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  • RICK KAMLA: NBA TV's coverage of All Star Weekend continues with the 2014 NBA Development

  • League All Star Game presented by Kumho Tire. We're at NBA All Star Jam Session at the Ernest

  • N. Morial Convention Center. We've got The Futures and The Prospects. They're ready to

  • take the floor here at Jam Session. We're courtside. Rick Kamla, happy to be joined

  • by Dennis Scott and Brent Barry. This is one of our favorite events of the

  • year. Great to be back here with you guys. A lot of talent on display. Probably the best

  • collection of talent outside of the NBA. DENNIS SCOTT: Every year you come here and

  • get excited because you're anxious to see how these guys are going to perform, and more

  • importantly, they're still dreaming. They want to get to Sunday and on the big stage.

  • Right here's a good chance to show the world they have game.

  • BRENT BARRY: I think that's what makes this game interesting. As much as it is still an

  • exhibition, these guys don't have the luxury of taking the night off. They know who is

  • in the stands and watching this game so they take it very seriously. We look forward to

  • watching these guys put their wares on display. RICK KAMLA: This All Star Game is a great

  • merging of hunger and highlight style plays that you'll see. Passes off the backboards

  • for dunks and all that kind of stuff. It's been an interesting year in the NBA Development

  • League before Rajon Rondo made his return from ACL surgery, he practiced with the Maine

  • Red Claws and took the team out to dinner to show his appreciation.

  • Pierre Jackson said the NBA D League record with 58 points in February, and 48 players

  • have been assigned to from NBA teams to D League teams and The Futures and Prospects

  • are on the court. They are ready to go. Fellas, the NBA teams seem to use the D League more

  • and more every year. >> Well, the idea of an NBA team having direct

  • affiliation with their D League team, being able to talk to their players about terminology,

  • sending guys down for conditioning purposes and being able to bring them back out to the

  • big ballclub. So many more teams utilizing this tool throughout the course of the NBA

  • regular season, it's not just a trend, it's the future of what the Development League

  • is supposed to be all about. DENNIS SCOTT: I agree with you a thousand

  • percent. It's all about the system. Talking about teams in the NBA that run a solid system.

  • You have your D League playing on a daily basis. They get called up and not caught behind.

  • They understand where they need to be on the floor.

  • RICK KAMLA: Coming up at halftime, it will be the Dream Factory, presented by Boost Mobile,

  • and the NBA Development League Slam Dunk Contest, and there is Tony Mitchell. He won it last

  • year. Look at that, a pass from the stands into a windmill.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: Into a windmill. Between the legs, we were watching this last year, wow,

  • this young man can fly. BRENT BARRY: This contest happens early in

  • the afternoon. These dunks are talked about all the way up to Saturday night. And we're

  • wondering because of Boost Mobile, Tony Mitchell still has that year's worth of service going.

  • Bringing out the banner on display for that dunk, but these guys do put on a show. They

  • have a lot of fun with it. RICK KAMLA: No question about it. He is returning.

  • The other three competitors are first time guys. Thanasis Antetokounmpo is the oldest

  • brother, Ra'Shad James dunked over a seven foot shot blocker during the season. He's

  • a little guy. 6'1", but he can rise. Darren White, 6'4" out of Campbell, he's got hops

  • as well. The Dunk Contest here is fantastic. There

  • is a lot of creativity. Again, it's the hunger. It's not just show boating and that kind of

  • thing and I've already made it. It's fantastic. There is hunger involved, Dennis.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: All these guys understand this is another platform where I can let the whole

  • world see what I can do. That is why the creativity is at a maximum high. I like to see the little

  • fella because he gets so high off the ground that it looks better. But some of those long

  • athletic guys like Mitchell are exciting as well.

  • BRENT BARRY: You'll be able to tell who the best dunker in the field is, 3 D by watching

  • the other players at halftime. As they get geeked up and anxious to watch a guy go fly

  • in the air, we'll know who they think is the favorite.

  • RICK KAMLA: Very interesting rosters here for The Futures and The Prospects. A lot of

  • guys who have a ton of NBA experience, Melvin Ely, Hilton Armstrong just to name a few.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: Those guys understand that they know the path how to get back. The guys that

  • have had small takes. Bost is in there, got drafted. Had a little take on the opportunity

  • is here today to work on your game. BRENT BARRY: Other guys like Devin Ebanks

  • who we've seen over the past few summers. In Las Vegas played good, good basketball,

  • waiting for his opportunity. Last summer I was impressed with the Golden State Warriors

  • and Cameron Jones, what he was able to do. Part of the Santa Cruz Warriors showing what

  • he can do at the All Star Game in New Orleans. So familiar faces and familiar names certainly

  • to us because of all the coverage we do over the summer months.

  • Again, another opportunity, as you said, 3 D, to get their names out there, put on a

  • show and enjoy this atmosphere. Q. That was Hilton Armstrong. That is Melvin

  • Ely. He helped the Spurs win the 2007 NBA Championship, and Hilton Armstrong won a title

  • at UCONN. So they'll be out here. You have Stephen Curry's younger brother, Seth. That

  • will be fun to watch. I'm looking and excited to see Pierre Jackson. The fella we talked

  • about had 58 points. He can sizzle, Bones. BRENT BARRY: Well, the two guys that have

  • caused the most stir throughout the first half of the regular season in the developmental

  • league have been Pierre Jackson and Manny Harris. Those guys have put up some monster

  • games. Pierre Jackson certainly the guy drawing the most attention. But to have those two

  • scorers on the floor in this game to see if they go at one another, maybe they'll take

  • a page out of the Dion Waiters, Tim Hardaway Jr. rookie game, give me a side of the court

  • and let me operate. But they've caused a lot of stir and buzz

  • around the NBA and around the scoring circles with regards to this league.

  • RICK KAMLA: 58 points in a game. We saw Carmelo score 62 for the Knicks a month ago. But 58

  • in a Development League game, that's saying something.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: Coming out of college, we knew he could shoot the basketball. You wondered

  • at his smaller size, would he get the shot off. And I'm very shocked someone hasn't picked

  • him up yet. But off the dribble, the pick and roll, you're watching the highlights.

  • He's showing you he can score the basketball at so many different ways.

  • RICK KAMLA: At that size, we know guards in the NBA have to have a specialty. What is

  • his specialty? DENNIS SCOTT: Shoot the basketball with range.

  • RICK KAMLA: Absolutely, get buckets, get points. He's a tremendous athlete at that size. But

  • he can score the basketball in bunches. We'll see if he takes that opportunity here this

  • afternoon. Time for a break, but we are coming back with

  • the 8th annual Development League All Star Game presented by Kumho Tire. We are in New

  • Orleans for All Star Weekend, having a blast, and we're just getting started.

  • [National Anthem]. We welcome you back to the Ernest N. Morial

  • Convention Center here at NBA All Star Jam Session. Getting prepared for the NBA Development

  • League All Star Game. We send it over now to the PA announcer, Barry Tom.

  • >> Once again, ladies and gentlemen, it's my pleasure to welcome you to Sprint Arena

  • for the 2014 NBA All Star Game presented by Kumho Tire. Now it's time to introduce our

  • 2014 NBA D League All Stars. Up first, Team Futures: Coaching staff for Team Futures,

  • from the Canton Charge are athletic trainer, Mike Gittinger, assistant coaches, Jordi Fernandez,

  • James Posey, and Nate Reinking, and head coach for the Team Futures, Steve Hetzel.

  • Now let's name the Future reserves. A 6'1" center from the Santa Cruz Warriors, No. 34,

  • Hilton Armstrong. 6'4" from the Reno Big Horns, No. 22, Mo Charlo. A 6'1" guard from the Santa

  • Cruz Warriors, No. 13, Seth Curry. A 7'4" from the Sioux Falls Skyforce, No. 33, Justin

  • Hamilton. A 6'8" forward from the Maine Red Claws, No. 33 Chris Wright.

  • Your starting lineup for the Team Futures. 6'5" guard from the Los Angeles Defenders,

  • No. 22, Manny Harris. A 5'10" guard from the Idaho Stampede, No. 11, Pierre Jackson. A

  • 6'8" forward from the Canton Charge, No. 21, Kevin Jones. A 6'6" guard from the Sioux Falls

  • Skyforce, No. 14, DeAndre Liggins. And a 6'9" center from the Canton Charge, No. 50, Arinze

  • Onuaku. Now let's meet your 2014, team Prospects.

  • Coaching staff for team Prospects from The Rio Grand Valley Vipers, athletic trainer

  • Long Lam, assistant coaches, Paul Mikeski, and Jason Young, and head coach for Team Futures,

  • Nevada Smith. Your team Prospects reserves are 6'2" guard from Idaho Stampede, No. 4,

  • Dee Bost. A 6'4" forward from The Rio Grande Vipers, Robert Covington. A 6'forward from

  • the Texas Legends, No. 33, Melvin Ely. A 6'4" guard from the Santa Cruz Warriors, No. 9,

  • Cameron Jones. And a 6'7" guard from the Bakersfield Jam, No. 21, James Nunnally.

