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  • Robert Covington Chosen No. 1 in D-League Draft; Two Kentucky Players Taken

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    CovingtonThe Grand Rapids Drive selected 6-foot-9 forward Robert Covington of  Tennessee State with the first overall pick of the 2014 NBA Development League Draft on Saturday afternoon from the league’s New York headquarters.

    The Santa Cruz Warriors drafted Elliott Williams (6-5, 183, Memphis) with the second overall pick and the Austin Spurs chose Erik Murphy (6-10, 240, Florida) with the third overall selection. Carrick Felix (6-6, 203, Arizona State) to Santa Cruz and Ben Hansbrough (6-3, 203, Notre Dame) to Grand Rapids rounded out the top-five selections, all of whom boast NBA experience.

    Kentucky saw two former standouts selected in the first round as Marquis Teague (6-2, 180) was taken ninth overall by the Oklahoma City Blue and the Los Angeles D-Fenders selected Eloy Vargas (6-11, 250) with the 17th overall pick.

    Other first-round picks of note including former Louisville standout Chane Behanan going at No. 14 to Rio Grande and former Seton Hall star Fuquan Edwin at No. 15 to Sioux Falls, the D-league affiliate of the Miami Heat. The Skyforce also selected former Pitt standout Ashton Gibbs.

    Milos Milisavljevic (6-4, 202) of Serbia and Joonas Caven (6-11, 200) of Finland headline the international players selected in the Draft. Milisavljevic was selected by the Texas Legends with the sixth overall selection and Caven went to the Reno Bighorns with the 10th overall pick. Japanese guard Yuki Togashi went to Santa Cruz in the second round (27th overall).

    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 six players in today’s Draft and all players who were selected must be invited to training camp.

    For the fourth consecutive year, all 18 NBA D-League teams and the NBA D-League headquarters in New York participated in the Draft exclusively through Cisco WebEx Meeting Center.

    Full results from the 2014 NBA D-League Draft Live via Cisco WebEx are below:

    2014 NBA D-League Draft Live via Cisco WebEx Results
    ROUND ONE

    Grand Rapids – Robert Covington
    Santa Cruz – Elliott Williams
    Austin – Erik Murphy
    Santa Cruz – Carrick Felix
    Grand Rapids – Ben Hansbrough
    Texas – Milos Milisavljevic
    Idaho – Tre Bussey
    Bakersfield – Robert Vaden
    Oklahoma City – Marquis Teague
    Reno – Joonas Caven
    Reno – Brady Heslip
    Canton – Michael Dunigan
    Santa Cruz – Melvin Johnson III
    Rio Grande Valley – Chane Behanan
    Sioux Falls – Fuquan Edwin
    Iowa – Damien Wilkins
    Los Angeles – Eloy Vargas
    Rio Grande Valley – Justin Jackson

    ROUND TWO

    Delaware – D.J. Seeley
    Erie – Daniel Coursey
    Fort Wayne – Andre Emmett
    Maine – Asauhn Dixon-Tatum
    Grand Rapids – Omondi Amoke
    Texas – Nick Barbour
    Erie – John Bohannon
    Los Angeles – Naadir Tharpe
    Santa Cruz – Yuki Togashi
    Westchester – Joseph Bertrand
    Canton – Tristan Spurlock
    Delaware – Jamal Jones
    Santa Cruz – Trayvonn Wright
    Rio Grande Valley – Tristan Carey
    Sioux Falls – Michael Williams
    Sioux Falls – Manny Atkins
    Delaware – Sebastian Koch
    Idaho – Quinton Doggett

