Quincy Douby is doing it big in Las Vegas.

Here’s how Erie BayHawks players Maureece Rice, Erik Daniels and Quincy Douby fared Thursday in the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.

Quincy Douby (Toronto Raptors): Douby hit the game-winning shot to give Toronto a 84-83 win against the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday afternoon. Playing 27 minutes and 23 seconds, Douby scored 17 points off the bench on 5-of-13 shooting, added seven assists, four rebounds, two steals and a block. He was 7-of-9 from the line.

In five games, Douby averaged a team-high 18 points on 46.9 percent shooting from the field. The Raptors finished summer league play 3-2.

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Erie BayHawks combo guard Maureece Rice scored four points in Cleveland’s 96-93 loss to the Washington Wizards on Tuesday night in the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.

Going 2-of-2 from the field, Rice, wearing No. 6, added a rebound in four minutes and 22 seconds of play. The Cavaliers are 0-3 in summer league play.

As for forward Erik Daniels, first-team All-D-League player for the BayHawks hasn’t seen action in a game yet for the Memphis Grizzlies, who are 2-0 in summer league play after beating the New York Knicks last night, 90-86.

The Cavaliers and Grizzlies resume action Thursday night. Cleveland takes on the Dallas Mavericks while Memphis faces the Los Angeles Clipppers.

The games can be seen on NBA.com.

Quincy Douby is playing for Toronto this summer.

This is how guys who want to play in the NBA would like to spend their summers.

Erie BayHawks players Erik Daniels (Memphis Grizzlies), Maureece Rice (Cleveland Cavaliers), Darian Townes (Orlando Magic) and Quincy Douby (Toronto Raptors) are either currently playing in the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas or played in the summer league in Orlando earlier this month.

This is how they’re fairing  so far or how they fared.

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Former BayHawk forward, Taj McCullough (headband) has a multitude of offensive skills.

The D-League is having a pre-draft camp this weekend in Los Angeles that’s gathering up some news on the league web site.

The Erie BayHawks had two players invited to the 25-player elite camp in combo guard Maureece Rice and small forward Ivan Harris. In addition, former BayHawk forward Taj McCullough was also invited.

McCullough played most of the season for Fort Wayne last season after Erie released him.

Erie assistant Ben McDonald, who is from Long Beach, Calif., was scheduled to scout the three-day camp as well.

With NBA scouts in attendance, this should open up some doors for guys to get serious NBA looks in the upcoming summer league next month in Las Vegas.

As a rookie last season, Mo Rice averaged 18.7 points, 4.5 rebounds and four assists.

Erie BayHawks’ combo guard Maureece Rice and small forward Ivan Harris were two of the best players in the D-League last year.

Now they’ll get a chance to show it before NBA scouts this weekend.

In conjunction with the D-League Pre-Draft camp in the Los Angeles area, the league is having a separate camp in which 25 of its top players have been invited to compete before representatives of every NBA team.

Harris and Rice have been invited. The Pre-Draft camp is from Friday to Sunday and this elite camp is scheduled for Sunday. Erie assistant Ben McDonald will be in Los Angeles scouting  players at the pre-draft camp.

Along with BayHawks forward/center Jarvis Gunter, Harris will also participate in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ mini camp next week following the NBA Draft.

Rice has been invited to play for the Cavaliers’ summer league team next month in Las Vegas.

Erie rookie guard Maureece Rice scored at least 20 points in 18 of his last 20 games.

Erie BayHawks coach John Treloar has said  rookie combo guard Maureece Rice is good enough to play in the NBA.

The D-League editor Matthew Brennan feels the same way.

In one of his most recent posts, he said Rice is one of 10 players who should get an invite to play in the upcoming NBA Summer League.

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All-D-League second team pick Josh Davis scored 33 points to lead the top-seeded Colorado 14ers to a 21-point win against the Erie BayHawks in the first round of the 2009 D-League playoffs Tuesday night.

The Erie BayHawks trailed by as many as 25 points in the second half en route to losing to the Colorado 14ers, 129-108, in the D-League playoffs Tuesday night at the Broomfield Event Center in Broomfield, Colo.

It’s the most points Erie (27-24) has allowed all season. The BayHawks came into the game giving up a league low 95.7 points a game.

The seventh-seeded BayHawks will end their season having made the playoffs in their first year as a D-League franchise while Colorado (35-16) will play host to the Austin-Idaho winner in the D-League semifinals. The Toros (32-18) and defending league champion Stampede (31-19) play Wednesday at 8:30 p.m.

Colorado is 21-3 at the Broomfield Event Center this season. The 14ers have home-court advantage throughout the playoffs.

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Forward Ivan Harris and the Erie BayHawks have earned a spot in the D-League playoffs, but who will they play in the first-round? With a 2-0 record against Erie, Colorado may chose to play the BayHawks.

The D-League playoffs is no longer a lump of clay.

It has finally taken shape, sort of. We won’t know the pairings until Sunday evening, but this is what we do know.

1. The divisional winners: Colorado (Southwest), Utah (West), Iowa (Central).

2. Austin is the fourth seed and will host a first-round playoff game.

3. Defending D-League champion Idaho, Dakota, Erie and Bakersfield are the remaining wild-card teams available for the divisional winners to pick to play in the first round.

4. Colorado and Austin are on one side of the bracket while Utah and Iowa are on the other side.

The question is which divisional winner will pick Erie or will all three pass on the BayHawks, thus forcing Austin to play them?

Hmmmm.

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Whoever faces Erie in the playoffs better have an serious plan for how to defend Maureece Rice. He's averaging 26.2 points in his last 10 games and has scored a combined 73 points in his last two games.

The D-League playoff format is going to make things very interesting.

For those who don’t know, the three divisional winners will have home-court advantage for their first round games.

The twist to all this is they also get to pick their first-round opponent out of the four lowest wild-card teams. The divisional champion with the best record will pick first, followed by the champions with the second and third best records, respectively.

Now Erie (26-23) is among those final four wild-card teams along with Dakota (27-23) and Bakersfield (26-24). The fourth team will be determined after Saturday’s games.

So which divisional winner will pick Erie?

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The Erie BayHawks need rookie combo guard Maureece Rice to deliver if they're going to make the playoffs in their first year in the D-League. Erie currently owns the eighth and final playoff spot.

Tonight’s the night.

The Erie BayHawks aren’t playing Thursday, but they should take a look at the outcome of tonight’s games. They will impact Erie’s playoff hopes and Central Division championship aspirations.

Here’s the latest.

The Erie BayHawks (25-23) are still clinging to that eighth and final playoff spot.

Here’s more.

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