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THE TEXAS LEGENDS ARE READY TO
MAKE THEIR DEBUT.
YOU TALK ABOUT THE NUMBER ONE
PROSPECT.
>> DEVIN EBANKS.
HE IS ONE OF THOSE GUYS ON THE
SHORT LIST FOR AN NBA CALL UP AS
THE 10-DAY CALL UP PERIOD HAS
BEGUN.
CHAD: CAN LOST THEIR DEBUT.
-- CANTON LOST IN THEIR DEBUT.
ERIC: HE SPENT TIME WITH THE
CAVALIERS LAST YEAR.
CHAD: CANTON AND TEXAS.
IT IS THE NBA D-LEAGUE SHOWCASE
PRESENTED BY SAMSUNG GALAXY NBA
TV.
CHAD: READY FOR ACTION IN RENO,
THE FIRST GAME OF THE DAY.
THE CANTON CHARGE IN THEIR WINE
AND GOLD UNIFORMS THOMAS SIMILAR
TO THEIR PARENT CLUB, THE
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS, TAKING ON
THE TEXAS LEGENDS, THE NBA DUE
LEAGUE AFFILIATE OF THE DALLAS
MAVERICKS.
SHANE EDWARDS WINS THE TIP FOR
CANTON WITH ANTOINE AGUDIO,
JORGE GUTIERREZ, GILBERT BROWN.
GUTIERREZ, POST UP ON SEAN
SINGLETARY.
ANTOINE AGUDIO STARTS WITH A
TRICKLE -- TRIPLE.
ERIC: THAT IS MY GUY.
HE DOES NOT LOOK IMPOSING, BUT
HE CAN SHOOT.
CHAD: THREE-GUARD LINEUP.
MELVIN ELY MISSES THEIR.
THE NUMBER ONE PROSPECT, DEVIN
EBANKS ROUNDS OUT THE STARTING
LINEUP FOR TEXAS.
NICE PASS FROM BROWN.
EDWARDS CANNOT FINISH.
TEXAS TRAPPING OFF OF THE
REBOUND, COMES AWAY WITH A STEAL
OFF OF TERREL HARRIS.
HE TAKES A BUMP FROM GUTIERREZ.
THE FIRST FOUL GOES AGAINST
JORGE GUTIERREZ.
ERIC: TERREL HARRIS, THE GUARD
OUT OF OKLAHOMA CITY, HE WENT
UNDRAFTED AND THEN WENT TO THE
MIAMI HEAT.
HE ALSO PLAYED ABROAD IN GERMANY
AND FRANCE.
HE PLAYED IN THE NBA DEVELOPMENT
LEAGUE BEFORE MAKING HIS NBA
DEBUT A FEW YEARS AGO.
CHAD: HARRIS IT -- WAS BORN IN
DALLAS, TEXAS, SO HE IS NEAR HIS
ROOTS.
HE WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL IN THE
DALLAS AREA.
GUTIERREZ LOOKING TO GO TO THE
POST EARLY.
SINGLE TERRY -- SEAN SINGLETARY
TAPS THAT AWAY.
JORGE GUTIERREZ ON THE DRIVE.
HE CAN NOT FIND ANTOINE AGUDIO.
ERIC: JORGE GUTIERREZ IS THE GUY
TO LEAD THEM, A SECOND ROUND
DRAFT PICK.
HE HAS IMPROVED.
HE PLAYED IN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE
HEAD COACH OF IDAHO.
CHAD: EBANKS GETS HIS FIRST SHOT
TO DROP.
WE HAVE PROSPECT MICROPHONES AS
SEAN SINGLETON MAKES THIS DEAL.
GUTIERREZ AND DEVIN EBANKS ARE
MIKED UP.
WE WILL CHECK IN WITH THOSE GUYS
PERIODICALLY.
FOUL ON THE SCREEN.
ERIC: CAN CONTINUES TO GO TO
GUTIERREZ EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE
TURNOVERS.
ANTOINE AGUDIO LIKES TO BRING
THE BALL UP AND DISH AND WORK
FOR AN OPEN SCREEN.
HE WILL SEE GUTIERREZ DRIVING A
LOT.
THAT IS HIS GAME.
CHAD: ANTOINE AGUDIO THROUGH THE
PAINT.
BROWN RUNS IT DOWN.
52 SHOOT.
-- FIVE TO TWO SHOOT -- SHOOT.
LEGENDS ARE COACHED BY FORMER
NBA PLAYER EDUARDO NAJERA, WHO
SPENT A GOOD PORTION OF HIS TIME
IN THE NBA WITH THE MAVERICKS.
HE IS NOW PART OWNER AND HEAD
COACH OF THE TEXAS LEGENDS.
KEVIN JONES GETS HIS FIRST LOOK
AND HE SPLASHES THAT ONE HOME
FROM THE FREE-THROW LINE.
ERIC: A GOOD LOOK FOR KEVIN
JONES.
HE WAS ASSIGNED SEVEN TIMES LAST
YEAR TO THE CAN CHARGE.
HE DASHED CANTON CHARGE.
HE GOT SOME EXPERIENCE.
CHAD: IN AND OUT FOR GUTIERREZ.
ANTOINE AGUDIO ATTACKING EARLY.
GETS THAT WENT TO FALL.
9-6 THE EARLY LEAD FOR THE
CANTON CHARGE.
ELI -- MELVIN ELY, THE NBA
VETERAN, GOING TO WORK DOWN LOW,
TAKES KEVIN JONES TO WORK -- TO
SCHOOL.
ERIC: SOMETIMES PLAYING BACK TO
BACK CAN BE A BENEFIT.
TEXAS HAS NOT PLAYED.
RIO GRANDE VALLEY HAS BEEN HERE
SINCE FRIDAY AND THEY DO NOT
PLAY UNTIL TOMORROW.
SOME TEAMS HAVE BACK TO BACK
GAMES.
CHAD: SECOND STEAL FOR TERREL
HARRIS ALSO RESULTS IN THE
SECOND FOUL ON JORGE GUTIERREZ.
TAKE A LOOK AT MELVIN ELY, THE
SPIN AROUND KEVIN JONES, AND
MELVIN ELY WAS THE PICK OF THE
CLIPPERS AND HAS PLAYED 373 NBA
GAMES.
HE IS STILL GOING STRONG.
SATURDAY, HE HAD 32 POINTS AND
EIGHT REBOUNDS.
MELVIN ELY IS AGING NICELY.
ERIC: LIKE A FINE WINE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF GUYS HERE
FROM THE EARLY-2000'S.
RICKY DAVIS IS A GUY.
FAMILIAR NAMES.
MELVIN ELY IS ANOTHER ONE OF
THOSE GUYS.
CHAD: NICE SPIN.
IT DOES NOT GO.
EBANKS IS ALONE FOR THE PUTBACK.
BO SPENCER REPLACED JORGE
GUTIERREZ AFTER THAT SECOND
FOUL.
JONES ON THE BASELINE.
CANNOT GET IT TO FALL.
HERE COMES MICKEY MCCONNELL.
STEP BACK.
THAT ONE DOES NOT GO.
ERIC: A MISMATCH DOWN THERE,
TRYING TO REBOUND, MELVIN ELY
STANDING OVER ANTOINE AGUDIO,
MISSING THE PUT BACK, BUT THAT
IS A MATCHUP YOU WOULD LIKE TO
SEE AND THERE EVERY -- AFTER
EVERY SHOT IF YOU CAN GET IT
DOWN LOW.
CHAD: BROWN IN THE CORNER WILL
TRY THE THREE AND KNOCK IT DOWN.
GILBERT BROWN WAS IMPRESSIVE
YESTERDAY ON BOTH ENDS OF THE
COURT AGAINST THE IDAHO STAMPEDE
WITH 11 POINTS, FIVE REBOUNDS,
THREE ASSISTS, AND TWO BLOCKS,
BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT DETAIL OF
HIS GAME PLAYING IN FRONT OF
GENERAL MANAGERS AND PERSONNEL
YESTERDAY, HE TOOK ON THE
ASSIGNMENT OF GUARDING JACKSON
AT CLUTCH MOMENTS, AND HE STAYED
IN FRONT OF THE LIGHTNING QUICK,
5'11 GUARD.
TERRICO SOMETIMES SCOUTS ARE NOT
-- ERIC: SOMETIMES SCOUTS ARE
NOT LOOK AT YOUR STATISTICS, BUT
WHAT YOU ARE DOING, WHO YOU CAN
GUARD.
WE TALKED ABOUT HOW QUICK THE
GUARDS SEEM TO BE.
FOR GILBERT BROWN BEING ABLE TO
KEEP UP WITH PIERRE JACKSON AND
SHUT HIM DOWN, THAT IS SOMETHING
THE SCOUTS ARE LOOKING FOR.
CHAD: SPENCER AGAINST SEAN
SINGLETARY.
CANTON, A 14-11 LEAD.
ANTOINE AGUDIO SLAPS IT OUT OF
MELVIN ELY'S HANDS.
YOU SEE THE DEFENSIVE ROTATIONS.
THE CANTON CHARGE ALLOW THE
THIRD BEST NUMBER OF WHITES
PREGAME AND DISPLAYED ROSTER
TURNOVER -- POINTS PER GAME, AND
DESPITE ROSTER TURNOVER, STEVE
HETZEL IS INTRODUCED TEAM
DEFENSE CONCEPTS WHEN YOU GUYS
ARE ON TOP OF THEIR ROTATION AND
CLOSING OUT WHERE THEY NEED TO.
MELVIN ELY MAKES ANYONE-POINT
GAME WITH HIS FREE THROWS.
CHAD ANDRUS, ERIC ROTHMAN, FROM
THE RENO EVENTS CENTER.
SPENCER LOST IT.
FOUL CHASING THE LOOSE BALL WILL
TAKE US TO A TIMEOUT.
THE NUMBER ONE PROSPECT IN THE
NBA DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE, DEVIN
EBANKS, GETTING AN EASY ONE
EARLY IN THE FIRST QUARTER FOR
TEXAS.
CHAD: 17 TEAMS IN THE NBA
DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE DIVIDED INTO
THREE DIVISIONS, AND 14 OF THE
17 HAVE JUST ONE NBA AFFILIATE.
37 DIFFERENT PLAYERS HAVE BEEN
ASSIGNED TO THE DEALING A TOTAL
OF 77 TIMES THIS SEASON, AND
THAT OCCLUDES ASSIGNMENTS TO
BOTH -- AND INCLUDES BOTH OF
THESE TEAMS.
RICKY LEDO WAS CURRENTLY
RECALLED.
SERGEY KARASEV SPENT SOME TIME
IN CANTON.
INSTANT OFFENSE OFF OF THE BENCH
FOR TEXAS, WHO IS ON TOP, 15-14.
ERIC: IT DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU
ARE ONE-ON-ONE AFFILIATES OR
NOT, YOU CAN BE ASSIGNED BY ANY
NBA TEAM.
DEVIN EBANKS LOOKING FOR A CALL.
RYAN ANDERSON FOR THE NEW
ORLEANS PELICANS IS OUT
INDEFINITELY.
YOU NEVER KNOW.
IT COULD BE A SITUATION WHERE
THE PELICANS LOOK TO THE NBA
DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE TO FILL THAT
VOID.
CHAD: THE PASS KNOCKED OUT OF
BOUNDS.
14 ON THE SHOT CLOCK FOR TEXAS
WITH 5:04 TO GO HERE IN THE
FIRST QUARTER.
THREE FROM EBANKS IS KNOCK DOWN.
ERIC: THAT MAKES HIM SO GOOD,
HIS ABILITY AND SIZE TO GET
INSIDE, 6'9", BUT HE CAN STRETCH
THE FLOOR AND SHOOT LONG-RANGE.
HE CAN SHOOT LIGHTS OUT IF HE
HAS TO.
CHAD: AGUDIO MISFIRES.
JONES HAS THE PUTBACK FOR
CANTON.
BACK TO A TO POINT GAME.
