Los Angeles D-Fenders Select Jamaal Tinsley with First Pick of 2011 NBA Development League Draft Powered by Cicso
-- Total of 18 Boost Mobile NBA D-League National Tryout Participants Selected --
NEW YORK, NOV. 3, 2011 – The Los Angeles D-Fenders selected Jamaal Tinsley, a 6-3 guard from Iowa State and eight-year NBA veteran, with the first overall pick of the 2011 NBA Development League Draft Powered by Cisco on Thursday night. The Texas Legends drafted Alando Tucker, a 6-6 forward from Wisconsin, with the draft’s second overall pick, and the Maine Red Claws chose Chris Wright, a 6-8 forward from Dayton, with the third overall selection.
Tinsley was the first-round draft choice (27th overall) of the then-Vancouver Grizzlies in 2001 and last played in the NBA in 2009-10, appearing in 38 games with the Grizzlies. Tucker, a 2007 NBA Draft selection (Phoenix, 29th overall), has played in 51 NBA games for the Suns and Minnesota Timberwolves. Wright was a Third Team All-Atlantic 10 selection as a senior at Dayton while averaging a team-high 13.2 points, 8.4 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game.
Other notable first-round selections include Jamal Sampson of California, a cousin of 1983 NBA Draft pick (No. 1 overall) Ralph Sampson, who was selected by the Legends with the fifth pick of the first round; Gabe Pruitt, who was selected fourth by the Sioux Falls Skyforce after going to the Boston Celtics (37th overall) in the 2007 Draft (and earning a ring with their 2008 championship team); and Curtis Sumpter, a member of the Bronze-medal winning U.S. team at the 2011 Pan American Games, who was selected by the Tulsa 66ers with the 11th pick of the first round.
There were a total of 18 players selected tonight that participated earlier this year at the Boost Mobile NBA D-League National Tryouts that were held in Chicago, Louisville and Los Angeles. Marshall’s Jonathan Thomas was selected by the Springfield Armor becoming the highest-ever tryout player selected in a draft.
With the first pick of the fourth round, the Springfield Armor selected Chris Taft – an All-Big East Honorable Mention forward/center who was a 2005 NBA Draft Selection (42nd overall) by the Golden State Warriors who has appeared in 17 NBA games. Durrell Summers was selected by Maine in the second round and was named Most Outstanding Player in 2010 NCAA Midwest Regional as a junior.
Complete rosters for each of the 16 2011-12 NBA D-League teams will be comprised of the players drafted on Thursday, along with returning, affiliated and local tryout players. Rosters will be reduced from 17 players to opening-day 10-man rosters by Nov. 23 in anticipation of the Nov. 25 tip off of the NBA D-League’s 11th season.
Full results from the 2011 NBA D-League Draft Powered by Cisco are below:
| FIRST ROUND |
| 1. | Los Angeles D-Fenders | Jamaal Tinsley, Iowa State |
| 2. | Texas Legends | Alando Tucker, Wisconsin |
| 3. | Maine Red Claws | Chris Wright, Dayton |
| 4. | Sioux Falls Skyforce | Gabe Pruitt, Southern California |
| 5. | Texas Legends | Jamal Sampson, California |
| 6. | Bakersfield Jam | Edwin Ubiles, Siena |
| 7. | Erie BayHawks | Cory Higgins, Colorado |
| 8. | Bakersfield Jam | Nayal ”Mac” Koshwal, DePaul |
| 9. | Erie BayHawks | Chris Daniels, Texas A&M-Corpus; Christi |
| 10. | Fort Wayne Mad Ants | Cameron Jones, Northern Arizona |
| 11. | Tulsa 66ers | Curtis Sumpter, Villanova |
| 12. | Dakota Wizards | Osiris Eldridge, Illinois State |
| 13. | Bakersfield Jam | Mustapha Farrakhan, Virginia |
| 14. | Rio Grande Valley Vipers | Tyren Johnson, Louisiana-Lafayette |
