Averaging 27.1 points and 10.5 boards, Mike Harris was a man on the inside for Rio Grande Valley this season.
I’m sitting here looking at the All-NBA D-League teams and that first-team squad is nice, but then I checked out the honorable mention list.
Hmmmm.
I could pick five guys from that list and seriously challenge the first team.
Rob Kurz (shooting) and Alade Aminu were traded for each other on draft day. Both played in the All-Star game.
Erie made its third trade this season in shipping D-League All-Star rookie power forward Alade Aminu to Bakersfield for shooting guard Blake Ahearn, a 2009 league All-Star.
Here’s a look at how players in the two previous trades have fared this season.
Jackie Manuel, center, is the only BayHawk to start every one of their games this season.
Fort Wayne Mad Ants (8-11) at Erie BayHawks (7-12)
Today, 7 p.m.; at Tullio Arena
On TV: Image Sports Network
On the air: WFNN-AM/1300, www.nba.com/dleague (live stream)
A week after being waived by the Erie BayHawks on the final day of training camp, guards Rod Wilmont and Oliver Lafayette made their debuts with Fort Wayne on Thursday night.
The Mad Ants lost 102-95 at Iowa to fall to 1-2 on the season.
Jeff Potter is excited.
The Fort Wayne team president giddily blogged about adding guards Oliver Lafayette and Rod Wilmont after the Erie BayHawks waived them the final day of training camp last week. Check out his blog post.
In the process, he waived two players – Andres Sandoval and Brandon Cotton – who shot just 11-of-37 from the field in Fort Wayne’s first two games, which ironically were against Erie.
The BayHawks won the opener and lost the rematch last weekend.
Final: Fort Wayne Mad Ants 93, Erie 82
High scorers: Ron Howard (FW) 25 points; Donell Taylor (ERI) 23 points.
High rebounders: Rob Kurz (FW) 19 rebounds, John Bryant (ERI) 14 rebounds
High assists: Taylor (ERI) 7 assists. Kurz (FW) 5 assists.
Double-doubles: Taylor (ERI) 23 points, 10 rebounds; Bryant (ERI) 14 points, 14 rebounds, Kurz (FW) 16 points, 19 rebounds.
Local look: Kyle Goldcamp (ERI) DNP (Did not play).
Biggest lead: Fort Wayne led by 12 points, 76-64, with 7:10 remaining in fourth quarter.
Next game for Erie: @ Sioux Falls (Friday, 8 p.m.).
Here’s a look at the remaining five players that are in training camp for the Erie BayHawks that includes Georgia Tech big man Alade Aminu, who the D-League got in a draft day trade with Fort Wayne.
Check out a previous post on a look at guards Rod Wilmont, Donell Taylor, Ryan Troutman, Cedric Jackson and center John Bryant and continually check back here for training camp updates.
The Erie BayHawks' first-round pick, Donell Taylor, left, played two seasons for the Washington Wizards.
Dea- day trades are always so zany, especially in a league few people ever keep track of them occurring.
I mean, how many people really knew the D-League did these type of things?
The Erie BayHawks not only drafted Donell Taylor with the second overall pick in Thursday’s D-League Draft, but they pulled off a trade in which they got Georgia Tech big man Alade Aminu for a player off their allocation list, forward Rob Kurz of Notre Dame.
Hmmmm.