ERIC: GOOD REBOUND THEREFORE
CANTON, BEEN OUT REBOUNDED SO
FAR 9-5, BUT THEY ARE NOT TURN
THE BALL OVER -- TURNED THE BALL
OVER, AND THAT IS WHAT HAS KEPT
HIM IN THIS GAME.
CHAD: KEVIN JONES IS NOT LIKE
THE CALL ON THE BASELINE BUT
MELVIN ELY WILL GO BACK TO THE
FREE-THROW LINE.
HE MADE HIS FIRST TWO AND HAS
FOUR EARLY POINTS AFTER THAT 32-
POINT EFFORTS SATURDAY AGAINST
AUSTIN.
ERIC: MELVIN ELY IS ONE OF THOSE
NBA JOURNEYMAN -- LOS ANGELES
CLIPPERS, CHARLOTTE, SAN
ANTONIO, NEW ORLEANS, DENVER,
HIS BEST STATISTICAL YEAR WAS
WITH CHARLOTTE, 10 POINTS, SEVEN
REBOUNDS THAT YEAR.
CHAD: MELVIN ELY REMAINS PERFECT
FROM THE LINE.
FOUR-POINT LEAD FOR TEXAS.
MICHAEL LEE IN THE GAME ALONG
WITH FORMER MIAMI HEAT PLAYER
ROBERT HITE OFF OF THE CANTON
BENCH.
SPENCER STAYING IN AFTER
GUTIERREZ PICKED UP THE TWO
EARLY FOULS.
BROWN WITH THREE TO SHOOT, AND A
CHANCE FOR FOUR FOR NUMBER FOUR.
ERIC: WHAT A HEADS UP PLAY FOR
GILBERT BROWN, NOTICING THE
CLOCK WAS GOING DOWN UNDER THREE
SECONDS, DRAWING CONTACT IN THE
DEFENDER JUST LUNGING AT HIM.
NOT A SMART PLAY BY TEXAS.
CHAD: BROWN AN EXCELLENT THREE
POINT SHOOTER GOT CAUGHT GOING
UNDERNEATH A SCREEN BY PIERRE
JACKSON, AND HE MADE HIM PAY.
THE SAME THING HAPPENED WITH
TERREL HARRIS, LEAVING BROWN
OPENED AT THE END OF A SHOT
CLOCK.
SPENCER PICKS UP THE PERSONAL
WITH MACCONNELL GOING TO THE
FREE-THROW LINE.
MICKEY MCCONNELL HAS PLAYED
PROFESSIONALLY IN ITALY AND
PLAYED FIVE GAMES FOR THE
MAVERICKS IN THE PRESEASON THIS
YEAR.
HE WAS THE 2011 WEST COAST
CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AT
ST. MARY'S AND HAS AN
INTERESTING HISTORY AND HIS
FAMILY WITH THE SPORT OF
BASEBALL.
HIS BROTHER MATT IS IN THE
PHILLIES ORGANIZATION.
HIS FATHER RICK WON A COLLEGE
WORLD SERIES TITLE AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA IN THE
1970'S AND HIS DAD WAS ALSO HIS
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL COACH.
SPENCER AGAINST MACCONNELL.
3 TO SHOOT, AND A RATHER LATE-
SHOT CLOCK SHOT FOR THE CANTON
CHARGE.
ERIC: FINDING THE SHOTS AND
STRAIGHTAWAY THREES BACK-TO-BACK
TO BACK AND NOW THEY ARE UP BY
ONE NEARING THE THREE: MINUTE-
MARK OF THE FIRST QUARTER --
3:00-MARK OF THE FIRST QUARTER.
NINE POINTS, NINE MINUTES FOR
DEVIN EBANKS, 4-5 SHOOTING,
THREE REBOUNDS.
IT COULD BE A BIG DAY AHEAD FOR
DEVIN EBANKS.
CHAD: BROWN BACK TO THE FREE-
THROW LINE AFTER DRAWING CONTACT
THEIR.
THIS GAME HAS AN INTERESTING MIX
OF GUYS WHO IS BEEN IN THE NBA
LOOK INTO WORK THEIR WAY BACK,
WHETHER IT IS EBANKS, MELVIN
ELY, ROBERT HITE, TERREL HARRIS,
OR GUYS LIKE GILBERT BROWN WHO
ARE RIGHT ON THE VERGE AND HAVE
BEEN IN NBA CAMPS.
ERIC: WE SHOULD ALSO NOTE THAT
FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR THE
CANTON CHARGE ARE WITHOUT ARINZE
ONUAKU, ONE OF THEIR BEST
PLAYERS, THE BIG FORWARD OUT OF
SYRACUSE, WHO IS DISAPPOINTED
THAT HE IS MISSING THIS SHOWCASE
AGAIN DUE TO INJURY.
HE HAS BEEN STELLAR WHEN HE HAS
BEEN ABLE TO PLAY, BUT INJURY
PROBLEMS HAVE HEARD HIM
THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER.
CHAD: 3 FOUR WOODFOX.
TIMEOUT.
2:38 LEFT IN THE OPENING
QUARTER.
DEVIN EBANKS IS CRUSHING IT
EARLY FOR THE TEXAS LEGENDS, WHO
LEAD BY TWO.
CHAD: BIG NEWS FOR THE PARENT
CLUB OF THE CANTON CHARGE,
MAKING THE BIGGEST DEAL WE HAVE
SEEN SO FAR, TRAINING ANDREW
BYNUM TO THE CHICAGO BULLS IN
EXCHANGE FOR LUOL DENG AND THE
BULLS ALSO BE A FUTURE DRAFT
PICKS IN THE DEAL.
CHICAGO IS EXPECTED TO WAVE
ANDREW BYNUM ANY MOMENT NOW,
WHILE CLEVELAND GETS LUOL DENG.
ERIC: IT IS A GOOD ADDITION FOR
CLEVELAND, AND A NECESSARY MOVE
FOR THE CHICAGO BULLS, WHICH
ALLOWS THEM TO REBUILD A LITTLE
BIT WITHOUT MAKING A HUGE
OVERHAUL OF THEIR ROSTER.
THEY ARE STILL WAITING FOR
DERRICK ROSE TO COME BACK AND
THEY HAVE THE CORNERSTONE WITH
JOAKIM NOAH AND CARLOS ***.
CHICAGO GENERAL MANAGER IS IN
THE ARENA AND MAKING DEALS.
CHAD: HE IS SITTING ON THE
BASELINE, AND HE HAS YET TO LOOK
UP FROM HIS PHONE TO WATCH THE
ACTION.
NO SURPRISE THERE.
EDWARDS FROM THE FREE-THROW
LINE.
A CHANCE TO TIE THE GAME ONCE
AGAIN FOR CANTON AND HE DOES.
GOOD BACK-AND-FORTH ACTION
ALREADY WITH NINE LEAD CHANGES
IN THE OPENING QUARTER.
MICKEY MCCONNELL, DEVIN EBANKS
ON THE COURT, BOOKER WOODCOCK'S
-- BOOKER WOODCOCK'S -- BOOKER
WOODFOX.
IT ALWAYS FEELS BETTER ON
OFFENSE.
ERIC: THAT IS TRUE.
CHAD: STRONG MOVE TO THE HOOP.
ERIC: IT IS NICE TO SEE YOU ARE
BACK IN ACTION.
HE TOOK AN INJURY TO THE KNEE
YESTERDAY.
CHAD: IT WAS DURING A CANTON
CHARGE GAME, TOO, SO I AM A
LITTLE CAUTIOUS, SITTING FURTHER
BACK FROM THE TABLE.
FOR THOSE WATCHING YESTERDAY
MORNING, I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN
BETTER BECAUSE AS THEY DENVER
RESIDENT WHO HAS COVERED THE
NUGGETS FOR A LONG TIME, AND
JAMES POSEY, HE WAS A HUMAN
BRUISE AS A PLAYER AND THERE WAS
A TIME WHEN HE TOOK ME OUT ON
THE BASELINE ONCE DIVING FOR A
BALL, AND WHEN I SAW HIM COMING,
I SHOULD'VE KNOWN IT WOULD BE
COMING ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
ERIC: WE CANNOT GO ON THE DL AS
BROADCASTERS.
THAT IS THE ONLY DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN US AND ATHLETES.
CHAD: MACCONNELL LOOKING FOR
EBANKS.
SPIN CYCLE, LEFT-HAND, IT DOES
NOT GO.
IT IS OFF OF TEXAS WITH 1:34 TO
PLAY IN THE FIRST.
ERIC: THAT IS ONLY THE SECOND
TIME EBANKS HAS MISSED IN THE
FIRST QUARTER.
VERY EFFICIENT, SMART WITH THE
BASKETBALL, LIKES TO WAIT FOR
THE RIGHT SHOT.
CHAD: WOODFOX HAS BEEN ACTIVE.
ALMOST A STEAL THEIR.
BROWN, THE LEFT HAND.
WHILE SHOT, REBOUNDED BY RAMON
DYER.
ERIC: NICE TO SEE THIS PACE HERE
EARLY.
IT IS A 10:00 A.M. EASTERN TIP-
OFF HERE IN RENO.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU WILL GET
IN TERMS OF HOW AGILE THESE GUYS
WILL BE EARLY IN THE MORNING,
BUT EVERYBODY IS GETTING OUT AND
RUNNING.
CHAD: NICE UP AND UNDER MOVE FOR
SHANE EDWARDS.
CANTON LEADS BY FOUR.
EBANKS CANNOT ANSWER.
ERIC: THREE STRAIGHT MISSES FOR
EBANKS.
CHAD: SPENCER, THE LOB, AND
BROWN THROWS IT DOWN.
THE ATHLETICISM OF GILBERT BROWN
ON DISPLAY.
ERIC: GILBERT BROWN, 6'6",
CLIMBING THE LADDER, THROWING
THAT DOWN WITH HIS FINGERTIPS.
CHAD: 13 TO SHOOT FOR TEXAS,
MACCONNELL HAS IT POINT -- POKED
AWAY.
MICKEY MCCONNELL, FOUR ON THE
SHOT CLOCK.
BROWN TRYING TO CLOSE OUT ON
HIM.
NICE JOB I'VE MACCONNELL JUST TO
GET THAT OFF.
CAN WILL HAVE THE NICE LOOK --
LAST LOOK OF THE OPENING QUARTER
WITH A SIX-POINT LEAD.
SPENCER, WIDE-OPEN PATH TO THE
BASKET, DOES NOT FALL.
CANTON CHARGE FINISHING THE
OPENING QUARTER WITHOUT THE
POINT GUARD, JORGE GUTIERREZ, IN
FOUL TROUBLE, HAVE TAKEN A SIX-
POINT LEAD AFTER ONE.
CAN NON-TOP OF TEXAS, 33-20 --
CANTON ON TOP OF TEXAS, 33-27
THAT THE NBA D-LEAGUE SHOWCASE
PRESENTED BY SAMSUNG GALAXY.
CHAD: GILBERT BROWN OF THE
CANTON CHARGE OFF OF THE ALLEY-
OOP FROM BO SPENCER.
THE ELEVATION BY BROWN.
CAN UP BY SIX.
HE'LL MOST HAD TO DUCK HIS HEAD
TO FINISH THAT PLAY.
BOOKER WOODFOX, THE NICE FEED TO
MELVIN ELY.
ERIC: YOU MENTIONED THAT CAN IS
PLAYING --CANTON IS PLAYING
WITHOUT JORGE GUTIERREZ.
BO SPENCER HAS DONE A GOOD JOB
FILLING THE VOID.
CHAD: ON CUE, HE KNOCKS DOWN A
LONG TWO.
THE LEAD IS BACK TO 6.
CHAD ANDRUS, ERIC ROTHMAN WITH
YOU FROM THE RENO EVENTS CENTER.
SINGLETARY, JUST INSIDE OF THE
ARC, CANNOT HIT.