  • Now the starting lineups for team Prospects. A 6'4" guard from The Rio Grande Valley Vipers,

  • No. 7, Troy Daniels. A 6'8" forward from the Bakersfield Jam, No. 33, Ike Diogu. A 6'9"

  • forward from the Texas Legends, No. 24, Devin Ebanks. A 6'5" guard from the Ft. Wayne Mad

  • Ants, No. 19, Ron Howard, and a 6'5" forward from the Iowa Energy, No. 12, Othyus Jeffers.

  • Ladies and gentlemen, let's hear it for your 2014 NBA D League All Stars. Let's take you

  • to NBA TV's sideline reporter, Jared Greenberg. RICK KAMLA: All right, well, joined by Ron

  • Howard and Pierre Jackson. We begin with the veteran, the guy who knows all about this

  • experience. You have three of them now. What have you learned from your first two D League

  • All Star appearances? PLAYER: To definitely have fun, play the right

  • way, and take in this great atmosphere that they have here.

  • >> I know you're going to put on a slow for the fans. We've seen that in the past. And

  • so is this fella. If you haven't seen Pierre Jackson play, you're in for a treat today.

  • You're Mr. Do It All, and you love to play under the big spotlight. What are you going

  • to give the fans today in New Orleans? PLAYER: I'm going to try to show them a little

  • something they've never seen if they've never seen me play before. So I'm just trying to

  • have fun and enjoy the experience. >> You're going to go for 58 again, right.

  • PLAYER: If it happens, it happens. >> Pierre Jackson and Ron Howard, as we get

  • set. Just moments away from the 2014 NBA Development League All Star Game. We're coming right back

  • live on NBA TV. >> NBA D League All Star Game is about to

  • begin. There are interesting lineups here for The Futures. Coach head sell, they've

  • got a three guard look with Manny Harris, Pierre Jackson, and DeAndre Liggins, and now

  • a couple of bigs. For The Prospects, they don't even have a true center on their entire

  • roster. They're going with three forwards Diogu, Ebanks and Jeffers, so an odd pairing

  • here to start the game. DENNIS SCOTT: Right, so if The Prospects can

  • get rebounds, maybe they can use those athletic legs to get out and run and go against the

  • Future with their size. BRENT BARRY: See if they can spread them out

  • and take a page out of the Rio Grande Vipers playbook and shoot just a bunch of threes

  • today in this game. RICK KAMLA: Speaking of threes, No. 7 in red,

  • Troy Daniels just lost the three point contest presented by Boost Mobile, to EJ Singler,

  • and we start with a flush by Pierre Jackson. DENNIS SCOTT: Nice little back pick there

  • for Jackson to go up on the screen and excellent pass.

  • BRENT BARRY: Tough psychologically, too, because Manny Harris likes to score, and he had to

  • give it to Pierre Dexter. DENNIS SCOTT: Score is a score.

  • RICK KAMLA: There is Daniels. Probably the most warmed up player out here. EJ Singler,

  • brother of Kyle. He won the three point contest on a buzzer beater and there is a dunk. We'll

  • show you highlights of the three point contest at halftime.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: Nice looking shot by Ebanks. Drafted by the Lakers. Got a taste of some

  • action there, and continuing to work on his outside shot so he can get called back up.

  • RICK KAMLA: Prospects up 4 2, and the rebound to Ike Diogu, former first round pick. And

  • Jeffers spent some time with the San Antonio Spurs this year. The Futures on the attack.

  • Nice feed in the bucket. DENNIS SCOTT: Nice pass by Liggins. Big fella

  • can catch him and lay it on hand. RICK KAMLA: Onuaku dropped that one in. Here's

  • Daniels and an air ball three. Rebounds put in by Jeffers. He plays bigger than his size.

  • BRENT BARRY: You look at his build, and that's, I think, where a lot of NBA coaches think

  • at the two guard position with that build and broad shoulders, he can defend and be

  • one of those lock down Defenders in the mold of Thabo Sefolosha. But he's not as long as

  • you'd like at that position. Ike Diogu with the slam.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: Nice bounce pass by Jeffers there.

  • RICK KAMLA: Got a couple of ten day contracts with the Lakers earlier this year. Oh! And

  • Jeffers, little errant with that pass, and gives it back to the futures.

  • BRENT BARRY: Interesting to look at Pierre Jackson. He's going to handle the ball here

  • with point guard responsibilities. Ron Howard at 6'5". You get an idea of the size of Pierre

  • Jackson. A good match up up there to see if that length bothers him, 3 D.

  • RICK KAMLA: Harris scoops it up with the left hand.

  • >> To your point, Brent, Jackson being that size, you have to be on the defensive end

  • cause havoc or use your quickness to get to the sweet spot and get shots. When you have

  • small guards in the NBA, they'll attack the defense.

  • RICK KAMLA: Ron Howard off to Diogu, that one Pops out on Ike. Harris back for The Futures

  • and they lead 8 6. DeAndre Liggins backing his man down. Couple of fakes and then the

  • strip. DENNIS SCOTT: Good patience by Howard there.

  • Didn't go for the pump fake. Used his hands nicely to get a piece of that ball.

  • RICK KAMLA: Here's at look of Manny Harris to Pierre Jackson.

  • BRENT BARRY: Great opening set. Just a back screen there. Ron Howard gets the hit by Harris,

  • puts the pass on target for the little man to get up and get two.

  • RICK KAMLA: Kevin Jones with that rebound. Manny hands off to Jackson. Prospects are

  • running, Jeffers lost the handle. Oh, and Onuaku throws it down.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: Every now and then he gets a nice little cherry pick.

  • RICK KAMLA: Second Development League All Star Game appearance before the product out

  • of Syracuse, Onuaku. Devin Ebanks! Usually there is more defense played in the Development

  • League All Star Game. BRENT BARRY: I think he and Onuaku made eye

  • contact in the opposite way Many Harris made it with Pierre Jackson, which is you, you

  • go ahead and get one. I'll get out of the way, hey, they're all trying to get to the

  • NBA. RICK KAMLA: Underneath, Kevin Jones put that's

  • big body on him. DENNIS SCOTT: You called it. No way Daniels

  • could get around to help on that one. RICK KAMLA: Daniels with an interesting pass.

  • Gets it back to the futures. He's got a smile on his face.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: This is one of these games where sometimes you get stuck. You want to play

  • hard. You want to show what you want to do. You don't want to show too much. But you've

  • got to show, Brent, that your game has improved so you can get called back up.

  • BRENT BARRY: I talked to Ron Howard about that before the game. I said, Ron, how are

  • things going for you? Are you hanging in there? He said, oh, yeah, I want to go out and play

  • the game the right way. You heard Jarrett talking to him before the game. This is a

  • little different in terms of the exhibition. These guys don't want to come out here and

  • play embarrassing basketball. RICK KAMLA: Oh, Jackson! Pierre Jackson launched

  • it to himself and had room to spare on the Jam. Oh, Howard might have gotten away with

  • a violation but found Ebanks for the Jam. I want to see Pierre Jackson do that again.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: Yes, indeedy, the turnover. Next thing you know, his head's by the rim.

  • RICK KAMLA: Harris to Kevin Jones, the long two. Yes.

  • BRENT BARRY: Fella showing some range. RICK KAMLA: Futures up 16 10. Harris tried

  • to split the defense and he is fouled. So it's The Futures 16, Prospects 10. How about

  • Pierre Jackson? BRENT BARRY: Get that man some beats.

  • RICK KAMLA: 5'10", he can still get up. >> Back with you here on NBA TV live from

  • New Orleans. The biggest thing this weekend throughout all of the events is that it's

  • a family affair. Today we're making NBA history as Steph Curry and Seth Curry become the first

  • ever brothers to play in a D League All Star Game, and then later in the weekend, in the

  • NBA All Star Game. But it doesn't end there. We'll also see tonight, Seth, with his father,

  • Dell, who is in attendance in the Shooting Stars competition. We'll also see the Hardaways.

  • Tim and Tim Jr. And yesterday in the Rising Stars Challenge,

  • Miles Plumlee played against his brother, Mason. And fellas, looking forward to next

  • year? It may continue as Giannis Antetokounmpo who currently plays for the Milwaukee Bucs

  • may be joined in the NBA by his brother, Thanasis, who will be draft eligible this spring.

  • RICK KAMLA: Yes, a family reunion here in New Orleans. And Dell Curry, get to this in

  • a second. Pierre Jackson, once again! What is the vertical bounce? 40 inches plus?

