For Immediate Release
CLIPPERS ADD AHEARN, FORTSON, HUBBARD, KOCH AND MAJOR TO TRAINING CAMP ROSTER
12/9/11
The Los Angeles Clippers today signed free agents Blake Ahearn, Courtney Fortson, Marcus Hubbard, Adam Koch and Renaldo Major to complete their training camp roster.
Ahearn is currently averaging 25.0 points, 7.0 assists and 1.8 steals for the Reno Bighorns of the NBA Development League. A member of the 2011 USA team that won the bronze medal at the Pan American Games, Ahearn has appeared in 15 career NBA games with the Miami Heat (12 games, 2007-08) and San Antonio Spurs (3 games, 2008-09). Ahearn has played for five NBDL teams and is the active league leader with 395 career 3-pointers. He was the 2007-08 NBDL Rookie of the Year with the Dakota Wizards and was named the 2009 NBDL All-Star Game MVP. Ahearn starred at Missouri State, where the 27-year old was named to the All-Missouri Valley Conference First Team as a senior in 2007.
Fortson, 23, has appeared in eight games for the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBDL this season and is averaging 17.3 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.9 assists. A former star at the University of Arkansas, Fortson was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team and averaged 17.9 points, 5.7 assists and 5.2 rebounds during his sophomore season. The Montgomery, Alabama native also played for BC Steaua Turabo in Romania and the NBDLs Reno Big Horns in 2010-11.
Hubbard has played for six different NBDL teams, averaging 9.9 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.1 assists last season for the Austin Toros and New Mexico Thunderbirds. In his three season NBDL career, Hubbard has appeared in 121 games and averaged 8.8 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.0 assists while shooting 44.1 percent from the field. A standout at Angelo State (Division 2) in San Angelo, Texas, Hubbard averaged 15.4 points and 6.6 rebounds for the Rams in 2007-08 and was drafted by the Dakota Wizards in the first round of the 2008 NBDL Draft. Hubbard also appeared in eight games for CD Sagrados Corazones in Chile.
The 2009-10 Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year at Northern Iowa, Koch (pronounced Cook) is currently averaging 8.2 points and 7.2 rebounds in five games for the NBDLs Bakersfield Jam this season. In 22 games with the Jam in 2010-11, Koch averaged 6.5 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.2 assists. After a stellar college career in which he averaged 11.7 points and 4.9 rebounds as a senior, and led Northern Iowa to the Missouri Valley Conference Championship in 2009 and 2010, Koch played in 11 games in 2010-11 for CEZ Nymburk in the Czech Republic,
Major, 29, is an NBDL veteran who averaged 15.7 points and 5.5 rebounds while shooting 51.3 percent from the field last season with the Dakota Wizards. Along with Ahearn, Major was also a member of the 2011 USA Pan American Games bronze medal winning team. Major started and appeared in all five games for the U.S. during the tournament. A standout at Fresno State University for two seasons from 2002-2004, Major appeared in one game with the Golden State Warriors during the 2006-07 season, scoring five points. Currently a member of the Bakersfield Jam, Major was an All-Star with the Dakota Wizards in 2007 and named the Development Leagues Defensive Player of the Year.
The Clippers training camp roster currently stands at 18 players.
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS 2011-12 TRAINING CAMP ROSTER