ERIC: TOP SHOOTING SO FAR FOR
SEAN SINGLETARY, 1-4 FROM THE
FLOOR FOR THE FORMER GUARD FROM
VIRGINIA.
CHAD: MICHAEL LEE, TURN AROUND
WITH THE LEFT-HAND THOSE, AND IT
IS THE LARGEST -- THOSE --
TURNAROUND WITH THE LEFT-HAND
GOES, AND IT IS THE LARGEST LEAD
.
RAMON DYER.
RAMON DYER WILL SHOOT THE JUMPER
AND RUNS DOWN THE LOOSE BALL.
AS IT TIPPED AWAY.
NICELY COVERING DEFENSE.
SCRAMBLE BY THE CHARGE.
HITE CANNOT HIT THE THREE.
ERIC: CANTON UP BY 8 DESPITE
HAVING FIVE MORE TURNOVERS THAN
THE TEXAS LEGENDS, BUT CANTON
HAS REBOUND AND TURNING IT INTO
52% SHOOTING FROM THE FLOOR, I
EVENING AND OUT -- EVENING IT
OUT.
CHAD: JUMPING OUT ON THAT PICKLE
-- I CAN ROLL -- JUMPING OUT ON
THAT PICK AND ROLL, RAMON DYER.
NICE DEFENSE FROM ALEKSANDER
CZYZ, VERY ACTIVE HERE EARLY
AGAINST MELVIN ELY.
ERIC: WAS JUST BROUGHT OVER IN
EXCHANGE FOR THE RIGHTS TO BRADY
MORNINGSTAR AND A SECOND ROUND
DRAFT PICK.
HE IS NOW IN A CANTON CHARGE
UNIFORM.
CHAD: SAN DIEGO CANNOT IT.
SINGLETARY TAPS -- SAMMY CANNOT
HIT.
SINGLETARY TAPS IT AWAY.
HE IS NOT SHY.
HE HAD TWO AGGRESSIVE DRIVES.
HE WAS TIME -- TRYING TO THROW
IT DOWN ON EVERYBODY.
ERIC: HE WAS JOSTLING WITH SAN
DIEGO ARE.
NO WHISTLE -- SAMMY YEAGER, NO
WHISTLE.
CHECK OUT DEVIN -- CHAD: DEVIN
EBANKS OFF OF THE BENCH FOR
EDUARDO NAJERA.
FAST START DESPITE HIS TEAM
TRAILING.
HE HAS NINE EARLY.
HE HAD 29 AND 10 SATURDAY
AGAINST THE AUSTIN TOROS.
LONG TWO FOR SEAN SINGLETARY.
ERIC: THAT WILL MAKE IT -- THAT
WILL HAPPEN FOR TEXAS.
FRIENDLY GETTING SOMETHING GOING
AS HE WAS LEFT WIDE OPEN --
FINALLY GETTING SOMETHING GOING
AS HE WAS LEFT WIDE OPEN.
CHAD: 10-POINT LEAD FOR THE
CHARGE.
SAMMY BIG ARE -- YEAGER FROM THE
CORNER.
16 OF 26 ON THE YEAR FROM THREE-
POINT LAND.
60%.
EBANKS IS IN DOUBLE FIGURES OFF
OF THE LADY AND.
ERIC: YOU SEE HIM GET HIM -- GET
THE STEAL AND THE FINISH.
CHAD: 5-0 RUN BY THE TEXAS
LEGENDS AND STEVE HETZEL WANTS A
TIMEOUT.
THE HEAD COACH OF THE CANTON
CHARGE DOES NOT WANT TO SEE
THAT, AND HE DOES NOT WANT TO
SEE THE NUMBER ONE PROSPECT ON
THE NBA D-LEAGUE PROSPECT WATCH
GETTING THE EASY LOOKS.
ERIC: WHAT I LIKE HIS DEVIN
EBANKS NOT GIVING UP.
HE STOLE THE BALL, PAST IT AWAY,
THEN FED UP AND PUT HIMSELF IN A
POSITION FOR HIS TEAMMATE TO
FIND HIM ON THE DRIVE FOR THE
EASY LAYUP.
CHAD: YOU SEE THE TEAM BOTTLING
UP.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS BEING
TRIED IS A CHANGE IN THE TIMEOUT
STRUCTURE, TAKING ONE AWAY, AND
SHORTENING THE LENGTH WHEN THEY
ARE NOT MANDATORY MEDIA TIMEOUTS
, ALL IN AN EFFORT TO HELP
SHORTEN GAMES AND BROADCAST
WINDOWS FOR TELEVISION PARTNERS.
YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT YOU WANT
TO DO AND GET IT OUT QUICKLY AND
GET BACK TO THE ACTION.
ERIC: IT HAS SPED UP THE GAME
WITH GAMES COMING IN AROUND THE
TWO-OUR-MARK.
THAT IS SOMETHING THE NBA IS
LOOKING AT.
SO FAR, IT HAS WORKED OUT VERY
WELL.
CHAD: JORGE GUTIERREZ IS BACK IN
FOR CANTON WITH TWO FOULS.
HE GUARDS SINGLETARY.
WOODFOX, DEEP 3 DOES NOT GO.
EBANKS AND GUTIERREZ BOTH ON THE
COURT WEARING PROSPECT
MICROPHONES TODAY ON ESPN -- ON
NBA TV.
LEE IS LEFT WIDE OPEN AND THE
LEFTY KNOCKS DOWN THAT 18-
FOOTER.
SINGLETARY, NICE MOVE, BUT THEN
LOST IT.
HERE IS CZYZ AGAIN FOR THE
OPENDOC.
>> YOU SAW HIM BEING TRAILED BY
THE TEAMMATE.
GUTIERREZ COULD NOT PLAY THE
MAJORITY OF THE FIRST QUARTER
WITH THOSE FOUL.
CHAD: NO CALL FOR EBANKS.
HE WAS LOOKING FOR CONTACT.
FIVE ON THE SHOT CLOCK.
ERIC: GOOD JOB BY ALEKSANDER
CZYZ AND MICHAEL LEE, NOT
LETTING EBANKS GO UP AND OVER
HIM.
CHAD: CZYZ HAS PROVIDED SOME
NICE, EARLY RETURNS COMING OVER
FROM FOR WAYNE.
HE HAS PLAYED HARD.
ANOTHER STEAL BY THE CHARGE.
GUTIERREZ CANNOT GET IT TO GO.
SINGLETARY IS WHISTLED FOR THE
FOUL.
HE THOUGHT JORGE TRAVELED.
THE PSEUDO-EUROSTAT FOR JORGE
DURING -- EURO'S AT -- EURO STEP
FOR JORGE GUTIERREZ.
CHAD: WE SAW HIM LAST YEAR AND
HE PLAYED WELL WITH HIS ENERGY
AND LEADERSHIP ON BOTH ENDS OF
THE COURT AND THE HUSTLE PLAYS
THAT HE MAKES.
I SAW HIM FOR THE FIRST TIME
THIS WEEK, AND I IMMEDIATELY
SAID IT LOOKS LIKE HE LOST
WEIGHT.
I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, AND HE JUST
CUT HIS HAIR.
HE LOOKS DIFFERENT.
ERIC: TRIMMED THE LETTUCE.
HE HAS THAT HIGH TOP FADE GOING.
CHAD: MELVIN ELY, EBANKS,
WOODFOX.
ERIC: THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN
THE SECOND QUARTER THAT CANTON
HAS GONE OUT TO A 10-POINT-PLUS
LEAD.
CHAD: ANOTHER THREE FOR BOOKER
WOODFOX.
HE IS THE DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE
SHOOTOUT CHAMPION, AND YOU SEE
WHY.
WOODFOX LEAVES IT FOR EBANKS.
ERIC: SMART PLAY BY BOOKER
WOODFOX.
HE HAD IT IN THE LANE, AND THE
GIVE ME JUMPER.
CHAD: EIGHT POINTS, TWO ASSISTS,
AND TWO STEALS FOR WOODFOX OFF
OF THE BENCH.
BROWN IS OPEN FOR THREE.
MCCONNELL, TAKING HIS TIME.
EBANKS CALLED FOR IT.
YOU HEARD THEM ON THE PROSPECT
MICROPHONES, LETTING MCCONNELL
KNOW HE WAS BEHIND HIM.
ERIC: ABOUT 15 FEET BEHIND THE
PLAY HE STARTED CALLING FOR THE
BASKETBALL.
EBANKS -- CHAD: EBANKS DOES NOT
LIKE THE CALL ON CZYZ.
HUSTLE PLAYS BY CZYZ AND THE
CANTON CHARGE HAVE GIVEN THEM A
THREE-POINT LEAD.
CHAD: WANT TO FIND OUT WHO THE
HOTTEST PROSPECTS ARE?
CHECK OUT THE PROSPECT WATCH
SECTION OF NBADLEAGUE.COM.
DEVIN EBANKS LIVING UP TO THE
HYPE AS THE NUMBER ONE ON THE
PROSPECT WATCH.
GUTIERREZ, TOUGH SHOT AGAINST
THE SHOT CLOCK.
ERIC: THAT SHOT BARELY HIT THE
RIM.
TALKING ABOUT DEVIN EBANKS, I
HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH HIS
DEFENSE, USING HIS LENGTH.
WORKING ON KEVIN JONES TO MY
GETTING A HAND IN HIS FACE.
HE IS A MISMATCH NOT ONLY
BECAUSE OF HIS HEIGHT, BUT HIS
ARM LENGTH.
CHAD: EBANKS HAS THE REBOUND OFF
OF THE HITE MISS.
YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE FROM THE
D-LEAGUE AND THE NBA WITH A GUY
LIKE KEVIN JONES HAS THE TALENT
AND THE SKILLS BUT IS AN
UNDERSIZED POWER FORWARD, AND
EBANKS IS TALLER AND LONGER THAN
KEVIN JONES, BUT IS MORE OF A
NATURAL WING PLAYER.
ERIC: IT IS THE VERSATILITY THAT
MAKES EBANKS THE NUMBER ONE
PROSPECT.
YOU SAW HIM BRING DOWN THE
REBOUND.
16 POINT, FOUR REBOUNDS, 7-12
SHOOTING.
VERY EFFICIENT.
MAYBE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM
GET MORE ACTIVE.
WHEN HE HAS THAT LENGTH, A LOT
OF THE GUYS HE IS GUARDING WILL
BRING HIM OUT TO THE WING.
CHAD: ATKINSON PICKS UP THE
TEXAS FOUL.
HITE FOR A *** A -- FOUR
ANTOINE AGUDIO WHO HAS RETURNED.
ERIC: THEY HAVE TRAILED BY 11
TWICE IN THIS OPENING HALF AND
COME BACK BOTH TIMES.
GOOD JOB BY TEXAS NOT LETTING A
10-POINT LEAD GET ANY BIGGER.
CHAD: ANOTHER NICE PASS FROM
BOOKER WOODFOX.
THE LEGENDS HAVE REGAINED A TWO-
POINT LEAD.
GUTIERREZ AND JONES, PICK AND
ROLL, AND JORGE LOST IT.
ERIC: EBANKS COMES OUT ON AN
EVEN SMALLER GUY, JORGE
GUTIERREZ, SWATTING THE BALL
AWAY, AND ON THE OTHER END FOR
TEXAS, MELVIN ELY WORKING THE
PAINT.
TEXAS, ON TOP BY TWO.
CHAD: STAY PLUGGED INTO THE NBA
D-LEAGUE ON THE GO.
DOWNLOAD THE CENTER COURT APP.
IT IS THE BEST WAY TO KEEP UP
WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON HERE IN
RENO AND BEYOND.
EBANKS ANOTHER THREE OUT OF THE
TIMEOUT FOR THE TEXAS LEGENDS.
HE HAS 19 FIRST-HALF POINTS ON
8:13 -- 8-13 SHOOTING.
ERIC: I DO NOT KNOW HOW YOU LOSE
THE NUMBER ONE PROSPECT, BUT
CANTON JUST DID, LEAVING HIM
OPEN.
