Following a successful team owners meeting in Chicago this week, the
official draft for the Premier Basketball League (PBL) took place on
Nov.17th at 1:00pm CST via conference call with all teams across the
country represented. The draft took place in two rounds, the first being
in the order selected by the live streaming lottery on November 10th in
Chicago. The second round will be in reverse order from the first round
lottery position.
With rosters in place, team front office and coaching staff are focusing
on the pre-season tournament in December. The current NBA lockout has
pushed the Premier Basketball League into the spot light as the leading
independent basketball league going into the upcoming sports season.
'The season is only a few weeks away, we're glad to see the teams
finalizing their list of players,' commented Carrie Ann May, PBL
Vice President of Operations. 'The teams are coming together and are
really making a collaborative effort to do what is best for not only
their individual teams, but also the league as a whole.'
The lottery placed the teams in the draft order as follows:
PBL Draft 2011
#s#
Alleyne
Tubbs
Little
Artest
Smith
First Round #1 -The Lake Michigan Admirals - player selected :
Shagari Alleyne (7'3''-C-84, college:
Manhattan)
#2 -Sauk Valley Predators - player selected :
Justin Tubbs (6'3''-G-87, college:
E.Tenn.St.)
#3- Rochester RazorSharks- (Immediately traded to Chicago Muscle for
2013 1st round pick) - player selected :
Emmanuel Little (6'5''-F-85, college:
N.Dakota)
#4- NW Indiana Stars - player selected :
Daniel Artest (6'6''-F-82, college:
Westchester CC)
#5- Dayton AirStrikers - player selected :
Avery Smith (6'3''-G, college:
Wisc.-Milwaukee)
#6- Central Illinois Drive - player selected :
Mike Gills (6'6''-F-89) (6'6'-F, college: Illinois Valley CC)
#7- Indiana Diesels - player selected :
Billy Pettiford (6'7''-F)
#8- Charleston Gunners - player selected :
Robbie Jackson (7'0''-C-85)
#9- St. Louis Phoenix - player selected :
Dwayne Polk (5'9''-G-85, college:
St.Louis)
#10- Chicago Muscle - player selected :
Ricardo Hill (6'7''-F-77, agency:
Priority Sports, college:
Illinois St.)
#11- Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Steamers - player selected :
Chris Commons (6'9''-F-84, college:
USC
Aiken)
Second Round #12- Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Steamers - player selected :
Ron Malicki (6'4''-F)
#13- Chicago Muscle - player selected :
LaPhonso Ellis Jr. (6'3''-G-87, college:
Greenville)
#14- St. Louis Phoenix - player selected :
James Booyer (6'8''-F-86, college:
IUPUI)
#15- Charleston Gunners - Pick was deferred
#16- Indiana Diesels - player selected :
Mark Dunn (6'8''-F-87)
#17- Central Illinois Drive - player selected :
Nate Fuqua (6'2''-G/F)
#18- Dayton AirStrikers - player selected :
Darron Evans (6'7''-F, college:
Indiana St.)
#19- NW Indiana Stars - player selected :
Obinna Agomo (6'3''-G-88, agency:
ICRH, college:
Greenville)
#20- Rochester RazorSharks - player selected :
Marcus Thompson (6'4''-G/F-84)
#21- Sauk Valley Predators - player selected :
Ricky Reed (5'9''-G)
#22- The Lake Michigan Admirals - player selected :
Romain Martin (6'3''-G)
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