Although he was on a bad team in Anaheim, James White was a 2008-09 D-League All-Star.

The NBA D-League will have its expansion draft Sept. 2 to fill rosters for the two expansion teams – Maine Red Claws and Springfield (Mass.) Armor.

They’re going to pick teams from a “Returning Player Lists” of the two now defunct teams – Colorado 14ers and Anaheim Arsenal.

I tell you what, Maine and Springfield have some good players to choose from.

Very good.

Several players from the 2009 D-League champion Colorado 14ers will be made available for the Maine Red Claws and Springfield Armor to pick in next week's expansion draft.

Remember, Colorado won the D-League title last year and although Anaheim had a sub .500 record, they had some serious talent on that team like James White and Cedric Bozeman.

Heck, the Arsenal won at Erie last year, 79-74.

Now some of these guys will go overseas. Some like may even end up in the NBA like White and Trey Gilder of Colorado, but if they can get a couple of guys to stay, that will help.

Erie got Jackie Manuel out of North Carolina out of the expansion draft and he started all 47 games he played during the regular season. So you can get value out of the expansion draft.

Maine and Springfield will surely get some value in this expansion draft.

When Erie did the expansion draft with Reno, it was from an unprotected list of players from the remaining D-League teams. They were guys those teams either didn’t want or knew where going overseas.

This is totally different. Can’t wait to see how this turns out.

Complete List of Players Eligible for Expansion Draft
Name                Pos.                Hgt.        Weight        School/Country
Ronald Allen        F                6-9        235                Cincinnati
Malick Badiane        F                6-10        230                Senegal
Cameron Bennerman        G                6-4        205                N.C. State
Cedric Bozeman        G/F                6-6        207                UCLA
Kedrick  Brown        G/F                6-6        225                Okaloosa Walton CC
Jamar Brown        F                6-9        230                CSU Pueblo
Marcus Campbell        C                7-0        265                Mississippi
Geno Carlisle        SG                6-3        200                California
Dominique Coleman        G                6-3        190                Colorado
Joe Dabbert        F/C                6-10        255                Creighton
Josh Davis                 F                6-8        242                Wyoming
Noel Felix                F                6-9        235                Fresno St.
Trey Gilder         F                6-9        185                Northwestern St.
Eddie Gill                G                6-1        185                Weber State
Kentrell Gransberry         C                6-9        270                South Florida
Vernon Hamilton        G                6-1        190                Clemson
Dabo Kabov        F                6-5        215                W. Los Angeles JC
John Lucas                G                5-11        170                Oklahoma State
James Mays        F                6-8        230                Clemson
Andre Patterson        F                6-8        215                Tennessee
Ray Reed                G                5-11        165                Cal. St. Fullerton
Marcus Taylor        G                6-3        195                Michigan State
Billy Thomas        G                6-5        215                Kansas
Kirk Walters         C                6-11        235                Arizona
James White        G                6-7        200                Cincinnati