CHAD: WHAT A TURNAROUND FOR THE
LEGENDS IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
MELVIN ELY, TOUGH SHOT, GOES
DOWN, AND HE WILL HAVE A CHANCE
FOR 3.
ERIC: MELVIN ELY, 4-7 ON THE
DAY.
12 POINT.
A CHANCE FOR THE OLD-FASHIONED
THREE-POINT PLAY.
A GOOD JOB FOR TEXAS.
THREE PLAYERS IN DOUBLE FIGURES
ALREADY IN THE FIRST HALF,
EBANKS, MELVIN ELY, AND BOOKER
WOODFOX.
CHAD: THE LEGENDS HAVE OUTSCORED
THE CHARGE IN THE SECOND QUARTER
.
55-47 -- 55-47 LEAD.
HITE ON THE BASELINE GETS THE
14-FOOTER TO FALL.
EBANKS FOR TERREL HARRIS, WHO
HAS BEEN QUIET UNTIL THAT
TRIPLE.
THE TEXAS LEGENDS, 8-13 FROM
BEHIND THE ARC.
ERIC: CANTON NEEDS A SPARK TO
KEEP UP WITH TEXAS.
KIND OF SURPRISED WE HAVE NOT
SEEN GILBERT BROWN.
HE HAS SET MOST OF THE QUARTER
ON THE BENCH.
CHAD: JONES, SHORT.
HERE COMES TEXAS AGAIN.
OFFENSIVE FIREPOWER ON DISPLAY.
EBANKS, TOUGH SHOT.
DEVIN EBANKS WANTING A CALL
THERE.
DID NOT GET IT.
MELVIN ELY HAS JONES IN THE
POST.
UNDER 1:00 TO PLAY IN THE HALF.
PAST TIPPED AWAY BY EBANKS.
HE SAVES IT BEHIND HIS BACK.
NUMBERS FOR TEXAS.
ANOTHER THREE.
ERIC: WHAT A GREAT PLAY BY DEVIN
EBANKS, THE STEAL, BEHIND THE
BACK PASS, RUNS THE FLOOR, SPOTS
UP FOR THREE.
WHAT AN IMPRESSIVE SHOWCASE
DEBUT FOR DEVIN EBANKS.
CHAD: HE GIVES IT UP AND HE
THOUGHT HE HAD THE ASSIST TO
ATKINSON THERE.
12 SECONDS TO PLAY IN THE HALF.
61-49, TEXAS.
THEY LEAD BY 12 AFTER TRAILING
BY 11.
AGUDIO.
CORNER THREE DOES NOT GO.
THE TEXAS LEGENDS, A HUGE SECOND
QUARTER TO TAKE THE LEAD.
THEY GO TO THE LOCKER ROOM WITH
A 61-49 LEAD OVER CANTON AT THE
NBA DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE SHOWCASE,
PRESENTED BY SAMSUNG GALAXY.
>> WITH THE EIGHTH GATORADE
DAILY CALL UP, THE LOS ANGELES
LAKERS SIGN KENDALL MARSHALL.
>> BUT LINE -- BETWEEN BEEN
WAIVED BY WASHINGTON AND SIGNING
IN THE D-LEAGUE, I SPENT TIME
GETTING BETTER.
>> HE RECEIVED A CALL UP AFTER
AVERAGING 19 POINTS AND NINE
ASSISTS AND ALSO REALIZING THE
OPPORTUNITY HE HAD.
>> YOU ARE ONLY ONE STOP FROM
THE NBA.
THEY PAY A LOT MORE ATTENTION.
I AM TRYING TO HAVE FUN PLAYING
THE GAME OF BASKETBALL, BELIEVE
IN MYSELF, AND KNOW THAT I AM AN
NBA PLAYER.
CHAD: THE NBA DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE
IS ABOUT PROSPECTS AND SCALLOPS.
KENDALL MARSHALL, THE -- CALL
UPS.
KENDALL MARSHALL, THE FORMER
FIRST-ROUND PICK OF THE PHOENIX
SUNS, CAME DOWN TO DELAWARE.
HIS PERFORMANCE LED TO A CALL UP
BY THE LAKERS AND HE HAS PLAYED
WELL, 16 ASSISTS OVER THE LAST
TWO GAMES WITH THE LAKERS.
FOR MORE ON KENDALL MARSHALL'S
PATH, WE CHECK IN WITH HIS PATH
THROUGH THE DELETE.
BURKS KENDALL MARSHALL, FOR A
GUY THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT
COLLEGE POINT GUARD, A LOT OF
PEOPLE HAVE WONDERED IF HIS
SKILLS WOULD TRANSLATE TO THE
PRO-RANKS.
>> MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS I MADE
IT, BUT IT IS FUNNY.
WHEN I GOT HERE, NOW I FEEL LIKE
IT IS A CONSTANT BATTLE, SOMEONE
IS ALWAYS TRYING TO GET ME OUT
OF HERE.
WHAT'S UP MAN?
>> WHY DID YOU GET SEND TO THE
D-LEAGUE?
>> IT IS LIKE THAT SOMETIMES.
>> ASKING THE HARD MEN --
QUESTIONS.
>> I'M JUST TRYING TO HAVE FUN.
TAKE IT DAY BY DAY.
I FELT IT WAS THE RIGHT MOVE FOR
ME TO GET BACK TO THE NBA.
THE D-LEAGUE IS REALLY GROWING.
THE TALENT IS BETTER THAN IT WAS
FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO.
YOU ARE ONE STOP AWAY.
YOU CAN GET A CALL UP.
THEY PAY MORE ATTENTION.
>> KENDALL MARSHALL IS A GREAT
EXAMPLE OF WHY THE NBA
DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE EXISTS.
PARTICULARLY HE IS IN -- --
CLEARLY HE IS AN NBA TALENT.
HE JUST DID NOT WORK.
WHILE HE IS HERE, HE WILL HELP
YOUNG GUYS IMPROVE.
BUT STAYED THERE.
STAY THERE.
SHOOT IT AGAIN.
SHOOT IT AGAIN.
IF YOU GET A FIRST STEP ON HIM,
MAKE HIM BECAUSE HE WILL BUMP
YOU.
>> I HAVE NO DOUBT HE WILL NOT
BE HERE LONG.
>> I HAVE RECEIVED GOOD ADVICE
AND ONE THING IS TO CONTINUE TO
BELIEVE IN MYSELF, KNOW THAT I
AM AN NBA PLAYER, STAYING
POSITIVE, KNOWING WHAT I CAN DO,
AND NOT DOUBTING MYSELF.
>> -- CHAD: KENDALL MARSHALL THE
LATEST SUCCESS STORY FROM THE
NBA DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE TO THE
NBA.
TEXAS HAS THE LEAGUE -- LEAD
HERE AT THE HALF AT THE NBA
DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE SHOWCASE
PRESENTED BY SAMSUNG GALAXY.
>> THE ZONE YOU CAN GET IN IS
HARD TO EXPLAIN.
ERIC: FIRST CAP SCOREBOARD
BETWEEN THE CANTON CHARGE AND
THE TEXAS LEGENDS, 61-49 AFTER
AN AMAZING PERFORMANCE BY THE
D-LEAGUE PROSPECT DEVIN EBANKS.
JOINED BY MELVIN ELY WITH 13.
CANTON HAD AN 11-POINT LEAD AND
LET IT SLIP AWAY.
SHOOTING AT THE SECOND HALF
RIGHT AFTER THIS ON NBA TV.
CHAD: THE 2014 NBA DEVELOPMENT
LEAGUE SHOWCASE PRESENTED BY
SAMSUNG GALAXY ROLES ON.
DEVIN EBANKS, HE IS NOT LOOKING
TO LET GO OF THE TOP SPOT
ANYTIME SOON.
ERIC: IT IS NOT ONLY ON THE
OFFENSIVE END.
THE 22 POINTS IN THE FIRST HALF
ARE WHAT STAND OUT, BUT WHAT YOU
DON'T SEE ON THAT STATUTE IS HIS
ACTIVITY ON THE DEFENSIVE END,
REBOUNDING AS WELL.
4 REBOUNDS, A COUPLE OF STEALS,
AND HUSTLING DOWN -- YOU SEE IN
THAT REPLAY GETTING THIS DEAL,
GETTING IT TO HIS TEAMMATE WHILE
HE SAVES IT FROM GOING OUT OF
BOUNDS AND DRAINING ANOTHER
THREE-POINTER, WHICH HE HAS MADE
4 OF.
CHAD: EBANKS HELPING TO LEAD A
BIG SECOND-QUARTER COMEBACK FOR
THE TEXAS LEGENDS.
THEY OUTSCORED THE CHARGE 23-16
FOR THE PERIOD AFTER BEING DOWN
ON 2 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS.
THEY WILL START THE THIRD
QUARTER WITH THE BALL.
LEGENDS, D-LEAGUE AFFILIATE TEAM
OF THE DALLAS MAVERICKS, IN BLUE
AGAINST THE WHITE AND GOLD OF
THE CANTON CHARGE.
EBANKS WITH SEAN SINGLETARY,
TERREL HARRIS AND EDUARDO NAJERA
FOR THE LEGENDS.
ERIC: THAT MIGHT BE THE THING
YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE EBANKS DO.
NOT NECESSARILY THE MOST
POLISHED PART OF HIS GAME,
WORKING OFF THE BALL AS HE DOES
HERE.
CHAD: ANOTHER JUMPER FOR DEVIN
EBANKS, THIS ONE FROM 18 FEET.
HE HAS 24 POINTS.
TENSION WITH ANTOINE AGUDIO AND
JORGE GUTIERREZ IN THE BACKCOURT
-- CANTON WITH ANTOINE AGUDIO
AND JORGE WHO TEAR IS IN THE
BACKCOURT.
ERIC: IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO
SEE IF DEVIN EBANKS MAKES IT TO
A SECOND GAME IN THE D-LEAGUE
SHOWCASE BECAUSE IF YOU ARE
LOOKING FOR A STRETCH FORWARD IN
THE NBA RIGHT NOW, HOW ABOUT
DEVIN EBANKS?
THE ABILITY TO WORK INSIDE,
POPOFF OFF OF THE LOW POST
SCREEN, HITS THE JUMPER, CAN
EXTEND THE THREE-POINTERS, CAN
DEFEND MULTIPLE POSITIONS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG HE IS
GOING TO BE HERE IN RENO IF HE
KEEPS PLAYING LIKE THIS.
CHAD: 63 NBA GAMES ON THE RESUME
FOR DEVIN EBANKS AS A FORMER
LAKERS SECOND-ROUND PICK.
HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE
BAKERSFIELD JAM AND LOS ANGELES
DEFENDERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT
LEAGUE.
SINGLETARY HAS BEEN QUIET.
CAN'T GET OVER GUTIERREZ.
KEVIN JONES CLEANS UP THE MESS
IN TRANSITION.
TENSION BACK WITHIN A 9.
-- CANTON BACK WITHIN A 9.
A LOT OF OFFENSIVE FIREPOWER ON
THE TEXAS LEGENDS ROSTER, AND A
LOT OF GUYS WHO HAVE NBA
EXPERIENCE.
ERIC: ASIDE FROM DEVIN EBANKS,
YOU HAVE BOOKER WOODFOX, A
SHOOTOUT CHAMPION WHO LED THE
MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE AS A
SENIOR IN THREE-POINT
PERCENTAGE, AND YOU HAVE STRONG
SING A HE -- YOU HAVE SEAN
SINGLETARY, ALSO AVERAGED 20
POINTS PER GAME FOR THE
CAVALIERS.
ALL THOSE GUYS, POST THE BIG MAN
MELVIN -- PLUS THE BIG MEN
MELVIN ELY.
CHAD: TERREL HARRIS IS ALSO SEEN
SOME TIME AS ELY GOES TO WORK.
65-54, LEGENDS LEAD.
ERIC: THAT HAS BEEN THERE ALL
MORNING FOR MELVIN ELY.