  • DENNIS SCOTT: His vertical is boing oing oing. RICK KAMLA: What an athlete. Awesome. Dell

  • Curry will be one of the judges at halftime in the Boost Mobile NBA Development League

  • Slam Dunk Contest. That is Daniels for three. DENNIS SCOTT: I was talking to Dell before

  • the game. BRENT BARRY: I'm sorry, I was going to say,

  • I wonder what it's like to grow up in a basketball family.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: Yeah, that would be tough to have some brothers that you go out in the

  • backyard and have shooting games and fight each other afterwards. You wouldn't know anything

  • about that, I'm sorry. RICK KAMLA: Jeffers lays it in, and here's

  • Jackson. BRENT BARRY: You talked to Dell, 3 D?

  • DENNIS SCOTT: Yes, and Dell talked about Rick. He said he has to keep his shoulder loosen

  • than usual now because his sons are starting to beat him now in the backyard. I said wait

  • a minute. BRENT BARRY: Wait, just now?

  • DENNIS SCOTT: I said are you sure about that? He said I'm just kidding. He said I know the

  • feeling because Steph has shattered all of my records, so I know the feeling.

  • RICK KAMLA: Can you still shoot? Does it ever leave you?

  • DENNIS SCOTT: It never leaves you, but when you have a son that shoots further than you

  • shoot, it starts to bother you. RICK KAMLA: Pierre Jackson, nice pass into

  • Liggins, and he traveled. So we go back to the Prospects who trail here by 7, 13:05 remaining

  • in the first half. DENNIS SCOTT: Talked about it earlier Stephen

  • in the West All Star practice, he made three half court shots, and said wait a minute,

  • son, slow down. Save some of that for later on tonight. We need those shots.

  • RICK KAMLA: Daniels hits his second three of the game. The Prospects moving forward.

  • Kevin Jones, hit a long two a moment ago, now a three.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: Very impressive. I like it. BRENT BARRY: Devin Ebanks. He's smooth, isn't

  • he? DENNIS SCOTT: Very smooth. Continue to work

  • on his perimeter game, maybe he can get called back up.

  • RICK KAMLA: Harris facing up on Daniels, and Diogu with the rebound. Here's Ron Howard.

  • 7th NBA Development League season with the Ft. Wayne mad ants.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: Yeah, he's a veteran. RICK KAMLA: Liggins, full head of steam, and

  • Harris lays it in. This is a pace that we're used to in the Development League All Star

  • Game. DENNIS SCOTT: Now they're starting to get

  • loose now. ReplaceName4: Howard to Diogu, Liggins had

  • a coast to coast bucket in mind. Goes up for the jumper.

  • BRENT BARRY: We're in the six seconds or less phase of this basketball game.

  • RICK KAMLA: Mike D'Antoni would be loving this. Here's Daniels. He's got three threes

  • in this first half. BRENT BARRY: Daniels 6'4, 200 pounds, looking

  • good from the three point line. DENNIS SCOTT: Looking really good. Carmelo

  • with the fingers to the forehead, he made the three.

  • RICK KAMLA: That was Onuaku with the put back. I spoke to Daniels oh!

  • DENNIS SCOTT: Just stop it. That's money ball from midtown.

  • BRENT BARRY: Okay, but 3 D you realize playing in Rio Grande a this is what you have to do.

  • He set a season record by making his 153rd three point shot for that basketball team,

  • and he's connected on 167 threes on the year. So if you're in Rio Grande, you better learn

  • to stay behind the arc. DENNIS SCOTT: That's right.

  • RICK KAMLA: Onuaku with the power flush. DENNIS SCOTT: Big steal by the big fella.

  • Oh, yeah! Little Lebron Jamesish, right? Getting that ball away from your body? Almost. He

  • was trying to reach far back. RICK KAMLA: I think I said kind of.

  • BRENT BARRY: You did say kind of. RICK KAMLA: You have to disclaim it when you're

  • comparing anybody to Lebron James. Onuaku has 14 points on 7 of 10 from the floor. Bones,

  • you mentioned Detroit Daniels has the Development League single season record for threes made.

  • You'll love this. He hit ten threes back in January. That is the D League record for threes

  • in a game. DENNIS SCOTT: I love it. Any time a young

  • man that's had a kind of confidence, as Ebanks gets the alley oop out of bounds play. Nice

  • pass Jeffers. BRENT BARRY: The crazy thing, 3 D, he's making

  • five and a half threes per contest. Five threes a game, taking five is sometimes tough to

  • do depending on who you play for. But making five a game is impressive.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: And last time we've shown him with deep, deep range. Toeing the line from

  • the three point line. He's way behind the line.

  • RICK KAMLA: Jackson has nine points. Ebanks, huh uh.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: Too much. RICK KAMLA: That pass way out in front of

  • Manny Harris, so a turnover. And The Prospects will get it back. They trail by 6. Ten to

  • go in the first half, there is Troy Daniels. Might want to give him the rock, Bones. He's

  • Jeffers nails the corner three. BRENT BARRY: Yeah, good look by Ron Howard

  • finding the guy in the corner, and here we go again.

  • RICK KAMLA: Othyus has seven, he's back with the ball, leading the break. Devin Ebanks,

  • nice. Oh, good move by Ebanks. He's got 12. A timeout has been called by

  • The Futures and their coach Steve head sell. Look at this, Arinze Onuaku.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: Attack the rim, big fella! RICK KAMLA: Futures up by 1.

  • A 1 point lead for The Futures squad. We're in the blue jerseys today. 9:54 to go in the

  • first half as we welcome you back inside the Sprint Arena. Jared Green berg joined court

  • side by Dan Reed. I mentioned Ron Howard has been here three times. You've got him trumped.

  • This is your seventh year as the head man of this league. It's just evolved. Can you

  • believe how much has changed and improved over the years in your organization?

  • JARED: It's been terrific and a credit to everybody involved in the league. My colleagues,

  • our owners players, 30% of our players have NBA D League experience. And these 20 guys

  • on the court there is no doubt a large portion of them will be in the NBA later this year.

  • Five of them have already played in the NBA so far this season.

  • >> As you and I chat each and every All Star break, it seems one of the overriding themes

  • is about single affiliation. We've seen it grown by leaps and bounds over the last several

  • years. Up 14 17 now. What's it going to take to take that next step and get 30 for 30.

  • >> We do believe we'll have 30 for 30. But we don't want to go that fast though. You'll

  • see us expand. You'll see more NBA teams come into the league. There are seven or eight

  • teams now that we're actively talking to about getting involved in their own NBA D League

  • team. I think it will evolve naturally, but you'll see us grow in the coming years.

  • >> Speaking with Dan Reed, the president of the NBA D League. A unique situation took

  • place, P.J. Hairston, going from the University of North Carolina mid year to the D League.

  • Players are now utilizing your league in different ways than they used to. Now saying I don't

  • need to go overseas. I can play here Stateside and get ready for the NBA.

  • >> We're definitely seeing more players play in the NBA Development League versus going

  • overseas. They realize we're the fastest way to the NBA. And all of our success stories

  • whether it's Danny Green or Gerald Green or the other 126 players in the NBA right now

  • with D League experience, that they're increasingly choosing to play with us. I think you'll see

  • P.J. Hairstons of the world are in a group of players that may choose to play in the

  • league as a way to prepare for the NBA Draft. We certainly expect that P.J. Hairston will

  • be a draft pick this summer. >> As technology becomes an ever growing presence

  • in the sports world, we continue to see the NBA utilizing the D League as a testing ground

  • for video replay technology, for the way referees official the game. How has that helped the

  • league. >> It helps because we get that information

  • first. It's part of our role as the R & D department of the NBA. Really, all this technology

  • is meant to improve the game, and we think it's beneficial for us. We most recently announced

  • that our teams are using performance analytic devices during the games. We're the first

  • sports league in the U.S. where we play most of our games with our players wearing these

  • devices. The goal is to help improve their health, help maximize their player efficiency,

  • and we think our players and coaches in our league will benefit from that sort of innovation.

  • >> Do you think broadcasters would benefit at all from wearing performance testing devices

  • during the game. >> You know, perhaps, perhaps. It might be

  • a way to help you improve your game, Jared. >> I was thinking more about DENNIS SCOTT

  • and BRENT BARRY who certainly could use the exercise once in a while.

  • >> Probably could monitor their heart rates and compare and maybe check out their blood

  • Sugar. See what they've eaten recently. We're not going to ask Dennis that.

  • >> Dan Reed, the president of the NBA D League, fellas.

  • RICK KAMLA: Jared, thank you so much. Dan Reed, thank you. A signature event in the

  • NBA Development League season. Happy for Dan Reed and the success of his league. Robert

  • Covington with the bucket. The Futures lead The Prospects 48 45. You don't need any performance

  • enhancements, do you? DENNIS SCOTT: No, what was Jared trying to

  • say? I was on Bourbon street last night? Trying to hang out and have a few sodas or waters

  • or something? RICK KAMLA: Just Ginger ale.

