NEW YORK, Oct. 1, 2008 – One hundred eleven players with NBA Development League experience over the last seven seasons are on 2008-09 NBA training camp rosters, including 65 who were on an NBA D-League roster during the 2007-08 season.
“It is great to see more than 100 players with NBA D-League experience currently showcasing their skills in NBA training camps,” said Chris Alpert, Vice President of Basketball Operations and Player Personnel for the NBA D-League. “All of these former NBA D-League players are proving themselves to be top NBA prospects as they compete for NBA roster spots.”
The Sioux Falls Skyforce lead the way among NBA D-League teams with ten former players on 2008 NBA training camp rosters.
The Houston Rockets top NBA teams with seven players with NBA D-League experience currently vying for roster spots.
Following is the list of former D-League players on 2008-09 NBA training camp rosters:
|
Player
|
NBA Team
|
Last D-League Team (season)
|
Pos.
|
Ht.
|
Wt.
|
College
|
|
|
Boston Celtics
|
Bakersfield (assigned 07-08)
|
C
|
7-0
|
249
|
Bradley
|
|
|
Boston Celtics
|
Utah (assigned 07-08)
|
G
|
6-4
|
170
|
USC
|
|
|
|
Charlotte Bobcats
|
Sioux Falls (06-07)
|
F
|
6-9
|
245
|
DePaul
|
|
|
Charlotte Bobcats
|
Iowa (assigned 07-08)
|
G
|
6-4
|
211
|
Michigan State
|
|
|
Charlotte Bobcats
|
Roanoke (04-05)
|
G
|
6-6
|
212
|
Notre Dame
|
|
|
Charlotte Bobcats
|
Sioux Falls (assigned 07-08)
|
F/C
|
6-10
|
230
|
Alabama
|
|
|
Charlotte Bobcats
|
Fort Worth (assigned 06-07)
|
F
|
7-0
|
230
|
UCLA
|
|
|
Charlotte Bobcats
|
Idaho (06-07)
|
G
|
6-5
|
193
|
UAB
|
|
|
Charlotte Bobcats
|
Austin (07-08)
|
F
|
6-7
|
205
|
Arizona
|
|
|
|
Chicago Bulls
|
Colorado (07-08)
|
F
|
6-9
|
250
|
Virginia
|
|
|
Chicago Bulls
|
Iowa (assigned 07-08)
|
F
|
6-8
|
216
|
Syracuse
|
|
|
Chicago Bulls
|
Arkansas (06-07)
|
F
|
6-6
|
225
|
Illinois
|
|
|
Chicago Bulls
|
Iowa (assigned 07-08)
|
F
|
6-9
|
235
|
North Carolina State
|
|
|
Chicago Bulls
|
Austin (07-08)
|
G
|
6-2
|
185
|
Memphis
|
|
|
|
Cleveland Cavaliers
|
Idaho (07-08)
|
C
|
6-11
|
250
|
Weber State
|
|
|
Cleveland Cavaliers
|
Tulsa (07-08)
|
C
|
6-7
|
209
|
LSU
|
|
|
Cleveland Cavaliers
|
Anaheim (06-07)
|
F
|
6-9
|
220
|
North Carolina
|
|
|
|
Dallas Mavericks
|
Tulsa (assigned 05-06)
|
F
|
6-8
|
240
|
LSU
|
|
|
Dallas Mavericks
|
Fort Worth (Assigned 06-07)
|
G
|
6-0
|
175
|
Northeastern
|
|
|
Dallas Mavericks
|
Albuqurque (07-08)
|
G
|
6-3
|
190
|
Oklahoma State
|
|
|
Dallas Mavericks
|
Florida(Assigned 05-06)
|
G
|
6-8
|
200
|
Gulf Shores Academy
|
|
|
|
Denver Nuggets
|
Fayetteville (01-02)
|
G
|
6-10
|
228
|
Blinn J.C.