GOOD LOW POST MOVES COME A
COUPLE OF THE FLOOR.
NOBODY ON THE FLOOR WHO KEEPS UP
WITH THE HEIGHT AND BODY SIZE OF
MELVIN ELY REVIEW SEE HIM
WORKING AGAINST KEVIN JONES, WHO
IS UNDERSIZED FOR THAT POSITION.
CHAD: SO MANY YOUNG PLAYERS IN
THE D-LEAGUE, YOU SEE THEIR
IMPATIENCE AND HOW THEY GET
FLUSTERED TRYING TO DO THINGS
QUICKLY.
YOU SEE ELY, A VETERAN WHO HAS
BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK MORE THAN
A FEW TIMES, VERY PATIENT, KNOWS
WHAT WORKS FOR HIM, USES HIS
BODY AND USES HIS MUSCLE AND HAS
BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE FOR THE
LEGENDS.
ERIC: THE 2 MOST IMPRESSIVE GUYS
I'VE SEEN SO FAR IN THE LOW POST
AT THE NBA D-LEAGUE SHOWCASE,
MELVIN ELY AND MIKE TIAGO.
2 GUYS YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ARE
DOING, USE THEIR BODY AND HAVE
THAT EXPERIENCE AT THE NBA
LEVEL.
THEY MIGHT BE OLDER THAN SOME OF
THE YOUNG BOX HERE BUT THEY
STILL KNOW HOW TO PUT IT DOWN
FROM THE LOW POST.
CHAD: EVERYBODY WHO HAS PLAYED
PICKUP KNOW THAT OLD MAN GAME.
THEY MUSCLE YOU AND PUSH YOU OUT
OF THE WAY AND PUT IT OFF THE
WINDOW.
ERIC: MELVIN IS JUST MISSING THE
REC SPECS.
CHAD: HE IS NOT THAT OLD.
HE IS STILL PLENTY CAPABLE, AS
IS MIKE?.
I DON'T WANT TO ALL THOSE GUYS
OLD, BECAUSE THEN I REALIZE WHAT
THAT MAKES ME.
MCCONNELL.
GOT JONES ON HIM.
GUTIERREZ, THE REBOUND.
AGUDIO LEFT OPEN TRAILING THE
PLAY.
JONES.
DOESN'T HIT.
TERREL HARRIS THROUGH THE PAINT.
ANOTHER REBOUND FOR SHANE
EDWARDS, NICE JOB ON THE GLASS
FOR HIM.
7 BOARDS.
KEVIN JONES STEPPING OUT AND
KNOCKING WENT DOWN.
-- KNOCKING ONE DOWN.
ERIC: CANTON NEED TO SOMEBODY ON
THERE AND TO GET SOME
CONSISTENCY AND MAYBE IT IS
KEVIN JONES NOW.
CHAD: KEVIN EBANKS, NUMBER ONE
PROSPECT ON THE PROSPECT WATCH.
WE WILL LISTEN IN ON THE
OFFENSIVE END.
JONES PICKS UP A FOUL ON ELY.
CHAD: YOU HEAR THE LITTLE CANTON
BENCH CALLING FOR THE 3-SECOND
CALL AND THEY GET IT AGAINST THE
TEXAS LEGENDS.
TURNOVER.
8:00 LEFT IN THE THIRD.
HERE COMES JORGE GUTIERREZ.
NICE JOB PUTTING OFF ALL LANES
TO THE BASKET.
JONES STEPS OUT AND HITS ANOTHER
JUMPER.
KEVIN JONES, SIX STRAIGHT FOR
CANTON.
ELY ANSWERS.
ERIC: WE HAVEN'T SEEN MELVIN ELY
MOVE AWAY FROM 3 FEET FROM THE
BASKET.
STRETCHING THE FLOOR A LITTLE
BIT GETTING TO THE FREE-THROW
LINE.
CHAD: MELVIN ELY FITS THE BILL,
ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE GUYS -- YOU
MENTIONED IKE DIOGU, THE VETERAN
FOR THE BAKERSFIELD JAM, AND A
GUY WE SAW LAST YEAR PLAYING FOR
THE TEXAS LEGENDS AT THE
SHOWCASE.
VETERAN NBA GUYS WHO MAY BE
SHOWING THE FRONT OFFICE
PERSONNEL IN THE NBA MORE THAN
ANYTHING THERE IN SHAPE AS THEY
ARE ALREADY ON A SHORT CALL THIS
FOR POTENTIAL CALL UP.
ERIC: WHEN YOU LOOK AT GUYS LIKE
ELY AND DIOGU AND JAMES LAST
SEASON, IT IS EASY TO TELL HOW
EXPERIENCED THEY ARE.
THEY PLAY MUCH MORE SUBTLE DOWN
GAME, SMARTER GAME, THEY PICK
THEIR SPOTS, AND THEY ARE MUCH
MORE EFFICIENT THAN GUYS WHO ARE
MORE ERRATIC AND SHOW OFF MORE
THAN THEY NEED TO AND
OVEREMPHASIZE, WHEREAS GUYS LIKE
IKE DIOGU AT THE SHOWCASE THIS
WEEK HAVE STATED WITHIN
THEMSELVES AND THAT IS WHAT THE
SCOUTS ON THE SIDELINES ARE
LOOKING FOR.
THEY WANT TO SEE THAT THESE
OLDER GUYS -- NOT OLD, BUT OLDER
GUYS ARE IN SHAPE.
CHAD: IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO
YOUR HEAD COACH AT THE NBA LEVEL
AND SAY THIS IS A PLAYER I AM
BRINGING TO YOU, THE BEST THING
YOU CAN DO FOR THAT HEAD COACHES
GIVE HIM A GUY THAT HE KNOWS
WHAT HE IS GOING TO GET EVERY
TIME HE PUTS THEM IN THE GAME.
MELVIN ELY FITS THAT CATEGORY,
AS DOES DEVIN EBANKS, WHO IS
CONTINUING TO LIGHT IT UP TO
11-17 FROM THE FIELD FROM 26
POINTS.
KEVIN JONES, HE HAS GOT IT DOWN
FROM THAT 17-18-FOOT MARK.
BIG THIRD QUARTER.
ERIC: MIGHT AS WELL BE AN X ON
THE COURT WHERE HE IS SHOOTING.
CHAD: NICE PASS FROM HARRIS TO
ELY FOR THE JAM.
ERIC: EVERY TIME CANTON HAS HIT
A SHOT, TEXAS HAS HAD THE
ANSWER.
CHAD: THEY TRAIL BY 10 DESPITE
KEVIN JONES SCORING 8 STRAIGHT
ON THE CANTON END.
THE PROBLEM IS, THEY ARE NOT
GETTING ANY STOPS AGAINST THE
LEGENDS.
ERIC: EVERY TIME TEXAS COMES
DOWN THE FLOOR, THEY ARE WORKING
IN INSIDE TO MELVIN ELY, AND IF
THAT DOESN'T WORK, THEY HAVE
DEVIN EBANKS SWINGING AROUND THE
PERIMETER AND WHEREVER HE FINDS
THE MISMATCH, WHETHER IT BE ON
THE LAST SHOT, OR THE
THREE-POINTER WHERE HE IS 4-5
FROM LONG RANGE, HE IS ABLE TO
GET THE INSIDE-OUTSIDE GAME WITH
MELVIN ELY AND IT HAS BEEN
FANTASTIC FOR TEXAS ON THE
OFFENSIVE END.
FOR CANTON, THE CAP JUST BE A
ONE-MAN SHOW.
-- IT CANNOT JUST BE A ONE-MAN
SHOW.
THEIR GO-TO GUY FROM THE OTHER
NIGHT, GILBERT BROWN, HAD 11
POINTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER AND
HASN'T SCORED SINCE THEN.
CHAD: BROWN WILL INBOUND FOR
CANTON
UP AND UNDER.
IT DOESN'T GO FOR EDWARDS.
MCCONNELL HAS NUMBERS.
EBANKS.
LEAVES IT FOR HARRIS.
ERIC: SMART PLAY BY EBANKS
THERE.
HAD A CHANCE TO SHOOT THE 3.
A LITTLE OFF BALANCE.
HAD TO REACH DOWN FOR IT INSTEAD
OF FORCING THE 3.
CHAD: SPENCER GUARDED BY
MCCONNELL, WILL RISE AND FIRE.
HARRIS CAN'T HIT THE 3.
BROWN CAUSED A BUMP FROM BOOKER
WOODFOX, WITH 5:12 THE THIRD
QUARTER.
THE TEXAS LEGENDS STILL IN
CONTROL IN RENO AND DOING IT ON
THE BREAK WITH TERREL HARRIS.
CHAD: JEREMY LIN ONE OF THE MOST
NOTABLE ALUMS OF THE NBA
DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE, PLAYED WITH
ERIE BEFORE LANDING WITH THE NEW
YORK KNICKS.
THEN HE GREEN, EXCELLENT NBA
FINALS FOR THE SPURS LAST YEAR,,
ALONG WITH J.J. BAREA, SOME OF
THE OTHER NOTABLE NBA D-LEAGUE
ALUMNI PLAYING IN THE NBA.
ERIC: WHERE IS MY MAN STEVE
NOVAK ON THAT LIST?
CHAD: ANOTHER COULD THERE IS
THOMAS OF THEM ON THE NBA
ROSTER.
-- ANOTHER.
THERE IS COUNTLESS OF THEM ON
THE NBA ROSTER.
ERIC: LIN AND NOVAK, BIG FAN
FAVORITES HERE IN RENO.
THE PICTURES ARE EVERYWHERE AT
THE RENO EVENTS CENTER, PLAYING
TOGETHER FOR THE BIG ONES.
CHAD: BROWN, HARD TO THE RIM,
DRAWS CONTACT.
WHEN THEY CAN'T CHARGE TO CUT
INTO THIS 10-POINT DEFICIT, THEY
WILL USE A LITTLE MORE OFFENSE
FROM GILBERT BROWN.
4:24 TO PLAY IN THE THIRD.
74-64 TEXAS LEAD.
CHAD ANDRUS, ERIC ROTHMAN, THIRD
STRAIGHT SEASON PLAYING HOST TO
THE NBA DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE
SHOWCASE.
ERIC: FIRST COUPLE POINTS FOR
GILBERT BROWN SINCE THE FIRST
QUARTER.
11 POINTS FOR HIM IN THE FIRST
QUARTER, ONLY 2 POINTS SINCE
THEN, A BIG REASON WHY TEXAS HAS
BEEN ABLE TO HOLD ONTO THIS LEAD
WITH THE LACK OF OFFENSIVE
PRODUCTION FROM ANYBODY BUT
KEVIN JONES.
CHAD: DOESN'T GO FOR EBANKS.
BO SPENCER HAS THE REBOUND.
ROBERT HITE HAS RETURNED OFF OF
THE CANTON BENCH.
JEREMY ATKINSON BACK IN FOR
TEXAS.
BROWN, WIDE OPEN FOR 3.
5 STRAIGHT FOR GILBERT BROWN.
ERIC: SHANE EDWARDS HAVING A
QUIET GAME FOR CANTON BUT ALMOST
HAVING A DOUBLE DOUBLE WITH
11-A.
POSITIVE THINGS GOING HERE FOR
CANTON.
THEY JUST NEED TO STOP TEXAS ON
THE OFFENSIVE AND.
CHAD: ADJUSTING IN THE AIR FROM
THE LEFT TO THE RIGHT.
MCCONNELL MAKES IT COUNT.
AND HE HAS.
KEVIN JONES ON THAT PICK AND
ROLL CONTINUES TO SWITCH.
O'CONNELL TRY TO SHOOT OVER HIM
EARLIER.
THAT TIME HE TOOK THE BIGGER GUY
TO THE RIM AS A CHANCE FOR THE
THREE-POINT PLAY.
WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE
BASEBALL TIES WITH MICKEY
MCCONNELL'S FAMILY.