  • BRENT BARRY: He asked a question like he was on a life raft and needed a life preserver.

  • We don't need the help. You need the help. RICK KAMLA: Fantastic. We just had wholesale

  • substitutions on both sides. Five starters and five guys coming off the bench. Seth Curry

  • is on the floor as is Hilton Armstrong, Justin Hamilton. We'll be breaking down these players

  • as they make plays out here. This is Cameron Jones defended by Hilton Armstrong.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: To Brent's point earlier, Brendan Jones knocked down a couple here now. Anxious

  • to see him and Seth Curry kind of go at one another here.

  • RICK KAMLA: Brent what is your read on this stat? One foul in the game so far.

  • BRENT BARRY: I love it. Certainly these coaches, you know, who would like to get their time

  • off and more of their time off here in New Orleans to get out and get a nice meal tonight

  • before all the festivities of All Star Saturday start to take place.

  • RICK KAMLA: Here's Covington from the corner. He's on assignment from the Houston Rockets.

  • Playing with the rye owe grande valley Vipers who have the best record in the D League at

  • 23 8. Justin Hamilton. DENNIS SCOTT: Showing a little range there,

  • big fella, I like it. RICK KAMLA: He was drafted by Philly then

  • traded to the heat. Covington missed the dunk and got a lucky bounce there, Bones.

  • BRENT BARRY: Technically not a miss, but not as pretty as he would have liked it, that's

  • for sure. RICK KAMLA: Here's Seth Curry. Throws it over

  • near us No. 4 in red. Dee above the leads the Development League in minutes played.

  • BRENT BARRY: What a great name too. Dee Bost. DENNIS SCOTT: Dee Bost.

  • RICK KAMLA: He can play. 6'2", 175 out of Mississippi State. Playing with the Idaho

  • Stampede. 41.7 minutes per game. He's also the league leader in assists at 8.6.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: He's a phenomenal athlete that stays in good shape to play that many minutes

  • every night and be productive. RICK KAMLA: Ely to Cameron Jones. Oh, good

  • defense right there. But a foul is called. DENNIS SCOTT: Oh, Cameron Jones may have gotten

  • away with a little push off. RICK KAMLA: Mo Charlo was whistled for the

  • second foul of this game. Look at Mo, he can't believe it. Really? You got me?

  • BRENT BARRY: Kevin Jones is a guy, 3 D, we talked about it last summer. We thought that

  • he had a very high basketball IQ and had a skill set beyond just shooting the ball. He

  • moves well in the open floor. When he's got the ball and he's on the move. He sees the

  • cutter. He sees the guys who are spotted up so much so last year that he was the NBA D

  • League's most improved player. He's got a great skill set. You wonder if the Warriors

  • are tantalized by that. You'd like to be able to shoot the three a little bit better. But

  • his skills certainly are there. DENNIS SCOTT: They're right there. I thought

  • he had a great opportunity to make the team. But he decided to go with Tony. So maybe as

  • the playoffs come around, they'll get another opportunity.

  • RICK KAMLA: Fast move there by Hilton Armstrong. 6'11" out of UCONN. Currently playing with

  • the Santa Cruz Warriors. Spent some time with the Golden State Warriors earlier this year.

  • Out of bounds off Robert Covington, so The Futures will take it back and they lead 53

  • 49. 5:09 to go in the first half. Rick Kamla, Brent Barry, Dennis Scott, and Jared Greenberg

  • on the call here from New Orleans. Part of our coverage of NBA All Star Weekend here

  • 2014. Hamilton wanted to pass to Armstrong, and Hamilton got it back. So a baseline J

  • on the other side and now one on this side. DENNIS SCOTT: Tell the people at home. Before

  • that he put the ball on the floor and got all the way to the rim. So three good possessions

  • by Hamilton there. RICK KAMLA: Chris Wright with the rebound.

  • Hamilton is three for three from the field for six points. Seth Curry, just like his

  • brother, just like his dad. DENNIS SCOTT: From Curry range. Real deep.

  • 13th in the D League in scoring at 19 points per game and six in assists. So doing a lot

  • like his brother, a bit of both. Scoring and setting up his teammates. Knocking down the

  • long one there. RICK KAMLA: Stellar career at Duke for Seth

  • Curry. Trying to get to the NBA as is this man. Pierre Jackson. That man can ride. We're

  • coming right back. We welcome you back to the NBA Development

  • League All Star Game. That's what just happened during the break. Download the ultimate guide

  • to NBA All Star 2014. With the NBA game time act, everything All Star, live from New Orleans,

  • download NBA game time on your phone or tablet and do it now. Rack Campbell, BRENT BARRY,

  • DENNIS SCOTT, Jared Greenberg on the call for NBA TV. Futures over the Prospects by

  • 9. Just over 4:00 to go in the first half. Don't forget, coming up at halftime, it's

  • the NBA development Dream Factory presented by Boost Mobile and the Slam Dunk Contest.

  • Covington missed. Got a lot of 33s out here, don't we? There is Chris Wright, No. 33. He

  • couldn't get the alley oop to go. DENNIS SCOTT: Little too short on that one.

  • Nice idea though. RICK KAMLA: Ely 33, Covington had his Cameron

  • Jones. DENNIS SCOTT: Yeah, nice little speed on Ely

  • to give him window room and knock it down. RICK KAMLA: Cameron Jones has gotten busy,

  • Bones. He's gotten 8. BRENT BARRY: I just really like the way he

  • plays the game. Free throwing. Time and space, and the passing part of his game, I like best

  • because he sets up Covington for the lay up. RICK KAMLA: Covington had an eye opening Orlando

  • summer league that got him signed by the Houston Rockets. They've got their eye on him. Wright

  • to Armstrong. Power dribble, reverse lay up. DENNIS SCOTT: Nice job getting to the rim

  • so Ely couldn't get there to block that shot. RICK KAMLA: Here's Dee Bost, Melvin Ely not

  • shy. DENNIS SCOTT: Great story. I know Brent had

  • a chance to talk to Melvin Ely had a chance with him. 34, 35 years old, he's pretty incredible.

  • BRENT BARRY: Yeah, 2007 in San Antonio, Melvin and I were on the same team. Great teammate,

  • came to work every day and loves to play the game of basketball. You and I both know that

  • is the key. You never stop that. RICK KAMLA: Good defense there by Dee above

  • the to knock that ball away. He starts the fast break. Cameron Jones, left wing three.

  • The rebound to Wright. Mo Charlo, back to Hamilton. Drifted a little to the right on

  • that shot. James Nunnally spent some time with the Hawks just a couple of weeks ago.

  • There is Melvin Ely. Hey, stay plugged into the NBA Development League on the go. Download

  • the NBA D League Center Court App for stats, scores, schedules and live game action. Two

  • minutes to go in the first half. We're here at Jam Session for the D League All Star Game.

  • Futures over prospect by six. Nice lay up there by Chris Wright.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: Nice cut to the basket. Coaches like to see guys make sharp cuts, good screens.

  • Small things like that don't show up on the stat sheet, and coaches are looking for that.

  • RICK KAMLA: Cameron Jones, nice feed. Melvin Ely puts it in.

  • BRENT BARRY: Nice pass off the move, trying to find guys. Doing a great job of that thus

  • far. You know Dee Bost is giving the ball away. He leads the league in assists. So these

  • guys are going to have opportunities while No. 4 is on the floor.

  • RICK KAMLA: Robert Covington with the finish. DENNIS SCOTT: Good communication there.

  • RICK KAMLA: Knocked away from behind by Bost. What would have been your score on that dunk,

  • Bones? BRENT BARRY: I give that a six. Little sloppy

  • on the finish, but the pass was nice. Snuck out of the corner on the baseline cut.

  • RICK KAMLA: You are tough, Bones. You are tough.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: When you have one of those chip bowls at home, you can say that, right, Bones?

  • BRENT BARRY: That's right, a salsa dish. RICK KAMLA: Hamilton scores again. Here's

  • Covington, rattles out that three. So what's it going to take for Seth Curry to join his

  • brother Stephen Curry in the NBA? DENNIS SCOTT: That's a great question. I think

  • it's a matter of him continuing to work on the other end of the floor. We always talk

  • about defensively because to get on the floor and stay on the floor you have to be able

  • to do both ends of the floor, and that is something they need to work on. Ball handler

  • is there. Obviously, you have to shoot the basketball and be a better play maker.

  • RICK KAMLA: Dee Bost with a terrific pass to Covington. Hamilton, he's getting them

  • up. It's pretty impressive for him to be able to step out and knock that down. It looks

  • very natural for him to shoot that ball. Covington wanted a rim rattler right there.

  • Pretty good defense by Chris Wright to disturb him. It's out of bounds. The Prospects will

  • keep possession. High scoring first half. Futures 69, Prospects 60. That is just the

  • way we like it. DENNIS SCOTT: Nice bounce pass. Oh, don't

  • know if he got a piece of that or not. The ball might have slipped out of his hands.

