Stampede select Jeff Ayres with first pick of 2015 NBA D-League Draft

Jimmer Fredette Selected second overall by Westchester Knicks

NEW YORK – The Idaho Stampede selected Jeff Ayres (6-10, 240, Arizona St.) with the first overall pick of the 2015 NBA Development League Draft on Saturday afternoon from the league’s New York headquarters. Ayres played the last two seasons with the San Antonio Spurs, appearing in 51 games last season and playing on the Spurs’ championship team that defeated the Miami Heat in the 2014 NBA Finals.

The Westchester Knicks drafted Jimmer Fredette (6-2, 195, Brigham Young University) with the second overall pick and the Iowa Energy chose Perry Jones III (6-11, 235, Baylor) and Cartier Martin (6-3, 185, Kansas St.) with the third and fourth overall picks, respectively. Each of the top-four selections boasts NBA experience.

Ohio St. saw former standouts Amir Williams (6-11, 250) and Sam Thompson (6’7, 200) selected back-to-back at sixth and seventh overall by the Rio Grande Valley Vipers and Grand Rapids Drive, respectively. The University of Memphis also saw two of their former student athletes selected in the first round with Rodney Carney (6’7, 205) selected 13th overall by the Oklahoma City Blue and Antonio Barton (6-2, 180) selected 15th overall by the Canton Charge.

NBA D-League training camp rosters will be comprised of players drafted today, along with returning, affiliate, draft-rights and local tryout players and cannot exceed 17 total players.  Teams had to have selected at least five players in today’s Draft and all players who were selected must be invited to training camp.

For the fifth consecutive year, all 19 NBA D-League teams and the NBA D-League headquarters in New York participated in the Draft.

Full results from the 2015 NBA D-League Draft are below:

2015 NBA D-League Draft Results

ROUND ONE

  1. Idaho – Jeff Ayres
  2. Westchester – Jimmer Fredette
  3. Iowa – Perry Jones III
  4. Iowa – Cartier Martin
  5. Delaware – Rysheed Jordan
  6. Rio Grande Valley – Amir Williams
  7. Grand Rapids – Sam Thompson
  8. Delaware – David Laury
  9. Iowa – Rick Jackson
  10. Rio Grande Valley – Jarvis Summers
  11. Maine – Askia Booker
  12. Rio Grande Valley – Cliff Hammonds
  13. Oklahoma City – Rodney Carney
  14. Sioux Falls – Jabril Trawick
  15. Canton – Antonio Barton
  16. Austin – Jean Victor Nguidjol
  17. Bakersfield – Kevin Young
  18. Santa Cruz – Jarred Shaw
  19. Raptors 905 – Mike Anderson

ROUND TWO

  1. Bakersfield – Karrington Ward
  2. Raptors 905 – Jay Harris
  3. Iowa – Rashawn Rembert
  4. Westchester – J’Mison Morgan
  5. Delaware – Myck Kabongo
  6. Texas – Bobby Ray Parks
  7. Grand Rapids – Michael Stockton
  8. Erie – Troy Huff
  9. Oklahoma City – Patrick Miller
  10. Reno – Chad Toppert
  11. Santa Cruz – Ronnie Brewer
  12. Maine – Ella Ellis
  13. Oklahoma City – Stephan Hicks
  14. Sioux Falls- Deonta Stocks
  15. Canton – Adrian Forbers
  16. Austin – Demetri McCamey
  17. Los Angeles – Justin Hawkins
  18. Santa Cruz – Justin Manns
  19. Fort Wayne – Walter Lemon Jr.

ROUND THREE

  1. Delaware – Chris Denson
  2. Maine – Brett Olson
  3. Los Angeles – Jamal Branch
  4. Reno – Mark Tyndale
  5. Delaware – Ty Greene
  6. Iowa – Joel Wright
  7. Grand Rapids – Brett Comer
  8. Idaho – Travis Releford
  9. Raptors 905 – Kourtney Roberson
  10. Rio Grande Valley – Karl Cochran
  11. Raptors 905 – Melvin Johnson
  12. Los Angeles – Ian Chiles
  13. Fort Wayne – Anthony Walker
  14. Sioux Falls – Russell Byrd
  15. Canton – Juvonte Reddic
  16. Austin – Rodney Glasgow
  17. Bakersfield – John Dickson
  18. Santa Cruz – Verdell Jones
  19. Westchester – Kevin Capers

ROUND FOUR

  1. Idaho – Da’Shonte Riley
  2. Idaho – TJ Hallice
  3. Los Angeles – Kentrell Gransberry
  4. Bakersfield – Javier Carter
  5. Delaware – Alex Harris
  6. Texas – Justin Reynolds
  7. Grand Rapids – Ismael Romero
  8. Erie – Trey Sumler
  9. Iowa – Terry Whisenant
  10. Rio Grande Valley – Aqeel Quinn
  11. Raptors 905 – John Puk
  12. Fort Wayne – Matt Ross
  13. Oklahoma City – Warren Niles
  14. Sioux Falls – Jereal Scott
  15. Canton – Joel Smith
  16. Austin – Ruben Guillandeaux
  17. Bakersfield – Jordan Downing
  18. Santa Cruz – Earnest Ross
  19. Maine – Jermaine Marshall

ROUND FIVE

  1. Idaho – Jeremy Williams
  2. Westchester – Jordon Crawford
  3. Texas – Jon Octeus
  4. Idaho – Steven Forbes
  5. Delaware – Marlin Mason
  6. Texas – Thomas Bropleh
  7. Grand Rapids – Paul Williams
  8. Erie – Cory Dixon
  9. Iowa – Jourdan DeMuynck
  10. Rio Grande Valley – Laquavius Cotton
  11. Raptors 905 – Shaquille Keith
  12. Fort Wayne – Anthony Harris
  13. Oklahoma City – Jarekious Bradley
  14. Sioux Falls – Deshaunt Walker
  15. Canton – Sampson Carter
  16. Austin – Mouhamadou Ndoye
  17. Reno – Jordan Richard
  18. Santa Cruz – Brandon Wooley
  19. Maine – Quardell Young

ROUND SIX

  1. Westchester – Duke Mondy
  2. Fort Wayne – James Carlton
  3. Reno – Michael Craig
  4. Erie – Sam Deguara
  5. Austin – Musa Abdul-Aleem
  6. Bakersfield – Reggie Onwukamuche
  7. Santa Cruz – Terrence Drisdom

ROUND SEVEN

  1. Los Angeles – Steve Weingarten
  2. Reno – Dondray Walker
  3. Texas – Stan Simpson
  4. Erie – Carlos Morla


About the NBA Development League

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