|
|
|
Denver Nuggets
|
Bakersfield (07-08)
|
G
|
6-2
|
188
|
Michigan State
|
|
|
Denver Nuggets
|
Tulsa (assigned 07-08)
|
F
|
6-11
|
245
|
Nevada
|
|
|
Denver Nuggets
|
Fort Wayne (07-08)
|
G/F
|
6-6
|
210
|
Duke
|
|
|
Denver Nuggets
|
Florida (04-05)
|
G
|
6-4
|
180
|
Fordham
|
|
|
|
Detroit Pistons
|
Fayetteville (assigned 05-06)
|
G
|
6-5
|
185
|
Pepperdine
|
|
|
Detroit Pistons
|
Roanoke (06-07)
|
G
|
6-0
|
185
|
Georgia Tech
|
|
|
Detroit Pistons
|
Sioux Falls (Assigned 06-07)
|
F
|
6-9
|
210
|
Westchester HS
|
|
|
Detroit Pistons
|
Fort Wayne (Assigned 07-08)
|
C
|
7-1
|
245
|
Senegal
|
|
|
|
Golden State Warriors
|
Fort Worth (06-07)
|
G
|
6-5
|
220
|
Kentucky
|
|
|
Golden State Warriors
|
Rio Grande Valley (07-08)
|
G
|
6-2
|
175
|
Tennessee
|
|
|
Golden State Warriors
|
Dakota (06-07)
|
C
|
6-10
|
260
|
Wyoming
|
|
|
|
Houston Rockets
|
Mobile (02-03)
|
G
|
6-2
|
175
|
Fresno State
|
|
|
Houston Rockets
|
Rio Grande Valley (assigned 07-08)
|
G
|
6-0
|
161
|
Oregon
|
|
|
Houston Rockets
|
Anaheim (07-08)
|
C
|
7-0
|
280
|
Mississippi State
|
|
|
Houston Rockets
|
Colorado (06-07)
|
F
|
6-6
|
240
|
Rice
|
|
|
Houston Rockets
|
Albuquerque (05-06)
|
F
|
6-6
|
238
|
Kentucky
|
|
|
Houston Rockets
|
Albuquerque (Assigned 07-08)
|
G
|
6-5
|
201
|
Maryland
|
|
|
Houston Rockets
|
Colorado (06-07)
|
G
|
6-5
|
210
|
Florida State
|
|
|
|
Indiana Pacers
|
Sioux Falls (06-07)
|
F
|
6-6
|
215
|
Oklahoma State
|
|
|
Indiana Pacers
|
Idaho (assigned 07-08)
|
F
|
6-10
|
240
|
Duke
|
|
|
|
Los Angeles Clippers
|
Asheville (01-02)
|
G
|
6-3
|
180
|
Syracuse
|
|
|
Los Angeles Clippers
|
Dakota (07-08)
|
G
|
6-4
|
195
|
Arkansas
|
|
|
Los Angeles Clippers
|
Los Angeles (07-08)
|
F
|
6-10
|
245
|
UCLA
|
|
|
Los Angeles Clippers
|
Tulsa (assigned 07-08)
|
G
|
6-6
|
230
|
North Carolina
|
|
|
Los Angeles Clippers
|
Rio Grande Valley (Rio Grande Valley assigned 07-08)
|
F
|
6-10
|
220
|
Marquette
|
|
|
Los Angeles Clippers
|
Idaho (07-08)
|
G
|
6-2
|
166
|
Iowa State
|
|
|
|
Los Angeles Lakers
|
Los Angeles (assigned 06-07)
|
G
|
6-2
|
180
|
UCLA
|
|
|
Los Angeles Lakers
|
Los Angeles (assigned 07-08)
|
G
|
6-5
|
215
|
Boise State
|
|
|
Los Angeles Lakers
|
Iowa (07-08)
|
G
|
6-5
|
220
|
Louisiana-Lafayette
