After Just One Season 21 Players With NBDL Ties Land on NBA Camp Rosters

GREENVILLE, S.C., October 1, 2002 – After just one season, the National Basketball Development League is already making its presence felt in National Basketball Association preseason camps. Twenty-one players with NBDL ties were listed on 16 NBA rosters as vet camps opened around the NBA today.

Two NBDL teams, the Columbus Riverdragons and the Fayetteville Patriots, each boast four players landing on NBA training camp rosters. League champion Greenville, Roanoke and Mobile all have three former players in NBA camps. The Detroit Pistons and the Seattle Supersonics have the most NBDL players in camp with three each.

The following are players from 2001-02 NBDL rosters who are currently in NBA vet camps:

Asheville Altitude

Jason Hart, San Antonio Spurs

Columbus Riverdragons

Sean Daugherty, Sacramento Kings

Tremaine Fowlkes, Los Angeles Clippers

Tang Hamilton, Memphis Grizzlies

Gabe Mouneke, Detroit Pistons

Fayetteville Patriots

Chris Andersen, Denver Nuggets

Omar Cook, Orlando Magic

Terrell McIntyre, New Orleans Hornets
Jameel Watkins, Seattle Supersonics

Greenville Groove

Thomas Hamilton, New Orleans Hornets
Jeff Myers, Toronto Raptors
Ansu Sesay, Seattle Supersonics

Huntsville Flight

Eric Chenowith, Seattle Supersonics

Mike Wilks, Milwaukee Bucks

Mobile Revelers

Derek Hood, Dallas Mavericks

Anthony Johnson, Cleveland Cavaliers
Nick Sheppard, Los Angeles Lakers

North Charleston Lowgators

Fred House, Atlanta Hawks

Roanoke Dazzle

Danny Earl, New Jersey Nets
Ricky Moore, Detroit Pistons

Anthony Pelle, Detroit Pistons

The NBDL, the NBA’s minor league, includes the Fayetteville Patriots (N.C.), North Charleston Lowgators (S.C.), Huntsville Flight (Ala.), Mobile Revelers (Ala.), Roanoke Dazzle (Va.), Columbus Riverdragons (Ga.), Greenville Groove (S.C.), and Asheville Altitude (N.C.).

The league offers players the opportunity to develop their talent in a highly competitive atmosphere under the NBA’s umbrella and serves as a source of on-court talent for the NBA’s 29 teams. It also provides a diverse human resources pool for the NBA and its teams by training employees in management, operations, public relations, sales and marketing positions.

For more information on the NBDL, visit nbdl.com.