  • RICK KAMLA: Here's Nunnally from the side. Good looking shot there. Futures are going

  • to look to close out this half, last possession of the first. Ten seconds to go. Now down

  • to 5. Hamilton will drive, kicks it to the corner. Mo char owe yes. Ely with the catch.

  • He did not get it off in time. The officials are waving off that basket, so we are through

  • 20 minutes in the NBA Development League All Star Game presented by Kumho Tire. Futures

  • on top 72 63 over the Prospects. Pierre Jackson lit up this Convention Center. Coming up,

  • it is the 2014 NBA Development League Dream Factory, presented by Boost Mobile and the

  • Dunk Contest. Stay tuned.

  • Pierre Jackson needs to be in this next year if he's not in the NBA.

  • It is the 2014 NBA Development League Dream Factory presented by Boost Mobile, and there

  • you see Tony Mitchell, the back to back slam dunk champ with former D League player, Danny

  • Green, who hits threes for the San Antonio Spurs. Congratulations to Tony Mitchell, and

  • let's show you highlights of the Boost Mobile NBA D League three point contest. EJ Singler

  • against Troy Daniels. Singler finished with a first round score of 21, Troy Daniels, 19.

  • So they squared off in the second round for the championship.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: Yeah, two guys that can flat out knock down the basketball. Danny, you

  • talk about him a lot. Singler got a little bit hotter.

  • RICK KAMLA: Singler right here needed to hit his last two shots to tie Daniels' score of

  • 14. And Daniels in the bonus round put up 18. Singler needed to make his final three

  • shots for the win, and he did. BRENT BARRY: Yeah, that was an awesome finish

  • there going with the format the league is going with. You can put the money balls wherever

  • you like. Got hot in the corner, made the one that counted to put him over the hump

  • by 1. RICK KAMLA: So EJ Singler of the Idaho Stampede,

  • your three point contest champion here. The second half of the All Star Game coming up.

  • Look at this guy right here at Jam Session. Off the trampoline. Coming to an arena near

  • you. DENNIS SCOTT: That's true.

  • BRENT BARRY: I was wondering where researcher Kevin Cottrell has been spending his time.

  • RICK KAMLA: Look at this guy. A little bigger. Oh, behind the back.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: Get fancy with that. RICK KAMLA: I love it. We're just about set

  • for the second half here at the 2014 All Star Game. Futures lead The Prospects by 9. Look

  • at the shooting around 50% from both sides. Is Prospects have made 9 threes, but they've

  • turned it over 13 times. They trail here by 9. Leading score is Arinze a Onuaku with 14.

  • There are five players in double figures as we speak. Devin Ebanks and Troy Daniels with

  • 12. Robert Covington, and Justin Hamilton with 11. Pierre Jackson who got off to a fantastic

  • start. Alley oop dunk for the first basket of the game. Nine points and three assists.

  • It's Rick Kamla, BRENT BARRY, Brent Barry and Jared Greenberg here at Jam Session at

  • the Ernest N. Morial convention here in New Orleans for the D League All Star Game 8th

  • annual, presented by Kumho Tire. Do you think the rotations will be the same in the second

  • half the way they were in the first half where the starters play ten minutes and the reserves

  • come out and play the next ten minutes? BRENT BARRY: I think you'll see something

  • close to that, Rick, until the last three minutes. If the game is close, there could

  • be adjustments from both coaches in that instance, but for the most part, yes. I think you're

  • going to see balanced minutes being played here at the D League All Star Game.

  • RICK KAMLA: If I'm Steve head sell, the coach of the Futures squad, keeping Pierre Jackson

  • off the floor down the stretch would be tough to do. Here's Devin Ebanks, picking up right

  • where he left off. DENNIS SCOTT: Yes, mid range jumpshot knocks

  • it down. RICK KAMLA: Ebanks 14 points on 7 of 10 shooting.

  • He's in the running for MVP. Jackson to Onuaku. Couldn't get it down. They've been sitting a long time. It was a long halftime.

  • Ebanks again. Silky smooth. DENNIS SCOTT: Coming out of West Virginia,

  • we knew he could be a slasher. He got to L.A. and he was trying to get that consistent jumpshot,

  • night in, and night out. BRENT BARRY: Here's Jackson, ripped it.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: He has a jumpshot. After watching the lengthy Dunk Contest, these guys are ready.

  • RICK KAMLA: Manny Harris with the steel. He got a 4 on 2 actually. Here's Liggins back

  • to Harris. It is about as casual a possession as you're ever going to see.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: They're still trying to get the blood flowing again. After a couple more

  • minutes, things start to pick back up. Ebanks has six points here to start the second

  • half. BRENT BARRY: Did he just do a little Karl

  • Malone behind the head? DENNIS SCOTT: Yes, he did. Yes, he did.

  • RICK KAMLA: Pierre wants it. He's all alone. Bones, you were talking about a cup of coffee

  • earlier with the dunk by Ra'Shad James. BRENT BARRY: He gave it the finger licking

  • good. He waited for the defense to get out there. A little rag tag here to start the

  • half. We'll see if they try to shore it up a little bit.

  • RICK KAMLA: If I'm Nevada Smith, the coach of the Prospects, I'm calling a timeout. You've

  • got to play some defense, don't you? DENNIS SCOTT: I think they're about to come

  • into that point. RICK KAMLA: Here's Devin Ebanks. He is blistering

  • hot right now. DENNIS SCOTT: He says, thank you, people.

  • I'm going to get this trophy. RICK KAMLA: Four for four to start the second

  • half. BRENT BARRY: He's up to 18 points.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: Pierre Jackson with the miss. Onuaku lost it on the way up. But a rare foul

  • in this 2014 D League All Star Game. Arinze Onuaku to the line.

  • BRENT BARRY: Manny looks like he's dealing with something over there as Steve head sell

  • has decided to take him out of the game. I think. Or at least he's talking to him about

  • it. Devin Ebanks knocking down that mid-range. He is having a seat over there, talking to

  • the training staff looking at that ankle. RICK KAMLA: Chris Wright has come into the

  • game for Manny Harris. BRENT BARRY: Manny Harris was the 2007 Michigan

  • Mr. Basketball, 3 D T 24 years old. Talked about his 56 point game, leading the D League

  • in scoring. Also had a 46.58 game. That was Pierre Jackson had the 58. Manny Harris had

  • the 56. Those two guys battling each other. RICK KAMLA: Manny Harris had a nice run with

  • the L.A. Lakers with two ten day contracts. Made some plays. He wasn't just on the end

  • of the bench. Looking good in the airport. He was on the floor trying to help the Lakers.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: Yeah, he came in and shot the ball very well, but now trying to figure out

  • how do I stay on the team? I've got to do a little bit more as well.

  • RICK KAMLA: Pierre Jackson 3 for 3 in this half. Behind his back to the right. May have

  • gotten away with the travel. The official is saying he kind of bobbled it a little bit.

  • Didn't have full possession. I don't know if you're going to buy that, Bones, but that

  • was the call on the floor. Devin Ebanks, again. 22 points for Devin Ebanks and his team, The

  • Prospects trail by 12. Both teams shooting 62% from the field. Onuaku, left handed flush.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: Starting to sweat now. Brandon's starting to warm up now. Big fella starting

  • to come in. RICK KAMLA: He's an MVP candidate with 18.

  • That is Troy Danielson with the finger on it. That's hesitation.

  • RICK KAMLA: Troy looking to the right with the defender. Getting that finger roll to

  • go. The call. They say it was off on The Prospects. Here's Liggins for the Future. 16 minutes

  • to go in this second half. Diogu and Onuaku with another contested dunk.

  • BRENT BARRY: If he decides to switch on the guard, none of those small guys are picking

  • up on Onuaku. I can guarantee you that. Liggins called for the foul. He thought he had a clean

  • block on Troy Daniels. And that will be three free throws for Mr. Daniels. We told you at

  • halftime and showed you at halftime about him losing the three point contest to EJ Singler.

  • Did you see a foul there? DENNIS SCOTT: Yeah, little bit. That is something

  • we talked about in the NBA this year. Give the shooter a chance to follow through and

  • come down. Right there getting the chance to get the fourth shot off and follow through.

  • RICK KAMLA: 15 points for Daniels. Little confusion there from The Futures side. You

  • get free throws here. Just excited. They want to get that ball and get out and show their

  • stuff. Daniels missed the last two. Definitely disturbed by the early entry into the Lane

  • after the second attempt. White was on the move. Liggins, one more. It's Kevin Jones.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: Kevin Jones is showing some range. He can use that big body. But now he's

  • showing the soft touch. RICK KAMLA: Jeffers, rushing, and Chris Wright

  • and scored. BRENT BARRY: Othyus there leaning to his right.