HIMSELF WASN'T TOO SHABBY OF A
BASEBALL PLAYER, EITHER, PLAYING
IN HIGH SCHOOL AND WAS A 30TH
FIRST-ROUND DRAFT PICK FOR THE
DODGERS.
HOW DO NO IDEA THAT WAS GOING --
HAD NO IDEA THAT WAS GOING TO
COMES WHEN WE STARTED PUTTING
HIS FOCUS ON BASKETBALL.
ERIC: IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I
BELIEVE MICKEY MANTLE IS HIS
NAMESAKE.
CHAD: THAT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
THE BASEBALL FAMILY.
AND NOW WITH MICKEY MCCONNELL,
BASKETBALL FAMILY AS WELL.
HARRIS, DEEP 3.
ANOTHER TRIPLE FOR THE TEXAS
LEGENDS, WHO STARTED LIGHTENING
IT UP IN THE SECOND QUARTER AND
ARE NOW 10-18 FROM THREE POINT
LAND.
ERIC: THE LEGENDS HEAD COACH
REALLY HAS THESE GUYS MOVING ON
THE OFFENSIVE END.
A GOOD PASSING TEAM, FINDING THE
OPEN SHOT, CONTINUING TO KNOCK
DOWN THOSE THREES.
CHAD: EBANKS THE BLOCK ON ROBERT
HITE WILL FORCE THE TURNOVER FOR
TEXAS, WITH 2:39 TO PLAY IN THE
THIRD QUARTER.
EVERYBODY FOR THE LEGENDS IS
KNOCKING IT DOWN FROM BEHIND THE
ARC IN RENO.
CHAD: CATCH THE NBA'S TOP
PROSPECTS IN ACTION.
ALL SEASON LONG ON NBADLE
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THE THREE-POINT SHOOTING OF THE
TEXAS LEGENDS HAS BEEN
EXCEPTIONAL SO FAR IN THIS ONE.
10-18, 55% FROM BEHIND THE ARC
LED BY THE NUMBER ONE PROSPECT,
DEVIN EBANKS, GOING 4-6.
OF COURSE ON-Q THEY MISS A THREE
-- OF COURSE ON CUE THEY MISS A
THREE.
ERIC: NUMBER 32 IN THE WINE AND
GOLD.
CHAD: GILBERT BROWN AT THE RIM,
STARTING TO WARM UP AGAIN IN
QUARTER NUMBER 3.
TRAVEL ON THE BASELINE.
ERIC: CANTON HAS PLAYED WELL.
THEY'RE STILL SHOOTING 47% FROM
THE FLOOR, WHAT A THREE PERCENT
FROM THE THREE-POINT LINE.
THEY HAVE TURNED IT OVER 12
TIMES TO TEXAS' 6, BUT OTHER
THAN THAT THEY ARE REALLY
STAYING IN THE GAME.
KIND OF QUITE BECAUSE THEY DON'T
HAVE A MARQUEE PERFORMER LIKE
DEVIN EBANKS WITH TEXAS.
CHAD: JORGE GUTIERREZ, ONE OF
THEIR LEADERS ON THIS TEAM, HAS
HAD AN AWFUL GAME SO FAR, AND
THEY HAVE MANAGED TO STAY IN IT
AND MAKE THIS VERY MUCH IN
QUESTION AS GUTIERREZ MISSES
AGAIN.
HE IS 1-6 IN THIS GAME AND HAS 7
TURNOVERS.
HE HAS PLAYED THE MUCH AS --
PRETTY MUCH AS POOR AS HE CAN
AND THEY STILL HAVE A CHANCE
FROM THE FREE-THROW LINE TO MAKE
IT A 4-POINT GAME AGAIN.
CHAERIC: CZYZ HAS COME OFF
THE BENCH AND ADDED A LITTLE BIT
OF A SPARK, BUT OFFENSIVELY FOR
THE CANTON CHARGE, IT HAS BEEN
GILBERT BROWN AND KEVIN JONES.
THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH SWINGS.
IT WAS GILBERT BROWN IN THE
FIRST QUARTER AND KEVIN JONES IN
THE SECOND AND THIRD AND LATE IN
THE THIRD IT IS GILBERT BROWN
AGAIN AS HE HAS HAD NICE BUCKETS
, REACHING HIS TOTAL OF 16
POINTS.
CHAD: TERREL HARRIS, BOOKER
WOODFOX, SEAN SINGLETARY FOR THE
LEGENDS.
EBANKS GETS A BREATHER.
BROWN RUNS OVER ELY.
GILBERT BROWN PICKS UP THE
PERSONAL, PUT THE LEGENDS IN THE
BONUS.
ELY WILL GO TO THE FREE-THROW
LINE.
ERIC: ELY HAS DONE A GOOD JOB
DOWNLOAD TODAY FOR TEXAS,
FINISHING OFF IN THE LOW POST.
KIND OF SURPRISING, TOO, THAT
CANTON IS DOWN TO 4 HERE, BUT
THEY HAVE DOMINATED THE
REBOUNDING 35-19.
JUST THE OUTSIZED SHOOTING OF
TEXAS HAS BEEN SO CANTON GOOD IT
HAS KEPT CANTON AT -- THE
OUTSIZED SHOOTING OF TEXAS HAS
BEEN SO GOOD IT HAS KEPT CANTON
AT BAY.
CHAD: GUTIERREZ FINDS EDWARDS ON
THE BASELINE.
THERE'S CZYZ -- AGAIN, ANOTHER
HUSTLE PLAY.
KICK ON JEREMY ATKINSON THIRD
WILL STAY WITH -- KICK ON JEREMY
ATKINSON GO WILL STAY WITH
CANTON.
ERIC: YOU SEE CZYZ DOWN LOW.
KIND OF A SCRUM IN THE CORNER
THERE.
CANTON VERY ACTIVE EVEN THOUGH
THEY HAVE A SMALL LINEUP ON THE
FLOOR RIGHT NOW.
CHAD: GUTIERREZ WEARING A
PROSPECT MIKE, DIRECTING
TRAFFIC.
HITE.
RUNER DOESN'T GO AGAINST THE
SHOT CLOCK, BUT HE IS BAILED OUT
.
WE HAVE A FOUL CALLED RIGHT AT
THE END OF THE SHOT CLOCK ON
TERREL HARRIS.
JORGE GUTIERREZ GOING OVER TO
GET SOME INSTRUCTIONS.
>> WE WANT SHANE TO DIVE.
>> YOU WANT HIM BLOCKED?
>> WE WANT --
[INDISCERNIBLE]
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
>> YEAH.
CHAD: HITE MAKES IT A
THREE-POINT GAME WITH 45 SECONDS
LEFT IN THE THIRD.
WOODFOX DOESN'T HIT.
>> MOTION, MOTION, MOTION.
CHAD: GUTIERREZ INSIDE THE ARK
FINALLY GETS ONE TO FALL.
STRUGGLING FROM THE FIELD, JORGE
GUTIERREZ MAKES IT WHEN IT
COUNTS.
21 SECONDS LEFT IN THE THIRD.
>> MOTION, MAKE AND DIE.
CHAD: SINGLETARY WINDING IT
DOWN.
10 SECONDS LEFT IN THE THIRD.
AGAINST GUTIERREZ
CHAD: CAN'T GET IT TO GO AT THE
END OF THE THIRD QUARTER, WHERE
THE CANTON CHARGE HAVE SCRATCHED
AND CLAWED BACK INTO THE GAME
AGAINST THE TEXAS LEGENDS.
1-POINT CONTEST HEADING TO THE
FOURTH AT THE D-LEAGUE SHOWCASE,
PRESENTED BY SAMSUNG GALAXY ON
NBA TV.
CHAD: WONDERFUL WEATHER IN RENO,
NEVADA THIS WEEK COULD I DON'T
MEAN TO RUB IT INTO THE REST OF
THE FOLKS AROUND THE COUNTRY WHO
ARE STRUGGLING WITH ALL KINDS OF
ISSUES.
THAT EVEN INCLUDES THE TULSA
66ERS IN THE NBA DEVELOPMENT
LEAGUE, WHO HAVE HAD QUITE A
TIME TRYING TO GET TO RENO THIS
WEEK AND STILL HAVE NOT ARRIVED
IN TIME FOR THE SHOWCASE.
TIME TO SHOOT FOR SHANE EDWARDS
AND CANTON.
PASS TIPPED OUT OF BOUNDS.
7 ON THE SHOT CLOCK AS WE OPEN
THE FOURTH QUARTER FROM RENO.
CHAD ANDRUS AND ERIC ROTHMAN ON
NBA TV.
ERIC: GOOD JOB BY THE CANTON
CHARGE TO GET BACK INTO THIS
ONE.
QUIET NIGHT FOR SHANE EDWARDS,
BUT HE HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE.
HE STILL HAS 11 POINTS, NINE
REBOUNDS.
CHAD: WOODFOX FROM 30 FEET.
OR, I SHOULD SAY, SPENCER.
ERIC: BO SPENCER IS PROBABLY
BEEN THE BEST BENCH PLAYER FOR
CANTON COMING OFF OF THE BENCH,
AND TALKING ABOUT THE STRUGGLES
JORGE GUTIERREZ HAS HAD -- BO
SPENCER HAS FILLED IN THAT ROLE
NICELY.
5.6 ASSISTS OFF THE BENCH FOR
BO.
CHAD: DEVIN EBANKS IS BACK IN.
MCCONNELL, SINGLETARY, ELY
, WOODFOX.
MCCONNELL FOR ELY.
AGAINST THE SHOT CLOCK, ELY IS
CALLED FOR AN OFFENSIVE FOUL,
SWINGING THE LEFT ELBOW AROUND.
ERIC: EVEN THOUGH ELY GOT CALLED
FOR THE FOUL, IT IS LIKE THE
HALF-COURT OFFENSE OF TEXAS.
A LOT OF THE TREND IN THE NBA
DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE AS WE LOOK AT
THE OFFENSIVE FOUL -- A TREND IN
THE DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE LATELY
HAS BEEN GET UP AND GO OFFENSES.
HERE WE SEE TEXAS, TEAM THAT
SETTLES DOWN AT HALF-COURT AND
MOVES THE BALL AROUND AND WORKS
THE SHOT CLOCK AND FINDS A GOOD
SHOT AND THEY HAVE BEEN
SUCCESSFUL DOING IT.
CHAD: IT'S A GOOD JOB BY EDUARDO
NAJERA.
ONE, HE HAS THE SIZE TO HIS
ADVANTAGE, WHICH D-LEAGUE DON'T
ALWAYS HAVE.
2, HE HAS VETERAN PLAYERS WHO
ARE A LITTLE MORE CAPABLE OF
SHOWING PATIENCE AND PLAYING
INSIDE-OUT.
EDWARDS, ON FAKE. -- PUMP FAKE.
I THINK IN THE D-LEAGUE AND
OTHER LEAGUES AROUND THE WORLD,
WHEN YOU SEE SOMETIMES IS THAT
THE LACK OF SIZE FORCES TEAMS TO
PLAY FASTER BECAUSE THERE ARE A
LOT OF GUYS YOU CAN GET UP AND
DOWN AND PLAY ON THE PERIMETER.
THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF GUYS WHO
CAN DO WHAT MELVIN ELY DOES.
ERIC: IT IS THE REALITY OF THE
24-SECOND SHOT CLOCK, TOO.
IT IS IMPRESSIVE TO SEE TEXAS GO
DOWN AND CONSISTENTLY HAVE
NUMBER FIVE OR 6 PASSES PER
POSSESSION.
CHAD: BIG THREE FOR THE LEF --
FOR ROBERT HITE.
CHARGE DOMINATED THE FIRST
QUARTER, THEN THE LEGENDS TOOK
CONTROL IN THE SECOND.
CANTON CAME BACK IN THE THIRD
AND WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN
THE FOURTH AS ELY HAS THE
PUTBACK.
ERIC: CANTON WITH GUTIERREZ AND
SPENCER ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW.
