1-1
That’s what the Erie BayHawks finished in the NBA D-League Showcase, which concluded today in South Padre Island, TX.
The BayHawks (14-7) beat Idaho, 79-74, on Tuesday, but had defending D-League champion Rio Grande Valley ended their season-best five-game winning streak with a 124-106 loss on Wednesday. The 124 points is the most Erie has allowed this season.
Now with Idaho, Cedric Jackson will play against his former team Tuesday night in the NBA D-League Showcase.
Idaho Stampede (5-13) vs Erie BayHawks (13-6)
NBA D-League Showcase (South Padre Island (TX) Convention Center
Today, 8:15 p.m.
▀ On the air: WFNN-AM 1330; www.nba.com/dleague/
Players to watch
▀ Erie — PF Ivan Johnson (Leads team in scoring at 17.6 points a game. Johnson has scored 25 points in each of Erie’s last two games. … C Solomon Alabi (A rookie with the Toronto Raptors, Alabi had a career-high 20 points and 11 rebounds in Erie’s 116-97 win against the Maine Red Claws on Sunday afternoon at Tullio Arena. … PG Blake Ahearn (In his four games with Erie since being reacquired by the BayHawks after being released from a team in Italy, Ahearn is averaging 8.8 points and 7.8 assists. He had 10 points on 3-of-12 shooting and 12 assists in Sunday’s win against Maine.
I remember this guy when he was at Kentucky.
Just ballin’ out.
Big guy with handles. Could shoot the 3. Create of the dribble.
Antoine Walker was one of those new-age players when he came out of Kentucky after helping the Wildcats when a national title under Rick Pitino in 1996.
Tall guy with guard-like skills. Not the physical specimen of say Derrick Coleman or Chris Webber, but that type of multi-dimensional player.
Now he’s in the D-League?
Just doesn’t seem right, but when you look at Walker’s life of winding up in debt after making more than $100 million playing in the NBA, him being in the D-League isn’t that far fetched.
In his D-League debut, Walker had 13 points to help the Idaho Stampede beat the Dakota Wizards.
Idaho. Dakota. Walker. Doesn’t even look right. Neither did the free throw Walker shot that didn’t draw iron below.
