GREENVILLE, S.C., October 30, 2002 – The National Basketball Development League has completed the allocation of players to each of its eight teams, it was announced today by Karl Hicks, Executive Director of the NBDL. On the eve of the league’s second draft, each NBDL team now has four allocated players heading into the annual selection process.
NBA Commissioner David Stern and NBDL President Phil Evans will kick off Thursday’s draft festivities via conference call. The draft gets underway at 5 p.m. EST from league draft headquarters in Duluth, Ga. Draft parties to give media and fans a glimpse of what goes in a draft “war room” are scheduled in most of the eight NBDL communities.
The draft is scheduled for 14 rounds with the Roanoke Dazzle selecting first, followed by the Fayetteville Patriots, Asheville Altitude, Huntsville Flight, Mobile Revelers, Columbus Riverdragons, North Charleston Lowgators and Greenville Groove. The order of the draft will remain the same through all 14 rounds.
A maximum of 25 players will report to NBDL team training camps, which open Nov. 3. A minimum of one allocation player is guaranteed a spot on each team’s final roster of 10 players.
The NBDL preseason gets underway Nov. 7 when Roanoke travels to North Charleston and the regular season begins Nov. 15 with a full slate of games in four cities. The opening-night game featuring Asheville at Fayetteville will be aired on ESPN2 Nov. 22 at 4 p.m.
NBDL fans that can’t make it to their local draft party can follow the process via NBDL.COM. The first two rounds of the draft will feature a live audio stream complete with analysis from NBDL Player Personnel Director Milt Newton and NBA Director of Scouting Marty Blake. The first round will be updated live on a ticker and the reminder of the draft will be posted at the conclusion of each round on the NBDL.COM Draft Board.
A complete list of the 2002 NBDL allocated players follows.
2002 NBDL PLAYER ALLOCATION ROSTER
|
|
Team
| Name
| Pos
| Hgt
| College
| Last Played
|
Asheville
| Warren Bennett
| SG
| 6-3
| North Carolina Central '00
| College
|
Asheville
| Steve Bynes
| PF
| 6-5
| Shaw '02
| USBL
|
Asheville
| Ervin Murray
| PG
| 6-5
| Wake Forest '02
| Internationally
|
Asheville
| Josh Pittman
| SG
| 6-6
| UNC-Asheville '98
| Internationally
|
Columbus
| Terrell Bell
| C
| 6-10
| Georgia '96
| CBA
|
Columbus
| D.A. Layne
| SG
| 6-0
| Georgia '01
| College
|
Columbus
| Carl Mitchell
| SF
| 6-9
| Northen Kentucky '02
| College
|
Columbus
| Sean Peterson
| PG
| 6-1
| Georgia Southern '02
| College
|
Fayetteville
| Kenyatta Brown
| SG
| 6-4
| East Carolina '02
| College
|
Fayetteville
| Jason Capel
| SF
| 6-8
| North Carolina '02
| College
|
Fayetteville
| Justin Ganey
| PG
| 6-0
| North Carolina State '02
| Internationally
|
Fayetteville
| Jamaal Young
| PF
| 6-8
| Johnson C. Smith '02
| College
|
Greenville
| Greg Gray
| SF
| 6-7
| South Carolina State '02
| College
|
Greenville
| Joe Hamilton
| SF
| 6-6
| Virginia Tech '02
| College
|
Greenville
| Greg Lewis
| SF
| 6-6
| Winthrop '02
| College
|
Greenville
| Jamar McKnight
| SG
| 6-5
| Clemson '02
| College
|
Huntsville
| Neil Ashby
| SF
| 6-8
| Chattanooga '02
| College
|
Huntsville
| Rodney Bias
| PF
| 6-9
| Shelton State '01
| College
|
Huntsville
| Schea Cotton
| SG
| 6-5
| Alabama '00
| Internationally
|
Huntsville
| Terrance Martin
| PG
| 6-3
| Alabama
| NBDL
|
Mobile
| Kevin Crosby
| SG
| 6-5
| Life '02
| College
|
Mobile
| Ousmane Cisse
| PF
| 6-9
| St. Jude High School
| Shaw's
|
Mobile
| Rod Grizzard
| SG
| 6-8
| Alabama '02
| College
|
Mobile
| Joe Marshall
| SG
| 6-2
| Purdue '02
| College
|
N. Charleston
| Jeff Bolton
| SG
| 6-4
| College of Charleston '02
| College
|
N. Charleston
| Jamel Bradley
| PG
| 6-2
| South Carolina '02
| College
|
N. Charleston
| Thaddeous Delaney
| PF
| 6-8
| College of Charleston '97
| Internationally
|
N. Charleston
| Jermel President
| PG
| 6-0
| College of Charleston '99
| IBA
|
Roanoke
| Cory Alexander
| PG
| 6-1
| Virginia '95
| NBA
|
Roanoke
| SirValiant Brown
| SG
| 6-1
| George Washington '01
| USBL
|
Roanoke
| Ryan Charles
| PF
| 6-10
| Radford '00
| Internationally
|
Roanoke
| Mibindo Dongo
| PF
| 6-9
| Virginia Tech '02
| College
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