Bakersfield, C.A. (September 10, 2009) – The Bakersfield Jam announced today that the team will hold two sets of open tryouts for the 2009-10 season. Detailed information for both is as follows:

• San Francisco/Bay Area – Saturday and Sunday, October 17 and 18:
  • $150 pre-registration fee (arriving at Bakersfield Jam offices no later than 5pm on Friday, October 16; $200 for day-of registration.
  • Location: Burlingame Sports Center located at 1524 Rollins Road in Burlingame, CA.
  • Tryouts will be held from 9am to 2pm on both days.
  • Lodging: Holiday Inn Express located at San Francisco Airport South, 1250 Old Bayshore Highway, Burlingame, CA (650-347-2381 – ask for Effie Antoniou). Rate is $99 a night. Stay includes breakfast, free shuttle to and from the airport and its walking distance to the Burlingame Sports Center.
  • Registration forms: download registration forms by clicking here: Bay Area Registration Forms
• Los Angeles Area – Saturday and Sunday, October 24 and 25:
  • $150 pre-registration fee (arriving at Bakersfield Jam offices no later than 5pm on Friday, October 23; $200 for day-of registration).
  • Location: HAX facility located at 3203 Jack Northrop Ave. in Hawthorne, CA.
  • Tryouts will take place on Saturday from 8am to 11am and from 7pm to 9pm. Tryouts will take place on Sunday from 8am to 11am.
  • Lodging: Ayres Hotel Hawthorne/Manhattan Beach/LAX, 14400 Hindry Avenue, Hawthorne, CA (310-220-6447 or 310-570-9157 – ask for Lori Higgins). Rate is $99 a night, use group code BKRJAM when reserving your room. Stay includes breakfast.
  • Registration forms: download registration forms by clicking here: LA Area Registration Forms

Open tryouts offer local/regional athletes an opportunity to showcase their talents in front of NBA Development League coaches while they compete to earn a position in the team’s official training camp. Training camp is scheduled to begin in mid-November.

Applicants must be eligible to play in the NBA Development League and are required to pre-register by submitting the official registration, release, disclosure and background check forms, along with a $150 nonrefundable fee. Tryout forms are available online (www.bakersfieldjam.com). Completed forms and entry fee must be mailed to secure a spot in the tryout camp. Participants who register after the deadline or the first day of the tryout will be charged $200.

### NBA Development League: The NBA Development League, founded in 2001, is the NBA’s official minor league and featured 16 teams with direct affiliations to NBA teams during the 2008-09 season. This Fall, two new NBA D-League teams will begin play in Portland, Maine and Springfield, Mass.-- the birthplace of basketball. Eighty-four former NBA Development League players were on 2008-09 NBA end-of-season rosters, amounting to almost 20 percent of NBA players, and the league continues to develop coaches, referees, and front office staff for the NBA and its teams. In fostering the league’s connection to the community, its teams, players and staff promote health and wellness, support local needs and interests, and assist in educational development through NBA D-League Cares programs. The NBA D-League also advances the game of basketball as the research and development arm of the NBA. Throughout the season fans can watch all NBA D-League games on NBA Futurecast, the free live Web-streaming initiative found at nba.com/futurecast.