| 15. | Canton Charge | Tyrell Biggs, Pittsburgh |
| 16. | Tulsa 66ers | Gary Johnson, Texas |
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| *SECOND ROUND |
| 1. | Springfield Armor | #Jonathan Thomas, Marshall |
| 2. | Texas Legends | Jake Kelley, Indiana State |
| 3. | Rio Grande Valley Vipers | Ashton Mitchell, Sam Houston State |
| 4. | Reno Bighorns | Cedric Bozeman, UCLA |
| 5. | Tulsa 66ers | #Dwight Buycks, Marquette |
| 6. | Fort Wayne Mad Ants | Anthony Johnson, Montana |
| 7. | Idaho Stampede | Jason Ellis, Boise State |
| 8. | Maine Red Claws | Durrell Summers, Michigan State |
| 9. | Idaho Stampede | Kevin Galloway, Texas Southern |
| 10. | Iowa Energy | Brandon Ewing, Wyoming |
| 11. | Iowa Energy | Dominic Calegari, California-Davis |
| 12. | Erie BayHawks | Taj McCullough, Winthrop |
| 13. | Maine Red Claws | Mike Tisdale, Illinois |
| 14. | Austin Toros | Tristan Thompson, North Texas |
| 15. | Los Angeles D-Fenders | Anthony Gurley, Massachusetts |
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| * The Second Round has 15 selections since the Dakota Wizards traded their 2011 second round pick to the Utah Flash which are on hiatus for 2011-12 |
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| THIRD ROUND |
| 1. | Los Angeles D-Fenders | Eniel Polynice, Seton Hall |
| 2. | Tulsa 66ers | Brady Morningstar, Kansas |
| 3. | Maine Red Claws | Charles Okwandu, Connecticut |
| 4. | Sioux Falls Skyforce | Casey Mitchell, West Virginia |
| 5. | Texas Legends | Lawrence Hill, Stanford |
| 6. | Iowa Energy | Jarrid Famous, South Florida |
| 7. | Erie BayHawks | Mychel Thompson, Pepperdine |
| 8. | Bakersfield Jam | Justin Graham, San Jose State |
| 9. | Idaho Stampede | Kendall Dartez, Louisville |
| 10. | Bakersfield Jam | Travis Walton, Michigan State |
| 11. | Tulsa 66ers | Evan Fjeld, Vermont |
| 12. | Dakota Wizards | Andrew Gonzalez, Houston Baptist |
| 13. | Idaho Stampede | Cheyne Gadson, Oklahoma State |
| 14. | Rio Grande Valley Vipers | Greg Washington, Hofstra |
| 15. | Dakota Wizards | #Justin Johnson, Concordia |
| 16. | Springfield Armor | #Dennis Horner, North Carolina State |
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| FOURTH ROUND |
| 1. | Springfield Armor | Chris Taft, Pittsburgh |
| 2. | Canton Charge | TJ Campbell, Portland |
| 3. | Rio Grande Valley Vipers | Pooh Williams, Utah State |
| 4. | Reno Bighorns | Donald Sims, Appalachian State |
| 5. | Dakota Wizards | Darion “Jake” Anderson, Iowa State |
| 6. | Tulsa 66ers | #Larriques “Rico” Cunningham, Lee |
| 7. | Iowa Energy | Nick Murphy, Jacksonville State |
| 8. | Idaho Stampede | Eric Devendorf, Syracuse |
| 9. | Bakersfield Jam | David Palmer, Northern Kentucky |
| 10. | Erie BayHawks | Tirrell Baines, Marshall |
| 11. | Iowa Energy | Michael Tveidt, North Dakota State |
| 12. | Texas Legends | #Vance Cooksey, Pikeville |
| 13. | Sioux Falls Skyforce | Billy McShepard, Valdosta State |
| 14. | Maine Red Claws | Sadiel Rojas, Oklahoma Wesleyan |
| 15. | Austin Toros | #Omar Reed, Bluefield |
| 16. | Los Angeles D-Fenders | Brandon Rozzell, Virginia Commonwealth |
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| FIFTH ROUND |
| 1. | Los Angeles D-Fenders | Courtney Fortson, Arkansas |
| 2. | Austin Toros | Soloman Bozeman, Arkansas-Little Rock |
| 3. | Maine Red Claws | Darren Cooper, Portland |
| 4. | Sioux Falls Skyforce | Anthony Moody, Mary |
| 5. | Texas Legends | Josh Southern, Boston College |
| 6. | Iowa Energy | Carlton Fay, Southern Illinois |
