6 193 04/30/81 SMU 1
James Singleton F 6-8 215 07/20/81 Murray State R
Yuta Tabuse G 5-9 165 10/05/80 BYU-Hawaii 1
Fred Vinson G 6-4 190 01/28/71 Georgia Tech 2
Chris Wilcox F 6-10 235 09/03/82 Maryland 3
Frank Williams G 6-3 212 02/25/80 Illinois 3