NO KEVIN JONES OR GILBERT
BROWN.
IT WILL BE LEFT UP TO THE
SMALLER GUYS AS WE LOOK AT THE
SHANE EDWARDS DUNK.
HE HAS BEEN THE QUIET ASSASSIN
TONIGHT FOR CANTON.
HE SAID HE DIDN'T HAVE A MARQUEE
PLAY.
WELL, THERE IT WAS.
A BIT OF A FLASHY DUNK THERE.
WHETHER IT IS FLASHY OR NOT, HE
HAS BEEN EFFICIENT, WITH 13
POINTS AND NINE REBOUNDS AND 3
ASSISTS AS WELL.
CHAD: HE AVERAGES 10 POINTS AND
ALMOST 6.5 REBOUNDS A GAME.
HE IS PLAYING WELL AGAIN TODAY.
WELL, MAYBE NOT AT THE TOP OF
THE PROSPECT WATCH LIST.
HE IS A VERY ATHLETIC GUY WHO
SETS VERY GOOD SCREENS, PLACE
GOOD PICK AND ROLL DEFENSE --
PLACE GOOD PICK AND ROLL
DEFENSE, AND STARTING TO SHOW ON
THE OFFENSE OF END AS WELL.
ERIC: RESET ON THE SHOT CLOCK
FOR CANTON.
CHAD: SPENCER'S PASS TIPPED OUT
OF BOUNDS.
GUTIERREZ HAS STRUGGLED TRYING
TO GET GOING IN THE FOURTH
QUARTER.
CZYZ GOING STRAIGHT AT ELY.
OFFENSIVE FOUL.
WE HAVE SEEN IT HAPPEN ON BOTH
ENDS.
ERIC: ELY STILL DOWN.
NEEDS HELP FROM A COUPLE
TEAMMATES ON THAT CZYZ MOEV.
ELY WALKS OFF THE BUMP.
BRUCE THERE TOMORROW.
ALEK CZYZ CONTINUING TO BE
AGGRESSIVE EVEN THOUGH THERE IS
A MISMATCH IN SIZE WITH ELY.
CALL FOR THE OFFENSIVE CHARGE
THERE.
CHAD: THOSE 2 AGAIN GOING AT ONE
ANOTHER AND ELI OFF OF THE
DRIBBLE WILL DRAW THE CONTACT
FROM CZYZ.
ERIC: I LIKE CZYZ BEING
AGGRESSIVE BUT WHEN YOU HAVE
MELVIN ELY AT THE FREE-THROW
LINE, GIVE HIM SOME SPACE.
HE IS A GUY WHO LIKES TO OPERATE
DOWN LOW.
NO NEED TO GET AGGRESSIVE OFF OF
THE DRIBBLE.
CZYZ JUST GETTING TO
OVERAGGRESSIVE THERE AGAINST
ELY.
CHAD: MCCONNELL HAS IT BROKE
AWAY, AND HITE REACHING IN ON
THE LOOSE BALL.
CANTON WITHOUT THE MARQUEE NAMES
ON THE PROSPECT WATCH, OTHER
THAN KEVIN JONES, IS REALLY
DOING A NICE JOB DEFENSIVELY.
CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE HEAD
COACH STEVE KESSEL -- STEVE
HETZEL.
ERIC: I'M MISSING ONE OF THE
BEST PLAYERS, ERRANDS A ONUAKU
--ARINZE ONUAKU.
FORCED TO PLAY WITH A SMALLER
LINEUP WITHOUT ONUAKU, DOING AN
EVEN BETTER JOB, AND USING SHANE
EDWARDS DOWN LOW WHERE HE NEEDS
TO BE.
YOU SEE SHANE EDWARDS STRETCHING
IT DOWN LOW AND FINDING A
WIDE-OPEN DUNK.
CHAD: THEY HAVE MANAGED TO SLOW
DOWN DEVIN EBANKS.
SEE IF THE NUMBER ONE PROSPECT
CAN GET GOING IN THE FOURTH.
ERIC: NICE MOVE BY SPENCER.
SEAN SINGLETARY BETTER MAKE SURE
HIS SHOES ARE ON AFTER SPENCER
FAKED HIM OUT THERE.
30-SECOND TIMEOUT TAKEN BY
TEXAS.
CHAD: SEVEN POINTS AND 6 ASSISTS
WITH ONLY ONE TURNOVER BY OH
SPENCER, WHO HAS COME OFF OF THE
BENCH AND HELP OUT CONSIDERABLY
FOR THE CHARGE WHEN GUTIERREZ
HAD EARLY FOUL TROUBLE AND
CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE FROM THE
FIELD WITH TURNOVERS.
>> IT'S WINNING TIME RIGHT NOW.
WIN, 1, 2, 3.
CHAD: NAJERA WILL APPRECIATE
SOME OF THE DEFENSIVE EFFORT HIS
OPPONENTS HAVE SHOWN TODAY.
HE WAS ALSO PLAYER HIMSELF -- HE
WAS A HUSTLE PLAYER HIMSELF, AND
A VERY PRODUCTIVE CAREER.
AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, A LOT
OF THOSE GAMES WITH THE DALLAS
MAVERICKS, WHICH HE IS STILL
TIED TO WITH THIS NBA
AFFILIATION.
HOLD IT DOWN LOW GOES AGAINST
SHANE EDWARDS THIS TIME.
ERIC: TURNOVER THERE FOR TEXAS.
TERREL HARRIS TOOK HIS EYE OFF
OF THE BALL.
CANTON WITH A SEVEN-POINT LEAD
NOW.
THEY HAVE COME BACK HERE NICELY
AND THAT SETTLED IT TO WAKE A
GROUP IN THE FOURTH QUARTER --
AND THAT SETTLED INTO QUITE THE
GROOVE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
CHAD: ANOTHER FOUL ON MELVIN
ELY.
ERIC: GO TO DRIVE BY BROWN,
FORCING THE MISMATCH.
DELHI OUT THE DEFENDER ON THE
WEAK SIDE.
-- BAILING OUT THE DEFENDER ON
THE WEAK SIDE.
BROWN IS A NICE GAME.
-- BROWN HAS HAD A NICE GAME.
TACKING ON ANOTHER 2 REBOUNDS TO
THAT.
CHAD: I THINK HE GILBERT BROWN
NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO SHOW THAT
AGGRESSIVE SIDE, CHECKING THE
RIM.
HE HAS PROVEN HE CAN STEP BACK
AND HIT THE THREE.
HE HAS ALSO BEEN A VERY GOOD
DEFENDER ON THE WING.
HE WILL TAKE THE ASSIGNMENT ON
EBANKS NOW.
IT SHOULD BE A GOOD MATCH UP
DOWN THE STRETCH.
ERIC: STRONG, TOO.
THERE IS NO REASON YOU SHOULDN'T
BE TAKING AND DRAWING CONTACT
INSISTENTLY.
CHAD: ELY FINISHES ON THE
REVERSE ON THE FEED FROM
WOODFOX.
ERIC: NIMBLE ON FOOT, MELVIN
ELY.
CHAD: EDWARDS FACING UP ON ELY.
GOT IT AGAIN.
SHANE EDWARDS, NICE GAME FOR THE
CANTON CHARGE.
FIRST THREE ATTEMPTS FOR WOODFOX
AND QUITE SOME TIME.
DOESN'T GO.
EBANKS FOULED ON THE REBOUND.
ERIC: YOU SEE MELVIN ELY, A
LITTLE BACKDOOR CUT BY THE OLDER
FELLOW ON THE FIRST SLAM,
THROWING IT DOWN FOR TEXAS.
CHAD: THAT WAS A RIVERS OUT OF
NECESSITY, NOT JUST FOR STYLE
POINTS.
ERIC: GIVE HIM A 10 FOR STYLE
USER WAY.
-- FOUR STYLE EITHER WAY.
CHAD: EBANKS HAS GONE COLD IN
QUARTER NUMBER FOUR.
HIS TEAM TRAILING BY 9.
THE NUMBER ONE PLAYER ON THE
DLEAGUE.COM PROSPECT WATCH NEEDS
TO GET IT GOING IN QUARTER
NUMBER FOUR.
SPENCER BACKING AND OUT WITH 10
ON THE SHOT CLOCK.
DRAWING CONTACT IN THE CORNER,
GILBERT BROWN WILL GO BACK TO
THE FREE-THROW LINE.
ERIC: THAT IS A COUPLE TIMES
TERREL HARRIS HAS MADE SOME BAD
FOUL IS.
TERREL HARRIS MIGHT STILL BE
RUNNING, FORREST GUMPING IT OUT
OF THE ARENA.
CHAD: BO JACKSON IN SEATTLE.
ERIC: HE HAS MADE A COUPLE BAD
FILES AND SHOOT -- BAD BFOULS
AND SHOOTERS.
YELLING OUT GILBERT BROWN ON THE
THREE-POINTER.
A LITTLE BIT OVERAGGRESSIVE FOR
TERREL HARRIS.
CHAD: BROWN HAS 3 FROM THE LINE
HERE.
FIRST WAS HIS FIRST MISS FROM
THE STRIPE TODAY.
5-10 FROM THE FIELD.
8-9 FROM THE FREE-THROW LINE.
GOBERT RUN MAKING A 10-POINT
LEAD FOR THE CANTON CHARGE.
ERIC: DEVIN EBANKS' AVERAGE ON
THE FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE HAS
DROPPED DOWN TO 50% FROM 70
EARLIER IN THIS GAME.
HE NEEDS TO FIND HIS GROOVE.
CHAD: EBANKS MISFIRING AGAIN.
CANTON HAS DOMINATED THE GLASS.
SPENCER TO THE RIM.
ERIC: YOU SEE THOSE REBOUNDS
LEADING TO OFFENSE OF TRANSITION
BUCKETS.
REBOUND TEXAS 45-22.
CHAD: EBANKS ON BROWN.
HARRIS HAS ITS WIPES AWAY.
3-1 FOR THE CHARGE.
GUTIERREZ GETS THE FOUL ON
MCCONNELL, WITH 5:32 TO PLAY IN
RENO.
BO SPENCER AND THE CANTON CHARGE
ARE BACK ON TOP.
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DEVIN EBANKS, THE TOP PROSPECT
IN THE D-LEAGUE, COMING INTO THE
SHOWCASE AT 26 POINTS THROUGH
NUMERAL THREE QUARTERS.
HE HAS JUST ONE HERE IN THE
FOURTH, AND HIS TEAM, THE TEXAS
LEGENDS, TRAILING BY 13.
CANTON SITTING ON 99 POINTS WITH
5:30 TO PLAY.
ERIC: CANTON HAS COME ON STRONG
IN THE SECOND HALF AND I'M
REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE WAY
SHANE EDWARDS HAS HELPED OUT
THIS TEAM COULD KIND OF
OVERSHADOWED A LITTLE BIT BY
COOPER BROWN AND KEVIN JONES,
BUT FOR SHANE EDWARDS, 17
POINTS, NINE REBOUNDS, SHOOTING
32 MINUTES.
A SOLID OUTING FOR HIM.
HE IS KIND OF A WORKMANLIKE
PLAYER, FINDING HIMSELF IN THE
RIGHT SITUATIONS, THE RIGHT
SPOTS, AND MAYBE NOT THE
FLASHIEST GUY ON THE FLOOR, BUT
DEFINITELY EFFICIENT.
NUMBER 33 FOR THE CANTON CHARGE.
CHAD: LARGEST LEAD FOR THE
CHARGE IN THIS ONE.
FOUL BY ROBERT HITE.
NOTHING IS FALLING HERE FOR
TEXAS.
EBANKS EVEN MISSING FREE THROWS.
ERIC: THAT TIME TO GO COLD FOR
THE LEGENDS COULD YOU SEE THE
UNIQUE FREE-THROW SHOOTING
ROUTINE FOR BOOKER WOODFOX
THERE, WITH THE POWER SQUAD IN
THE FREE-THROW CIRCLE AND THE
LONG STEP UP, THE QUICK SHOT,
GETS THAT LAST ONE TO GO.