| 7. | Erie BayHawks | Al Nolen, Minnesota |
| 8. | Bakersfield Jam | Lawrence Westbrook, Minnesota |
| 9. | Idaho Stampede | Courtney Pigram, East Tennessee State |
| 10. | Fort Wayne Mad Ants | Justin Neuhaus, Colorado Christian |
| 11. | Tulsa 66ers | Byron Eaton, Oklahoma State |
| 12. | Dakota Wizards | Joe Harden, California-Davis |
| 13. | Reno Bighorns | #Augustine Okosun, Northwood |
| 14. | Rio Grande Valley Vipers | Willie Veasley, Butler |
| 15. | Canton Charge | Tyrone Kent, Toledo |
| 16. | Springfield Armor | Brandon Bush, Texas State-San Marcos |
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| SIXTH ROUND |
| 1. | Springfield Armor | #Marcus E. Hill, Minnesota State - Mankato |
| 2. | Canton Charge | Travis Franklin, Colorado State |
| 3. | Rio Grande Valley Vipers | #Joshua E. Jones, Husson |
| 4. | Reno Bighorns | Roderick Flemings, Hawaii |
| 5. | Dakota Wizards | Parrish West, Alaska-Fairbanks |
| 6. | Tulsa 66ers | #Brian Barkdoll, Northwest Nazarene |
| 7. | Fort Wayne Mad Ants | Jabril Banks, Northern Colorado |
| 8. | Idaho Stampede | James Wright, Colorado |
| 9. | Bakersfield Jam | Perry Stevenson, Kentucky |
| 10. | Erie BayHawks | Adrian Bowie, Maryland |
| 11. | Iowa Energy | Thomas Baudinet, St. Anselm |
| 12. | Texas Legends | #Ryan Anderson, Nebraska |
| 13. | Sioux Falls Skyforce | Will Pratt, Northwestern State |
| 14. | Texas Legends | Anthony Vereen, Texas-Arlington |
| 15. | Austin Toros | Myles McKay, Wisconsin-Whitewater |
| 16. | Los Angeles D-Fenders | Franklin Session, California State-Los Angeles |
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| SEVENTH ROUND |
| 1. | Los Angeles D-Fenders | Robert Diggs, George Washington |
| 2. | Austin Toros | #Dan Vandervieren, Concordia |
| 3. | Reno Bighorns | Calvin Haynes, Oregon State |
| 4. | Sioux Falls Skyforce | Brian Evans, Texas A&M-Corpus; Cristi |
| 5. | Texas Legends | Derek Williams, Southern Methodist |
| 6. | Iowa Energy | Jason Westrol, Bentley |
| 7. | Reno Bighorns | Bobby Howard, Montana State |
| 8. | Bakersfield Jam | Nick Covington, Oklahoma City |
| 9. | Idaho Stampede | #Desmond Blue, Lee |
| 10. | Fort Wayne Mad Ants | Brian Wanamaker, Texas Wesleyan |
| 11. | Tulsa 66ers | Maze Stallworth, Morehead State |
| 12. | Dakota Wizards | Jawan Bailey, Incarnate World |
| 13. | Reno Bighorns | #Joseph Kennerly III, Central Oklahoma |
| 14. | Rio Grande Valley Vipers | Tron Smith, St. Mary’s |
| 15. | Canton Charge | #Harry Marshall, Indiana State |
| 16. | Springfield Armor | Michael Sturns, Holy Family |
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| EIGHTH ROUND |
| 1. | Springfield Armor | Akeem Bennett, St. Francis |
| 2. | Canton Charge | Jonathan Blake, Texas Wesleyan |
| 3. | Rio Grande Valley Vipers | #Justin Tubbs, East Tennessee State |
| 4. | Reno Bighorns | Reuben Clayton, Tennessee-Martin |
| 5. | Dakota Wizards | Bruce Price, Tennessee State |
| 6. | Tulsa 66ers | Xavier Alexander, Southern Nazarene |
| 7. | Fort Wayne Mad Ants | Dauntae Williams, Central Oklahoma |
| 8. | Idaho Stampede | #Dwain Williams, Hawaii |
| 9. | Bakersfield Jam | Juma Kamara, Portland State |
| 10. | Erie BayHawks | Jamael Lynch, Masschusetts-Lowell |
| 11. | Austin Toros | James Lewis, Fresno Pacific |
| 12. | Texas Legends | Collin Mangum, Southern Methodist |
| 13. | Sioux Falls Skyforce | Brock Gillespie, Rice |
| 14. | Maine Red Claws | Jonathan Dupre, Pepperdine |
| 15. | Austin Toros | Jerel Hastings, Albany |
| 16. | Los Angeles D-Fenders | Troy Payne, Santa Clara |
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