Mychel Thompson/Photo by Rob Englehardt/ETN

After starting training camp Nov. 9, the Erie BayHawks had their media day Thursday and an evening practice at the LECOM Health and Wellness Center.

Here are a few notables:

1. General manager of basketball operations, Allan Houston, hasn’t been in Erie for camp, but is expected to arrive this weekend on Sunday. Erie coach Jay Larranaga said he doesn’t plan to cut a player until Houston has seen the group.

Houston is the assistant general manager with the New York Knicks, who are in a hybrid partnership with the BayHawks.

2. Two players – D.J. Kennedy (knee) of St. John’s and Al Nolen (foot) out of Minnesota – haven’t practiced due to injury. Both had surgeries in their final college seasons.

3. Larranaga hoped to use practice players in camp and had one in 7-footer Jeff Foote, but received a notice from the D-League that teams can’t use practice players in training camp. Larranaga knew Foote from when he was an assistant at Cornell.

4. Donald Sloan was the last player to arrive in Erie for camp. He had his first practice with the team Thursday after arriving Wednesday night. The BayHawks traded veteran guard Blake Ahearn to Reno for Sloan in a four-player deal the day after last week’s D-League Draft.

Sloan looked good. Has strength to finish at the rim.

5. Forward Mychel Thompson also looked good Thursday night in a five-on-five scrimmage. The son of former NBA player Mychal Thompson, the younger Thompson showed a nice stroke from the perimeter.

Guard Martin Roberts out of Florida International took a key charge and made the final free throw to end the scrimmage Thursday.

Tirrell Baines out of Marshall got on the glass for some offensive rebounds and forward Kayode Ayeni of St. Francis (N.Y.), although rail-thin, has some athleticism.