  • And that last step, being able to decelerate, having the defender go by you. Good use of

  • the glass. RICK KAMLA: Pierre tried to get it to Onuaku,

  • Howard to Daniels. You can put this one in the book.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: Splash, like that? We talked about Troy Daniels making five and a half

  • threes against. You get three threes. Chris Wright finishes. Chris Wright getting out.

  • But you make three threes in the locker room, icing down and you're upset. Wait a minute,

  • I'm supposed to have two more. DENNIS SCOTT: Exactly.

  • RICK KAMLA: Liggins off the steal beats Chris Wright. Spilled off the rim on him. Here's

  • Ebanks out to Daniels. Boy, he's got Liggins all over him. Ebanks all alone. Uh huh.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: Baseline drive, baseline dribble. RICK KAMLA: 25 points for Devin Ebanks. He

  • brings The Prospects within 10. Pierre Jackson says why not? Oh, yeah.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: He stood there, three, three, three, three, three.

  • RICK KAMLA: 5'10", 175 product of Baylor, and Daniels hits another one. They're lighting

  • up the scoreboard here at Jam Session. DENNIS SCOTT: We said that once the blood

  • starts flowing again, things start to pick back up.

  • RICK KAMLA: Kevin Jones, knocked out of bounds. There is a timeout on the floor with 13:59

  • left in the second half. And DeAndre Liggins with the nice pass to Chris Wright.

  • RICK KAMLA: 10 point lead for The Futures over the Prospects. 13:59 to go in the 2014

  • NBA D League All Star Game. Coming to you from court side, Jared Greenberg, 17 times

  • this season NBA teams have picked up the phone to a D League squad and made what's called

  • a Gatorade call up. Bringing a player to the NBA.

  • Now the question is who has been the most impactful player to go from the D League to

  • the NBA over the course of the first half of the season? Fellas, I'm going to give you

  • a list of my cab candidates and see who you like the best. There is Kendall Marshall who

  • is on the Lakers he started 16 of 25 games. How about Tyler of the Knicks, averaging 4.5

  • points. Real good shooting percentage. There is also Chris Johnson, playing 12 games

  • with the Boston Celtics. The first D League call up of the year with Garrett with the

  • Utah Jazz. He's played 41 games, but seeing limited time on the court for Utah. Fellas,

  • of the list I gave you, who is your D League Gatorade call up of the first half of the

  • NBA season? BRENT BARRY: I'm going to pick two guys. One,

  • the surprise has to be Marshall. I think he's done fantastic things in L.A. most importantly

  • in my opinion would be for himself, for his NBA career to continue. Not so much the Laker

  • franchise, they gave him the chance, but for himself. I'm going to say James Johnson. They

  • had injuries. The Memphis Grizzlies were maybe talking about not making the playoffs. Waiting

  • for Marc Gasol to get back. Tony Allen was out. They make a trade and bring in a shooter

  • in Courtney Lee. And they need some athletic help, and they got it with Johnson. I think

  • that was a key move so far as far as bringing up somebody from the D League to impact the

  • team. 19 10 with him in the lineup. DENNIS SCOTT: I like that, partner. I'm going

  • to stick with Marshall because he was drafted so high and they expected so much out of him.

  • Now when he got that second opportunity, you wonder if he lost his confidence. Being out

  • there with the Lakers and getting the assists, obviously, the Lakers aren't winning a lot

  • of ballgames, but to his confidence, my career can still be productive and make a move for

  • the Future, I like to see him out there. RICK KAMLA: Could you ask for a better style

  • of play than to play in the Mike D'Antoni system? 17 assists Thursday on TNT against

  • the Oklahoma City Thunder, a really good defensive team.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: That's why we say certain systems are better. When you're out running, throw

  • the ball ahead, so the man can explore the two or three man he's playing with, and get

  • the ball back and make good decisions. RICK KAMLA: Diogu gets that one home, and

  • here come The Prospects there within seven. 12:40 left in the second half. Liggins trying

  • to push Diogu off. Kevin Jones has been hitting jumpshots in this game. Not that time. Jeffers

  • to Ebanks. Nice pass to Diogu. Devin Ebanks spotted it. He's coming back in transition.

  • Able to get the lay up. You talked about those baskets, those chippies.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: The cherry picking, big fellas delivering around the rim all game.

  • RICK KAMLA: Onuaku has 22. His teammate Jackson has 21. Ron Howard, huh uh. Jeffers.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: Oh, hello. The peekaboo, got you.

  • RICK KAMLA: Othyus brings The Prospects within five. The MVP chase still wide open in this

  • one. Here's Liggins good rebound by Devin Ebanks. The pass to Jeffers.

  • Here's Ron Howard. He's on the court this time making a pass. Jeffers got fancy and

  • fed Ebanks. DENNIS SCOTT: Ebanks cutting down the Lane.

  • Moving without the basketball. Nice, unselfish play there.

  • RICK KAMLA: Kevin Jones steps through. He's shooting his jumpshots out there, having an

  • effect on this game. Liggins showing handle. Wright decided to

  • bump into Diogu right there. Hey, we'd like you to catch the NBA's hottest Prospects by

  • watching the NBA D League game of the week every Sunday at 3 p.m. Eastern right here

  • on NBA TV. BRENT BARRY: So, Rick, I talked to a couple

  • coaches before this game. I talked to Steve head sell who is the head coach of the Futures.

  • He was the film coordinator for the Spurs back in 2006 where I spent some time with

  • Steve. Very proud of his hard work and the job he's done to get himself to this position.

  • Talked a little about James Posey. The point I want to bring up, if you look to Steve's

  • right, you're going to see James Posey. Or your other right. Sitting on the bench the

  • over there. The other direction. We'll get to James Posey. I was talking to him about

  • the idea of teaching a former player what it's like to be a head coach or a coach in

  • the league. Talked about the process. Don't mean to ignore the game. There is James Posey

  • sitting there. He talked to me about how he's coaching James Posey to become a coach in

  • this league. About coming every day, and the grind of being a coach. The process of practice

  • planning and doing these things. So we're talking about these players developing, but

  • there is so much more going on with the D League, Dennis, that happens on the sidelines,

  • in management, learning new positions and the way these opportunities are creating an

  • education, certainly a way of living that these guys are enhancing their life around

  • the game of basketball. RICK KAMLA: Jackson to Liggins for three.

  • That three ball by Liggins puts The Futures up 11. And Prospects coach Nevada Smith has

  • called time here at Jam Session. We continue on with the NBA Development League All Star

  • Game. Chris Wright flying right in your face. It's the 8th annual NBA Development League

  • All Star Game presented by Kumho Tires. We listen to Melvin Ely who is mic'd up.

  • >> I could have, too. That dude's going a little bit too fast. I'm not falling for that.

  • I should have fouled him. Yeah, yeah, that's something good. Way to shoot that.

  • RICK KAMLA: We appreciate Melvin for letting us wire him up, and give us another angle

  • on this NBA Development League All Star Game. As we resume action under ten minutes to go

  • in the second half, The Futures are up 11. They've got the rock back. Armstrong with

  • that rebound. Futures on an 8 0 run. A couple of records may go down here today. Devin Ebanks

  • has 27 points. The record for points in the D League All Star Game, Pops. Misses it back

  • in 2007, the first D League All Star Game back in Vegas. He had 30. Cameron Jones, hanging.

  • Under control. DENNIS SCOTT: Slowed down just enough. Two

  • Defenders go by and a nice little touch there. RICK KAMLA: Mo Charlo with that Jam, and Ron

  • Howard for The Prospects has 11 assists. Blake Ahearn has the record in assists in the D

  • League All Star Game. 13 back in '09. Melvin Ely and then Cameron Jones with the back court

  • steal, and the alley oop to Melvin Ely. Here come The Prospects.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: That's a veteran move there. Ely could have gone for the alley oop. He

  • said, no, let me grab the ball and goes for it easily.

  • BRENT BARRY: If I said to you what did that sound like mic'd up, Melvin Ely?

  • DENNIS SCOTT: What a veteran? BRENT BARRY: No, it was one of these oh, okay,

  • I got it. RICK KAMLA: Here's Charlo. That was almost

  • an air ball. BRENT BARRY: The other one, Rick, Troy Daniels

  • has six threes in the game. If he hits one more, that would be a D League record. So

  • one more for Troy, and that would be seven. RICK KAMLA: Covington missed it. Got it back.

  • Here's Nunnally for three. DENNIS SCOTT: Somebody left the window open

  • on that one. Somebody tipped it now. The window was open.

  • RICK KAMLA: Troy Daniels currently sitting down for The Prospects, and you wonder if

  • he'll get back into the game for a chance at that record. The defense there by Dee Bost,

  • getting the ball back for The Prospects. And Dee Bost has turned up the energy here for

  • the prospect team. Jones got it back to him. It's Melvin Ely. He stays hot.