CHAD: GUTIERREZ.
EDWARDS WANTS -- SINGLETARY.
GOOD HELP FROM MCCONNELL.
WOODFOX, THREE.
BROWN REBOUNDS.
CANTON WILL TAKE THEIR TIME.
UNDER 5:00 TO PLAY.
LEADING BY 13.
SPENCER.
BO SPENCER, ANOTHER CLUTCH
BUCKET LATE ON THE SHOT CLOCK
FOR THE CANTON CHARGE.
ERIC: ALL-AROUND BACK POSSESSION
THERE FOR TEXAS COULD YOU ARE
DOWN I 13 POINTS BEFORE THAT
SHOT THERE ANYONE NOT PRESSURING
THE BALLHANDLER.
YOU ARE ALLOWING CANTON JUST
THING THE BALL AROUND THE
PERIMETER AND THEY GOT AN EASY
SHOT IN THE FAR CORNER.
DOWN 13, UNDER 4:00 TO GO NOW,
TIME IS NOT ON YOUR SIDE.
YOU CAN BE MORE AGGRESSIVE ON
THE DEFENSIVE END.
CHAD: SPENCER GOES RIGHT AROUND
EBANKS AND DRAWS A FOUL ON THE
REVERSE ATTEMPT.
SECOND FOUL ON EBANKS.
EDWARDS WITH A DOUBLE-DOUBLE
ALREADY OF 17-10, 6-7 FROM THE
FREE-THROW LINE.
ERIC: THE TEXAS LEGENDS' OFFENSE
HAS COME TO A GRINDING HALT IN
THE FOURTH QUARTER.
EBANKS, ELY, WOODFOX, NOTHING
DOING FOR ANY OF THOSE GUYS IN
THE FOURTH.
CHAD: THEY ONLY HAVE 26 POINTS
IN THE SECOND HALF.
SINGLETARY, OFF THE WINDOW OVER
GUTIERREZ.
ERIC: THAT IS WHAT THEY WILL BE
FORCED INTO DOING HERE.
WE SAW IN THE GAME, CHAD, THEY
LIKE TO SETTLE INTO THAT
HALF-COURT OFFENSE.
THEY CAN'T DO THAT ANYMORE, THEY
DON'T HAVE TIMES.
-- TIME.
CHAD: SPENCER WORKING ON
MCCONNELL.
THAT ONE RIMS OUT.
SILLY FOUL BY BROWN THAT
HALF-COURT.
HE SHAKES HIS HEAD AND GRIMACES,
NO NO NO, AS SINGLETARY GETS UP.
ERIC: BOTH TEAMS IN THE BONUS
HERE SO SINGLETARY -- A REPLAY
OF THAT FOUL, AND SINGLETARY --
NO NEED FOR THAT.
BROWN SHOULD HAVE LAID OFF A
LITTLE BIT WITH THAT 15-POINT
LEAD.
CHAD: NORMALLY RELIABLE
FREE-THROW SHOOTERS FOR THE
TEXAS LEGENDS HAVE MISSED THE
FRONT END OF 2 SHOTS 3 TIMES IN
A ROW.
EBANKS IS A 77% SHOOTER,
WOODFOX'S 85%, SINGLETARY IS 86%
, AND ALL 3 GUYS HAVE MISSED
THEIR FIRST SHOT HERE IN THE
FOURTH QUARTER.
TOUGH TO COME BACK FROM 15 DOWN
WHEN YOUR KEY PLAYERS DON'T MAKE
FREE THROWS.
>> I'M SORRY, BUDDY.
I TRICK MYSELF.
CHAD: GUTIERREZ GETTING THE
EXPLANATION FROM THE OFFICIAL
THERE AS HE LETS HE TRIPPED OVER
HIS OWN FOOT.
>> BENT DOWN, TRY TO GET OPEN,
AND TRY TO GET IT TO JORGE.
SPACE, SPACE.
SET A SCREEN FOR SHANE, SHANE TO
THE BLOCK.
JORGE, BE THE POST.
DEFENSE -- 1, 2, 3, DEFENSE.
ERIC: THE THING I LIKE ABOUT
JORGE GUTIERREZ ARE DOING THE
CALL THERE IS HE WAS POLITE
ABOUT IT.
A CORDIAL DEMEANOR, EVEN THOUGH
HE DIDN'T LIKE THE CALL.
CHAD: CANTON WITH 18 ON THE SHOT
CLOCK.
GUTIERREZ, SPENCER, EDWARDS,
BROWN, AND HITE ON THE COURT.
SMALLER LINEUP.
BO SPENCER IS JUST BEATING
MICKEY MCCONNELL OFF OF THE
DRIBBLE EVERY TIME.
YEAGER TYSON WITH ONE ON THE
SHOT CLOCK.
JUMP BALL WITH 3:00 TO PLAY.
C1
BREAK FOR THE CANTON CHARGE IT
SPENCER IS TO WIN THE TIP.
THEY HAVE RESET THE SHOT CLOCK
TO FIVE SECONDS.
THAT IS A BIG JUMP FROM ONE-TO-
FIVE ACCORDING TO EDUARDO
NAJERA, WHOSE TEAM IS TRYING TO
DEFEND THIS.
SAN DIEGO WINS IT -- SAMMY HE A
GO -- SAN DIEGO ARE -- SAMMY
YEAGER WINS IT FOR TRAPPING
DEFENSE.
ERIC: I LIKE SPENCER NOT
UNLEASHING THE THREE-POINTER.
BACKING IT OUT, TAKING MORE TIME
IN THE POSSESSION.
CHAD: FIRES OVER MCCONNELL, AND
HATES AGAIN.
BO SPENCER IS LIGHTING UP MICKEY
MCCONNELL.
."
ANOTHER TURNOVER.
ERIC: -- ERIC: ANOTHER TURNOVER.
CHAD: GUTIERREZ LEAVES IT FOR
GILBERT BROWN.
CANTON RUNNING AWAY.
HARRIS WILL LEAD EDWARDS GO FOR
ANOTHER BREAKAWAY JAM.
THE CAN CHARGE -- THE CANTON
CHARGE ARE NOT GOING TO PUT
THEMSELVES IN THE SAME POSITION
TODAY WITH 1:49 TO PLAY.
IT IS A 20-POINT LEAD.
BO SPENCER GETTING IT DONE IN
THE SECOND HALF FOR THE CANTON
CHARGE.
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THE CANTON CHARGE COMFORTABLY IN
FRONT, 110-90.
WHAT AN ENORMOUS TURN HERE IN
THE SECOND HALF FROM CANTON.
THEY TRAILED 61-49 AT HALFTIME
AND THEY HAVE JUST BLOWN OUT THE
TEXAS LEGENDS SINCE THE BREAK.
ERIC: THAT IS NUMBER 44 PAUL
STURGESS, 7'8", UNBELIEVABLY
TALL.
THE ENGLISHMAN.
HE IS THE SECOND TALLEST LIVING
ENGLISHMAN.
HE CAN TOUCH THE RIM WITH
OUTSTANDING ON HIS TIP TOES.
CHAD: PAUL, A FORMER HARLEM
GLOBETROTTERS, GETTING SOME RUN
HERE FOR THE LEGENDS.
HE PLAYED AT MOUNTAIN STATE AND
FLORIDA TECH GETTING IN IN THE
FINAL 2:00 HERE.
GUTIERREZ WILL CHALLENGE HIM.
IT'S NOT GO.
EDWARDS -- DOES NOT GO.
EDWARDS GETS THE TIP IN.
LET'S SEE IF PAUL CAN GET A
TOUCH HERE.
GILBERT BROWN IS WHISTLED.
HE PLAYS LESS THAN FOUR MINUTES
A GAME FOR THE TEXAS LEGENDS.
IT IS CLEARLY A WORK IN
PROGRESS.
HE IS THE TALLEST BASKETBALL
PLAYER ON RECORD IN THE WORLD,
AND THAT IS BEEN CERTIFIED BY
GUINNESS.
ERIC: THIRD-ROUND DRAFT PICK BY
SPRINGFIELD.
HE WEARS A SIZE 22 SHOE.
DOUBLES ME UP.
CHAD: THE INTERESTING FACTS GO
ON AND ON ON PAUL STURGESS.
BETWEEN THE AGES 16 AND 17 HE
GREW ONE FOOT.
TALK ABOUT AWKWARD TEENAGE
YEARS, TRIED TO ADD THAT INTO
THE EQUATION.
NELSON IN THE GAME.
CANNOT HIT THE THREE.
RAMON DYER HAS THE REBOUND.
YEAGER HAS HIS POCKET PICKED.
30 SECONDS LEFT FOR BO SPENCER,
WHO WILL TAKE HIS TIME HERE.
IMPRESSIVE VICTORY FOR THE
CANTON CHARGE, WHO DOMINATED THE
SECOND HALF.
THEY HOLD THE TEXAS LEGENDS TO
33 SECOND-HALF POINTS, ON THEIR
WAY TO SPLITTING THEIR SHOWCASE
CONTESTS AFTER YESTERDAY'S LOSS
TO IDAHO.
THAT WILL NOT COUNT.
IT COMES AFTER THE SHOT CLOCK.
6.3 SECONDS -- 6.6 SECONDS
REMAINING FOR THE LEGENDS.
CANTON WRAPS UP WITH A 1-1
RECORD WITH A 112-94 VICTORY
OVER TEXAS, AND WHEN YOU TALK
ABOUT A TEAM EFFORT, THIS IS THE
DEFINITION.
ERIC: FIVE GUYS IN DOUBLE
FIGURES.
I WAS IMPRESSED THE MOST WITH
JONES, BROWN, AND SPENCER OFF OF
THE BENCH.
SPENCER WITH 13 POINTS, SIX
ASSISTS, AND SEVEN REBOUNDS.
CHAD: AND THEY DO IT WITH A
SUBPAR GAME FROM THEIR LEADER
JORGE GUTIERREZ IN THE
BACKCOURT.
A COMBINATION OF BROWN AND
EDWARDS AND KEVIN JONES KEYING
THE THIRD QUARTER.
GREAT GAMES FOR STEVE HETZEL AND
THE CANTON CHARGE.
112-94.
WE HAVE A POST GAME GUEST.
UNFORTUNATE RESULT FOR DEVIN
EBANKS, BUT A VERY STRONG FIRST
THREE QUARTERS FOR YOU.
YOU LOOK VERY COMFORTABLE AT THE
START.
IT GOT AWAY FROM YOU GUYS LATE.
>> I FEEL LIKE WE GAVE UP A
LITTLE BIT IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
WE PUT OUR HEADS DOWN, GOT
FRUSTRATED.
WE CANNOT DO THAT.
ERIC: IS THERE SOMETHING YOU
HAVE WORKED TO IMPROVE UPON?
>> MY THREE POINT RANGE, SO I
WORKED ON THAT HARD THIS SUMMER
AND IT IS SHOWING RIGHT NOW.
CHAD: YOU HIT FOUR OF YOUR FIRST
FIVE FROM BEHIND THE ARC.
KEVIN JONES IS UNDERSIZED, BUT
UNNATURAL FOUR.
YOU DID A GOOD JOB DEFENDING THE
POST.
TALK ABOUT HOW YOU DEFEND
MULTIPLE POSITIONS.
>> I HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT TO BOB
HUTCHINSON.
HE HAD US, KEVIN JONES AND I
GUARDING.
ERIC: WHAT YOU GUYS NEED TO DO
TO IMPROVE?
>> KEEP OUR ENERGY UP.
WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR HEAD UP AND
KEEP PLAYING.
CHAD: THANK YOU.
DEVIN EBANKS, NUMBER ONE ON THE
PROSPECT WATCH ON D-LEAGUE.COM,
FINISHES WITH 27 POINTS, BUT HIS
TEXAS LEGENDS FALL TO THE CANTON
CHARGE.
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