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Jeff Adrien's Big Game Highlights First Day of D-League Showcase

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas -- Last month, Jeff Adrien was playing in the NBA. If he's able to keep playing like he did Monday during Day 1 of D-League Showcase, it won't be long before he's called-up for his second big-league stint this season. Adrien, a 6-foot-7 power forward that began the season with the Golden State...

NBA D-League Showcase: Day 1 Preview

The 2011 NBA D-League Showcase begins Monday with four of the D-League's sixteen teams taking the court on opening day of the league's four-day annual event. The Showcase, held to allow top executives from the NBA and Europe to scout each of the D-League teams twice in the same locale, is being held in sunny South Padre...

Thunder Assign Cole Aldrich to Tulsa 66ers

The Oklahoma City Thunder assigned Cole Aldrich to their NBA D-League affiliate Tulsa 66ers, the team announced. Aldrich had a solid debut against the Jazz, scoring five points and adding two rebounds and a block, but since then he's gone scoreless in five games, looking out of place and lost. He's not out there for...

Will Barton and the NBA D-League as a Home for the Academically Ineligible

Will Barton, Baltimore's latest ace product, may not be eligible to play for the University of Memphis this season due to academic ineligibility, reports Dan Wolken of the Memphis Commercial-Appeal. Wolken reports that Barton's would-be teammates were told the news Wednesday. Barton is a top flight recruit, one of the best...

Orlando Summer League Begins Monday

ORLANDO, Fla. -- It won't come with the glitz and the hype of Las Vegas -- that arrives July 9-18 -- but the AirTran Airways Pro Summer League in Orlando starting Monday will provide the first glimpse of NBA basketball this summer. The Bobcats, Jazz, Pacers, Magic, Celtics, Thunder, Nets and 76ers each have entered...