  • BRENT BARRY: That position on the competition switch is about to be moved up a notch, I

  • think. DENNIS SCOTT: Yes, it is.

  • BRENT BARRY: Under 8 to go here in the five point contest. Gets that little jumper.

  • RICK KAMLA: Hamilton is a skilled big man. DENNIS SCOTT: Impressed with baseline jumpshots

  • with the ball on the floor. Double dribbles to the rim.

  • RICK KAMLA: Chris Wright knocked it away from Melvin Ely, briefly. That was Jones. The rebound

  • to Hamilton. Kind of a lazy pass kicked off by Covington, back to Bost. Someone's got

  • to shoot. It will be Covington. Short on that three.

  • BRENT BARRY: Justin Hamilton, three on one, he stopped them all.

  • RICK KAMLA: Foul on Dee Bost. Trying to get a steal from Seth Curry. Looking forward to

  • watching his brother, Stephen tonight's the State farm All Star Saturday night.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: BRENT BARRY: They're assuming more pressure

  • tonight with the shootout. DENNIS SCOTT: You say more pressure tonight?

  • BRENT BARRY: Yeah, the expectations when those teams were announced. When you put Dell and

  • Seth together, immediately the attention is focused on the Curries. And it would be a

  • disappointment if they don't win. RICK KAMLA: Jones got his own rebound. Bost,

  • a good save there by char Lowe. Futures on top, 115 110. Still just over 6 minutes to

  • go in the annual D League All Star Game. Hamilton, you can hear the slap on the wrist here at

  • the scorers or broadcast position. So Hamilton will go to the free throw line. Foul on Cameron

  • Jones. BRENT BARRY: 15th in the D League in scoring

  • at 19 points per game. 8th in the league at rebounding. Just a shade under 10 at 9.5,

  • and 7th in the blocked shots. The Miami Heat take a good, long look at Justin Hamilton.

  • Trying to fill that center position. Some of the things he showed me here today, 3 D,

  • I could see the reasons why Miami would have interest in this kind of talent.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: To your point, surprised he wasn't picked up by somebody by now because

  • so many guys have good hands to catch some of these interior passes has been pretty impressive.

  • RICK KAMLA: Nunnally off with the floater. Wright to Hamilton. Curry behind the back,

  • fading. DENNIS SCOTT: That one maybe a Tadd bit out

  • of the range there. RICK KAMLA: What a pass by Bosh to Covington,

  • plus the foul. Dee Bost can really run the show up.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: I like what I see. I don't get a chance to watch a lot of these players play

  • throughout the year. But the little bit they do, we see why these guys are here.

  • RICK KAMLA: And so much of these days leading up to the showcases, all the GMs and coaches

  • involved in this game talk about the talent level of these players each and every year

  • impressing them. So The Prospects within 4, under 6:00 to go

  • in the second half. Curry shovels to right. Wright couldn't get the runner to go, and

  • it's out of bounds to The Prospects. Bost has really changed the complexion and tempo

  • of this game. Covington off with that shot. Back comes Seth Curry. He wanted this one.

  • Bost up ahead to Cameron Jones. Yes. He goes tumbling into the front row there. Charlo

  • and Hamilton are back. Here's Hilton. Futures back on top by 4. James Nunnally.

  • Here we come. A one point ballgame. Turnover, Covington. A second chance, and The Prospects

  • have taken the lead, 220 119. DENNIS SCOTT: Did you say the competition

  • would pick up somewhere? RICK KAMLA: Moving again to the right. Stepping

  • it up with a one point game. Starting to have some fouls called as well. A good indicator

  • that the competitiveness is increasing here at the NBA Development League All Star Game

  • on NBA TV. It's the NBA All Star interview with Lebron

  • James coming up All Star Monday at 9:00 Eastern only on NBA TV. We've seen parts of that.

  • Steve Smith sitting down with Lebron James. Rifting stuff. I can't wait for that?

  • DENNIS SCOTT: I can't wait either. Seeing Lebron coming into this league and what he's

  • done for this league. Four MVPs. Two championship rings. It's unbelievable.

  • BRENT BARRY: Smitty asked some great questions and really got some quality time with Lebron.

  • It will be great to watch that. Pierre Jackson, shot clock running down.

  • RICK KAMLA: Is that a foul on Melvin Ely? DENNIS SCOTT: Yeah, I think that might be

  • three shots. RICK KAMLA: Yes, that's three shots for Pierre

  • Jackson. Now, guys, get this. The Futures had built a 16 point lead. The Prospects had

  • stormed back to take this 120 to 119 lead. Quite a comeback. Jackson ties it up at 120.

  • BRENT BARRY: See Melvin Ely trying to pressure Pierre Jackson. The shot clock winding down.

  • Don't know if that's enough to warrant a foul. 3 D there, three free throws for Pierre Jackson.

  • You were mentioning about the lineups and the changes, and whether or not they're going

  • to stay with the five for five. They've obviously gone to some different lineups to close this

  • game out. RICK KAMLA: Futures on top 121 120. Covington,

  • I don't know how he kept his balance as he drew that foul. He got the shot up, and he'll

  • go to the line to give The Prospects a one point lead.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: You hit it on the head, Rick. The last couple minutes you saw the competition

  • pick up here. Now the game is tight. I think guys are saying you know what? I want to have

  • bragging rights for this weekend. Let's get a victory.

  • RICK KAMLA: Covington misses the first. That is Steve head sell. First season as the head

  • coach of the Canton Charge. They're 20 12. First place in the east division. Last four

  • years he's been a player development coach with the Pistons. We were tied once again

  • at 121. That is Nevada Smith. First season as head coach of the Rio Grande valley Vipers.

  • All they do is win every year. Here's Dee Bost. To Nunnally. Prospects picking up that

  • full court pressure. Hamilton the big three. He got it.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: Hamilton proved me wrong. He missed one of those early. He's likely to

  • come back to the other side and knock it down. RICK KAMLA: Hamilton has 18. Cameron Jones.

  • BRENT BARRY: A guy with great body control around the rim. Being able to slow himself

  • down to create the space he needs to get the shot up. Great finish by Cameron Jones.

  • RICK KAMLA: Futures with the ball, plus one, three and a half to go. Here's Hamilton. Hit

  • him again. DENNIS SCOTT: Move me wrong again, big fella.

  • You're going back to back corner threes. BRENT BARRY: He's taken 69 on the season.

  • So it's obviously something he can do. RICK KAMLA: Covington brings it home. Prospects

  • tie it up at 126. Off the backboard. Oh! Covington missed the dunk. Pierre Jackson, back into

  • the game for The Futures to Seth Curry. DENNIS SCOTT: Pretty impressive. You know

  • Pierre Jackson is a big time scorer, but unselfish, and passing to another shooter.

  • RICK KAMLA: Melvin Ely shows he can still get off. You can see Jones setting that one

  • up. As Melvin Ely able to get the one hand finish to go, and you've got a one point game

  • here. 129 128. This is like 1980s NBA basketball.

  • Seth Curry to Pierre Jackson from the parking lot!

  • DENNIS SCOTT: Oh, he returns the favor and looks at it like you didn't get here fast

  • enough. RICK KAMLA: Futures up by 4. Covington sizing

  • up Hamilton. Step back three is good. BRENT BARRY: Somebody is watching the Rising

  • Stars game. DENNIS SCOTT: Yes, they were.

  • BRENT BARRY: Covington has 23. Prospects within one. Seth Curry goes blast.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: That's a tough shot right there. Put your feet together in traffic, using the

  • board. RICK KAMLA: Futures back up three. Covington,

  • hanging. Plus the foul. He's got a chance to tie at the line.

  • BRENT BARRY: Three the old fashioned way here. Getting contact and that one to go down. Great

  • driving finish as he knew he could beat Hamilton out there on the perimeter. Gets the contact

  • and now finds his way to the free throw line to see if he can complete it.

  • RICK KAMLA: We were tied at 134. Covington has good size. He's quite an NBA prospect.

  • Here Jackson was fouled by Dee Bost, and Bost and Pierre are really competing. What do you

  • think that conversation is like right there, Dennis?

  • DENNIS SCOTT: You know you tripped me. No, I didn't. I barely touched you. Yes, you did.

  • You put your hand on my stomach. RICK KAMLA: Stop playing. Stop playing.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: No, I ain't playing, man. RICK KAMLA: Those are two competitive guys.

  • Dee Bost to Jackson. Seth Curry, shot clock down to 10. He's got the Lane. He finishes

  • a la Steve Nash. BRENT BARRY: Cameron's going to hear about

  • that at practice. Those guys play on the same team.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: Yes. RICK KAMLA: Covington hits another one. And

  • the Prospects take a 1 point lead with 1:20 to go. Covington has 29. He's one off the

  • D League All Star Game record. Pierre Jackson misses the dunk. Gets another chance and puts

  • The Futures on top by one. Covington driving on Hamilton. Stuffed by Hilton Armstrong!