|
|
|
|
Memphis Grizzlies
|
Idaho (07-08)
|
F
|
6-8
|
205
|
Michigan
|
|
|
|
Miami Heat
|
Iowa (assigned 07-08)
|
C
|
6-9
|
245
|
UNLV
|
|
|
Miami Heat
|
Tulsa (assigned 05-06)
|
G
|
6-5
|
215
|
UNC-Charlotte
|
|
|
Miami Heat
|
Iowa (assigned 07-08)
|
G
|
6-5
|
205
|
Ohio State
|
|
|
Miami Heat
|
Arkansas (2005-06)
|
G
|
6-6
|
205
|
Florida
|
|
|
Miami Heat
|
Florida (assigned 2005-06)
|
G
|
6-9
|
210
|
Leuzinger HS
|
|
|
|
Milwaukee Bucks
|
Albuquerque (2006-07)
|
F
|
6-8
|
210
|
UCLA
|
|
|
Milwaukee Bucks
|
Fort Wayne (2007-08)
|
G
|
6-5
|
170
|
Valparaiso
|
|
|
Milwaukee Bucks
|
Utah (2007-08)
|
G
|
6-2
|
185
|
UNLV
|
|
|
Milwaukee Bucks
|
Tulsa (assigned 2007-08)
|
G
|
6-3
|
190
|
Nevada
|
|
|
|
Minnesota Timberwolves
|
Dakota (2007-08)
|
G
|
6-2
|
190
|
Missouri State
|
|
|
Minnesota Timberwolves
|
Sioux Falls (assigned 2007-08)
|
F
|
6-9
|
265
|
Florida
|
|
|
|
New Jersey Nets
|
Tulsa (assigned 2007-08)
|
G
|
6-5
|
212
|
Michigan State
|
|
|
New Jersey Nets
|
Colorado (2007-08)
|
G
|
6-0
|
190
|
Weber State
|
|
|
New Jersey Nets
|
Utah (2007-08)
|
F
|
6-6
|
200
|
Louisiana-Lafayette
|
|
|
New Jersey Nets
|
Albuquerque (2007-08)
|
G
|
6-7
|
210
|
North Carolina State
|
|
|
New Jersey Nets
|
Mobile (2002-03)
|
F
|
6-6
|
230
|
DePaul
|
|
|
New Jersey Nets
|
Dakota (2006-07)
|
G/F
|
6-6
|
225
|
Arizona State
|
|
|
|
New Orleans Hornets
|
Fayetteville (02-03)
|
G/F
|
6-5
|
210
|
Texas San Antonio
|
|
|
New Orleans Hornets
|
Iowa (07-08)
|
C
|
6-11
|
245
|
Michigan
|
|
|
|
New York Knicks
|
Arkansas (06-07)
|
G
|
6-2
|
195
|
Florida
|
|
|
|
Oklahoma City Thunder
|
Sioux Falls (07-08)
|
F
|
7-1
|
240
|
Iowa State
|
|
|
Oklahoma City Thunder
|
Tulsa (05-06)
|
G
|
5-11
|
165
|
Oklahoma State
|
|
|
Oklahoma City Thunder
|
Idaho (assigned 07-08)
|
C
|
7-0
|
230
|
Senegal
|
|
|
|
Orlando Magic
|
Anaheim (Assigned, 07-08)
|
F
|
6-11
|
240
|
Poland
|
|
|
Orlando Magic
|
Mobile, (01-02)
|
G
|
6-3
|
195
|
College of Charleston
|
|
|
Orlando Magic
|
Albuquerque (Assigned, 06-07)
|
F
|
6-11
|
251
|
Saint Joseph's
|
|
|
Orlando Magic
|
Fort Wayne (07-08)
|
G
|
6-7
|
195
|
Delta State
|
|
|
Orlando Magic
|
Huntsville (02-03)
|
G
|
5-10
|
180
|
Rice
|
|
|
|
Philadelphia 76ers
|
Los Angeles (06-07)