    ROUND THREE

    Grand Rapids – Shaun Pruitt
    Erie – Lenzelle Smith Jr.
    Maine – Omari Johnson
    Maine – David Stockton
    Delaware – Devon Moore
    Oklahoma City – George Beamon
    Idaho –Ryan Sypkens
    Austin – Keith Wright
    Oklahoma City – Dane Miller
    Sioux Falls – Chadrack Lufile
    Grand Rapids – Kammeon Holsey
    Idaho- Kodi Augustus
    Grand Rapids – Dominic Waters
    Rio Grande Valley – Tyrone White
    Maine – Xavier Munford
    Iowa – Mike McCall
    Los Angeles – Ray Turner
    Fort Wayne – Titus Rubles
    ROUND FOUR

    Delaware – Kenny Hall
    Reno – Brian Oliver
    Austin – Donte Poole
    Maine – Luke Loucks
    Grand Rapids – Renaldo Woolridge
    Texas – Anthony Vereen
    Fort Wayne – Marcus Hall
    Bakersfield – Michael Haynes
    Oklahoma City – Jonathan Mitchell
    Westchester – Todd Mayo
    Reno – Raven Johnson
    Reno – Kevin Foster
    Canton – Tymell Murphy
    Rio Grande Valley – Duke Mondy
    Sioux Falls – Matt Hezekiah
    Iowa – Marcus Melvin
    Los Angeles – Charles Hinkle
    Fort Wayne – Stephen Madison

    ROUND FIVE

    Delaware – LaQuentin Miles
    Erie – Kevin Anderson
    Austin – Corey Raji
    Maine – Joshua Freelove
    Grand Rapids – Kelsey Barlow
    Texas – Luis Jacobo
    Idaho – Nick Covington
    Texas – DeShone McClure
    Oklahoma City – Michael Porrini
    Westchester – AJ Ussery
    Idaho – Joel Wright
    Canton – Kevin Thompson
    Santa Cruz – Marcus Bell
    Rio Grande Valley – Jarvis Threatt
    Sioux Falls – Ashton Gibbs
    Iowa – Anthony Stover
    Los Angeles – Jordan Burris
    Fort Wayne – Stefan Bonneau

    ROUND SIX

    Delaware – Brandon Goode
    Erie – Travis Betran
    Austin – Joe Mitchell
    Grand Rapids – Moses Sundufu
    Grand Rapids – Jerrell Sanders
    Texas – Arron Mollet
    Idaho – Shane Gibson
    Bakersfield – Mohamed Tangara
    Oklahoma City – Amadou Mbodji
    Westchester – Sherrod Wright
    Westchester – Dwayne Mitchell
    Canton – Kevin Olekaibe
    Santa Cruz – Greg Howard
    Rio Grande Valley – Austin Witter
    Sioux Falls – Chris McNealy
    Iowa – Malik Smith
    Bakersfield – Bill Clark
    Fort Wayne – Marcus Simmons

    2014 NBA D-League Draft Live via Cisco WebEx Results

    ROUND SEVEN

    Erie – Marcus Goode
    Austin – Mfon Udofia
    Idaho – Tyrrel Tate
    Bakersfield – Ricardo Barbosa
    Westchester – Kevin Tiggs
    Reno – Keith Chamberlain
    Canton – Deilvez Yearby
    Iowa – Brandon Provost
    Los Angeles – Sammy Yeager
    Fort Wayne – Kyrie Sutton

    ROUND EIGHT

    Erie – Justin Simmons
    Austin – Cory Dixon
    Bakersfield – John Petrucelli
    Reno – Raymond Cowels

    About the NBA Development League

    The NBA Development League is the NBA’s official minor league, preparing players, coaches, officials, trainers, and front-office staff for the NBA while acting as the league’s research and development laboratory. Featuring 18 teams with direct affiliations with NBA franchises for the 2014-15 season, the league offers elite professional basketball at an affordable price in a fun, family-friendly atmosphere. An all-time high 26 percent of all NBA players at the start of the 2014-15 season boasted NBA D-League experience. In fostering the league’s connection to the community, its teams, players and staff promote health and wellness, support local needs and interests, and assist in educational development through NBA D-League Cares programs. Fans can watch all NBA D-League games on nbadleague.com.

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    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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