  • That would have been the record for Covington. Futures up 1. Can't add to the lead. It's

  • Dee Bost to Covington. He puts The Prospects in front. There is your single game scoring

  • record 31 points by Robert Covington. DENNIS SCOTT: Pretty impressive all game long.

  • Staying in attack mode, going to the rim, nothing down threes.

  • BRENT BARRY: I said he had questionable selection in the All Star D League game, is there such

  • a thing? RICK KAMLA: He gives The Futures a 1 point

  • lead with 37.9 to go. Defense on Dee Bost, and Jackson is called

  • for a foul with 29.5 seconds left. And Pierre upset with himself.

  • BRENT BARRY: I love right now, Rick, every basket we have is going to start records.

  • That 140 by The Futures is the most points scored in a D League All Star Game. So if

  • The Prospects get one to go, 3 D, guess what they do?

  • RICK KAMLA: And Dee Bost ties the game at 140. One more. And that just tied the record.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: Just tied it. And it looks like we'll have another one. And another new record.

  • RICK KAMLA: Prospects take the lead by 1. Under 30 seconds left. Here's Pierre. Driving

  • on D. Diving Mo char Lowe, oh, he missed it. Hilton Armstrong can't corral the rebound.

  • It comes to Covington, and he is fouled. Oh, Mo Charlo had the lay up for the lead.

  • BRENT BARRY: Say it ain't so. He had a good look at it.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: Had a great look. Nice drop off pass by Jackson. If he gave it to him

  • nine more times, he's make all nine. RICK KAMLA: Look at how dejected Mo Charlo

  • is. That's a do you want to get away moment for him. All right, so it's Covington at the

  • free throw line. Two point lead for The Prospects. 32 points for Robert Covington. If The Prospects

  • can hold on, that man is probably getting the MVP trophy.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: It's looking that way. Big time come back. They were down 17 at one point

  • in the game. RICK KAMLA: Down 16. Three point lead for

  • The Prospects. Robert Covington has 33 points, 22 in the second half. Timeout Futures. What

  • a game. The most combined points was 267 for the record back in 2012. And that record has

  • been obliterated here in the 2014 NBA D League All Star Game. 283 points and perhaps counting.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: Oh, there are a couple more going up before we get out of here, partner.

  • RICK KAMLA: Futures coach, Steve head sell drawing up a play for his crew. Looks confident.

  • He's got a cool demeanor about him, doesn't he, Brent?

  • BRENT BARRY: He does. Like I said, I'm very proud knowing Steve really wanted to have

  • this sort of opportunity. He's worked very hard up through the ranks. Those years in

  • San Antonio and then in Detroit. Some years in Cleveland, and he has this opportunity

  • within the Cavaliers organization to lead up the Canton team, and he's doing a fantastic

  • job. Let's see if he deploys Pierre Jackson, one of the leagues's best scorers. Second

  • in the league here to get the bucket. RICK KAMLA: Pierre to Seth Curry for the tie.

  • Mo char Lowe, he is fouled underneath with 11.6 seconds to go.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: Great call, Brent. They use Pierre as the decoy and ran a flair screen

  • for Curry. We know he has range as well. Great play, great set up, great execution. But just

  • missed the shot. To your point, great call coming out of the timeout.

  • RICK KAMLA: A deep attempt by Seth Curry, certainly within his range. So Mo char Lowe

  • who missed that lay up moments ago that would have given The Futures the lead, tows the

  • line and a chance to make it a one point game. The plot thickens here in New Orleans. A fan

  • behind us yelled Yo, trying to disrupt Mo. Wasn't having it. Smile on the face of Nevada

  • Smith, coaching these Prospects. Charlo hits them both, clutch. We have a one point Prospects

  • lead. I think Dee Bost is telling Melvin, you had me if you'd just throw it deep.

  • BRENT BARRY: Good full court pressure there. Causes The Prospects to call the timeout,

  • and now Nevada Smith going to have to draw something up. Obviously trying to get the

  • ball inbounds to their best free throw shooter at this juncture.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: Hopefully they understand that good spacing, whatever the play the coach

  • is drawing up is crucial. Make sure you come to the basketball. Don't assume the ball is

  • going to get to you. You go for it, and still there could be the possible foul, that's why

  • you have to go to the ball. RICK KAMLA: You look at Robert Covington,

  • and he is one of the main reasons The Prospects have this lead. Bones, general manager of

  • the Houston Rockets. Do you think he's been impressed by what he's seen from Covington?

  • BRENT BARRY: Yeah, I think so. Reminds me of a utility player that you're able to put

  • out as a defensive stopper. He can score the basketball. You mentioned his physical size.

  • He's been impressive in the second half. That's for sure. They get the foul there. Cameron

  • Jones was that inbounds passer through the immediate foul. Saved some time.

  • RICK KAMLA: 10.6 on the clock. There is Daryl Morey. One of the best GMs in the NBA, and

  • very active on social media as well. DENNIS SCOTT: Yes, he is.

  • RICK KAMLA: James Nunnally, good with the first. Two point lead now for The Prospects.

  • BRENT BARRY: Darryl still holding a few cards in terms of the trade deadline. If Houston

  • has some interests, I think there is some flexibility on their end to do something.

  • We'll see what happens. But I think they've had a good first half of the season getting

  • this together. DENNIS SCOTT:

  • RICK KAMLA: Clutch free throw for Nunnally. Down to five seconds. Pierre Jackson for three,

  • and the tie. No. Too tap out. Mo Charlo's going to get it off with the tie, and The

  • Prospects prevail. RICK KAMLA: Two good looks.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: Pierre Jackson with a nice kickout there at the end, and Charlo just a little

  • short. BRENT BARRY: Great finish here. The show these

  • guys put on, 145 142. Though that's a lot of points and setting the record for total

  • points combined. Very competitive. Didn't get too sloppy though.

  • DENNIS SCOTT: No, they did not. I like the way they finished up.

  • RICK KAMLA: We've been doing these D League All Star Games since 2007. Most have been

  • entertaining, but not like this one. In 2014 in New Orleans, The Prospects take it 145

  • 142. Oh, yeah, and in the middle we had Tony Mitchell going up back to back, slam dunk

  • champion. What an afternoon in New Orleans, but aren't

  • done. The MVP presentation is coming up on NBA TV.

  • The Prospects win the 2014 NBA Development League All Star Game 145 142 over the Futures.

  • Let's send it to Barry Tom for the MVP presentation. >> Ladies and gentlemen, direct your attention

  • to center court with NBA TV's Jared Greenberg. >> I'm down here on the court with the NBA

  • D League president Dan Reed as well as the president and CEO of Kumho Tire USA, Harry

  • Choi, as we are about to present the 2014 NBA D League All Star MVP.

  • >> All right. Congratulations to all of these All Stars and top NBA Prospects behind me.

  • It's a terrific 2014 NBA D League All Star Game presented by Kumho Tire. But there was

  • one player that stood out. The man to my left, No. 33 with the Houston rockets and Rio Grande

  • valley Vipers, congratulations to Robert Covington. >> Robert, congratulations on taking home

  • the hardware and the victory in tonight's game. I'd have to imagine for a team like

  • yourself that you play on during the regular season, you know about coming from behind

  • and scoring a lot of points. So 16 points wasn't that big of a deal for you guys.

  • >> No it definitely wasn't T these guys might have gotten down, but never quit fighting.

  • That is the group of guys that we have. They pursued to the end of the clock. It was a

  • great group of guys on both teams. We came out, had fun, put on a show for the fans and

  • did everything we need to do. >> On assignment by the Houston Rockets, you

  • scored 22 of your new NBA D League All Star Game records 33 points in the second half.

  • Robert, you had Daryl Morey sitting court side, the GM of the Rockets, do you think

  • you impressed him. >> Definitely. I've been, as I said, continuing

  • to work hard every day. Definitely have a good group of guys ahead of me, and I learned

  • from them. So I have guys behind me, my teammates push me and I'll continuing to hard.

  • >> Well, Robert Covington scores 22 in the second half. Sets a new All Star Game record

  • with 33 points. And hey, the last couple guys named All Star Game MVP have gone on to do

  • big things in the subsequent following weeks in the NBA. Not too long after, what is about

  • to happen for you we think here. Robert Covington, Rick, is the MVP.

  • RICK KAMLA: Jared, thank you so much. Congratulations to Robert Covington and 7 of the 20 D League

  • All Stars last year were called up in the second half. So perhaps Robert Covington does

  • get a call from the Houston Rockets who have his rights. And we are out of time, ladies

  • and gentlemen. For Jared Greenberg, DENNIS SCOTT, Brent Barry, our statistician, I'm

  • Rick Kamla, thank you for watching the NBA D League All Star Game right here on NBA TV.

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