|
G
|
6-4
|
216
|
Texas Tech
|
|
|
Philadelphia 76ers
|
Sioux Falls (06-07)
|
F
|
6-8
|
245
|
Iowa
|
|
|
Philadelphia 76ers
|
Sioux Falls (07-08)
|
F
|
6-8
|
220
|
Temple
|
|
|
Philadelphia 76ers
|
Albuquerque (07-08)
|
F
|
6-10
|
240
|
Southern
|
|
|
Philadelphia 76ers
|
Fort Worth (assigned 06-07)
|
G
|
6-1
|
175
|
South Gwinnett HS
|
|
|
|
Phoenix Suns
|
Colorado (06-07)
|
F
|
6-9
|
238
|
UNLV
|
|
|
Phoenix Suns
|
Fayetteville (02-03)
|
F
|
6-7
|
226
|
UCLA
|
|
|
Phoenix Suns
|
Bakersfield (07-08)
|
G
|
6-6
|
215
|
Jackson State
|
|
|
Phoenix Suns
|
Sioux Falls (06-07)
|
G
|
6-2
|
184
|
Miami
|
|
|
Phoenix Suns
|
Albuquerque (assigned 07-08)
|
F
|
6-9
|
205
|
Wisconsin
|
|
|
|
Portland Trail Blazers
|
Idaho (2007-08)
|
F
|
6-7
|
215
|
Oregon
|
|
|
Portland Trail Blazers
|
Idaho (07-08)
|
G
|
6-2
|
175
|
Southern Illinois
|
|
|
Portland Trail Blazers
|
Fort Worth (assigned 2005-06)
|
G/F
|
6-7
|
235
|
Seattle Prep HS
|
|
|
|
Sacramento Kings
|
Anaheim (2007-08)
|
F
|
6-9
|
225
|
Fresno State
|
|
|
Sacramento Kings
|
Sioux Falls (2007-08)
|
F
|
6-7
|
215
|
Washington
|
|
|
Sacramento Kings
|
Roanoke (2003-04)
|
C
|
7-0
|
225
|
Nebraska
|
|
|
|
San Antonio Spurs
|
Rio Grande Valley (07-08)
|
G
|
6-5
|
220
|
USC
|
|
|
San Antonio Spurs
|
Los Angeles (07-08)
|
G
|
6-7
|
212
|
Hampton
|
|
|
San Antonio Spurs
|
Austin (assigned 07-08)
|
C
|
6-11
|
230
|
France
|
|
|
San Antonio Spurs
|
Iowa (07-08)
|
C
|
6-8
|
240
|
Creighton
|
|
|
San Antonio Spurs
|
Fort Worth (05-06)
|
G
|
6-5
|
220
|
Portland State
|
|
|
San Antonio Spurs
|
Iowa (07-08)
|
C
|
6-11
|
258
|
Syracuse
|
|
|
Toronto Raptors
|
Fort Worth (2005-06)
|
G
|
6-8
|
205
|
Meridian CC
|
|
|
|
Utah Jazz
|
Utah (Assigned 2007-08)
|
G
|
6-6
|
225
|
Rice
|
|
|
Utah Jazz
|
Utah (Assigned 2007-08)
|
C
|
7-1
|
288
|
Ukraine
|
|
|
Utah Jazz
|
Utah (2007-08)
|
F
|
6-10
|
220
|
Utah
|
|
|
Utah Jazz
|
Dakota (2007-08)
|
F
|
6-9
|
294
|
Temple
|
|
|
Utah Jazz
|
Bakersfield (2006-07)
|
G
|
6-2
|
182
|
Syracuse
|
|
|
Utah Jazz
|
Idaho (Assigned 2006-07)
|
F
|
6-6
|
220
|
Skyline HS
|
|
|
|
Washington Wizards
|
Roanoke (Assigned 2005-06)
|
F
|
6-11
|
260
|
South Kent HS
|
|
|
Washington Wizards
|
Austin (2007-08)
|
F
|
6-9
|
215
|
Cincinnati
|
|