You want obscure? Is that what you want? Obscure D-League events? How about an expansion draft? Obscure enough?
On Wednesday, September 24th, the D-League will hold an expansion draft for the two expansion franchises, the Erie Bayhawks and the Reno Bighorns. This is a preliminary draft before the full annual D-League draft in November. At the end of last season, each team selected ten players that were on roster and "protected" them. These players cannot be drafted. Anyone else on roster is eligible.
Bear in mind that most of these players, even the ones that are protected, are either in Europe, the NBA, or have given up on basketball. These are the players the D-League teams weren't wiling to gamble on. Some of them don't plan on playing basketball, some of them retired (Randy Livingston) and some weren't good enough for the D-League.
Here's the list of players.
Complete List of Players Eligible for Expansion Draft
First Last Ht. Wt. Pos. College
Mustafa Al-Sayyad 6-10 240 F Fresno State
Luke Anderson 6-6 207 G Minn. St. Mankato
Jahsha Bluntt 6-6 220 G Delaware State
Kevin Bookout 6-8 260 F Oklahoma
Cecil Brown 6-4 190 G Cal. St. Santa Barbara
Damone Brown 6-9 212 F Syracuse
Paul Butorac 6-10 225 F Eastern Washington
Brian Chase 5-10 170 G Virginia Tech
Eric Chenowith 7-1 270 C Kansas
Kyle Davis 6-10 245 F Auburn
Anthony Fuqua 6-11 225 F Texas-San Antonio
Mike Gansey 6-4 205 G West Virginia
Tony Gipson 6-1 190 G LSU
Brian Greene 6-9 225 F Colorado State
Rob Griffin 6-6 215 F Iowa
Jeff Hagen 7-0 270 C Minnesota
Jovan Harris 6-3 175 G San Francisco
Perrin Johnson 6-5 200 F Louisville
Dahntay Jones 6-6 210 F Duke
Dwight Jones 6-2 180 G Houston Baptist
Kris Lang 6-11 247 C North Carolina
Randy Livingston 6-4 209 G LSU
Jackie Manuel 6-5 190 G North Carolina
J.C. Mathis 6-9 225 F Michigan
Bryson McKenzie 6-10 240 F Northern Illinois
Sammy Monroe 6-6 205 F Newberry
Brian Morrison 6-2 192 G UCLA
Alfred Neale 6-6 200 F New Mexico
Elton Nesbitt 5-9 165 G Georgia Southern
Yemi Nicholson 6-11 260 C Denver
Nedu Onyeuku 6-3 185 G Illinois State
Andre Patterson 6-7 215 F Tennessee
Kenton Paulino 6-1 185 G Texas
James Peters 6-8 225 F UNLV
Dwuan Rice 5-11 165 G Cal. St. Bakersfield
Sergio Sanchez 5-11 155 G Texas-Pan American
Jamar Smith 6-9 230 F Maryland
James Smith 7-0 250 C Marist
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NBA D-League Expansion Draft
Complete List of Players Eligible for Expansion Draft, cont.
First Last Ht. Wt. Pos. College
Jesse Smith 6-11 260 C Idaho State
Steven Smith 6-9 250 F LaSalle
Derrick Stevens 5-11 180 G Colorado State
Kevin Sweetwyne 6-4 215 G Idaho State
Yuta Tabuse 5-9 165 G BYU-Hawaii
Chris Taft 6-10 260 F Pittsburgh
Jamaal Thomas 6-8 220 F Angelo State
Kibwe Trim 6-10 240 F Sacred Heart
Larry Turner 6-11 240 C Tennessee State
Fabricio Vay 6-9 220 F Argentina
Marquis Webb 6-5 205 G Rutgers
Robert Whaley 6-10 265 C Walsh (OH)
Davin White 6-1 185 G Cal. St. Northridge
Lou White 6-4 200 G Vorhees
Quannas White 6-2 190 G Oklahoma
Kelly Whitney 6-8 240 F Seton Hall
George Williams 6-8 220 F Houston
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I'm not even going to try and guess. I know Jamar Smith has some talent, same with Elton Nesbitt. But your guess is as good as mine as to what Reno and Erie think. We'll see on Wednesday.