Bayhawks select Anthony Brown with top pick of 2016 NBA D-League Draft

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NEW YORK – The Erie BayHawks selected Anthony Brown (6-7, 210, Stanford) with the first overall pick of the 2016 NBA Development League Draft on Sunday afternoon. Originally selected by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 34th overall pick in the 2015 NBA Draft, Brown appeared in 29 games for the Lakers, averaging 4.0 points and 2.4 rebounds during the 2015-16 season.

The Santa Cruz Warriors drafted Jaleel Roberts 7-1, 225, (UNC Asheville) with the second overall pick and the Oklahoma City Blue selected Alex Hamilton (6-4, 190, Louisiana Tech) with the third overall selection. Travis Leslie (6-4, 205, Georgia), the 2013 NBA D-League All-Star Game MVP and the 47th overall selection in the 2011 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Clippers, was drafted fourth overall by the Fort Wayne Mad Ants. Leslie returns to the NBA D-League after playing the previous three seasons overseas.

NBA D-League training camp rosters will be comprised of players drafted today, along with returning, affiliate, NBA Draft rights and local tryout players and cannot exceed 17 total players.  Teams had to make a minimum of four player selections in today’s Draft and all players who were selected must be invited to training camp.

For the sixth consecutive year, all 22 NBA D-League teams and the NBA D-League headquarters in New York participated in the Draft.

Full results from the 2016 NBA D-League Draft are below:

ROUND ONE

  1. Erie – Anthony Brown
  2. Santa Cruz – Jaleel Roberts
  3. Oklahoma City – Alex Hamilton
  4. Fort Wayne – Travis Leslie
  5. Grand Rapids – Chris Horton
  6. Fort Wayne – Dallas Lauderdale
  7. Delaware – Brannen Greene
  8. Northern Arizona – Michael Bryson
  9. Texas – Keith Hornsby
  10. Santa Cruz – LaDontae Henton
  11. Iowa – Quinton Chievous
  12. Windy City – Aaron Thomas
  13. Greensboro – Shonn Miller
  14. Long Island – Boris Dallo
  15. Salt Lake City – Jaylen Bland
  16. Westchester – Max Hooper
  17. Rio Grande Valley – TJ Price
  18. Austin – Maurice Bolden
  19. Canton – Roosevelt Jones
  20. Maine – Adam Woodbury
  21. Rio Grande Valley – Ameen Tanksley
  22. Sioux Falls – Ike Nwamu

ROUND TWO

  1. Erie – Markus Kennedy
  2. Erie – Shane Richards
  3. Northern Arizona – Mikh McKinney
  4. Oklahoma City – Anthony Beane
  5. Salt Lake City – Jarelle Reischel
  6. Reno – Will Davis
  7. Fort Wayne – Chris Fowler
  8. Northern Arizona – Greg Mays
  9. Oklahoma City – Charles Mann
  10. Salt Lake City – Goodluck Okonoboh
  11. Erie – Shevon Thompson
  12. Windy City – Sterling Gibbs
  13. Greensboro – Ky Howard
  14. Long Island – Trashon Burrell
  15. Erie – Davonte Lacy
  16. Delaware – Benito Santiago Jr.
  17. Rio Grande Valley – Jamaal Samuel
  18. Austin – Daniel Stewart
  19. Grand Rapids – Shannon Brown
  20. Maine – Joe Thomasson
  21. Raptors 905 – Antwaine Wiggins
  22. Sioux Falls – Marcus Posley

ROUND THREE

  1. Erie – Aaron Cosby
  2. Maine – Isiah Umipig
  3. Los Angeles – Gerald Beverly
  4. Fort Wayne – Jordan Loyd
  5. Salt Lake City – Carl Ona-Embo
  6. Grand Rapids – Pat Forsythe
  7. Delaware – Grandy Glaze
  8. Reno – Kourtlin Jackson
  9. Texas – Uchechi Ogbonna
  10. Los Angeles – Wally Ellenson
  11. Iowa – Marqueze Coleman
  12. Windy City – Chauncey Collins
  13. Greensboro – Mike Anderson
  14. Long Island – JJ Moore
  15. Los Angeles – Jerome Seagers
  16. Westchester – Lasan Kromah
  17. Rio Grande Valley – Reggis Onwukamuche
  18. Canton – Amere May Jr.
  19. Maine – Ricky Tarrant
  20. Reno – Tyron Criswell
  21. Sioux Falls – DeAndre Mathieu

ROUND FOUR

  1. Salt Lake City – PASS
  2. Santa Cruz – Keith Steffeck
  3. Oklahoma City – Karrington Ward
  4. Grand Rapids – Zeke Upshaw
  5. Delaware – Christian Macauley
  6. Raptors 905 – JT Terrell
  7. Raptors 905 – Ethan O’Day
  8. Raptors 905 – Kendal Williams
  9. Los Angeles – Anthony January
  10. Windy City – Anthony Lee
  11. Greensboro – Ron Mvouika
  12. Long Island – Palpreet Singh
  13. Los Angeles – Dii’Jon Allen-Jordan
  14. Reno – Montigo Alford
  15. Austin – Charles Garcia
  16. Canton – Stedmon Lemon
  17. Maine – Andrew McCarthy
  18. Sioux Falls – Ryan Bowie

ROUND FIVE

  1. Iowa – Omar Reed
  2. Santa Cruz – Rasean Simpson
  3. Grand Rapids – Ladarius Tabb
  4. Northern Arizona – Ralph Sampson III
  5. Texas – Bryson Fonville
  6. Raptors 905 – Evrik Gary
  7. Iowa – D’Angelo Riley
  8. Greensboro – Keala King
  9. Long Island – Austin Witter
  10. Canton – Chip Armelin
  11. Westchester – Dane Miller
  12. Austin – Kevin Anderson
  13. Canton – Anthony Odunsi
  14. Maine – Tommy Mason-Griffin
  15. Sioux Falls – Aly Ahmed

 ROUND SIX

Erie – Brandis Raley-Ross

Grand Rapids – Matthew Adekponya

Texas – David Allen

Iowa – Aaron Brown

Westchester – Jason Carter

Austin – Alexis Wangmene

Canton – Trey Davis

Westchester – Bobby Ray Parks Jr.

About the NBA Development League
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