Read a preview of the 2009 preseason games that begin on Friday. Ron Howard and the Fort Wayne Mad Ants will travel to Meadville, Pennsylvania to face the Erie BayHawks in their preseason game.
The Prospect Watch takes a look at which top NBA D-League players from 2008-09 will need to be replaced this season. The Bakersfield Jam will need someone to step in for last year's top scorer, Derrick Byars.
View the current statistical leaders among the 62 NBA D-League alumni on NBA rosters. Houston's Chuck Hayes is among the top rebounders with 6.7 per game. The Rockets signed Hayes from Albuquerque in 2006.
Twelve coaches from the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) will observe training camps this week with the Idaho Stampede and Brad Jones' Utah Flash. Two of the coaches will spend the season with Utah.
All 16 NBA D-League teams will take part NBA Cares Season of Giving through November and December. The Austin Toros recently visited a soup kitchen run by the Salvation Army.