http://www.nba.com/pistons/news/ftwayne_070905.html Pistons’ D-League affiliate grabs 3 with Michigan ties Mad Ants Stock Up by Keith Langlois The Fort Wayne Mad Ants, the Pistons' new NBA Development League affiliate, plucked 10 players Wednesday in the D-League expansion draft – including three with Michigan ties. After taking Jeremy Richardson with their No. 1 pick – the second in the four-team expansion draft that included unprotected players from other D League teams and all players from the defunct Fort Worth and Arkansas franchises – the Mad Ants took Anthony Roberson and Olu Famutimi, two Michigan high school products, in the second and third rounds. In the ninth round, Fort Wayne took a player with even closer toes to the Pistons, Walker Russell Jr., son of former Pistons journeyman Walker D. Russell and nephew of Cleveland Cavaliers great Campy Russell, an All-American at Michigan in the 1970s. Russell was a member of the Pistons’ Las Vegas Summer League team that went 4-1 in July. Roberson played at Saginaw High before starring for three years at the University of Florida. He played briefly for Golden State last season before hooking on with Arkansas, averaging 16.7 points a game. Famutimi, who played at Flint Northwestern before being recruited to Arkansas by former Michigan State assistant Stan Heath, averaged 11.5 for the D-League’s Arkansas team last season. Richardson, who has spent parts of the last two seasons in the NBA with Portland and Atlanta, averaged 17.6 points for Forth Worth. He’ll compete for minutes at shooting guard with Famutimi and, quite likely, with Pistons second-round pick Sammy Mejia, who is expected to split time between Detroit and Fort Wayne. So should 7-foot-1 rookie center Cheick Samb of Senegal, signed to a two-year contract by the Pistons after summer league play. The only pure center Fort Wayne selected in the expansion draft was 6-foot-11 Chad Bell, left unprotected by Colorado. Roberson and Walker will man the point for Fort Wayne alongside Richardson and Famutimi in the backcourt and Mejia when he’s there. Any of those three players could also swing to small forward, where the Mad Ants selected Tyrone Sally in the seventh round and Armein Kirkland in the 10th. Fort Wayne took three power forwards: Antonio Meeking in the fourth round, Mike Benton in the fifth and Badou Gaye in the sixth. 選秀的完整名單--請點以下的連結 http://www.nba.com/dleague/expansion_draft_board_07.html The 2007 NBA Development League expansion draft will take place on Wednesday, September 5, 2006 at 3:00 P.M. ET. The Rio Grande Valley Vipers, Fort Wayne Mad Ants, Utah Flash, and Iowa Energy will be selecting. Only players from the final rosters of the former Arkansas and Fort Worth teams, as well as unprotected players from the other D-League teams, will be eligible to be drafted. A list of those players has previously been provided to the participating teams. The Expansion Draft will consist of ten (10) rounds with each team having one (1) selection in each round. The Expansion Draft order alternates in each round (e.g., Iowa shall have the 4th and 5th overall picks). 基本上就是四隊的擴張選秀，只有前 Arkansas 和 Fort Worth（活塞前NBDL隊名） 的球員和未受到其他NBDL球隊保護的球員可以參與選秀。 --

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